re: An "adopted" blue eyed boy: Pre-owned Maruti WagonR. EDIT: 13 years, 96,000 kms and SOLD! Quote:
Originally Posted by ashis89 From the symptoms, I suspected it to be a shot ignition coil and was right. The coil was replaced |
After changing the ignition coil, the car felt much smoother and driveable in the traffic. The other day, I was driving my dad around the city and told him how car is able to potter around in the 3rd gear at 20 kmph even with AC on.
But the joy was short-lived.
Yesterday, I went for short night drive with wife and on the way back, the car started jerking again. I suspected the ignition coil thinking the new one went bad. As it turns out, they had changed the coil for cylinder 1 only and now, the coil for cyl #3 had gone defunct. I wanted to replace both the old ones but the service center had only 1. The defunct one was replaced today while another coil for cyl #2 has been ordered and should be replaced sometime next week. Total cost Rs. 1459. I also asked them to change the spark plugs in one go.
The one at the top (or left) was replaced earlier and today, the one at the bottom (or extreme right) had to be replaced
The fuel flap release spring is not working. So even if the flap release button is pulled, it unlocks the flap but has to be manually pulled out. The service center confirmed it comes as a part of the cable set but they don't have it in stock. Another part on order.
After close to 12 years, the interiors rattle here and there but everything works without failure
Along with rattles, the scratches on the glass and paint are an eyesore. If we decide to retain this longer, I will get these fixed on priority Quote:
Originally Posted by ashis89 MRF ZLX 165/65 R14 Update
Got 4 tyres replaced.
ODO is currently at 74.7k kms. |
These tyres are ~4 yrs and 20k kms old. I could see surface scratches on (only) 1 of them while the remaining ones are in better shape. The tyres tend to remain under-inflated at times and yet, are holding on well.
The ODO stands at 93800 kms.
The RoadRunner stands fair beside the Coyote.
The other Korean belongs to our neighbor. He was not happy with his Compass 1.4 (can be seen on the right) engine performance, the poor FE and huge service bills. Since his brother already has a Seltos D top end, he decided to get a Creta D AT as a replacement. Per his initial feedback, the Creta feels a little less planted but performs several times better than the petrol Compass.
Last edited by ashis89 : 4th January 2023 at 12:27.
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