1 month with my new VW Virtus 1.0L: Positives outweigh the negatives

The fuel efficiency, expectedly, is not that great, possibly because it's still early days; should improve in the coming months.

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Hi Guys,

This post is about my one-month ownership of the VW Virtus 1.0 MT in Lava Blue (well it's actually 50 shades of blue).

Dealership Exp

It has been just ok with VW Deccan in Hyderabad. Got a good price for mine but they do try to discourage and lie blatantly if you enquire anything about 1.5, may be because the margins are less on this. The follow ups by the dealer for booking are crazy, but I think once the payment or loan is approved, they don't take as much care. Any enquiry on a new accessory or upgrade will be met with an unfavorable response.

Delivery Exp

I finished all my paperwork in advance as I did not want to keep my parents waiting on the delivery day. When I took the delivery I observed my car was not cleaned properly in some places and the dashboard also had so much dust. That aside, the rest of the process of unveiling the car and showroom staff applause, chocolate box is default in all showrooms.

Drive Exp

The car no doubt is a stunner, especially in the lava blue color but the problem with 1.0 is that at low RPMs I feel it is underpowered. Yes on highways and when you cross the 1700 - 2000 RPM range this is indeed a powerful machine but during slow traffic or even on small inclines with literally one person in the car this does struggle a bit. But once you get out and see the car it actually makes you forget all its shortcomings. Have to see how this changes in the long run. Mileage, expectedly is not that great possibly it's still early days; should improve in the coming months.

Overall Exp

By now everyone knows the kind of cost-cutting VW has done inside the car, so I don't want to mention them again. If this is one's only car then you would slowly forget all these issues, but if you also drive other cars along with this then some things in this car might stick out like a sore thumb. AC will definitely disappoint and on a hot day it will even irritate as it will behave more like a fan than AC. On the positive side the car feels solid and planted like any VW, the touch screen infotainment and audio is decent, boot is massive, steering is lite and manoeuvrability is A class.

I even got the ceramic done for my car and here are the pics -

So far the positives definitely outweigh the negatives; hoping for a good long-term ownership.

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