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Need suggestions/guidance for 1st car :)

Santosh — 2012-05-21

Hi Members,

Greetings!.

I am new to this forum and need help to choose my first car :)

Here are my requirements and budget:

1)A petrol Hatchback with Budget 5-5.5 L On Road

2) Comfort for 5 (I prioritise cofort and space over interiors) .-MOst 1.1L's dont score here except the WAGONR- but boot space was a let down

3) Mileage (mostly weekend use of max 50 km with occaisonal Highway trips say 150 km per 3 months)

I have test driven following cars:

1) Ford Figo ZxI (5.3L fully loaded*) - Suits almost all my requirements except mileage and loved the ride quality and visibility!

-Company promises 12.2kpl in city, not finding any owners to substantiate it :( suggesting Figo Petrol not popular!?

- Dealer promised "improved" after-sales but no substantiation on that.

2) Maruti Ritz VxI (5.3L without audio system) - Excellent reviews made me check it out. I did not care about the looks but,

- Felt clutch to be deep and felt the whole dash is jumping on me! suffocating (my personal opinion :) )

3) Hyundai i10 Magna (5.09L Onroad without audio system)- Test drove only because of excellent reviews and every 2nd car on road is an i10!

- Good to drive, zippy, great interiors but cramped up rear seat! not a 5 seater at all!

-never seen an i10 on a highway! -feel its a cute city bun :)

4) Chevy Beat LT (5.3L Onroad -fully loaded*)- Same as i10!

5) Etios Liva G- (5.5 L Onroad -without audiosystem)

- Most probable choice of all!!

-Reasons:

(a) Brand Name

(b) Loaads of space at back and decent boot (251 Litres+ 13 liter glove box!)

Indica Vista starts at 5.8L onroad for the base model(petrol) so ruled that out.

Not sure of 3cylinder engine performances so skeptical about MICRA/New Petrol PULSE/FABIA

Suggestions please :)

P.S : *fully loaded here is with audio system and not ABS/Airbags

Reviews of Chevrolet Beat Diesel 1.0 LT TCDi

Tom — 2012-05-21

hi i would like to know the performance of this car in terms of its space,maintainance,after sales serice,and reliability to travel in the car for 2000 km every month....is the car worth for its money ??? and if its not worth then what are the options in desiel at the similar price of 6 lac ..???

Buying first new car, Need You suggestions

Ankit Shah — 2012-05-21

Hi All,

I am going to buy my first car with budjet of 5L. My monthly running requirements will be 300 km within city. I am looking for VFM buy. My short listed cars are , Ritz, Figo & Brio, i10.

But I have got following negative response on above cars.

Ritz : Not good quality interiors.

Figo: expensive after service, fuel performance

i10 : bad milege & not spacious as ritz & Figo in same price

Please give me your opnion which one I should go for?

Ankit

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Staying alert on long drives

Ankit — 2012-05-21

Hi All,

One of the causes for a lapse on the highways is the tendency to get drowsy on those long/monotonous drives. The faourable conditions could be one being tired and streching out and also the fellow passengers being quiet/dozing off. How do you guys tackle such situations? (A tea break/pulling off the road for a small nap/..) May be a collection of such tips would be helpful to all.

Also knowing that one should get a good sleep before hitting the highway ( I generally prefer starting early mornings), ironically I do not get sound sleep before those planned trips and generally tend to be out of bed even before the alarm goes off .Blame it on enthusiasm/excitement/anxiety. Do you guys experience the same?

Regards,

Ankit