Re: My New Refreshed Scorpio LX Revisiting the thread, I am quite contented with my 2009 Scorpio. Now into its 9th year with me, it is doing very well in all departments. A recent engine oil change and servicing gave it all the boosters to lug on flawlessly.
The tiny gremlins include breakage of the footboard end, plastic cladding on the rear left, for the third time. The compound gate of my home facilitates the beast's flawless entry and exit. The parked cars (carelessly outside the compound) sometimes create glitches. Moreover, the cladding exceeds the footboard width by some five mms or so. The extra five mms sometimes when the cars are carelessly parked outside, makes the cladding rub against the steel gate and instantly shatter into pieces. The pictures are indicative.
I had bought a few extra plastic claddings from the ASC though, a few years ago (2012) knowing it's demand. The ASC had asked umpteen questions then and had thereafter supplied the spare. This is because I had gone by another car. Had I driven the Scorpio to the ASC, they would have volunteered to change it at their workshop and charge accordingly. But since its just a bolt and fit job, I had preferred the DIY alternative.
Now my reserve stock has run out after this breakage. Another spare ( a real gremlin) is a simple rubber cushion tiny and circular, with a tapered end, that fits the aft portion of all the doors of the Scorpio. The picture below will clarify which spare I am referring to. It secures the door and is in addition with the customary rubber beading.
The availability of the cladding and this rubber spare are worrisome. I tweeted to Mr Anand Mahindra last week,attaching pictures and stating my difficulty in sourcing these "least in demand spares". Within 20 minutes the tweet went to Mahindra Customer Care. The Pune official (Western Zone) contacted me immediately. I sent the pictures by WhatsApp to him and explained him about these. Soon, I was contacted by the local ASC of Nagpur. After receiving some five calls from Pune and Nagpur, I could conclude that the spares are extremely low in demand and hence short in supply. The cladding is OK - maybe some need it. But the obscure tiny rubber falls off with the slightest provocation from the door/s and is/are forgotten by most owners.
Finally, they have requested me to wait for some two weeks before they are able to supply these to me through the ASC. I have asked for many of these to secure me for the next "n" years.
Some very recent pictures of the Brute SUV : ![My New Refreshed Scorpio LX-img_20170521_120524274_hdra.jpg](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/long-term-ownership-reviews/1649977d1689772732t-my-new-refreshed-scorpio-lx-img_20170521_120524274_hdra.jpg)
Last edited by anjan_c2007 : 20th June 2017 at 23:40.
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