that was around 1100 for removing, cleaning and remounting the brakes, having a few small things done on the clutch including changing the bushes, full cleaning inside and outside and having the engine scanned, tuned etc. Not too much money, considering.
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Originally Posted by phamilyman Nice review. Have you maintained a service/mileage excel so far?
What about the 2500 that got spent? |
yes aura are good. however I hit a really bad pothole en route coorg while I was travelling at about 80kmph. It was a double bump and the vehicle shuddered - made a double thump noise too.
when we removed the wheel we realized there were 2 dents on the left rear alloy - this meant that while it could be used as a spare at a pinch, it could never be aligned or balanced again as one side of the rim was bent. no problem with the tyre though.
therefore I had it inspected by the aura team etc but it could not be covered under warranty. I bought a new one since I want the vehicle to be in top condition always.
Ref the dogs fur we spread a big sheet at the back covering the seat and the back rest so they can curl up and lie in the back. Even with the rear seat down, we cover the surface with a big sheet.
This prevents their fur from getting into our seat fabric etc.
Apart from that, we have the vehicle vaccuumed properly with the home vac after taking the dogs out. So far so good. I used to do the same thing in my old Bolero - no problem at all.
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Originally Posted by nvldvr A comprehensive ownership review. Manages to show the scorpio in good light as it rightly deserves . The lack of niggling issues, good build quality and excellent performance are reasons for the scorps great popularity and your experience reaffirms the same. Cheers.
About the alloys - Hope the damage was not attributable to the quality of the alloys. As far as i know, aura alloys are pretty good. The ones on your ride really nice and enhance the scorps road presence.
And what are the general service charges like? |
Costs: also - i forgot - the total expenditure on this vehicle in the last one year has been in the region of Rs 12000 total including changing a brake light when some idiot cycle chap broke it and changing the antenna because it snapped on account of high wind, when the car cover was being removed for cleaning. (these things cost Rs 1000 plus Rs 900). A motorcyclist crashed into my headlamp and I spent Rs 5000 to change it when the car was hardly one week old. This is not counted. Nor is the new Alloy wheel which was bent owing to my fault.
Normal maintenance including all cleaning, rubbing polishing which I ve done twice, labour, oil changes and routine stuff has cost me 12000 odd - this includes the regular tyre rotation, wheel balancing and alignment.
I have all the bills but havent bothered keeping an excel sheet.
all in all, for an average of about Rs 1000 per month on maintenance, the vehicle has served very well.
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