Indica vista ... too good!. Review on Tata Indica Vista Quadrajet

I own indica vista quadrajet, aqua, cavern gray.

Just Completed 17000 km. Bought on Dec'2009. So it is now 10 months old. I have completed the following trips -

1. When the car was new. I took it to Kanyakumari. The trip was like this-

Bangalore to Madurai.

Madurai to Rameshwaram.

Rameshwaram to Kanyakumari.

Kanyakumari to Kodaikanal.

Kodaikanal to Bangalore.

This whole trip spanned for 7 days and I covered 1800 km approx.

Not a single instance I faced any problem. Was always awed with engine

performance. No sound, no vibration simply blissful driving.

1. Took it to a chennai sea beach trip.

Trip- Bangalore to Chennai.

Road was awesome so I could maintain speed at 80 - 100 kmph for most of the time.

This tim I measured the mileage- It gave 20 km/ litre.

Earlier I had measured the mileage in city - It gave 14 km/ litre.

Again driving was such a lovely experience.

1. Just now returned from another trip. This time I covered 1000 km-

Trip- Bangalore to Mangalore. Mangalore to udupi. Udupi to Marawanthe and back.

Udupi to Mangalore. Mangalore to Bangalore.

You will have to go to these places to see how bad the road conditions

are. I somehow managed a successful trip without any vehicle breakdown.

But the potholes tested the car to the core. The bottom hit almost 7 times, but

without any damage.

The car again doesn't dissappoint but I wish the ground clearance

had been better. Still manageable.

So the good points and the bad points from my overall experience-

1. You can't compare this car with a petrol engine hatchback. No way. Its miles ahead. The power generated from this 1240 cc diesel engine is really good. The acceleration is great. Overtaking is easy.

Superior engine quality and smoothness.

No vibration, no noise.

Good pickup and great speed and great driving comfort. Stability is great.

1. Gear shift is smooth.

   
   




2. Shock absorber is great. Its like being on a boat in an ocean. It sways comfortably

   
   

absorbing all the potholes with ease.

1. There are some silly problems which do crop up like -

a. noise from ac blower. I recently rectified it.

b. front suspension shock absorber noise....which is difficult to eradicate completely.

c. bad wipers. Corrigible.

d. less luggage space ( but too much of inner space for passengers)

1. bad plastic finish inside

Have to add here that these negative points are there but one has to keep in mind that

the same engine which is there in a punto, swift and ritz are much highly priced. Also

in vista u have more interior space.

Also the concorde service station has responded properly, unlike some of the reviews that I read, whenever I had

complained for any problem.