[SpikeSpiegel26]

Originally Posted by AlokSharma

It's is completely normal for him to ask a token amount before you do a PDI. The variants which are in high demand are sometimes only picked up from the plant after you pay a substantial amount these days( it has become a norm not that something I like). It is also normal for the vehicle to be driven from the stockyard to the showroom for the delivery. Post you pay either the whole amount or majority of the on road price once you complete the PDI, the car will go in for registration which should take anywhere between 3-7 working days depending on the time of the year i.e. festive period or non festive period for him to finalize your delivery date.

Thank you for this info and congratulations on the successful PDI of your car. I will finalize the details today and pay some token amount so that the dealer doesn't backtrack from his offer. I guess I will just take a quick look of the car at stockyard, verify the VIN number and then arrange for Zekardo PDI once it reaches the showroom.

Originally Posted by AlokSharma

Unfortunately, hardwiring will void your warranty according to majority of the OEMs. You can get a portable lithium phosphate battery to connect it overnight. A 20000-25000 mh batter should last you anywhere between 20-30 hours.

That is unfortunate. For now I will have to stick to the 12V socket. I hope we can fix the battery later to my convenience.

Originally Posted by AlokSharma

You can consider getting either a ppf or a ceramic coat once you get the car depending on your budget. It will help you keep the car scratch free, free from swirl marks and a ceramic coat will give you hydrophobic properties to the paint of your car.

My family is strictly against any VAS and has polarizing views on this subject. But I will surely consider this considering it's a beautiful car with a lovely paint. And another thing I observed after multiple inspections is that the extra chrome accessories are actually spoiling the look of the car in Lava Blue.

[AlokSharma]

Originally Posted by eragon92

Hi Alok
Congratulations on getting allotment and great PDI result. I was wondering if you could clarify whether amplifier is also being given in new MY24 models apart from Sub-woofer as is the case with Virtus. Additionally, if possible could you share a breakup of final costing as I am looking to finalize within a month or so.

Regards
Eragon92

Hi,

Yes the MY24 car comes with a subwoofer with amplifier. The amplifier is beneath the front passenger seat.

So the new MY24 models have limited amount of discounts as they come with additional accesories as compared to the older MY23 models which may fetch a better discount if the dealer has some of them in stock.

The final on-road price I got is INR 21.75 lacs (hope not violating and forum rules here) and Dr Auto gave me a good deal as I had checked it with other dealers too who told me that 1.5 lava blue has a good amount of bookings and waiting and the said variant is in demand.

A special mention to both Mr Shahid (Sales Consultant) and Mr Dhaval (Sales Manager) at Dr Auto Skoda who entertained all my small pain-sticking requests related to the car at every step. week.They did mentioned that they have TD and display vehicles also that they are looking to sell it anyone who is interested. I hope the delivery also goes smoothly next and will further update the thread on the same.

[travelex]

Originally Posted by Gotham

That's some impressive mileage you have clocked

I use continental UC6 on my Slavia and Vento and will vouch for them with my eyes closed. The other option you can consider is vredestein , I have personally never experienced it but have heard only positive reviews on them in this thread.

So did 50k on my Slavia last week. And the tires were really wearing out. I wonder when they will start giving better stock tires. Two of them actually were showing side bloating (shown in pic attached) making me really scared to continue with them. Hence changed to continental UC6 205/55/16. Is 205/60 also an option?

[Gotham]

Originally Posted by travelex

So did 50k on my Slavia last week. And the tires were really wearing out. I wonder when they will start giving better stock tires. Two of them actually were showing side bloating (shown in pic attached) making me really scared to continue with them. Hence changed to continental UC6 205/55/16. Is 205/60 also an option?

I've not explored 205/60 but should be do able , I stuck to stock size and just completed a round trip from Bangalore to Goa , the tyres performed exceptionally well.

[SpikeSpiegel26]

I paid a visit to the stockyard yesterday and the car was waiting for me, glistening in all its glory in the scorching sun. I am glad I made the right choice. Did some preliminary checkup and everything seems in order. Some of the features like Infotainment system are locked and will be unlocked at the showroom. Checked the condition of the tires and they are brand new CEAT SecuraDrive with October manufacturing while the spare tire is a MRF Ecotred. Overall I am happy with the tires too and feel no need to change them. At this point, I have decided to go for ceramic coating too from the workshop itself as they are giving 3M with 2 years warranty. Should I still get the PDI done from Zekardo? The car will reach showroom today but Zekardo has slots for Monday only.

Regards

[AlokSharma]

Originally Posted by SpikeSpiegel26

I paid a visit to the stockyard yesterday and the car was waiting for me, glistening in all its glory in the scorching sun. I am glad I made the right choice. Did some preliminary checkup and everything seems in order. Some of the features like Infotainment system are locked and will be unlocked at the showroom. Checked the condition of the tires and they are brand new CEAT SecuraDrive with October manufacturing while the spare tire is a MRF Ecotred. Overall I am happy with the tires too and feel no need to change them. At this point, I have decided to go for ceramic coating too from the workshop itself as they are giving 3M with 2 years warranty. Should I still get the PDI done from Zekardo? The car will reach showroom today but Zekardo has slots for Monday only.

Regards

It is completely upto you if you want to involve Zekardo. The additional stuff they check is the sensors, engine load and odometer tampering if any apart from the overall body paint thickness to measure any abnormalities.

Congratulations on your new car. Do share pictures with us if you can.

[Game_of_Roads]

Originally Posted by travelex

. Is 205/60 also an option?

The UC6s are fantastic tyres in their price range. Good performance and very quiet (coming from Yokohama Earth1).

205/60 won't cause any major issues but there will be some speedo error (increased circumference), slight increase in GC and slight changes in ride, mostly will get a bit softer due to increased sidewall - I experienced this when I upsized similarly on my grand i10 which had a soft suspension to begin with.

[nvssudheer]

Originally Posted by travelex

So did 50k on my Slavia last week. And the tires were really wearing out.

50k is not bad considering back in 2014 the Apollo Acelere stock tyres that came with my Polo were out by 33k kms and I switched to Michelin XM2 which were fantastic and long lasting. Wish XM2+ is still available in the market.

[oligopoly]

Hi,

After long consideration, I had booked 1.0 Slavia Ambition Plus last week.
Today while doing the PDI, noticed a part which looked rusted in the engine bay. I checked with the SA as well, he wasn't sure himself, but he checked a few more cars that were due for delivery including a 1.5 Kushaq as well, all seemed to have the exact same issue.
The SA said he'll get me in touch with someone from their service team for further clarification tomorrow.
Meanwhile, I wanted to check in this forum whether others have noticed it too. Or is this is a known issue.
Attaching video for reference.



Video Link

[AlokSharma]

Originally Posted by oligopoly

Hi,

After long consideration, I had booked 1.0 Slavia Ambition Plus last week.
Today while doing the PDI, noticed a part which looked rusted in the engine bay. I checked with the SA as well, he wasn't sure himself, but he checked a few more cars that were due for delivery including a 1.5 Kushaq as well, all seemed to have the exact same issue.
The SA said he'll get me in touch with someone from their service team for further clarification tomorrow.
Meanwhile, I wanted to check in this forum whether others have noticed it too. Or is this is a known issue.
Attaching video for reference.

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Video Link

Can you check the month and year of manufacturing from the vin number?

Do check for rusting in the disc brakes as well. I did my PDI last week and haven't seen the same either in the engine bay or near the disc breaks.

[oligopoly]

Originally Posted by AlokSharma

Can you check the month and year of manufacturing from the vin number?

It's June 2023.

Originally Posted by AlokSharma

Do check for rusting in the disc brakes as well.

Yes there's rusting in the disk brakes as well, but the SA said, it'll go away once the car is being driven regularly.

Originally Posted by AlokSharma

I did my PDI last week and haven't seen the same either in the engine bay or near the disc breaks.

This is confusing now, I thought it would be there in all cars. What's your month and year of manufacturing?

[TurboFTW]

Hi All,

We recently booked the Slavia Ambition Plus 1.0 AT in Bangalore. To give some background, I have been a VW user for the past 10 years and felt the VWness in the Slavia as well based on my test drives. The sales person had given an attractive price after exchange bonus, corporate discount etc which made us think that this was a good price and we went ahead and booked the car.

We went ahead and requested a PDI for 21 Oct and things went downhill from there. The sales person had shared the VIN number only yesterday and we could decode that it was a June 23 manufactured car. When asked about it, she told that the car chassis was manufactured in June , but assembly would have been completed in September and the Car was delivered to their yard the previous week. Kind of satisfied with her replies, we went for the PDI. But lo and behold, we were greeted with a Car that was completely dusty, kept in the Sun for quite a while and not even PDI ready. I straightaway rejected the car and asked for a newer one. On 28th of October, again went for a PDI of a car that was still manufactured in June but was in a fairly better than the first car shown.

My question to the group is- have you faced the below obsevations during PDI and should that put a red light on my purchase decision.

1. Dusty car - There was some dust on the vehicle
2. Brakes - I am attaching a picture of the brakes which had some level of rust built up. The sales guy told that they would be able to remove the rust and that remainder of the rust will wear itself after some running
3. Exhaust - The exhaust tailpipe connector was also rust laden and again sales guy said that it could be cleaned. This is the part I am concerned about as I could hear some reviews in YouTube complaining of Broken connectors.
4. Odometer - The dashboard odometer was showing 8km while the infotainment long term distance was showing zero.
5. Tyres - Ceat Tyres manufactured in June 23 and spare tyre was Bridgestone for which we could not identify the date of manufacture.
6. EPC error on dashboard - The infamous EPC error was shown in the dashboard but it was there in other cars in the stockyard as well. Sales guy told this would be rectified.
7. Mechanicals and Electricals - Did not face any issues in them except for a slight shudder from the brakes when moving from standstill but the car worked as expected.
8. Date of Manufacture - Are all Ambition Plus models manufactured prior to July as they would be MY23 Ambition models rehashed as Ambition Plus. Could it be that the dealer was selling an older Ambition model as it did not have the Chrome front grill or Dashcam which should have been present in the Ambition Plus.

I have been hearing differing comments on the above. Should I trust the dealer and purchase the vehicle or should I just park the purchase decision for now and wait for MY 24 models but lose out on the offers?

[AlokSharma]

Originally Posted by oligopoly

It's June 2023.

This is confusing now, I thought it would be there in all cars. What's your month and year of manufacturing?

Mine is a MY24 model with Oct 2023 manufacturing month and year.

If you want peace of mind involve a local mechanic who has worked on VW/Skoda cars or someone like Zekardo to inspect your car.

Originally Posted by TurboFTW

I have been hearing differing comments on the above. Should I trust the dealer and purchase the vehicle or should I just park the purchase decision for now and wait for MY 24 models but lose out on the offers?

MY 24 models may fetch limited discounts as dealers would want to offload their existing MY23 stocks.MY 24 models will be ideally manufactured post Sep 24 with those additional 3-4 features.

MY 23 models will be the ones manufactured in the past 3-4 months before Sep 2023. You just have to confirm with them that they are OBD2 models. Ideally June 2023 one will be as all models post Mar 2023 were OBD2 ones.

Coming to the dust and rust part, even the car allocated to me, manufactured in Oct 2023 had dust. Dew formation early morning and then dust settling on it in the stockyard will make it dusty. The dust shouldn't be a problem as the dealer will wax polish/foam wash the car and give you on the delivery day.

Coming to the rust part, it is quite common these days to see underbody rust in newer cars also. This has been the case for newer cars of other brands also. If you want to have peace of mind, you can take along an experienced mechanic or an inspection specialist so that you can get a third party view and then can take an informed decision.

[Gotham]

Since I picked up the car in June the longest drive I could do was till Shimoga and few runs just till the Airport. Finally Managed to get a proper long drive from Bangalore to Goa , needless to say the car performed exceptionally well.

I had read about the best possible routes to take but in the end went with Google Maps recommended route. From E City Nice Road to Hubli the drive was extremely smooth. Slavia masks the speed so well that on many occasions my wife kept asking why am I driving so slow when the car was comfortable cruising in triple digits.

I wasn't too worried about the FE as the engine was just shy of 3k on the ODO so focused on driving pleasure. The first 400 odd kms came up very quickly despite one break of 20 minutes for a quick Breakfast



Post Hubli things slowed down drastically due to forest & Ghat section but the 1.5 DSG combo made this stretch effortless. The only irritating factor was multiple broken / yet to complete stretch that lasted close to 10 kms & had to drive very very carefully. Yet made it to Goa in about 8 hours.



Slavia is meant to cruise on highways & this baby can keep you going non stop. Not once did I ever feel the car was struggling , didn't even see the need to use the Sports mode even once. The raw power was always available on tap

[sinharishi]

The odo crossed 14k kms this weekend with a trip to Haridwar, Rishikesh and Devprayag. Car performed extremely well with 5 Adults onboard. Overall FE was 13.8 KMPL. I will be scheduling the 15K major service next week as there is a lot of travel lined up in November. The fog lamps turned out to be nice, attaching a picture of them in action.