Re: Tata Safari Storme : Official Review Quote:
Originally Posted by M35 Congratulations on your Storm. Pics look cool.keep revving and enjoying your silver beauty.
Why did you have to do that ?
Could you elaborate on the issues you faced so far.
Nice mods those |
There was some design change in door lock latches by Tata to remove the door lock noises reported by customers. Quote:
Originally Posted by jkdas Congrats! Looks like one of the early birds. Do keep us posted.
And guess one of the first to use a 245 on Safari. Can you post pix ; want to see how it looks. How much did it cost? |
Attaching the pictures of Yokohama H/T 245/70/R16 Tyres, Roots Horns, Kicker Component Speakers and Iphone Holder (Sourced from US).
Some users have reported about the pickup/acceleration of Storme as compared to the old 2.2 Dicor. But believe me, Storme pulls quite well. Maybe mine has opened up a lot now after 10000 kms. Last week a Swift Diesel guy was trying to be hero by trying to go left and right around my Storme (no offense to Swift drivers!), so thought of giving him some piece of mind and also thought to test the Storme's acceleration against the well proven MJD diesel in Swift. So on the Green light, I hit the Storme hard. And I could not believe that Swift guy was at least 5-6 feet behind till 110 kmph speed during the drag. Could be a poor driver, but I was amazed by the Storme's performance. I am thinking of testing it against Swift if I got a chance again.
Last week I went for getting the allignment and camber checked for my Storme since it clocked 10k kms. The guy checked and said that Camber is a litttle bit out on both sides. I was like "Oh no! It will take 2-3 hours for this job!" (Coming from the previous experience of my Friend with his 2.2 Dicor as I was with him last time he get the camber corrected)
But to my surprise it was done in 15 minutes!! Then the guy told me that unlike older Safari, Storme has a simple screw to adjust the Camber. No need to even removed tyres! Well done Tata! Even adjusting Camber on my Punto takes 2 hours. I believe its same for most of the cars. I think Storme will be much easier to maintain.
One more experience which I want to share with you guys is that last week I got a chance to drive my same Friend's 2.2 Dicor which is 2 years old with 37k kms on odo. It is pretty well maintained. I drove it after driving my Storme 10k kms, I was surprised to experience the difference between the old model and new Storme. Old Dicor was behaving more like a raw Jeep kind of (No Offense to Dicor owners, its is still very close to the heart!), lot of vibrations, NVH levels high, lousy steering, horrible turning radius, spongy suspension, great amount of difference in pickup, not to mention the low interior quality. There are much more differences which I can mention, but as Storme owner and after driving 10000 kmsI can very much assure that Storme is al together a different car!
I'll also try if I can get time to start a separate ownership thread. |