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Hello TAI.
Thankyou all for accepting me as your new member, I am starting this thread to sort out my confusion on choosing a new ride.
CURRENT RIDE- Maruti Swift (VXI) ABS (2009 model)
KILOMETER RUN ON DAILY BASIS -30 Kms
LONG DISTANCE TRIPS - YES every month (120-150kms approx, to my wife hometown )
TOTAL FAMILY MEMBERS- 6
REQUIREMENT- SUV with seating capacity of 6
BUDGET- 10 to 20 L
To start off with I have been using my ride swift for the last 5 years to commute mostly in and around city, I was ok with it in the beginning since it had a few scratches here and there, especially the front bumper used to scrape a lot of the times in our bad roads when the car is full with 5 members especially when they were laying the new road which is the OOTY main road which was a couple of years back. After which I had very little issues with it and infact I was in love with it only after completing its 25k kms in lazy 2 years of time, The reason being (Touchwood)not once it has made me stand in the middle of the road stranded with a issue. It gives me a decent (15 - 17 km/L) in city . Now family members are talking about selling this and taking a new ride a SUV with seating capacity of 6 . I am unwilling to sell my ride as this has been very loyal to me from the day1 and even if it goes for sale it could fetch anywhere between 2.5 to 3.0 L which doesnt make much of a difference when adding the amount in buying my new ride. Please advice me .
Now coming towards choosing my new ride, My choices were INNOVA, SAFARI STORME, SCORPIO, XUV500.
INNOVA- My dad's first choice as he was provided a company car were he was chauffeur driven in it for the last 4 years and he absolutely love the ride quality and the confidence the Innova portrays especially during his long distance journeys. I am not so much inclined towards Innova as it completely looks like a long van or a long CARRRRR( No offence, its just my personal opinion).
SAFFARI- I like safari for its sheer stance and being an Indian SUV that adds smile to my face as well. But I did check out that the fit and finish was not upto to the Par with its rivals, I experienced this with my Cousins safari and even with my uncle's ride.
SCORPIO- A big NO from dad as he had bad experience with scorpio, Whenever his company car Innova goes for service he was given the scorpio and a couple of times he had fallen sick the next day after he was driven in the scorpio. He always used to boast about the Innova during those instances. But I loved it for its masculine looks and have driven a couple of times and it really is a beast apart from all the creepy noises .
XUV500- I recently started comparing M&M vehicles with Micr0mx phones, dont know why, but its in a goodway, The more they stay in the Market the more they understand customers and refine their products accordingly. Last week I did take a test drive in the XUV500 and it was performing good infact excellent during the test drive , especially as if a beast was ready to pounce on the vehicles in front of it, In fact I had to book a TD with another dealer to compare it. Driving a petrol Swift for all these years I really liked the instant gush of energy that comes out initially. It was leaps and bounds ahead when compared to the scorpio. I also actually like some of the features mentioned by the showroom executive(Hope they all work accordingly) .
Seeking all the member's to pour in your inputs and also I would be happy if the xuv owners give their valuable feedback about the cheetah.
Thankyou all for accepting me as your new member, I am starting this thread to sort out my confusion on choosing a new ride.
CURRENT RIDE- Maruti Swift (VXI) ABS (2009 model)
KILOMETER RUN ON DAILY BASIS -30 Kms
LONG DISTANCE TRIPS - YES every month (120-150kms approx, to my wife hometown )
TOTAL FAMILY MEMBERS- 6
REQUIREMENT- SUV with seating capacity of 6
BUDGET- 10 to 20 L
To start off with I have been using my ride swift for the last 5 years to commute mostly in and around city, I was ok with it in the beginning since it had a few scratches here and there, especially the front bumper used to scrape a lot of the times in our bad roads when the car is full with 5 members especially when they were laying the new road which is the OOTY main road which was a couple of years back. After which I had very little issues with it and infact I was in love with it only after completing its 25k kms in lazy 2 years of time, The reason being (Touchwood)not once it has made me stand in the middle of the road stranded with a issue. It gives me a decent (15 - 17 km/L) in city . Now family members are talking about selling this and taking a new ride a SUV with seating capacity of 6 . I am unwilling to sell my ride as this has been very loyal to me from the day1 and even if it goes for sale it could fetch anywhere between 2.5 to 3.0 L which doesnt make much of a difference when adding the amount in buying my new ride. Please advice me .
Now coming towards choosing my new ride, My choices were INNOVA, SAFARI STORME, SCORPIO, XUV500.
INNOVA- My dad's first choice as he was provided a company car were he was chauffeur driven in it for the last 4 years and he absolutely love the ride quality and the confidence the Innova portrays especially during his long distance journeys. I am not so much inclined towards Innova as it completely looks like a long van or a long CARRRRR( No offence, its just my personal opinion).
SAFFARI- I like safari for its sheer stance and being an Indian SUV that adds smile to my face as well. But I did check out that the fit and finish was not upto to the Par with its rivals, I experienced this with my Cousins safari and even with my uncle's ride.
SCORPIO- A big NO from dad as he had bad experience with scorpio, Whenever his company car Innova goes for service he was given the scorpio and a couple of times he had fallen sick the next day after he was driven in the scorpio. He always used to boast about the Innova during those instances. But I loved it for its masculine looks and have driven a couple of times and it really is a beast apart from all the creepy noises .
XUV500- I recently started comparing M&M vehicles with Micr0mx phones, dont know why, but its in a goodway, The more they stay in the Market the more they understand customers and refine their products accordingly. Last week I did take a test drive in the XUV500 and it was performing good infact excellent during the test drive , especially as if a beast was ready to pounce on the vehicles in front of it, In fact I had to book a TD with another dealer to compare it. Driving a petrol Swift for all these years I really liked the instant gush of energy that comes out initially. It was leaps and bounds ahead when compared to the scorpio. I also actually like some of the features mentioned by the showroom executive(Hope they all work accordingly) .
Seeking all the member's to pour in your inputs and also I would be happy if the xuv owners give their valuable feedback about the cheetah.
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