Owning the Cheetah- XUV 500, an ownership experience
- Thread starter castaway
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rkbharat
Guru
25K km without a problem,you are one lucky customer
I checked out the AWD W8, on display ouside our office building, and I was shocked to hear the promise of 2 week delivery (for AWD W8 , and 100% finances
P.P.Singh
Member
I am not so lucky, had some problems.
SachinOnTop
Full Use Else Lose
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This is great!
Now please share your experience with us all in a separate travelogue.
This is great!
Now please share your experience with us all in a separate travelogue.
castaway
Active Member
Sure Sir...log is on ..as --Journey to where there is no roads- Ladakh reexplored^
This is great!
Now please share your experience with us all in a separate travelogue.
ChitraGowri
New Member
Hi, Great narrative pal; Glad that you focused on useful aspects (unlike marketing men in pseudonym bragging about bodyline graphics and 0-80 acceleration in 6 sec etc). Thanks. i have also heard some users of XUV500 complain about rigid suspension, giving them body/back pain in long drives. i would appreciate if you share your take on this, since I would assume you must have clocked more than 999 km in one go - quite a few times. You mentioned lateral body roll, do you mean softy struts or highly located 'centre of mass' leading to a 'being tossed about' kind of feeling ? Appreciate reading thru your post. I am sure the looks of XUV500 (both from a driver perspective as well as onlooker's) more than compensates any slight misgivings it may have. Thanks a lot once again.
castaway
Active Member
Thanks buddy....i am happy that you have liked the article.....till date I have clocked 33500 kms at all......just completed a thorough tour of Ladakh......I was a little apprehensive about the performance in such a isolated place especially when i could not get it repaired in not so small places like Ludhiana, jalandhar and Leh for a small problem of a noise during braking.......but I am happy that I had completed the journey without any problem........I have heard about the problem XUV iis giving to some of the persons.....probably I am a lucky buyer...About your specific queries regarding back/body pain.....I want to be specific in saying that XUV is a large car.....an average sized person can not see the bonnet during driving and if they increase the height of the driving seat then the distance between seat and clutch paddle is also become more and they have to put more pressure with a straighter leg and so this can give pain in leg during long drive.....secondly the body roll is due the high centre of gravity......
SachinOnTop
Full Use Else Lose
Keep us updated over this negligible issue.