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Any specific reason you don't want to look at SUVs like Creta? Considering ease of getting in and out for elderly, space and comfortable ride on highway cruising, why not to choose Creta over Verna? Or carpet ride Duster/Captur? Or new Ertiga?

If you want Sedan, City still has the best petrol engine, is feature loaded and spacious. Or as someone suggested you can wait for Yaris. Though it doesn't look as spacious as City or Ciaz.

Honestly I would suggest you to fix the AC problem rather than trying to replace the car due to an AC issue.

I would suggest that you try Suresh Car AC mechanic to see if he can fix the issue. He is based out of Kodambakkam.

Check this thread for details on good car AC mechanics in Chennai.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...ml#post2322995

One thing which I have observed and wish to share. Normally, Maruti, Toyota, Ford have very good AC's but Hyundai/VW/Skoda's AC are either not that powerful or slowly with age stop cooling the way it used to.

This is something which I observed. We had 3 cars on a drive few days back. Superb at 19 degrees was barely cooling, Verna at 22 was providing similar cooling and Ford Aspire at 26 degrees was chilling. No wonder, i preferred to sit/drive in the Ford.

If you want to buy a new car, will suggest to wait for the Yaris else get the AC looked into by a competent mechanic. Please do look at the directory section of Team-BHP for your city. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/chennai/

Hey there, If I were you my first attempt would be to escalate the issue with Hyundai officials and get it addressed. I am sure some solution will be there because you would tend to loose a lot of money on the sale of this car with out having used it to the extent of the depreciation cost.
But if you have considered the depreciation cost and have decided to sell it. Then may I suggest Dzire Zxi+ AMT (fits comfortably in the budget)since you are planning to test ride the amaze. I drove it extensively couple of weeks back with 4 tall healthy adults in Chennai heat and at at no point was there any complaints in terms of space and comfort from any of them.In terms of features it is well equipped and the Petrol is really good and a proven one.
As for Etios, I have driven it on a Che- Bglr trip and felt the NVH levels to be average especially the noise in side the cabin to be high and definitely no where as calm as Hyundai or even a Maruti. And with Verna, be vary of the claustrophobic seats in the back especially for the parents. My father who is quite used to long journeys was just not ok with the previous gen Verna in the back seat.

The i20 being a 1.2 petrol, you cannot expect great performance from the Aircon, especially post 100 kmph. However, in your car, this seems to be an issue with the compressor.

I suggest you get the AC thouroughly by a reputed garage, in case your ASS centre is unable to fix it.

If you are very keen on swapping cars, I’d pick the Verna out of the two shortlisted options primarily due to the superior engine.

I’d also suggest you look at other cars within the same price bracket like:

1) Hyundai Creta
2) Ford Ecosport
3) Honda City
4) MS Ciaz - primarily for space
5) The upcoming Toyota Yaris
6) Pre Owned - Volkswagen Jetta - A combination of space and performance.

Prathik

Hi everyone,

I have a Santro Xing erlx from 2005, which has still done less than 50k km. (In 13 years of ownership)!

As you can tell, I don't have a daily commute, I work from home with one or two meetings a week for which I nowadays find it more convenient to take an ola or uber anyway. I usually have a few outstation trips a year for which I do take my own car, and this makes up the bulk of my car usage.

Now with these usage patterns, I am looking to replace my Santro (which has been amazingly reliable and problem-free) with a used sedan in the Verna-City-Ciaz category, which can give me a similar levels of trustworthiness (it should start up and go even if I leave it undriven for a month). It should also have the same frugal maintenance and spare parts availability.

Which should I go for? Will good candidates be available in my budget of 5 lakhs? I would prefer an automatic this time, preferably less than 5 years old.

The only automatic sedan from around 2012 worth buying that might be available in your budget is Honda City. Verna of that time had poor ride and sluggish engine, while Ciaz wasn't even there.

If you want newer vehicles, I would suggest you be on lookout for Honda Jazz. You could also consider Xcent AT if you are able to find one.

PS: If the car is mostly to be used for outstation trips, have you considered just using Zoomcar/Myles instead?

At that price, you will only find 3rd generation Honda City ATs. I don't think Maruti sold too many Ciaz ATs - so availability might be an issue. Verna petrol ATs might be available though.

Also, it is unlikely that any of the newer cars will start if you use it that sparingly (once a month). Newer cars will have security system, computers and sensors that will keep sipping battery power all the time. It's no big deal though - just use your car atleast once a week for shopping or other errands

I did come across a few city's and Vernas in my budget, on car buying sites. City seems to be more popular here on tbhp, but my FNG mechanic advised me to go for the Verna because of maintenance and more robust build.

I did try out zoomcar for a Mumbai Pune trip last week, but the 80kmph speed limit (on the expressway!) on the EcoSport I got put me off car hiring for ever, I think.

They should at least have speed limiters that allow for higher speeds on expressways. I agree with the speed limit for city driving.

I don't usually leave my car idle for that long, but it has happened a few times and the Santro started up every time.

Verna and City's are both available, apart from Ventos, on sites like OLX, carwale etc but am unable to decide which to go for. I don't even know if buying from these sites is wise in the first place.

That's strange. I have rented a couple of times and did not face that issue. Definitely went above 100 on a couple of occasions. You should speak with them about this.

Below excerpt from Zoomcar and Myles FAQ page.

If you are looking at second hand car websites, I would recommend have a look at truebil.com. Have found there rating system and reports pretty good.

PS: I am not affiliated with Truebil in any manner.

The speed limit is definitely there. How they get around it on their older cars is that they avoid installing the speed limiters until they absolutely have to, since it has only recently become law. Their new cars all have them, which is something I found out only after I completed the trip.stupid:

I'll check out trubil, thanks!

Go for a well maintained 2012-13 Honda City. It was easily the best petrol sedan in its segment at the time. It is very reliable and maintenance costs are at par with smaller hatchbacks. Moreover, the 3rd gen City was pretty well built, my City is 9 years old and has run 50k kms, with not a single rattle or squeak.

The Verna could be your second choice. It had a lot of features, a slightly nicer cabin and a rockstar CRDi engine, but its dynamics were poor and the rear seat cramped.

Avoid the Xcent/Amaze/Etios. You can get better cars for 5 lakhs in the used car market.

For 5 lakhs, the only used compact SUVs you'll get are the Duster and Ecosport. I'd recommend the City over them, unless you need the extra GC.

Wild card option - For 5-6 lakhs, you could even get a Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla. Keep a lookout for well maintained examples. The Corolla and Civic are very reliable and affordable to maintain.

Hi, I need advice on buying a car. Since it'd be my first one, I'm not willing to spend a lot of cash and I'd like to buy a pre-owned sedan with a budget of INR 3 lakhs soft-limit (will increase to 4 lakhs if I'm getting something really good). I intend to drive it for not more than 1.5 year or so.

I quite like the Honda City cars, but I am afraid an old Honda City in this budget would be too old (~2010?) and come with plenty of issues of its own. I want a decent looking sedan which I can take out for interstate rides on weekends (it'd sit idle otherwise, I don't have a daily commute). I live in New Delhi.

I've been told that used cars often have malfunctioning engines and require repair often - that'd be the worst nightmare for me since I have a very busy schedule and I'd hate to spend my weekends on getting things fixed.

I am not an expert at judging cars by the numbers and variants. So I'm also wondering whether a diesel engine would be better or petrol engine for the use-case I described above, and how many kilometers already covered would be too much for comfortable use in either case.

I need a sedan because I'm on the oddly tall side and every centimeter of leg space is a god send (and hatchbacks are just not my thing in general). I do not like the Swift Desire at all.

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Aside, last year around the same time, I asked for advice on starting to ride motorcycles, and sure did I get the perfect and absolute help I needed from this forum. Thanks a lot folks, it's been nothing short of great.

Apologies for using this forum yet again only to get personal help, hopefully other people benefit from the replies too.

^^ I'd recommend an SX4 petrol or an Altis petrol of 2010 vintage.

Both these are robust,reliable cars and will go on without fuss.

Even a 2011-12 Honda city petrol could come in the range of 4-4.5 lacs. Just have to keep looking through the classifieds and online. Get a car with about 50-60k mileage and make sure you check whether the car has been serviced regularly. You should be good.