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Greetings to everyone.
My Toreador Red Verito was 4.5 years old and odo had crossed 85000 KMs. The car is in wonderful shape and mechanically excellent.
XUV5OO was a dream car since inception but due to financial constraints I couldn't gather courage to buy it.
By the time New Age XUV arrived, I had some funds but it was not sensible to sell 3 years old car to upgrade. With arrival of 2017, my itch got stronger and then within 1 month I have seen 3 new XUVs in my office parking. Then a new Mahindra showroom opened on my way to office. Every few days I was seeing a new XUV getting dressed up to be adopted by someone. All these scenarios acted like fuel in fire.
Itch was increasing each passing day and but before diving to Mahindra showroom we test drove few other cars as well
Creta
+ Peppy Engine
+ Looks Beautiful
- Pricey for what it offers. Even second top variant doesn't comes with touch screen.
- Cramped rear
- Not a single Re Discount.
ISUZU D-MAX V-Cross
+ Rough and Bold
+ Very practical
+ capable to take it anywhere
- Stock model is 16 lacs + 2.5 lacs to make it livable
- Huge turning radius
- Diesel guzzler
- Notchy gearbox, reminds me my Tempo Trax gearbox
S-Cross
+ Super Peppy
+ M badge
+ Priced adequately for engine size but not for car size
+ Great interiors
+ NEXA hospitality is at par
- Technically nothing but emotional didn't like it.
Used Fortuner
+ Rough Robuts
+ Looks macho
- Basic interiors
- Diesel Guzzler
- Low seating position, you can't see bonnet thus doesnt give XUV feel.
XUV 5OO
+ Looks stylish
+ Plush interiors
- Niggles
Overall XUV was a VFM option.
Now with budget constraint, we could stretch it upto W6. So we booked W6. We were also very clear with color selection. That it has to be silver.
We have been told that we can get delivery in 2 days and then suddenly we heard that new Android Auto variant is coming. They said it will take 15 days. So we thought that we will wait for Android Auto variant.
Initially inclination for android auto was just to take newest model but later on some study revealed that it could be very practical feature like mirroring your phone and using real time Google Maps on HU
After speaking to @bhvm and few others, I decided that I should opt for ESP and 6 Airbags. So booking was changed to W8 and a couple of days later, I upgraded my booking to W10.
What I got were 4 extra airbags, ESP, Hill Hold, reverse cam and rest of the features like Allow Wheels and Sunroof can be just called wow factors.
Colour Confusion
Our initial decision was to get Silver but further studies revealed that silver is least maintenance colour but white is safest so we opted for Pearl White.
On Saturday 13th May I got VIN number but as I was out of town so did PDI on Monday 15th May. All looked great except a site that a new virgin unregistered XUV was their in body shop with scratched rear fender.
I raised this with their PDI in charge and he was casual about it. I guess this is dark side of this industry.
Delivery
Yesterday I got the delivery (Unnati Motors, Pune) and it has its own story which can be read here
http://www.theautomotiveindia.com/f...nnati-motors-mahindra-pune-sales-service.html
It's been 2 weeks now and vehicle odo counts 1400 KMs. Here are things which I like and dislike about vehicle.
Things I liked
Things I didn't like
Niggles so far
1. [SOLVED AUTOMATICALLY] Engine Start Stop not working - I know this feature and used this extensively in past. but I believe this is not working in my car. Yet to check it thoroughly.
2. [SOLVED] Camping light bulb (in rear boot door) fused in 2 hours :)
3. [SOLVED] Loud Khan Khan noise on rough patches from front left wheel.
4. Android Auto Freezes after continuous usage of approximately 30 mins.
My Toreador Red Verito was 4.5 years old and odo had crossed 85000 KMs. The car is in wonderful shape and mechanically excellent.
XUV5OO was a dream car since inception but due to financial constraints I couldn't gather courage to buy it.
By the time New Age XUV arrived, I had some funds but it was not sensible to sell 3 years old car to upgrade. With arrival of 2017, my itch got stronger and then within 1 month I have seen 3 new XUVs in my office parking. Then a new Mahindra showroom opened on my way to office. Every few days I was seeing a new XUV getting dressed up to be adopted by someone. All these scenarios acted like fuel in fire.
Itch was increasing each passing day and but before diving to Mahindra showroom we test drove few other cars as well
Creta
+ Peppy Engine
+ Looks Beautiful
- Pricey for what it offers. Even second top variant doesn't comes with touch screen.
- Cramped rear
- Not a single Re Discount.
ISUZU D-MAX V-Cross
+ Rough and Bold
+ Very practical
+ capable to take it anywhere
- Stock model is 16 lacs + 2.5 lacs to make it livable
- Huge turning radius
- Diesel guzzler
- Notchy gearbox, reminds me my Tempo Trax gearbox
S-Cross
+ Super Peppy
+ M badge
+ Priced adequately for engine size but not for car size
+ Great interiors
+ NEXA hospitality is at par
- Technically nothing but emotional didn't like it.
Used Fortuner
+ Rough Robuts
+ Looks macho
- Basic interiors
- Diesel Guzzler
- Low seating position, you can't see bonnet thus doesnt give XUV feel.
XUV 5OO
+ Looks stylish
+ Plush interiors
- Niggles
Overall XUV was a VFM option.
Now with budget constraint, we could stretch it upto W6. So we booked W6. We were also very clear with color selection. That it has to be silver.
We have been told that we can get delivery in 2 days and then suddenly we heard that new Android Auto variant is coming. They said it will take 15 days. So we thought that we will wait for Android Auto variant.
Initially inclination for android auto was just to take newest model but later on some study revealed that it could be very practical feature like mirroring your phone and using real time Google Maps on HU
After speaking to @bhvm and few others, I decided that I should opt for ESP and 6 Airbags. So booking was changed to W8 and a couple of days later, I upgraded my booking to W10.
What I got were 4 extra airbags, ESP, Hill Hold, reverse cam and rest of the features like Allow Wheels and Sunroof can be just called wow factors.
Colour Confusion
Our initial decision was to get Silver but further studies revealed that silver is least maintenance colour but white is safest so we opted for Pearl White.
On Saturday 13th May I got VIN number but as I was out of town so did PDI on Monday 15th May. All looked great except a site that a new virgin unregistered XUV was their in body shop with scratched rear fender.
I raised this with their PDI in charge and he was casual about it. I guess this is dark side of this industry.
Delivery
Yesterday I got the delivery (Unnati Motors, Pune) and it has its own story which can be read here
http://www.theautomotiveindia.com/f...nnati-motors-mahindra-pune-sales-service.html
It's been 2 weeks now and vehicle odo counts 1400 KMs. Here are things which I like and dislike about vehicle.
Things I liked
- Ultra spacious in middle row.
- Much refined engine than first generation
- Planted ride
- Android Auto
Things I didn't like
- Limited headroom due to accommodation of sunroof
- Rubbery gearshift, specially 1st.
- Stiffer suspension causing jerks in low speed
- Niggling issues
Niggles so far
1. [SOLVED AUTOMATICALLY] Engine Start Stop not working - I know this feature and used this extensively in past. but I believe this is not working in my car. Yet to check it thoroughly.
2. [SOLVED] Camping light bulb (in rear boot door) fused in 2 hours :)
3. [SOLVED] Loud Khan Khan noise on rough patches from front left wheel.
4. Android Auto Freezes after continuous usage of approximately 30 mins.
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