Zero down on a car. Review on General Tips on Buying a Car

Phew! Thats a tough task these days, since we have a good spectrum of cars to choose from, Thanks to the healthy competition. When you plan to buy a car, you should first think - Do you really need a car? I mean look at the indian traffic, will you be able to drive around if you are a first timer? If you know/follow lane disciplines do you know there are lots who dont know/follow! So first things first, ask yourself the necessity of buying a car - utility, family or passion. If you have an answer of'YES' to this go ahead read me:

ok! so you are gonna buy a car! If you are a first timer you are probably reading this with all concern, if you are not I don't think I am a better person than you. I'll just try to give some guidelines based on the way I researched for buying my Palio. When you know finally you are gonna buy a car, decide on which segment - small, midsize or luxury. I don't wanna recommend brands here, I will just go about the factors you would wanna consider. List them down and have your priorities. The main factors you would want to consider are: Mileage, Power, Comfort, Tech quality, safety. After you prioritize these in the segment you have chosen, you would be going for the details, I mean the actual number part of it. To my knowledge, Palio is the most powerful in its segment, Santro/zen are the ones with a great mileage, interior comforts - palio/santro rules, Safety - I guess Palio will win the gold medal for its tough exteriors. The doors have the two stage closing as in any of the upper segment cars in Palio.

Using these criterias, you may end up with a few models on hand, lets say you have selected Palio, Santro and Indica coz you wanted a comfortable car and not a cramped maruthi. The next thing you would want to do is to read a few reviews - remember if mileage is your only criteria, forget it you will end up as a poor car shopper. A car has a lots of other things like - ground clearance, addon features, engine type, wheel base. Honestly I did research on all these and took palio as the best. The only thing I left out was wheel base, this baby is turning wide for all the turns. But I am just making it, you just need a little touch on the car.

After an abstract level of research, the next thing, perhaps the best thing is Test drive. Go for the test drive, otherwise you are not going to find the feel of the car. Take as much drives as possible. If you came up with the 3 cars mentioned in the previous para, test drive all. Always test drive with A/C on, if it is raining during test drive, you're lucky, you can get a feel of wiper driving with defrosts on. You would want to test the power of the vehicle with those fuel s*cking things on. Check your comfort - leg room, head room, visibility and ease. check if you can reach the panel buttons of the car easily, its another important thing. It is your day, go on with tech questions with the dealer, ask about reliability(usually he guarantees it in terms of KMs like 300000 KMS), safety features various models(standard, deluxe, power steering). When you drive a power steering vehicle, try using only your right hand that's how you will get the exact feel of it - it should not be too tight and too sensitive. Palio has a beautiful power steering - not too tight not too sensitive.

Finally, whichever car makes you feel better during the test drive, will be your choice. For tech specs of any car, dealer will be the best person of contact. Just talk to them and get brochures, they are very much ready to sell things to you.