10000+km in a year, a celebrity feel car. Review on Tata Nano 2012 Base

1 year back we were planning to buy 1st car. I m n engineering student so was interested in auto motives. I have driven Alto, Spark, old Wagon R.

So we had made our minds for Wagon R newly launched. But its our destiny n luck we came to know by our relatives that they had won a Nano 2012 base in lucky draw and wanted to sell it for just 80000. We thought we had bikes costing 80000 Rs. So lets take a try and chance.

As I m only one who can drive was really confused to take nano or not. Nobody was ready to take a chance as fire catching incidents have happened. But my uncle was said that I must give nano a try, whereas he personally owns a Spark from Chevy.

So on his say, we took chance n buy Nano white base 2012 from our relative at 80000 keeping in mind that if anything happens we would sell it again. From that day we had never looked back.

I have fitted 4 speakers audio system, bigger wattage headlights, central locking, vkool transparent films, increased foam on back seat as modifications.

All say that don't do any modifications but I say do them but carefully. And u won't believe me my Nano has got a feel of a sub 5 lakhs car and due to luck all expenditures including cars price n modifications coated me 115000 only.

Now I have completed 10000+ km in a year and want to share some+ve points about Nano:

Nano is easy to drive car through densely populated cities n u r stress free all time.

I had taken Nano through highways and believe me its easy to squeeze into tight gaps and even though its speed is limited to 105 kmph you reach on destination quite early. This is because big cars have to wait for side on no divider road. A Nano can overtake tanker n simultaneously give space for motorcycles or rickshaws.

I m getting a mileage of 22 when driven through Western Ghats to 26 kmpl when driven on 2 lane roads. This is one best excitement as some Yamaha churns the same mileage.

ground clearance of 180 mm is too good for Indian roads. My uncles spark keeps scratching here n there but nano has SUV type ground clearance n u enjoy Indian roads. Even on village roads SUVs will find difficulty to turn or squeeze but nano does it easily.

U r like a celebrity when sitting in a nano because every one looks at you, admires banks presence on highways n children keep shouting nano.

Speaking about modifications they r safe as new Nano has some extras protection of fuses.

There is loads of space which many car (Alto800, Santro, Spark, even Swift, WagonR, etc.) Owners would be jealous of.

I don't know why sales of Nano is not big in volumes. I think people are afraid of what their relative n neighbors would say after buying cheapest car. Man wake up live for ur self. 2nd thing people r afraid is the car burning issues.

My friends its only 2 or 4 incidents, just follow servicing schedule n everything would be all right. 3rd thing is the safety issues. Every car has+ve n-ve concerns. Even Paul Walker died in accident in a internationally reputed car in an accident, he was actor from fast n furious series. N as Nano is concerned its crash tested n u might seen it on national geographic channel.

Now I would like to share u some trips experience:

1. Aurangabad to Solapur n back. Total of about 650 km. I was afraid of over heating of machine. So decided to test it. I drove continuously for about 5 hours covering sub 250 km on no divider highway. There is temperature lamp which glows when machine over heats, throughout travel it never glow and that too when nano was new.

2.Aurangabad to Vani via Trimbakeshwar Nashik and Aurangabad to Bhimashankar via Ozar n Lenyadri Ganpati both journeys were sub 700km  done in one single day with 5 passengers. One thing I noticed people waste 15 min to 20 min to park and take out a car whereas nano is so easy to park that u would feel like driving an Activa through city traffic.

1. My longest trip was Aurangabad-Sriwardhan beaches-Raigad-Mahabaleshwar-Pune-Aurangabad. It took 4 days, 1200 km in all, fuel efficiency of 23 accurately climbing Western Ghats included. We drew nano almost 500+ km stopping just once for fuel just 5 to 10 min. This was when nano impressed me and as a first car I would always keep it.

My next trip would be Aurangabad to Goa via Kolhapur. My mobile no is 9404680823 u can SMS questions about ownership experience.

2 free servings com pleated no issues n would suggest to increase foam layer on back seat as now a days companies cost cutting reduces luxury. This is also suggested for Liva, Brio, etc. As they are been modified on larger extent.

I m also referring u a Nano 2012 vs Alto 800 motor beam review to clear ur thoughts.