Wagon R CNG is an ultimate VFM vehicle. We bought our 2012 Wagon R LXI CNG as a city beater car from Maruti True Value in 2016 which did only 21K kms in 4 years with very detailed service records. We put another 26K kms in the next 4 years. This car is primarily used in city. We were used to bigger SUVs and MUVs all our lives but my parents and siblings felt very comfortable with this car due to it's tall boy design and upright seating position. The AC is super chilled and EPS is very light compared to our other hydraulic steering vehicles. Even the split folding rear seats are good for any storage materials. As this car is mostly used in city, we never felt the need of boot, we have other bigger vehicles to ferry goods if needed. Most of the light weight stuff can still be accommodated on the rear parcel tray as well. I once did a 630 km round trip along with my friends to kunthala waterfalls, I did not feel tired at all. According to the specifications,
Wagon R's engine produces 58 BHP @ 5,500 rpm and 78 Nm @ 3,500 rpm when running on CNG. Running on petrol, the engine makes 67 BHP @ 6,000 rpm and 90 Nm @ 3,500 rpm. To be honest, I never felt difference in power when driven in Petrol or CNG with full load (5 occupants) and with AC on. The car also picks up speed pretty fast. May be because I'm used to bigger diesel cars, I feel this to be a pocket rocket. Well, did I just name my Waggy a pocket rocket while writing this post?
I really like this name and I'll be using this name from now. Post warranty, this vehicle is still being serviced at M.A.S.S because we did not want to take any chance with CNG due to it's explosive nature. (We never had any issues though!)
Also, when I was working in Gurgoan, Wagon R CNG used to be my uber and ola ride most of the times. There are many Wagon R CNG cabs attached to Uber and Ola in cities like Delhi and Mumbai, such is the popularity of this vehicle.
I also read about Wagon R CNG extensively on this forum which helped me to maintain it in pristine condition mechanically.
BHPians
Syravi's (My Maruti WagonR CNG. EDIT : 50,000 kms up!) and
aaggoswami's (Maruti Wagon R CNG Review, 31,000 kms update and first breakdown) ownership threads helped me a lot to know more about this vehicle.
Syravi's thread about changing CNG filters was also very useful.
link (The importance of changing CNG Filters on time)
I also did a DIY installation of Tachometer on my Wagon R very easily, thanks to BHPians
vishwaschettri and
a4anurag for their very detailed threads on DIY tachometer installation in Wagon R LXI.
Vishwaschettri's DIY tacho installation (DIY: Tacho Install in Maruti WagonR) a4anurag's DIY tacho installation (DIY: Tachometer Installation for WagonR & A-Star LXi)
Also thanks to
paragsachania for his amazing thread on his
F10 Wagon R , because of which I could trust my Wagon-R and take it out on a highway trip. As I said above, I clocked 600+ kms in a single day, the car performed exceptionally well without any issues. I thought a small displacement engine cannot handle highway runs until I experienced it otherwise. The car was great to drive on highway, engine was super silent and returned about 29 to 30 km/kg on NH 44 (Srinagar to Kanyakumari highway).
Last but not the least, I'd also like to thank
Leoshashi for inspiring me to take care of the small car. We initially bought it as a city beater car, it has it's own share of dings and dents, but that doesn't prevent me from loving this car, after seeing LeoShashi's love for his GG (M800), his tips and tricks to maintain it in pristine condition, I too started to take care of my
pocket rocket well.
This is our only Maruti and a small car in our family and we love it. We saved lots of diesel after purchasing this car and it is one versatile vehicle for the way it served us for the last 4 years. We never faced any major issues so far except for the pricey services which are almost as the same cost of Innova Crysta. Also it's flimsy build quality, lack of airbags, abs and very thin tyres are a concerning thing for safety. I drive very cautiously around bigger vehicles like trucks and buses. This car left my driver stranded in a hospital in Medak district due to blown relay (starter / immobilizer relay),
https://boodmo.com/catalog/part-relay-6767775/ it was replaced by
Sai Service. I called Maruti roadside assistance and they reached the place in 45 minutes from nearest town and prompty fixed it. Part cost : 270 rupees, service charge 500 rupees. My driver later confessed that he left the ignition on to charge his mobile phone via 12v socket.
Here are a couple of pictures of our Wagon-R
Current reading on the ODO.
My tachometer. I installed it on a removable plastic panel, even in future if I wish to remove it, I can change this plastic panel which costs 60 rupees.
The control panel, still yet to wire the fog lamp switch, got an idea from
dkaile's DIY on his baleno, (Mods, tweaks & upgrades for my Maruti Baleno Sigma) will do it soon along with bi-xenon projector fogs upgrade.
Installed
Blaupunkt Pure Component 66.2C Component Speakers , this was a simple DIY method, Component speakers were plug and play in those 6 inch speaker holes in door pads. My drill machine and saw-bit came in handy to cut holes on the door panels to install these tweeters.
CNG station / agency at Shamirpet, near Nalsar Law college. From this station they supply CNG to all parts of Hyderabad.
9 or 9.2 kgs was the maximum capacity of our cylinder, although it was advertised as 10 kgs / 60 liters.
We did about 280 kms on this tankful of CNG. Imagine doing 280 kms with just 460 rupees on a car, well we did it on a highway drive.