3rd November 2010, 23:10
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3rd November 2010, 23:14
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| Congratulations for being the first Tata Aria owner on the forum  Please do keep us updated on the driving impressions. I'm looking forward for your review and pics. Make sure that you always your seatbelt and drive safe. Amith |
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3rd November 2010, 23:16
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| Congratulations mate! That's a sweet ride and hope you only have good experiences with the ARIA. Do write the ownership experience soon  |
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3rd November 2010, 23:25
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4th November 2010, 00:31
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| congratz buddy! Thats a nice teaser post. Waiting for your driving experiance and yes..the pics |
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4th November 2010, 01:14
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4th November 2010, 03:52
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Bangalore -> Anekal -> Thally -> Denkanikottai -> Anchetti -> Billgundala -> Hogenakkal -> Pennaguram -> Mecheri -> Mettur -> Palar -> M. M. Hills -> Kollegal -> Madur -> Bangalore Many thanks to k149in, ampere, jeevmenon, hvkumar and others for this route idea. Quite a bit of this route is through forest and ghat sections. The TN roads were in general good except the billgundala section. KA roads around Anekal and Palar to Madur were in bad shape. Had done a few of the above segments earlier in NHC and had scrapped the bottom quite generously. With Aria we were able to keep that issue out of our mind and still have good ride quality as well as decent speed. Except for a loose rear number plate there was no other rattle or strange sounds from anywhere. Two of the issues on my Pride Test Drive vehicle are absent on the Prestige that was delivered to me. Quote:
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There is a bit of gap between the left front wheel arch plastic cladding and body at the fender-bumper join. It isn't very much visible in this picture  It does look quite black from a distance in some lighting. Btw, on tataaria.com Night Shade Black and Quartz Black shade illustrations seems to be interchanged/mixed-up when I last checked    My right side read door needs extra force to close properly. In this picture it is not closed properly with normal effort  The only interior picture that I have as of now. Not sure about the format of the Navteq maps used in Pride variant. Ovi maps in general doesn't have lots of detail. For our trip we used NavComputer with Offline Google Maps created using Mobile Atlas Creator  I have started to like it from most angles      Would have loved to take it closer to Kaveri river banks. But will wait for run-in period / first service before that. Hope that the first service at 1500-1800 Km also doesn't require someone to come from Pune  Not sure in what order and combination the adapterra and 4x4 badges are to be placed. The Concorde guys have placed mine a bit carelessly  Many thanks to ashwinpak for most of the trip pictures. Will post more comments and photos of interior later in the week. | ||
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4th November 2010, 05:46
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| BHPian  | Wow - Nice set of pics and looks like you almost took ARIA to do some sort of Safari-ish driving It looks splendid in both the tarmac roads and with a back-drop of hill & mud.Good one. |
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4th November 2010, 06:54
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| Congratulations LobsterB. I had my reservations about the midnight black. But it looks stunning! The contrast between the greenery in the background and the vehicle is great. By looking at the pictures I feel jealous. Last edited by Trapezio : 4th November 2010 at 06:56. |
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4th November 2010, 07:41
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How was the experience on third row on the bad stretches? Any comparison on Aria with Grande MKII is appreciated. | |
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4th November 2010, 07:43
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I went to Concorde to collect my RC and did a TD of Aria. The interiors are far better than Safari. Looking at pictures clicked by GTO, I thought the gear is similar to Safari. I was plesantly surprised with the gear box. It was smooth and did not have the long throw as in Safari. The gears felt upmarketish. The interiors were superb.  The price ranges were out of my budget. However I left with a feeling whether I should have waited !! Wish you happy miles and smiles. | |
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4th November 2010, 08:14
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4th November 2010, 09:04
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4th November 2010, 09:16
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| Congrats LobsterB. Your vehicle looks stunning. Infact the rear profile also looks cool now. Happy motoring. Quote:
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4th November 2010, 09:35
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