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Originally Posted by getsurya 1. I hope you had your sunday session with the Admiral(to make it look awesome!), I had mine!
2. Well, my better half and myself had a well spent full sunday... |
Hi getsurya,
1. Well the Sunday session was carried out on Saturday and Sunday was spent driving around the city. And it was a delighful Sunday for more reasons than one. And one of the reasons has been explained below.
2. Wow ! That's some fulsome praise and thank you very much. I am almost turning red...
I think you have a delightful line up before you come to a conclusion on the choice of your new ride when you come back to India. In addition to the Fortuner you should have a great time trying out the:
- Pajero Sport.
- Isuzu MU 7.
- New Endeavour.
- Sang-a-song M&M Rexton.
- Hyundai Santa Fe.
- Nissan X Trail.
- Renault Koleos.
All sub 30L wheels.
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Originally Posted by venkat_iyer One quick question. My Callandor is due for the 5K Km service this week, and just wanted to see if there is anything specific to be done. From your post, I gather it is just routine, with check ups and cleaning right? Should I ask for tyre rotation? |
Hi Venkat, Nothing much to be done. Except that, if they haven't already done it, have them to inspect the underbody and suspension and torque all the points/bolts & nuts, if needed. Normally it's done at the 1k service.
As far as the tyre rotation is concerned, they'll tell you that it is done every 10K KMs. But you can ask them if you want to get it done and they'll do it. I get it done as per the schedule every 10K.
And on Sunday I scraped my chin, real bad.
We had spent the day pottering about, as usual, in DaMu (Dakshin Mumbai, SoMu sounds so out of place, SoBo is politically incorrect !) and on return as we neared our colony from one of the neighbouring colonies lumbered out this leviathan.
![Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On...-chevrolet-suburban.jpg](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/long-term-ownership-reviews/1071491d1691529728t-fleet-admiral-togo-heihachiro-toyota-fortuner-life-sails-chevrolet-suburban.jpg)
Leviathan would be mild word really to describe this White, '92-'99 period, Delhi registered, Chevrolet Suburban.
If I thought the Fortuner was big - I was soundly chastened after meeting the Chevy. It looked as though it could gobble up couple of Fortuners and not even spit out the bones.
![Fleet Admiral Togo Heihachiro - Toyota Fortuner. Life Sails On...-chevrolet-suburban-2.jpg](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/long-term-ownership-reviews/1071492d1691529728t-fleet-admiral-togo-heihachiro-toyota-fortuner-life-sails-chevrolet-suburban-2.jpg)
(Note:Both snaps are from the net - Wikipedia. My hands were shaking badly and so was in no position to take snaps. More so as I didn't have the camera either.)
And in a trice my jaw dropped. So low that it hit the floor board and I suffered a nasty scrape from the brake pedal.
And in the meanwhile, open mouthed, I watched the Chevy glide past us, with the grace of a Blue Whale.
And my mouth took sometime to shut.
Huge, monstrous, gargantuan were the words which stayed with me for the rest of the day. And suddenly Admiral felt like a super small sub-compact.
Oow ! What was that ? Just scratched my injured chin, thinking of that humungousaur.