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BEFORE BUYING CAR:
I have researched several things and finally zeroed on buying a diesel vehicle.
MY OPTIONS:
According to my budget my options were as follows
1. Maruti baleno Alpha
2. Tata zest XT
3. Maruti ertiga VDI
4. Ford Aspire Titanium/Titanium plus
I have shortlisted and test drove Tata zest XT and Ford aspire Titanium due to the long waiting list of Maruti Baleno (5 months), uncomfotable seating in Maruti ertiga.
I have liked all the features in Tata zest except the irritating indica vista front looks, lesser fuel economy (onroad the dealer claimed it would be 18-19 for diesel), lesser ground clearence of diesel. So, I test drove ford aspire diesel and liked the car driving comfort and the excellent engine. This is my first owned car and first driven sedan also. But ford aspire gave me very good driving ease and i liked it. But I have two compliants, which I still have.
1. Build quality is NOT at par compared to Tata zest especially doors are very weak
2. Tyres are very small for the sedan like this, atleast 15 inches wheels would have been better
But finally I madeup mind to go with ford titanium diesel , keeping in view of that excellent diesel engine and went to two dealers in Hyderabad mody and vibrant. I first visited mody and he quoted higher price compared to vibrant. So I booked my vehicle paying some money with vibrant ford. Then Mody ford called me and gave better offer compared to Vibrant. Since I have already payed the booking amount, sticked to vibrant ford although Mody has blue color in stock. Initially they told me blue color is not in stock in titanium version, but is available in tatanium plus version. SA has advised me to go for the titanium plus or to select some other color like white/grey. But , I liked only blue color so threatened them to cancel my booking and go to mody ford, unless they give blue color in titanium version. Finally they told me they will order the blue color vehicle from the factory and it will take one week, but delivered me after 10 days.
DELIVERY PROCESS:
SA told me vehicle will be delivered with teflon coating and underbody coating etc. all inclusive of the amount I have paid. SA has explained the vehicle controls and handed over me the relevant documents. When I have inspected, I felt underbody coating was not done( somebody told me underbody coating is in black color but vehicle underbody was painted in blue). SA told me since vehicle is in blue color underbody coating was done in blue color ( I later came to know they have cheated me as vehicle comes with blue color painted underbody from the factory that too from their own service people told me this). But they did the teflon coating as said earlier.
I took the delivery at 4:00PM and drove the car to my home. The next day, me and my wife both went to temple and performed pooja.
ACCIDENT:
The very next day evening, after performing pooja for new car, we went to nearby town in the night and I was driving on two-way single road (I think it is state highway). After entering the town, traffic was very high and we were driving slowly may be at 30KMPH. suddenly two children riding the bicycle lost balance and fell infront of my car. I pressed the brakes in a linear manner ( not sudden braking) and stopped the car and was talking to the children. Suddenly an ertiga hit my car from the rear end and escaped the scene with speed. We along with some locals have searched for ertiga and haven't found it.
DAMAGE:
My rear bumper has two big dents, little damage to the tail gate, tail lamp etc. I have nil dep cover, so handed over the car for bodyshop work within two days after taking new car delivery.
I will write my experiences with the service people in the next post.
I have researched several things and finally zeroed on buying a diesel vehicle.
MY OPTIONS:
According to my budget my options were as follows
1. Maruti baleno Alpha
2. Tata zest XT
3. Maruti ertiga VDI
4. Ford Aspire Titanium/Titanium plus
I have shortlisted and test drove Tata zest XT and Ford aspire Titanium due to the long waiting list of Maruti Baleno (5 months), uncomfotable seating in Maruti ertiga.
I have liked all the features in Tata zest except the irritating indica vista front looks, lesser fuel economy (onroad the dealer claimed it would be 18-19 for diesel), lesser ground clearence of diesel. So, I test drove ford aspire diesel and liked the car driving comfort and the excellent engine. This is my first owned car and first driven sedan also. But ford aspire gave me very good driving ease and i liked it. But I have two compliants, which I still have.
1. Build quality is NOT at par compared to Tata zest especially doors are very weak
2. Tyres are very small for the sedan like this, atleast 15 inches wheels would have been better
But finally I madeup mind to go with ford titanium diesel , keeping in view of that excellent diesel engine and went to two dealers in Hyderabad mody and vibrant. I first visited mody and he quoted higher price compared to vibrant. So I booked my vehicle paying some money with vibrant ford. Then Mody ford called me and gave better offer compared to Vibrant. Since I have already payed the booking amount, sticked to vibrant ford although Mody has blue color in stock. Initially they told me blue color is not in stock in titanium version, but is available in tatanium plus version. SA has advised me to go for the titanium plus or to select some other color like white/grey. But , I liked only blue color so threatened them to cancel my booking and go to mody ford, unless they give blue color in titanium version. Finally they told me they will order the blue color vehicle from the factory and it will take one week, but delivered me after 10 days.
DELIVERY PROCESS:
SA told me vehicle will be delivered with teflon coating and underbody coating etc. all inclusive of the amount I have paid. SA has explained the vehicle controls and handed over me the relevant documents. When I have inspected, I felt underbody coating was not done( somebody told me underbody coating is in black color but vehicle underbody was painted in blue). SA told me since vehicle is in blue color underbody coating was done in blue color ( I later came to know they have cheated me as vehicle comes with blue color painted underbody from the factory that too from their own service people told me this). But they did the teflon coating as said earlier.
I took the delivery at 4:00PM and drove the car to my home. The next day, me and my wife both went to temple and performed pooja.
ACCIDENT:
The very next day evening, after performing pooja for new car, we went to nearby town in the night and I was driving on two-way single road (I think it is state highway). After entering the town, traffic was very high and we were driving slowly may be at 30KMPH. suddenly two children riding the bicycle lost balance and fell infront of my car. I pressed the brakes in a linear manner ( not sudden braking) and stopped the car and was talking to the children. Suddenly an ertiga hit my car from the rear end and escaped the scene with speed. We along with some locals have searched for ertiga and haven't found it.
DAMAGE:
My rear bumper has two big dents, little damage to the tail gate, tail lamp etc. I have nil dep cover, so handed over the car for bodyshop work within two days after taking new car delivery.
I will write my experiences with the service people in the next post.