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Meet My Pal - Volkswagen Polo 1.2 Petrol Highline
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Got chrome lining on the front on bonnet (like on vento)
This chrome strip is not that thick like vento, but it looks good. Bit subtle.
Ordered this strip from ebay and easy to paste.
This is from front:
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Side view:
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Also notice the black carbon fibre eyelids on the head lights. They look just okay and don't enhance the looks much.
More experience on ride to come. Btw I have done more than 12000 Kms within 8 months![[drive]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Drive.gif "Drive [drive]")
Got chrome lining on the front on bonnet (like on vento)
This chrome strip is not that thick like vento, but it looks good. Bit subtle.
Ordered this strip from ebay and easy to paste.
This is from front:
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Side view:
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Also notice the black carbon fibre eyelids on the head lights. They look just okay and don't enhance the looks much.
More experience on ride to come. Btw I have done more than 12000 Kms within 8 months
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Since a month I have been driving a Polo petrol Comfortline. The car was bought in mid Jan and has covered 2200 kms till now. Two issues I am facing with the car:
1) Left side pulling at times, I leave the wheel and the car keep moving in straight line and then after 2-3 seconds it starts pulling to left; very slight pull. It's there in my Polo diesel too (diesel is my own, petrol belongs to friend) but not as much.
2) Minor squeaks while going over potholed roads, I mean one can feel like the car body is acting against the yaw torque and what not.
1) Left side pulling at times, I leave the wheel and the car keep moving in straight line and then after 2-3 seconds it starts pulling to left; very slight pull. It's there in my Polo diesel too (diesel is my own, petrol belongs to friend) but not as much.
2) Minor squeaks while going over potholed roads, I mean one can feel like the car body is acting against the yaw torque and what not.
@RightNow-Buddy can you please brief down your experience on following things.
1. Being a 3-Cylinder engine, how does the car build up speed in cities, Highways, Ghats and various other terrain?
2. How is the Rear seat legroom? also is it possible to fit 3 average sized adults at the rear?
3. The rear windows don't go all the way down, does this means that the rear feels claustrophobic?
4. The Polo 1.2MPI quotes an average of 16.8KMPL officially, but on the forum many of them says they get an average of 17-18. Is this justified?
5. What is the top speed that can be attained without putting strain on the engine?
1. Being a 3-Cylinder engine, how does the car build up speed in cities, Highways, Ghats and various other terrain?
2. How is the Rear seat legroom? also is it possible to fit 3 average sized adults at the rear?
3. The rear windows don't go all the way down, does this means that the rear feels claustrophobic?
4. The Polo 1.2MPI quotes an average of 16.8KMPL officially, but on the forum many of them says they get an average of 17-18. Is this justified?
5. What is the top speed that can be attained without putting strain on the engine?
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1) Left side pulling may be due to some alignment issue. Or may be its just psychological. A suggestion- try driving the car on wrong side and see if it still behaves the same.
2) Minor squeak may be some issue in suspension. You should visit the workshop.
1. The first/second gear acceleration isn't that great in cities when compared to say maruti swift. Driving on highways is pure joy. Never drove in ghats but should not be problem as the car handles great. My terrain is usually the boring home-office-home route, so can't say much but all I can say it has performed well be it any road any day.
2. Rear leg room isn't that great. 3 can sit behind comfortably. . If you and your colleague are at the back with your boss in the middle, then your shoulders might rub with your boss's a bit too often than you would like. If the three at back are good friends then they won't even realize. I guess you got the point.
3. Yes the windows don't go down completely but it will not feel claustrophobic. In fact you would rarely drive with rear windows down because the car makes certain noises due to air pressure that you would have to close the windows eventually.
4. I have stopped tracking the average these days. 17-18 may not be true for cities but achievable on highways. With my driving of 50% highway, 50% cities I get around 13-14 kmpl.
5. Top speed. I think I have done around 140 Kmph once and I wasn't scared a bit, nor was the car.
By the way I have done around 86000 KM in this car.
2) Minor squeak may be some issue in suspension. You should visit the workshop.
1. The first/second gear acceleration isn't that great in cities when compared to say maruti swift. Driving on highways is pure joy. Never drove in ghats but should not be problem as the car handles great. My terrain is usually the boring home-office-home route, so can't say much but all I can say it has performed well be it any road any day.
2. Rear leg room isn't that great. 3 can sit behind comfortably. . If you and your colleague are at the back with your boss in the middle, then your shoulders might rub with your boss's a bit too often than you would like. If the three at back are good friends then they won't even realize. I guess you got the point.
3. Yes the windows don't go down completely but it will not feel claustrophobic. In fact you would rarely drive with rear windows down because the car makes certain noises due to air pressure that you would have to close the windows eventually.
4. I have stopped tracking the average these days. 17-18 may not be true for cities but achievable on highways. With my driving of 50% highway, 50% cities I get around 13-14 kmpl.
5. Top speed. I think I have done around 140 Kmph once and I wasn't scared a bit, nor was the car.
By the way I have done around 86000 KM in this car.
@Rightnow:
What is the range of service bills? I mean from minimum to maximum? Some people suggested that petrol Polo is way less expensive to maintain than its diesel sibling.
BTW today I am taking my HL TDi for 7500 kms inspection; any tips and suggestions?
Additionally I have felt that despite being a heavy car with a puny 1.2l engine. All the 75 horses are present when needed and low end as well as mid range really strong; the Polo petrol I do drive simply pulls right from 35-40 kph in fifth gear itself very cleanly without any kind of drama.
@iuber20:
The petrol engine in Polo has a very different state of tune and it has a strong low end and mid range but the top end is nowhere close to Swift or Grand i10. Performance is just enough to potter around with nothing to complain. Coming to top speed; the fury needle can touch the 170-180 mark any time on flat surface and 150 is easily attainable with stability being rock solid and car being full of confidence; only Punto can better the Polo at elevated speeds, none else.
What is the range of service bills? I mean from minimum to maximum? Some people suggested that petrol Polo is way less expensive to maintain than its diesel sibling.
BTW today I am taking my HL TDi for 7500 kms inspection; any tips and suggestions?
Additionally I have felt that despite being a heavy car with a puny 1.2l engine. All the 75 horses are present when needed and low end as well as mid range really strong; the Polo petrol I do drive simply pulls right from 35-40 kph in fifth gear itself very cleanly without any kind of drama.
@iuber20:
The petrol engine in Polo has a very different state of tune and it has a strong low end and mid range but the top end is nowhere close to Swift or Grand i10. Performance is just enough to potter around with nothing to complain. Coming to top speed; the fury needle can touch the 170-180 mark any time on flat surface and 150 is easily attainable with stability being rock solid and car being full of confidence; only Punto can better the Polo at elevated speeds, none else.
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@TSIVipul- Thanks for the inputs, I suppose you own a TSI. I presently own an i20 petrol asta 1.2L along with an Alto. The Polo will be the replacement for my 9years old Alto. Using an i20 for a while there are very less option to explore out in the market(no Hyundai now, coz they share the same engine with couple of their own cars). My budget restricts me to the max 7.5L, so left out with few options and I consider polo to be the best here(Plz correct if I am wrong). The concern here is the 3-cylinder engine and rear seat.
You quoted a top of 170-180 on the Polo petrol 1.2MPI? are you sure? or you mentioned it for the 1.2 TSI?
@Rightnow- Congratulation for the Milestone achieved, This is indeed a great bonding with a car and Thanks for the prompt reply. Suggest you to do an ownership review for this milestone. I am pretty much clear with your explanation. I have heard that the Polo petrol MPI need the throttle input every time while releasing the clutch when engaged on the first gear or say moving from a standstill, and if not done so it stalls. Can you throw some light on the same?
You quoted a top of 170-180 on the Polo petrol 1.2MPI? are you sure? or you mentioned it for the 1.2 TSI?
@Rightnow- Congratulation for the Milestone achieved, This is indeed a great bonding with a car and Thanks for the prompt reply. Suggest you to do an ownership review for this milestone. I am pretty much clear with your explanation. I have heard that the Polo petrol MPI need the throttle input every time while releasing the clutch when engaged on the first gear or say moving from a standstill, and if not done so it stalls. Can you throw some light on the same?
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^^Saarji that TSi in my handle is from the time when there was nothing called GT TSi in Indian market (Laura TSi I owned those days).
Whatever I have written, I wrote it about 1.2 MPi itself. I've never driven the Polo MPi before I bought my TDi HL in December.
Just after that it's my friend who needed an another car and we decided to check the Polo 1.2 MPi out (I had my pre formed opinion that 75 bhp and a heavy body will be poor performance and poor FE) and it was a surprise for me. Polo has modest figures on paper but the real world drivability is simply awesome. Clutch and gearbox is good enough and build is known to all. The engine has an awesome low end and mid range for a petrol and really pulls very cleanly from low revs. Simple way to explain; slot in 5th gear at 35 kph itself and drive the car. It will simply keep moving and will even gain speed also without any drama or making idiotic sounds; that's the beauty of low end and mid range.
Coming to throttle input part; car simply keeps on charging ahead like most other cars, you need to touch the accelerator only while ascending any obstacle or on poor surface (like all other petrol cars). This is a tall stroke kid sirji!!
Only issue can be NVH, the engine sounds far from sweet and a bit like diesel while pulling (but it pulls like a diesel itself), that's the only shortcoming I can notice after spending a good 2500 kms with a Polo 1.2 MPi since 20th Jan 2016.
Whatever I have written, I wrote it about 1.2 MPi itself. I've never driven the Polo MPi before I bought my TDi HL in December.
Just after that it's my friend who needed an another car and we decided to check the Polo 1.2 MPi out (I had my pre formed opinion that 75 bhp and a heavy body will be poor performance and poor FE) and it was a surprise for me. Polo has modest figures on paper but the real world drivability is simply awesome. Clutch and gearbox is good enough and build is known to all. The engine has an awesome low end and mid range for a petrol and really pulls very cleanly from low revs. Simple way to explain; slot in 5th gear at 35 kph itself and drive the car. It will simply keep moving and will even gain speed also without any drama or making idiotic sounds; that's the beauty of low end and mid range.
Coming to throttle input part; car simply keeps on charging ahead like most other cars, you need to touch the accelerator only while ascending any obstacle or on poor surface (like all other petrol cars). This is a tall stroke kid sirji!!
Only issue can be NVH, the engine sounds far from sweet and a bit like diesel while pulling (but it pulls like a diesel itself), that's the only shortcoming I can notice after spending a good 2500 kms with a Polo 1.2 MPi since 20th Jan 2016.
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Minimum Rs. 5500/- , maximum approx. Rs 9,000.
For diesel the same range is between Rs. 10-15k. (My friend owns cross polo tdi)
I got my clutch over hauled recently @ Rs. 20,800/-. For diesel the same costs around Rs. 40,000/-.
Drive using full clutch otherwise it will wear out soon.
May be I didn't understand this statement correctly but I have observed polo to be better at high speeds. Please help me in understanding what you mean here.
Yes engine sounds harsh but the insulation inside is remarkable. I am a non stop music listener so that helps too.
Like vipul has already said, it behaves like any other petrol car.
You will never have a problem with the way it drives, howsoever different from others it may be. Your concern should not be the performance, but other things like proximity of service center and no. of people expected to be usually travelling. If service center is far away, you may avoid going there in case of minor issues leading to bigger issues due to negligence. If more than 4 people will travel often, the car may feel small.
For performance I suggest only one thing- test drive. Take a decently long test drive and make decision.
For diesel the same range is between Rs. 10-15k. (My friend owns cross polo tdi)
I got my clutch over hauled recently @ Rs. 20,800/-. For diesel the same costs around Rs. 40,000/-.
Drive using full clutch otherwise it will wear out soon.
May be I didn't understand this statement correctly but I have observed polo to be better at high speeds. Please help me in understanding what you mean here.
Yes engine sounds harsh but the insulation inside is remarkable. I am a non stop music listener so that helps too.
Like vipul has already said, it behaves like any other petrol car.
You will never have a problem with the way it drives, howsoever different from others it may be. Your concern should not be the performance, but other things like proximity of service center and no. of people expected to be usually travelling. If service center is far away, you may avoid going there in case of minor issues leading to bigger issues due to negligence. If more than 4 people will travel often, the car may feel small.
For performance I suggest only one thing- test drive. Take a decently long test drive and make decision.
@VipulTSI, Rightnow-I test drove the Polo 1.2MPI and follows are my observations.
1. Polo seems to be more eager to pick up from the 1st gear as compared to my i20. Is it true?
2. Seating postion by default is very low and you have to adjust for height even though you have a decent height.
3. I revved the polo pretty hard, and i must say the car picked up speed really well, i was on of 80kmph at 3rd gear(just to see the engine behaviour). Engine looks rev free.
4.Rear space is really tough for three adults.
Guys here is the Good news from VW, a much awaited addition of a new colour for which i was waiting for. They Have added two new colours, but i could see only one with them.
The two new colors are the Toffee Brown same like that on Vento and the other one was a light shade of Grey.
Here is a single pic that I manage to take.
1. Polo seems to be more eager to pick up from the 1st gear as compared to my i20. Is it true?
2. Seating postion by default is very low and you have to adjust for height even though you have a decent height.
3. I revved the polo pretty hard, and i must say the car picked up speed really well, i was on of 80kmph at 3rd gear(just to see the engine behaviour). Engine looks rev free.
4.Rear space is really tough for three adults.
Guys here is the Good news from VW, a much awaited addition of a new colour for which i was waiting for. They Have added two new colours, but i could see only one with them.
The two new colors are the Toffee Brown same like that on Vento and the other one was a light shade of Grey.
Here is a single pic that I manage to take.
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