Mar 29, 2017 10:10 PM
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(Updated Mar 29, 2017 10:22 PM)
It was 2007 when dad decided to get a car . Our priority was reliability, space, presence and after sales service.
We narrowed down into three cars:
Alto
Wagonr
Santro
Alto felt like a small car which reminded us about the old zen and Maruti 800
But it was easy to drive as per my dad
Wagonr is a nice looking car but dad felt that it was meant to be four seater.
And at that time swift was also launched but for us it was expensive.
"So Santro it is "said my dad when he took a test drive of car .
Space: space is decent, three people can manage to seat on rear seat. Legroom is okay for a small hatchback and headroom is good .Tall passengers can seat easily .
Getting in and out of the car is easy . Boot space is decent being a hatch.
Dealer experience: The car is always serviced at sharayu motors . Experience is good . Spare parts are easily available . I can not give detailed information in this area as our Santro has never ever broken down nor we faced any technical problems. Still regarding wheel alignment, washing exteriors, cleaning interiors,
And other mechanical tasks, they do their job well.
Fuel consumption: We have never abused our car and we usually drive sedately
So fuel economy for us ranged from 12-16 km/litre . From dad's point of view it is
When you drive like devil it is 12-13 in city
When you are in no hurry 14 in city
3 . Onhighways 15, some times we even got more than 16 by tank method .
Comfort: It is a comfortable car in city and on highways it tends to bounce a lot .
Being a small car it is good.
Reliability: Our car is nine years old and still the car shines like a new car .
There is no orange peel effect in our car and our car's shade is similar to the bmw's blue- black shade . There is no fogging up of headlights and tailights believe it or not we have not changed our headlights bulbs and the air conditioner unit still cools very effectively just like the ac on Pajero or innova and the clutch wear is minimal .Santro is an effortless car to drive and easy to maintain.
Looks: I am not a fan of Santro when it comes to looks, I prefer more aggressive stance .
Our running is really low because in all these years we have done just 67k kilometers and there is no problem We faced till now so we didn't Changed our car .
Will be posting photos soon .
