Thank you guys for the compliments
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Originally Posted by Anirudh_sai We have a 2003 Palio, the initial ones which were mostly imported. After 15 years getting it re registered is becoming a nightmare and I’m afraid we might have to sell it. Over the last 15 years it has run flawlessly all the parts are solid |
The Palio was an awesome car, which was also let down by FIAT. This car was very different from all the small cars of that era (01-02), had solid build quality, good highway manners etc. I believe it was VFM too, the EL and ELX variant were priced very competitively.
Is it that tough to get a car re-registered in Jammu RTO? We have two cars in our garage that are past the 15 year mark, both were re-registered without any hassles. We also didn't take help of any broker, hence the cost was less than 1k for both the cars.
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Originally Posted by sdp1975 Great post with lot's of details ! My Emotion Pack Punto MJD will turn 9 years this year October. I had purchased her in October 2009 , a couple of months after the launch . She's done 1.38 lac kms now. Have had no major problems so far ( touchwood ) . I've taken her on several long drives. |
It's nice to see someone holding on to a Punto for almost a decade. Your car looks to be in immaculate condition, hardly looks like a 9 year old car. October 09 would mean a BS-3 Punto. Didn't the early Punto emotion PK come with a
"Blue and Me" sticker at the back? This particular sticker looked really nice. In my post I have done a brief review of the 1.4L FIRE engine, that particular car was a early 2010 model and had the
"Blue and me" sticker at the rear glass. The Blue and Me feature was quite advanced by 2009 standards.
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Originally Posted by McLaren Rulez Enjoyed reading this very much!
We also moved from a 95 Omni to a European hatch (VW Polo) and my dad would probably relate to everything you wrote about your dad, including the initial adjustment to driving a modern car. |
I am a regular reader of your wonderful Polo ownership thread, hope your dad is enjoying the Polo. 95 Omni would mean the type-i Omni with round headlights, ours is the 98 face-lifted model (with a different headlight design). Did you sell the Omni? We still have our Omni and even today she chugs along nicely. After getting used to the Punto, my dad stopped driving the Omni. Now he can't drive the Omni, as it lacks things like PS, power brakes etc
. Though he is quite comfortable driving my 01 Zen VXi, which has things like PS and power brakes.
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Originally Posted by Carrera555 Hi Chiranjit,
Your review made me nostalgic in a way words can't describe. Your review makes me so go back to 2011 which was the time where Punto's were selling & trying hard to compete with other premium hatches.
I own a 2011 Punto diesel & have clocked 185,000 kms. I had a full engine change at 125,000 kms at my own expense & BELIEVE ME the suspension is yet stock, except the lower arm which had to be replaced at 150,000 kms. |
Wow, 185k km is a lot of distance. I have gone through your ownership review, I am hoping that you will be regularly updating your thread. The engine rebuild at 125k km is a bit too early, having said that it seems some Puntos (& Lineas) did need a early engine overhaul. I believe this is mainly due to the long 15k oil change interval, 15k interval is too long in our dusty and harsh environment.
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Originally Posted by Leoshashi Lovely review bro, straight from the heart, hats off to you. |
Thank you bro, your compliment means a lot to me. The fate of FIAT would have been quite different had they put some effort in their after sales department. Initially lack of availability of parts was a shock to us, mainly due to fact that our previous car was an Omni. When the Omni needed any spare parts, my dad would simply visit any car parts store, and buy the part.