[serious] New Car !!!

[akhileshbc]

Hi guys...

I'm much glad to say that we are going to purchase a car (first time)

It is Maruti Alto LX.



Color = Fire brick red (as in the above pic)
Model = Alto LX (only AC, no power steering)
Extras = Rs. 40,000 worth accessories including Sony's XPLOD music system
Approx. Cost (includes all) = Rs. 3.33 Lakhs

I'm much excited... It will be delivered on tomorrow or day after tomorrow, ie. before the ONAM.

Yahooooooooooooooooo !!!!

[stlaural]

Congrats!

[akhileshbc]

Congrats!

Thnx...

[baja_yu]

Yahooooooooooooooooo !!!!

I would say Gmaaaaaaaaiiiil! But anyway, congratulations!

[EntityX]

I'm not familiar with Alto. Where do they make it? Are there any cars made in India? Also how does Rs. 3.33 Lakhs translate into US $.

[abhijit]

I'm not familiar with Alto. Where do they make it? Are there any cars made in India? Also how does Rs. 3.33 Lakhs translate into US $.

No there are no cars made in India. They are still riding donkeys, horses, bullock carts, elephants and camels. Some people ride tigers. Show offs!

3.33 Lakhs is anywhere between 7,000 and 8000 US Dollars.

[abhijit]

Hi guys...

I'm much glad to say that we are going to purchase a car (first time)

It is Maruti Alto LX.



Color = Fire brick red (as in the above pic)
Model = Alto LX (only AC, no power steering)
Extras = Rs. 40,000 worth accessories including Sony's XPLOD music system
Approx. Cost (includes all) = Rs. 3.33 Lakhs

I'm much excited... It will be delivered on tomorrow or day after tomorrow, ie. before the ONAM.

Yahooooooooooooooooo !!!!

Be careful with the air-conditioning when driving up and down hills. Congratulations!

[baja_yu]

My favorite Indian car is the new Jaguar XJ.

[TheBigB]

Leepu built cars from scratch in India, but he moved to the UK

[akhileshbc]

Thanks guys....

[akhileshbc]

Be careful with the air-conditioning when driving up and down hills. Congratulations!

Do you mean I should turn off the AC while driving hills ???
Does it utilize much fuel during this time ?

[Aash]

Congratz..

[akhileshbc]

Congratz..

Thnx...

[abhijit]

Do you mean I should turn off the AC while driving hills ???
Does it utilize much fuel during this time ?

Yes. As far as possible.

[akhileshbc]

Yes. As far as possible.

ok....

Got the car today and went to a joy ride for about 100kms.
I love that car stereo system(SONY's Xplod).

[Harsh Gupta]

No there are no cars made in India. They are still riding donkeys, horses, bullock carts, elephants and camels. Some people ride tigers. Show offs!

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[abhijit]

ok....

Got the car today and went to a joy ride for about 100kms.
I love that car stereo system(SONY's Xplod).

Does it support playing MP3 files? How about music from external flash drives?

[akhileshbc]

Does it support playing MP3 files? How about music from external flash drives?

Only MP3/WMA ! There is another version that supports USB. But I didn't choose that one. It's about Rs. 6700 for the system, which excludes the speakers. And for the speakers: front = Rs. 1350 and rear(6" oval shape) = Rs. 3400

We did several coatings also:

• Under body coating (Rs. 3500+)
• Teflon body coating (Rs. 5000+)
• Internal Panel Protection (Rs. 1750+)

[honeybee]

You should have gone for the Alto K-10 that's the latest sensation. It's got a bigger engine and better performance overall.

Anyways now that you have purchased the car, congrats for buying one of the most selling cars in India.

The AC consumes some of the engine power. When climbing hills with a full load of passengers, the AC may be sapping some engine power and the car may not climb, or may overheat.

If you are a newbie in the field of cars, I suggest you read up some advice from the net or friends who already own cars.

Stay away from fancy mods, and most importantly read your owner's manual thoroughly.

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[akhileshbc]

Thanks...

I'm new to this field. I hope you guys will provide more advices like this

[honeybee]

Thanks...

I'm new to this field. I hope you guys will provide more advices like this

If you want good advice on automobiles, join an automobile forum. While there may be auto geeks here as well, the quantity and quality of advice you will get here would be no comparison to a dedicated automobile forum. Just as you wouldn't expect to get good software advice on the auto forum

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[akhileshbc]

ok...

join an automobile forum

Any suggestions ?

[abhijit]

cartalk.com

[honeybee]

ok...


Any suggestions ?

I am a member at a forum named Team BHP (www.team-bhp.com/forum). However I am neither proclaiming it to be the best, nor implying you to join it. Just merely mentioning it.

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[akhileshbc]

Thanks guys....

cartalk.com (focused on cars in US (I think))
Alexa Traffic Rank: 73,541

team-bhp.com (focused on cars in India)
Alexa Traffic Rank: 3,998

I'll try the second one....

[akhileshbc]

Gud news..!

team-bhp.com refused to accept my membership after registration.

Dear akhileshbc,

We are sorry, but your Team-BHP membership could not be approved.

As you might know, the “Why Team-BHP?” and “Which Policy?” fields play a crucial part in the selection of our Members. We are very particular about the answers you provide in your application, so do give them some thought when applying. Please pay very close attention to the guidelines provided on the registration page, as disregarding any of them will negatively affect your application.

In addition, do note that:

1. You may re-register with the same username & email address that was used in your earlier attempt.

2. The entire forum is open & searchable, even to non-members.

We thank you for expressing interest in joining Team-BHP, and request you to consider registering again.

Keep Revvin',

The Team-BHP Support

Their policy seems to be little weird. They have two questions in the registration page:

1. Why I choose this site
2. And, what's my opinion about their policies
   
   

For the first one, I answered that, i'm a newbie in car field and wants to deal with and to have help on cars.
And for the second, I said that, their policies are different and I haven't seen them in any other forums.

Thus, they rejected my membership

[honeybee]

Yes, I have heard people upset over their policy for admission to the membership, some have been totally pi*sed.

However, my membership was accepted in the first stroke (this was before I discovered the importance of the answers) and I have been generally happy with it.

Keep trying

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