[agelesstravelle]

Mahindra may not be selling it but getting spare parts and accessories is also getting difficult for current owners. Everything including plastic parts have a wait time on one month in Bangalore. It could be because dealers do not want to keep inventory for long time.

[Bonemechanic]

Today has done 140000 km of service. ASS was ERAM motors Perinthalmanna. There is nothing special to report. The total bill came to 4633/-.

[vinKulk]

Originally Posted by vinKulk

Is this a fully synthetic oil? Has anyone used any other fully synthetic external engine oils (eg Mobil Delvac) and does it improve performance etc?

Bumping up the question. Any one used any external fully synthetic engine oil for your marazzo, eg Shell helix 5w-40?

[mpksuhas]

Originally Posted by vinKulk

Bumping up the question.

Not specific to Marazzon, however oil change wont have a direct improvement in performance as such. However, it will improve your engine life / refinement.

[AlQuazi]

Anybody here has downsized to the 205/65 R16 tyres for the 16 inch variants (M2/M4/M4+/M6)?

I was casually checking available sizes and the costs and here is what I found -

The stock size (215/65 R16) has a rolling radius of 344mm.

The 205/65 R16 Tyre (Used in XUV300/Creta) is 337mm (3% or 7mm reduction in height).

For the same tyre brand and model with load & speed ratings remaining the same, the 205 section tyres are cheaper by ~2k per tyre.

For Example -

• Apollo Apterra Cross - 205 section is 7.2k while 215 section is 9.2k
• CEAT Securadrive - 205 section is 6.9k while 215 section is 8.2k
• MRF Wanderer Street - 205 section is 6.4k while 215 section is 8.8k

The difference in cost for such a small change is quite large and I am inclined towards the 205 section tyres.

Yes, the contact patch is reduced. But the tyres' load ratings remain the same across sizes.

Considering the above, would it be a wise decision to downsize to 205 section tyres?

[ashis89]

Originally Posted by AlQuazi

Anybody here has downsized to the 205/65 R16 tyres for the 16 inch variants (M2/M4/M4+/M6)?

I was casually checking available sizes and the costs and here is what I found -

The stock size (215/65 R16) has a rolling radius of 344mm.

The 205/65 R16 Tyre (Used in XUV300/Creta) is 337mm (3% or 7mm reduction in height).

For the same tyre brand and model with load & speed ratings remaining the same, the 205 section tyres are cheaper by ~2k per tyre.

For Example -

• Apollo Apterra Cross - 205 section is 7.2k while 215 section is 9.2k
• CEAT Securadrive - 205 section is 6.9k while 215 section is 8.2k
• MRF Wanderer Street - 205 section is 6.4k while 215 section is 8.8k

The difference in cost for such a small change is quite large and I am inclined towards the 205 section tyres.

Yes, the contact patch is reduced. But the tyres' load ratings remain the same across sizes.

Considering the above, would it be a wise decision to downsize to 205 section tyres?

Lower variants of Innova Crysta have 205/65 R16 tyres. So it is definitely sufficient to carry the load and meet the limits of Marazzo. With this downsize, you will lose ground clearance of 7mm but should experience lesser body roll.

I went the other way and upsized from 205/65 r16 to 215/65 r16. Ride is better due to higher side wall height but body roll is more due to same reason. On a Seltos.

[vinKulk]

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Not specific to Marazzon, however oil change wont have a direct improvement in performance as such. However, it will improve your engine life / refinement.

I have used default Mahindra diesel engine oil during all my services. This time (35k odo) I went for 40k service which doesn't include oil change. I want to try external fully synthetic engine oil. Did anyone use any? Any recommendations/feedback?

[mpksuhas]

Originally Posted by vinKulk

I have used default Mahindra diesel engine oil during all my services.

Yes, that is not an issue. You can opt for a better / synthetic oil of same grade and get oil changed.

[Bonemechanic]

Today I completed 1.5 lac km in for my shark. First time I am crossing this milestone in a car.
I am very happy with my shark and going strong.

[Intrnl_Cmbstn]

Has anybody got a suspension change done on their Marazzo? If yes, at what km? Or against what indication / symptom?

I just completed 1 lakh km on my Marazzo without any suspension work. The car now does't flatten bad roads and potholes as well as it used to. There is a lot of movement especially in the back seat. It is quite uncomfortable on bad roads. And because I live in Mumbai and drive around Mumbai, I get a lot of those bad roads.

[INDIAFIRST]

Hi, what puzzles me is why Mahindra soldiers on with this car which doesn't even cross 3 digits monthly. Does it make sense?

The capex is already sunk, so they might be trying to milk the resources. However wouldn't it make more business sense to redeploy the assembly line for high demand products? Mahindra has long waiting lists of other model....

[msa.30789]

Marazzo is already produced on order basis. So minimum waiting time the dealers say is 3 weeks for white and 1 month for other colours.