First Free Service Report: (728 kms)
Availed - 24th January, 2013.
Work to be done -
All general check-ups/top-ups of the 1 month/1000 kms 1st Service,
Washing & Cleaning.
Time Spent - Around 2 hours.
Charges - Rs. 30/- (Distilled water + 1 sachet of cleaning liquid).
First of all, kudos to Maruti Suzuki for a reminder service as good as the Hondas. I received no less than 5 calls reminding me of Sylver's first service between 8th January and 22nd January. Since I was busy with a lot of stuff, I availed the first service on the last valid day from the date of purchase, i.e., the 24th.
Since the dealership/A.S.S. center is in my own city, time wasn't a problem. I reached there at 11:30 AM and a SA was promptly assigned to me. There are no problems with Sylver at the moment (touchwood!) so all they had to do was the general check-up and washing.
It was a comparatively light day at the A.S.S. center and that worked in my favor. Sylver was promptly sent to be washed and cleaned first. They opened all the doors and the boot door, and compressed air was blown on the insides to clean the dust. Then it was time to get washed. Up on the ramp she went, and got a nice, long, proper bath! The cleaning guys did a fabulous job of cleaning her nooks and crannies, and also took off the ribbons which she was wearing since the day of her delivery (exactly one month ago).
Then came the turn of the polishers. Using cleansing fluid and petrol they worked up their charm and gave a nice, thorough rub to Sylver, leaving her beaming in her silvery pride in the sunshine. This whole process took exactly one hour, and at 1 PM Sylver stood outside the workshop, waiting to be driven in for her general check-up.
The 3M guy came over to check her undersides for the anti-Rust underbody coating checkup, and promptly gave me the "all-good" signal. Then she was driven into the workshop.
All her electricals were checked and OKed, distilled water top-up for the battery and coolant top-up was done, and Sylver was promptly dispatched outside to the delivery line for me to pick her up. The billing took a minute because online billing was a bit slow to open, but I had the bill and the gate pass with me soon. At around 2 PM, I was driving back to office.
In-between, I received the car invoice, bill for the Alpine HU, and a second copy of the original Maruti-Suzuki Insurance. My SA Rajnish's Dad had fallen sick and he was busy with running to and fro from Nagpur and back, so he had fallen back on giving us all the ownership papers. But the guy had managed to send all the documents on 5th January to my uncle to get Sylver registered, thank God for that.
Sylver received her numberplates about 10 days back, and she was officially registered then. 6-inch numberplates with 3D gold-plated effect, specially made in Hyderabad. Will see if I can post a pic.
Cost of numberplates = 1300/- (got 200/- discount)
Going to pick up her RC book and card in a moment. The two other official accessories which I had ordered haven't arrived yet (twin reading lamps for the rear and the boot, and the official premium central locking kit), so the fittings have to wait for a bit.
Current ODO reading - 741 kms.
Current F.E. - 19.2 kmpl. (all in-city driving with AC on 50% of the time)
Here are some pictures :-
On the washing ramp, wheel covers being taken off.
Ribbons being taken off.
Up!
The cleaning/polishing guys going about their job.
Inside the workshop, getting the general check-up done.
Ciao for now. Drive safe!