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Originally Posted by abhikb A Tata Xenon should come handy as a replacement, had recently come across one here in the plains in Gujarat, a 2015 model with 47K Kms on the ODO having a 3L Dicor engine. The seller had been quoting below 5L for selling the beauty. This is just to give an idea in what price range it is available.... |
That seems a great deal... A friend here (Aditya Dean) had found me a 3.0 4x4 on one of the sales portals for I think 3 lakhs - it had a lot of km's done and a few dings, but that would have been great. I hadn't realized at the time that the 3.0 had ever come with 4x4 (I thought only with 2.2), and while photo showed 4x4 badges, the description said 4x2... sent message to owner inquiring, but no response, so forgot about it. A mis-step acknowledged on my part when a couple months later, I saw my first 3.0 4x4 in the flesh (local white-plate, no less). Big mistake! Agree they'd be a great car.
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Originally Posted by BlackPearl Nice to see your updates Eric, missed them for a while! Why are you not looking for a 4x4 Bolero? |
Hey bro, yeah, Covid had the car parked most of last year - never got more than 50km from home, and started riding bicycles (posting on that thread more) - I thought of you while contemplating all this... You in India? Wanna sell yours
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They're great cars and I could do that... there are a couple here coming up for sale (2015 bsiii Di); But I think unless we're talking M2DiCR (less torquey off the line but good midrange, and 20kmpl highway!), it may simply seem too slight an upgrade / change over the Marshal. P/S is there and an extra gear, and both are significant- but it wouldn't be too hard to add those to the Marshal, at less cost than changing cars. A/C is an add-on to either, if it's the LX in view. I was reading your past advice to someone else, wherein you stated the Bolero wasn't much for highways. The Storm 4x4 people here were dreaming of / hoping for at one point would've been an entirely different story, of course, had it ever materialized.
Other thing is that Bolero seating and luggage areas are pretty tight. Not sure the actual footprint is less than the Marshal, but the latter's extra headroom allows the seats to be set up higher, effectively adding some legroom... at least it seems so. And considerably more stuff can be crammed vertically in the back, too. Scorpio in comparison to the Bolero is pretty roomy and tall back there.
And then you just start wondering whether the gov. will wake up one fine day and decide that no renewals will be given on BSIII vehicles... or that they'll be banned from traveling through all metros, regardless of year of manufacture, etc... BSIV seems like insurance.
Anyway, M2DiCR 4x4 was only made a couple recent years I believe (now discontinued I'm told), and not sold much as it was around 9.5L. If I could find one that was affordable I'd take it.
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Originally Posted by DirtyDan If i find a virginal Marshal, I am going to buy it and put some money in it...I think. Am keeping one eye on Maruti to see what they do in the near future. |
Virginal would certainly be the wrong word to describe ours, better look elsewhere!!!
I'm actually beginning to think the ideal car may be a Scorpio Getaway 4wd mHawk... Parts highly interchangeable with the Scorp "Saloon"s (Xenon a little tougher that way, being a more unique platform); By 2014/15 the torque was sorted, the sub-2.5L saves me a bunch on insurance every year (IIUC), it's got the versatility of the cargo box (some home projects upcoming I think), all the basic creature comforts, reasonable efficiency / refinement. Stowage no issue with a typical North-American style, transverse lockable tool box in the forward section of the bed.
Worth looking for - Seems a rare bird, though... Anyone with leads on either this or a Xenon 2.2 4x4, please PM me.
Otherwise, may have to just pick up whatever more or less works in the interim.
-Eric