My etios- a good choice i hope

 

I have just completed 7 thousand kms in last 1+ month -its the Gsafety model-total cost was 7 lacs(6.75 on road+ 25 thousand for accessories like duplicate leather seat cover, floor mat, mud flap, blue tooth music system,UV prtection films on all glasses). i drive about 125 km daily, on expressway mostly,usual speed 80-140km-very good pickup in this speed range but not good pickup in low speed-knocking sound in first gear and loud noise above 100 kmph speed- easy to compete with most of the sedan cars- never try with Nissan micra-its too fast. Went to hills(Dharamshala)-it was very comfortable ride- Beware of caters on the roads- the cars front base hits the ground unlike my previuos car-the lovely altoLXI. No problem with the tough interiors if you have a good seat cover- none of my colleagues have yet complained-they all have sedan cars like civic, city, verna and cruze. In fact the seats are higher than the seats of these cars which gives you a feeling of SUV.Fuel average-Normal petrol 14.34 kmpl after first service- most people praise the look and shine of the car. Drove back alone to Delhi from Dharamshala (about 500km)in 10.5 hrs continuously with a single break of 20min.- extremely comfortable drive-ABS works very well- very stable while turning at high speed even. Planning to fit a CNG kit in the very big boot space after I complete 70000km-the break-even point of diesel car vs petrol car.

pick up at high speedfront base hitting ground in caters on road