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Originally Posted by Shanksta My aunt ended up booking a Tiago XZA in Berry Red at Gurudev Tata since he had a 2018 one in stock and we wanted to invoice the car before March 31st to avail the discounts on the car. |
Took delivery of my Aunt's car yesterday. Did a thorough check and found everything to be in order.
JAN 2018
The beautiful shifter
Loved the body coloured vents
The final deal we got was free insurance with free bumper to bumper add-on, accessories worth ₹2500, corporate discount of ₹3000 and got a ₹2500 discount on the sunroof(more on this below), added 2 year extended warranty and 1 year AMC. The free accessories included mudflaps and floor mats, but since there was another ₹1k left after fitting these two my uncle opted for Chrome door handles. Total OTR was ₹6.36 L which was a very sweet deal.
After the handing over ceremony I drove the car to the temple (12kms) in peak traffic. The AMT is a boon in traffic, creep feature in Tiago worked well. My only grouse was the time taken while changing between the 1st and 2nd gears is long ~ 3seconds. But after that it is decent. With a really light foot on the throttle the shifts are smooth and happen around 2k rpm but a little firmer foot the shifts happen at 2500rpm but more importantly I found the lag in change between 1st and 2nd gears gone.
I found a thoughtful feature included by Tata in the AMT, when you shift to R it chimes to warn you and also if you are playing music the volume reduces by half to let you focus on the reversing. Unsure if it is present in MT but have not noticed it despite having driven my friend's MT Tiago a lot.
As posted by BHPian RavenAvi I found the boot lamp, string for the tray and the hood insulation missing. The spare was also a R13 steel wheel.
Ugly hole
Missing lamp
Also looks like Tata has changed the silver accents on the steering wheel and instrument cluster to piano black. Can someone confirm this? It was piano black in our car and looked better IMHO.
The Sunroof:
After discussing many times if it was worth it compromising the safety of the car and after taking into due consideration that the car is going to be used only in the city for less than 10kms daily. My uncle decided he wanted it, so we got the
Webasto Hollandia 100 pop up sunroof installed. This is a manual sunroof without any electrical connections and can be opened at two different heights. The sunroof can also be removed completely but the glass is super heavy and not worth removing completely everytime, maybe once in a while.
Popped up
The fit and finish done by the dealership staff was very good with no complaints from my side. They apply a good dose of sealant between the sunroof beading and the roof to prevent leaks. I am unsure of the duration of leak warranty, I will recheck and update. The sunroof does not come with a sliding sunshade, but the glass is tinted for protection against UV rays and solar heat.
EDIT: it is a three year warranty against water leaks.
Also to be noted my uncle has 2 kids under the age of 8 and both have been told that it is not meant for standing out of and it is only to look up and gaze out of while sitting in their seat. Added advantage of this sunroof being heavy and my aunt finding it difficult to remove. We were demonstrated on how to remove it thrice and found it cumbersome.
Completely removed, if you look closely you can see the instrument cluster is piano black with chrome rings.
View from inside
The only bane of installing the sunroof is the removal of the sole cabin light. The dealership staff though fit those long bendy reading lights in the rear so that we have some usable light source into he cabin. We do have the roof lamp and will be trying to fit it during the first service.
The sunroof costed ₹13.5k after a discount of ₹2.5k.
Overall my Aunt and uncle are very pleased with the car.
