Hi Friends,
I am going to buy a vehicle (My first CAR) in near future.
I had lot of doubts and still can't decide what to buy. My dream Car is VW POLO and my budget is around 7L (+/-30).
Please suggest me whether go for it or go for Hundai and I decided not to go for Maruti.
My view is to go for POLO CL 1.2 Petrol.
I may travel <1000 KL per month (hopefully) and road trip for sure once in every 3 months.
Please suggest pros and cons.
Drive Safe,
JK
Let me start with a pic of my Polo petrol Comfortline, with Ameo:
I won't say that I am most qualified to answer this query because the guys telling that Polo is not easy to maintain are also the owners
Here is my experience with my VW Polo 1.2 CL:
One accident already faced
Total cost of maintenance for entire 22000 kms my petrol Polo has covered in last 17 months is:
6220 for service
1040 for inspection and a bracket replacement
Total I have spent is Rs 7,260 on my Polo petrol in terms of maintenance in last 17 months or 22000 kilometers.
On my Polo diesel Highline, I have spent around:
9,200 + 10,600 + 7,800 + 800 + 1900 + 1900 = Total 32,200 bucks in 47,000 kilometers or 18 months of ownership.
Other than this, except a minor warranty replacement in the diesel car and a slightly bad experience with the petrol car after the bonnet and front bumper were replaced in an accident, the service part has been blissful for me. Polo is not that hard to maintain, you just need to be a bit cautious at your end and have to learn to sternly tell service station guys that they are supposed to do only and only the servicing, nothing else at all. My 10,600 bill for Polo diesel was for only the reason that I allowed them do everything in their list.
Polo petrol fuel economy:
City: 11-12 kpl max
City, tight traffic: 8-9 kpl max
Highway, sober drive: 17-18 kpl, can reach 19 too
Highway, hard foot drive: 13-14 kpl max
If I go by the overall FE figures those I get for around 37-63 city highway run (My regular drive), then it comes out to be around 16.4 kpl for petrol Polo and around 19 kpl for diesel Polo, note down that my chauffy is a sober and calm driver.