True. My Alto performing well in 155 section Michelin. I would definitely put 165 next time, last time tire guy told the sidewall will touch to body. but I saw cars with 165 and not any one of them touching to body. Go for it.
Pre-Loved Maruti Suzuki Zen Estilo Ownership Review: Tall Girl Comes Home
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1000kms in 24hrs - Yes, you read it right.
Time for an update on Saturday I went to Hatti, a small mining town near Raichur. We were only 2 of us and I was the only driver. What started as a 7hr one way journey ended up becoming a 24hr marathon.
Started from Bangalore
Drove through the below towns before reaching destination.
Tumkur >> Sira >>Hiriyur >>Chitradurga >>Challakere >> Bellary >>Lingusur >> Hatti
The weather was super chill and cloudy for the first 300kms, in fact never switched on AC till we hit Chitradurga. Post that roads werent great till Challakere. The road between Challakere and Bellary is like a dream road with vast open barren lands on both sides and a 2way road on which you find very few dhabas and ofcourse you can do 100 - 130ish easily.
The first 300kms was a breeze, by the time I reached Bellary I had a few cramps here and there. The roads in & around bellary are like worst amongst all the roads that I travelled. We also ended up missing route and approached a bridge near Tungabadra river, before realising our mistake - it costed us 35kms (to & fro) to make the correction. Overall the dream of driving 1000kms in a day is finally met.
Started @ 5am Saturday from Bangalore
Returned @ 4.45am on Sunday morning.
Took rest @ destination for 3hours (food, talk, watching tv - no sleeping)
I deliberately parked the car at a Dhabha on Bellary road on our way back as I was feeling drowsy and makes no sense to take risk with my life or others. 1hour power nap made a huge difference and made the journey possible.
I never expected Estilo to be this good on highway, the tyres (145 section) & the stock headlamps were the only let down. Overall 4500/- fuel - thats about 65ltrs & a decent mileage of 16.xxkmpl. Despite driving with no regard for mileage & AC on for close to 50% of the distance.
Let the pictures do the talking.
Time for an update on Saturday I went to Hatti, a small mining town near Raichur. We were only 2 of us and I was the only driver. What started as a 7hr one way journey ended up becoming a 24hr marathon.
Started from Bangalore
Drove through the below towns before reaching destination.
Tumkur >> Sira >>Hiriyur >>Chitradurga >>Challakere >> Bellary >>Lingusur >> Hatti
The weather was super chill and cloudy for the first 300kms, in fact never switched on AC till we hit Chitradurga. Post that roads werent great till Challakere. The road between Challakere and Bellary is like a dream road with vast open barren lands on both sides and a 2way road on which you find very few dhabas and ofcourse you can do 100 - 130ish easily.
The first 300kms was a breeze, by the time I reached Bellary I had a few cramps here and there. The roads in & around bellary are like worst amongst all the roads that I travelled. We also ended up missing route and approached a bridge near Tungabadra river, before realising our mistake - it costed us 35kms (to & fro) to make the correction. Overall the dream of driving 1000kms in a day is finally met.
Started @ 5am Saturday from Bangalore
Returned @ 4.45am on Sunday morning.
Took rest @ destination for 3hours (food, talk, watching tv - no sleeping)
I deliberately parked the car at a Dhabha on Bellary road on our way back as I was feeling drowsy and makes no sense to take risk with my life or others. 1hour power nap made a huge difference and made the journey possible.
I never expected Estilo to be this good on highway, the tyres (145 section) & the stock headlamps were the only let down. Overall 4500/- fuel - thats about 65ltrs & a decent mileage of 16.xxkmpl. Despite driving with no regard for mileage & AC on for close to 50% of the distance.
Let the pictures do the talking.
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Congrats for the new car! we also owned one Zen Estilo lxi ( olive green) from jan 2007 to july 2013 and the motor is a gem ! Wish you many many happy miles ahead with the car! ![[drive]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Drive.gif "Drive [drive]")
Congrats anand on your new purchase happy thousands of miles ahead.
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Returning after almost a month to my thread, with a tiny DIY update.
I felt the blower smelled a bit and cant use fan felt weird without ac.
With ac everything felt good, so decided to dig a bit under the dashboard and here is what I found.
This is how the blower looked when i removed, dint feel that dirty to be honest. Once I started rinsing it and then brushing the fins, check the water condition below!![[surprise]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Surprise.gif "Surprise [surprise]")
This is now90% clean, although the squirrel cage fan is made of plastic the edges are pretty sharp.
Also sprayed Colin+ water directly into the ac vents, the entire stuff drips off near the fan or centre console. Removed the centre console and cleaned the reachable plumbing area.
Now no smell and only blower too can be used.
PS: Ac works, but these rainy days blower is more used than ac hence had to do this
I felt the blower smelled a bit and cant use fan felt weird without ac.
With ac everything felt good, so decided to dig a bit under the dashboard and here is what I found.
This is how the blower looked when i removed, dint feel that dirty to be honest. Once I started rinsing it and then brushing the fins, check the water condition below!
This is now90% clean, although the squirrel cage fan is made of plastic the edges are pretty sharp.
Also sprayed Colin+ water directly into the ac vents, the entire stuff drips off near the fan or centre console. Removed the centre console and cleaned the reachable plumbing area.
Now no smell and only blower too can be used.
PS: Ac works, but these rainy days blower is more used than ac hence had to do this
Congrats for your Estilo![[clap]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Clap.gif "Clap [clap]")
wish you millions of happy miles ahead![[:)]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Smile.gif "Smile [:)]")
wish you millions of happy miles ahead
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Congrats SS80 for your Estilo
Nice DIY maintenance. Marutis are pretty easy to open up & Maintain with your skills.
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Completed about 3700kms now,
The gear lever bush was too worn out,
changed it as a DIY, only after opening the whole thing I realised the bottom ball in the rod itself was worn a little bit. Hence the DIY is kind of failure.
Will have to get the rod and entire kit changed in a few months.
The gear lever bush was too worn out,
changed it as a DIY, only after opening the whole thing I realised the bottom ball in the rod itself was worn a little bit. Hence the DIY is kind of failure.
Will have to get the rod and entire kit changed in a few months.
This happened today morning at Chennai:
Faced starting trouble in my Estilo this morning.
Car was started fine in cold start without any issues , after parked for sometime outside the gate, the car refused to start but cranking fine.
Immobilizer light was ON. tried my level best(removed and connected battery for 5 times/locked&unlocked N num of times) to make it start but failed.
Thank God, Vista was there at the time with Estilo, so parents started to Vellore from Chennai in Vista. we parked the Estilo by pushing inside the gate.
Local mech checked Estilo and confirmed the issue is with Key and asked to check with spare key.
will check with spare key once it reached to Chennai from Vellore by tomorrow.
Faced starting trouble in my Estilo this morning.
Car was started fine in cold start without any issues , after parked for sometime outside the gate, the car refused to start but cranking fine.
Immobilizer light was ON. tried my level best(removed and connected battery for 5 times/locked&unlocked N num of times) to make it start but failed.
Thank God, Vista was there at the time with Estilo, so parents started to Vellore from Chennai in Vista. we parked the Estilo by pushing inside the gate.
Local mech checked Estilo and confirmed the issue is with Key and asked to check with spare key.
will check with spare key once it reached to Chennai from Vellore by tomorrow.
Maybe the battery is weak and is not sending enough signal to let Immobilizer disengage.
car is cranking normal and there is not lag in that.
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