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Originally Posted by xrules Question: Is it safe for a kid that age to be in the front seat? |
Is there today an Indian law which mandates usage of baby car seats or anything like that ? Because internationally, you've to seat him surely in the appropriate baby car seat. Also I know in front seat, kids can be seated though variations apply. I guess what's mandated is proper car seat. Because there are regular situations in international scene where the mother drives alone with the kid, and the only option is to seat the baby in the front, with the car seat facing rear. I think it makes easy for baby to have eye contact with the mother. I've been asking for this car seat, but my family thinks it's pure show off. That's sad, it's a safety aspect, and I wish the law mandated it.
I do have a baby seat (can't call it seat, it's a cradle) which is for up to 2 years. However, it's positioning is awkward that the boy just do not like to sit it while it's in car. However in your drawing room, you can keep him in it, and will happily sit
. Now the whole purpose that seat serves at home is to seat him in it, and weigh him in spring balance.
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Originally Posted by micky I drive a 2014 SX(O) MT Xcent, current odo is around 110k
Yes, the rear has a lot of vertical movement than the front ..., Xcent has a soft suspension which is great on city roads but around 80kmph, the ride becomes too bouncy at the rear...., If you are facing an issue on low speeds also then it's better to get the suspension looked at. |
My issue is certainly low speed. The maximum I drive is at 70 km/hr, but mostly I do in the 50-60 km/hr. Because of this bounciness, nowadays I'm riding it even slower at 40 km/hr, which practically means I'm driving in the 3rd gear in this petrol car.
When this was spoken of, I realize if I do really high speeds over broken roads, it may seems comfortable (which I feel as a driver), but the overall car has coarse vibrations and too noisy that the comfort factor if any achieved is negated by all other sensory organs. If I'm driving alone, I might just blast past the bad patch. I do not mind it. But it's very rare that I drive alone.This car is certainly fun to drive if you are doing solo, it will go in any nook and corner and can make fast U-turns in narrow roads too in a single shot.
Also as CrAzy dRiVeR explained, the front is a lot lot more composed than the rear.
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Originally Posted by padmrajravi I think a baby seat will pacify the little one a lot... The problem with Xcent is that the rear bench is very narrow and once the baby seat is there, only one adult can use that space. |
You nailed it, that's the actual issue with the baby seat in the rear. The seat belts cannot be secured to the baby seat if you put it right in the middle. I should perhaps give it a try for the larger one, but that should go to the front seat only. It makes this car useless as mostly the entire family travels all the time. It's really that only one more adult can sit and my daughter is growing up to occupy the space of an adult.
I'm actually inclined to a new Ertiga / XL6 considering this factor. Ertiga was a contender when I was making this vehicle purchase, but now I feel a bit of regret in having slightly erred in that decision (for the duration I wanted to keep the vehicle).
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Originally Posted by dr.aviansh Hey i have had major issues in my 2014 Grand i10.
Ever since i posted this alot of Team BHP readers who own this model have inboxed me over Instagram etc seeking opinions.
If you have any issues, kindly feel free to inbox. |
Sure will reach out to you, but in your case you seemed to be concerned about the front seat comfort as well. For me, I feel a degradation. It's really not that I was unhappy from day one. When I bought it, I felt the comfort miles ahead of my outgoing i10. So this is more of a degradation aspect.
I've seen this YouTube video of a popular auto blogger in Kerala, Baiju Nair endorsing something called Stabilizer Pro, which is actually a piece of synthetic + rubber material which is guided along the coil springs. I do not know if this is actually any good, moreover I feel that's going to strain the suspension more than what it's designed for. I didn't quite get the dynamics change which it introduces - Is it making suspension soft -> hard, or hard -> soft ? Because to me it felt, that rubber is actually short circuiting the coil spring range. Where this could be negatively affecting ? Highway runs at high speed ? If this was so easy, companies would have fitted it right out of the factory.
For my driving style, I think should look for soft suspension. I do not do sharp turns at high speeds, if the vehicle becomes wavy at high speeds due to undulations in high way, I can go easy on accelerator. My primary problem is long drives in two lane winding state highways in Kerala with an always patchy and rough road terrain. Due to constant twists and turns on this road, with family they cannot tolerate anyway turns at normal speeds, so I will obviously be driving slow