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21st March 2008, 21:01
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| BHPian  | 1997 Zen MH 410 - used by my ma-in-law 2007 Fiesta 1.4 Zxi - I love this car  |
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25th March 2008, 19:41
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| BHPian | I had a Cielo...and it's a long story I bought it used from the MD of a pharmaceutical company, and paid a bit more than the ruling market rate at the time. She served me faithfully for 6.5 or 7 years though the odd gizzard and things did develop ailments and require changing. The first to go was the music system, and I promptly upgraded to a Sony CD head unit and 4 Blaupunkt speakers, which gave me the joy of MUSIC on-the-fly. Next to gasp and give up the ghost was the clutch, and I fully expected that since she was a chauffeur driven car. The one mistake I made with her was driving with the original tyres that had long since hardened, though with a decent amount of tread left on them. That bout of penny-pinching cost me hugely in comfort. When I did finally make the expensive switch to Bridgestones, she rode like a propah British limousine. Then the radiator went kaput and was replaced with an after market one that worked fine. Lastly, the final nail in the coffin? The A/C fizzled out and just could not be fixed. When I inquired about changing the entire mechanism, I was told it would cost me more than the car was worth, so I dropped the idea. Though this sounds like the sad lament of a very unhappy car and owner, it is NOT. I know many cars that would have been more reliable and cheaper to maintain especially those from the Maruti stables, but the Cielo delivered nearly 7 years of joy across 70K kms: she drove elegantly and in comfort, handled reasonably well (over-servoed steering addressed in other columns), and was in all a pleasure. And the acoustics inside were exemplary making my quite ordinary audio setup sound grand; I thoroughly re-engaged with my Led Zepplin and Placido and whatnot in this little cocoon that fully insulated me from the Bangalore traffic which was by then going the Armageddon way. She also started rusting along the windshield seams and on the brow of the roof, and that I'd mostly ascribe to parking her exposed to the elements for 7 years. So she became shoddy and tatty and suddenly old., but I did have her fixed before I sent her off to her new home. And THAT is what decided me in favour of the Skoda Fabia I just bought my folks (story in the new ownership reviews section): the DOUBLE GALVANIZED BODY. No more rusting cars, I hope. (To put it another way, may she rust in peace  .) |
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6th April 2008, 14:24
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| BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Key West, FL - East Brunswick, NJ - New Delhi, INDIA
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9th April 2008, 01:50
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9th April 2008, 20:37
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9th April 2008, 20:48
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| BHPian  | between dad and myself we had. Maruti 800 1989-1998 (sold) Hyundai Santro 1999-Feb 2008 (Sold) |
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4th July 2008, 16:05
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ludhiana
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4th July 2008, 22:47
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7th July 2008, 13:22
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10th July 2008, 01:46
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| BHPian  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bangalore
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| 1996-1999 - White Tata Sierra 1999-2000 - Beige Maruti Omni 2000-2005 - Dark Blue Cielo with white alloys, free flow exhaust and GT Wing. (Present owner drives to his office on Lavelle Road) 2005-till date- Pearl Silver Suzuki Baleno fully prepared for circuit racing by FRK Racing. ECU, Header, K&N, Roll cage, Custom ratio Gearbox, Suspensions, and some secret engine work.  |
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13th July 2008, 11:35
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18th July 2008, 13:20
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18th July 2008, 13:46
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25th July 2008, 23:23
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