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I finished the maintenance of 2 years/30,000 km.
Aside from a few random rattles in the headliner and a loose dashboard that has been repaired, the car runs perfectly and plays a 50/50 combination of city and highway racing. I had used the car for 12,000km after the last overhaul and I didn’t feel good about using the motor oil for so long. Apart from that, there have been in-car updates and campaigns. The car is rarely much different than it was before the service, so I hope the oil doesn’t work. There’s a lot of difference, which also shows how well-designed the engine is. The service charge was covered through the SMP, so I only ended up paying for a few consumables.
What also amazes me over the last few thousand miles is that the FE has come a long way. Gone are the days when I used to get a single-digit EF and now it’s still double digits, with no big replacements in my driving habits. Even on the last trip on the Mysore road, where I was going quite fast due to the very light traffic, I ended up going at 16 km/h. My commute to the workplace is between 10. 5 and 12. 5 depending on traffic. For statistical reasons, of the fifty or so times I’ve refueled so far, I’ve only used 91 octane once, twice the Shell V strength, 4 times 95 HP, and the rest was the XP95 itself. The Power 95 is a bit smoother than the XP95. with similar performance, but the V-force smooths out the ride but also causes a drop in strength due to its 91 octane rating.
One factor I’ve observed is the tire deflation warning that gave me two false warnings with no explainable explanation why in the last 22,000 miles. As a reliability record, it’s quite passable, however, on both occasions I had a lively road race (with how to check tyre tension) and that caution shows up once I get to my destination city. I can’t even calibrate the formula and end up checking the tire tension only to find that they’re not even 1 psi away.
It’s been almost two years and my Slavia 1. 5 DSG has already covered 22,000 km, much more than I expected when I brought the car. But the car simply begs to be driven again and again, longer and longer. So thanks to With this feature, I almost left the Crysta for my father’s exclusive use and stayed with Slavia the entire time. The other explanation is that some changes in my personal life have added an address to Tumkur as a regime in addition to my previous instructions. to Kolar.
I recently went to Ooty and enjoyed the car on the hairpin bends and on the Mysore Highway, as usual. Fantastic handling, braking (1. 5), NVH at top speeds and the tires maintain their average life without any replacement in road noise, etc.
The rear windshield shattered due to debris from the subway structure falling on the car as I passed underneath. This happened last Monday and is also the explanation for why the service was brought forward by a month. On the way home from work, I passed under the next metro station in Bellandur, where work was being done above traffic. There was a component that had no protective net and something fell on the window and at one point I realized that the car had suffered its first real damage in the last two. of years. Because this is a very busy area, I didn’t get a chance to avoid the passage and create a scene. I parked a few feet away and tried to walk back to the location where the incident occurred, but I couldn’t locate it. Anyone at the point on the floor to communicate with. So I resumed my journey home and without delay started running for the next steps.
I needed the car on Thursday for an upcoming trip and the guys at Tafe, especially Mr. Krishna, did their best to solve this challenge in no time and also complete the regular maintenance. The glass was not in the dealership’s inventory, and as I called them right after the incident, they had placed an order for the component that night even though the cut-off time had passed. Kudos to them for a quick fix.
The order for the component was placed on Monday, I left the car on Tuesday, the component arrived late on Wednesday afternoon and was repaired without delay in the evening, and I won the car on Thursday afternoon, which was wonderful. I’m not sure if they would fix it so soon, as there was room for many delays imaginable, especially since the component had to arrive and it also required a curing time for the adhesive. Another merit was not claiming the insurance, as this would have added due to the delays. The replacement costs $9,200 and $2,500 for interior cleaning, as there were chunks of glass all over the cabin, both in the trunk and inside the surrounding trim. The rear windshield itself costs €3,800, the sticker costs about €2,500, and the hard work costs another €3,000.
The Metro contractor returned the full amount, which put a nice end to the story after I reported this matter to BMRCL and had a harsh word for them. Once I won the car, I was asked to come to their workplace for an assembly and expected some kind of defense from them and arguments, but it turned out to be a very pitiful tone and a quick refund with no bureaucracy or paperwork. The thing is, other than a photo on my car’s website, there’s nothing else to show the full turn of events. I couldn’t even locate the object that fell on my car due to the traffic jam noticed in Ecospace.
I’ve been told that protective netting is still mandatory, however, in this case, a component’s net was undone to lift something, which caused this issue. But that’s okay, it ends well, and I must also sincerely thank Metro officials. as a contractor for prompt resolution, even if it would have been a serious incident if the same component had fallen on a two-wheeler or even a pedestrian.
I now have a few modifications planned on this car for my own educational purpose: one is to upgrade the camera to a Highline RVC with dynamic rules and then load TPMS directly. While the latter aims to get rid of false alarms, the former is due to the fact that I bought the Highland RVC for a pittance and any of those features are CAN bus-like modifications, which would be a two-way experience. So, if I’m successful with the RVC, then I’ll be more self-confident by spending cash on the TPMS setup.
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