jeetcp
Mediocre me
So last 3 years have been busy for us from car exchange perspective.
Read OLX Part1 here:
https://www.bcmtouring.com/forums/threads/buying-a-pre-loved-sx4-petrol-my-olx-experience.60061/
Where is Part2? I am yet to post a review. Well, This small Picture can tell what the OLX part 2 was. make a guess.
Coming to Part3:
We just bought a Tata Zest XMA Diesel AMT Dark Gray. At the time of purchase she was 23.5 months old and did 36400 KM.
Have driven her 1000KM and so far I am very impressed with the car.
Background:
3.5 years back, 28 July 2014, We bought a 6.5 year driven SX4 petrol (Link above).
Last year we bought a Nano XTA AMT. And this year Zest. All from OLX.
SX4 has served us 35K km since then and has taken us some remote places while keeping us comfortable. Had to spend good amount of time on keeping her in top shape. CNG kept cost low. Happy Happy.
The Estilo, our first car, was doing fine, did 73K km and good car for city drives, except it had no soul. Neither me nor wife wanted to take her out. So One fine day, I posted her on OLX and at 9:45PM, we sold her. She went to someone we knew, I real gentleman and I am so happy that she is in good hands.
The Nano is in home town, driven by my Dad. Thanks to nano AMT, Daddy learnt driving at the age of 67 years. The person I bought the Nano from, again was a thorough gentleman. Something I cannot describe in words, the humbleness has to be experienced.
So far, 2 cars bought, 1 sold. I had to replace Estilo with a practical, reliable, safe and comfortable option. Here came Zest.
Again, I bought it from an IT company employee and such a nice gentleman. I would not hesitate asking for help or vice-versa.
As a Policy: I do not sell to or buy from Dealers. Dealing with Individuals is so rewarding, pleasing and I made good friends, every time.
Can I say, I did not deal the car, I dealt the Person. I hardly took test drive of Zest, or looked into Service History, because I was sold on the truthfulness of the seller.
Some pictures. Anyone?
About Zest:
Exterior Looks: To each his own. I am OK with it. Many people do not like the Egg-Shell shape. I find it overall better than Desire at least.
Interiors: For me those work great. Black interiors with highlights of Cream/White. Material quality is wonderful. Only sour point is zero bottle holders. Thankfully, Previous owner had installed Accessory for 2 bottle holders.
ICE: HARMAN connect music system is superb. 4+4 speakers and quality that puts expensive sedans to shame. The XTA model comes with large screen and Integrated camera etc which are missing in XMA.
Engine: Fiat 1.3 Multijet 90PS diesel with Variable Geometry Turbo. Enough is said about this engine and it works the same way in this car too. Coming from Tata, overall fitment of Engine, Insulation firewall, Engine plastic Cover, ECU placement etc is done very nicely. I dont see any corners cut which is generally the case in Maruti implementation sometimes.
Gearbox: Yeah.. The AMT is the highlight of the car. Unit is from "magneti marelli", same company that sells to Maruti (Celerio, Dezire etc) and Renault (Kwid). But this is a better version of the unit.
Kwid AMT has no Gear lever, you cannot put it in manual mode. It is outright dangerous while overtaking if you ask me. 80% times while overtaking, the AMT will upshift and you are out of power band. Renault saves 10-15 thousand ruppees by providing cheaper AMT since it shares ECU from Car. FYI, Duster AMT is an expensive one.
Maruti's implementation if AMT is same as of Tata except that Tata does give you a "Sports Mode" button. A must if you ask me. On Zest I use Sport mode almost everytime I overtake a fast vehicle and it is so easy to Switch this mode On and Off. It does not take even a second. Why Maruti does not provide sport mode? Cost may be.
Dezire AMT does have an upside. From standstill, it is more eager to Inch-Forward, while Zest waits longer for accelerator input. Difference is like half second, but that matters a lot.
More on AMT later..........
Build quality: Sheet metal strength is good. Though, nowhere near Punto, Lenia, Ecosport, but way better than current market of Dezires, Balenos, etc. Crash rating wise 2016 Zest had great results, 2015 was not bad either.
Car does feel solid from Doors, bonnet, Dash, Fender, underbody etc. I could put this as strong as Fiesta classic or Figo.
At 1170KG , being 4 meter, it is a heavy car.
Tyres: Came with Bridgestone 185/60R15 steel. Grip is great. Car has 165mm of GC and does not scrap anywhere under load. Though I am inclines to put 195/60R15 next year. That will increase GC by 8mm and Width by 10mm. I dont know if the height will make car look bad or will cause body roll. I have used 2 size bigger tyres in Estilo and results were awesome.
Lets see.
More Photos: ??
AMT in AUTO mode, present position - Neutral.
AMT in Manual mode.
Read OLX Part1 here:
https://www.bcmtouring.com/forums/threads/buying-a-pre-loved-sx4-petrol-my-olx-experience.60061/
Where is Part2? I am yet to post a review. Well, This small Picture can tell what the OLX part 2 was. make a guess.
Coming to Part3:
We just bought a Tata Zest XMA Diesel AMT Dark Gray. At the time of purchase she was 23.5 months old and did 36400 KM.
Have driven her 1000KM and so far I am very impressed with the car.
Background:
3.5 years back, 28 July 2014, We bought a 6.5 year driven SX4 petrol (Link above).
Last year we bought a Nano XTA AMT. And this year Zest. All from OLX.
SX4 has served us 35K km since then and has taken us some remote places while keeping us comfortable. Had to spend good amount of time on keeping her in top shape. CNG kept cost low. Happy Happy.
The Estilo, our first car, was doing fine, did 73K km and good car for city drives, except it had no soul. Neither me nor wife wanted to take her out. So One fine day, I posted her on OLX and at 9:45PM, we sold her. She went to someone we knew, I real gentleman and I am so happy that she is in good hands.
The Nano is in home town, driven by my Dad. Thanks to nano AMT, Daddy learnt driving at the age of 67 years. The person I bought the Nano from, again was a thorough gentleman. Something I cannot describe in words, the humbleness has to be experienced.
So far, 2 cars bought, 1 sold. I had to replace Estilo with a practical, reliable, safe and comfortable option. Here came Zest.
Again, I bought it from an IT company employee and such a nice gentleman. I would not hesitate asking for help or vice-versa.
As a Policy: I do not sell to or buy from Dealers. Dealing with Individuals is so rewarding, pleasing and I made good friends, every time.
Can I say, I did not deal the car, I dealt the Person. I hardly took test drive of Zest, or looked into Service History, because I was sold on the truthfulness of the seller.
Some pictures. Anyone?
About Zest:
Exterior Looks: To each his own. I am OK with it. Many people do not like the Egg-Shell shape. I find it overall better than Desire at least.
Interiors: For me those work great. Black interiors with highlights of Cream/White. Material quality is wonderful. Only sour point is zero bottle holders. Thankfully, Previous owner had installed Accessory for 2 bottle holders.
ICE: HARMAN connect music system is superb. 4+4 speakers and quality that puts expensive sedans to shame. The XTA model comes with large screen and Integrated camera etc which are missing in XMA.
Engine: Fiat 1.3 Multijet 90PS diesel with Variable Geometry Turbo. Enough is said about this engine and it works the same way in this car too. Coming from Tata, overall fitment of Engine, Insulation firewall, Engine plastic Cover, ECU placement etc is done very nicely. I dont see any corners cut which is generally the case in Maruti implementation sometimes.
Gearbox: Yeah.. The AMT is the highlight of the car. Unit is from "magneti marelli", same company that sells to Maruti (Celerio, Dezire etc) and Renault (Kwid). But this is a better version of the unit.
Kwid AMT has no Gear lever, you cannot put it in manual mode. It is outright dangerous while overtaking if you ask me. 80% times while overtaking, the AMT will upshift and you are out of power band. Renault saves 10-15 thousand ruppees by providing cheaper AMT since it shares ECU from Car. FYI, Duster AMT is an expensive one.
Maruti's implementation if AMT is same as of Tata except that Tata does give you a "Sports Mode" button. A must if you ask me. On Zest I use Sport mode almost everytime I overtake a fast vehicle and it is so easy to Switch this mode On and Off. It does not take even a second. Why Maruti does not provide sport mode? Cost may be.
Dezire AMT does have an upside. From standstill, it is more eager to Inch-Forward, while Zest waits longer for accelerator input. Difference is like half second, but that matters a lot.
More on AMT later..........
Build quality: Sheet metal strength is good. Though, nowhere near Punto, Lenia, Ecosport, but way better than current market of Dezires, Balenos, etc. Crash rating wise 2016 Zest had great results, 2015 was not bad either.
Car does feel solid from Doors, bonnet, Dash, Fender, underbody etc. I could put this as strong as Fiesta classic or Figo.
At 1170KG , being 4 meter, it is a heavy car.
Tyres: Came with Bridgestone 185/60R15 steel. Grip is great. Car has 165mm of GC and does not scrap anywhere under load. Though I am inclines to put 195/60R15 next year. That will increase GC by 8mm and Width by 10mm. I dont know if the height will make car look bad or will cause body roll. I have used 2 size bigger tyres in Estilo and results were awesome.
Lets see.
More Photos: ??
AMT in AUTO mode, present position - Neutral.
AMT in Manual mode.
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