Just visited the Toyota Showroom in Gurgaon at the IDC Gurgaon coz I was looking for some accessories for the Innova. I ‘v got the list and prices of the stuff that I was looking for :
A Rear View Mirror (chrome) : Rs. 4500/-
A pair of fog lamps : Rs. 8000/-
A Pair of footrest : Rs. 6000/-
Damn costly… I got all that from outside dealer in Rs. 5000/-. What the hell!!!
New green color low floor buses of DTC are new attraction for Delhi commuters. DTC has added 45 low floor buses in its fleet. And these buses are running with full capacity. 12 buses are running on Route no. 479, 8 on Route no. 500, 10 on Route no. 442 and 5 buses on Route no. 729.
These buses are getting popular for daily travelers. People are preferring these busses in comparison to blue line(popular as death lines now) or old DTC buses. These buses have tubeless tyres to ensure no flat tyre problems. New buses have pneumatic doors. People are not very use to of it but they will be very soon.
With these new buses earning per kilometer has touched Rs. 20 while for old buses it is about Rs. 12 per kilometer. The operating loss on new buses is about Rs. 6 per kilometer, which is very less as compared to Rs. 30 per km in old DTC buses.
I must say that Delhi Govt. must increase the no. of these buses in roads of Delhi. It will not only make DTC less loss making but also will improve the condition of public transport in Delhi especially the public Bus travel.
Well while our visit to Chokhi Dhani Resort, we have tried the CNG kit in our new Jaguar. I got an average of 96 Paisay per KM. Performance is almost the same as petrol coz I managed to run it at 135 Kmph. This is good man…. but the worst part was that we could not find a CNG outlet at Jaipur. Rajasthan has only LPG stations. Overall the nice trip and a great value for money, at least you are driving a luxury car at the running cost of a bike.
I am looking for a drivers for my Tata Safari, Toyota Innova and Hyundai Accent but could not get one in the town.
If the driver is experienced….
Then his salary expectations are as high as 10000 bucks a month which includes accommodation and food. And you don’t know when he’ll leave if he finds a better offer.
If the driver is inexperienced….
Then you have your car at risk every time, whenever the car is with the driver and you are at home, your heart beat is on a higher side.
If you get a driver from Rajasthan….
He has no idea of the ways in Delhi and Gurgaon and most awful is when he makes idiotic mistakes and an excuse that he has never seen so many cars before in his life…
Looks like I’m in love with the CRDi Technology. I have been to the Safdarjung Hyundai showroom in Gurgaon to buy a car, not for myself, but for a close relative. I was there for the Verna CRDi, which I don’t find too attractive. I saw the Sonata CRDi and the Tucson. Well, the cars are costly, but real value for money. Tucson is not that comfortable as compared to the Sonata. Both the car are technically sound, and the looks are no doubt the best in their segment. The last factor comes the a Baniya always think is the Cost per Km. Sonata according to the company, will give 11 Km which I take as 9 – 10 kmpl on road, which is not that attractive. Maybe, weight, higher cylinder volume is the reason.
I was not just satisfied after writing my last post about the Ford Fiesta, I want to write more, so a comparison with by Sweety Hyundai Accent is here.
Ford Fiesta I agree is a better variant than the Ikon but not better than the Accent CRDI. The Vibration is the Accent CRDi is less than the Fiesta and Driving comfort is too better in the Accent. Both the vehicles has the approximately the same Fuel efficiency but I have heard from friends and relatives that Milage of Ford Fiesta is 18-19 kmpl which I am getting 16-17 Kmpl in the Accent CRDI.
In looks, I think none of them is gonna win the beauty competition, Air conditioning is almost the same. Leg room, Head room are almost the same.
I got the opportunity to drive this car today while getting back from Delhi. Personally I never like American Cars (Ford, GM etc.) but still I did drive it coz I had no choice. This car I would say is a much better product than the ford IKON. The vehicle is comfortable and Engine has a better performance than Ford IKON. All the controls (as usual in American Cars) are just opposite to that of the other cars. Wipers at the right hand side and the light controls at the left hand. I had to go through the manual to turn on the Headlights, you just can’t see it normally since it’s provided at the back of the steering wheel near to the Ac vents at the Driver’s side. The high beam and low beam is also not the same, when you want to change the beam fastly in Hyundai and Toyota Cars, you just need to pull the beam lever and it will go back to low beam again as soon it is released, in Ford Fiesta, if you pull the lever the high beam will get permanent and you will have to pull the lever again for the low beam (that was uncomfortable). Personally I liked the drive and comfort.
Got this question on my Enquiries on Real Estate web site
Anybody having awnser can help
Just got the news that Hyundai has just loss a case against a car owner in Delhi for selling him a faulty Hyundai Accent car. The Courts has ordered the company to replace the faulty car with a new one and give the owner, an additional compensation of Rs. 12,500/-. I can never imagine that the second largest car maker in India can do a shit like that. Well, is it the fault of the Hyundai Car dealer or the company itself?
One of my friends had recently visited Hyundai showroom in Gurgaon to buy a Hyundai Accent CRDI just 15 days back. But the showroom told that the company has “stopped the production of the CRDI model because of some technical flaws that causes vibrations”. We thought that this was just a promotional stunt for the new Hyundai Verna CRDI which has not performed very well in the market (compared to the Accent CRDI). Like the stratagy that Toyota used to by discontinuing Qualiz and Launching Toyota Innova But now I think, the real problem was this case which was going against the company. Let’s see what happens now, will the company launch the Accent CRDi or not.
A Helicopter manufacturing company called Eurocopter is planning to target the Indian Luxury car market… hah what a news!!!! This company is going to target the luxury car owners, hospitals, hotels and corporate giants and Business Houses to buy a helicopter than a Mercedes Benz, Porsche, or a Lamborghini.
The company claims that India has only 160 civilian helicopters. In the next five years, the country will have about 1,000 helicopters, apart from those used by the armed forces. The best part is Eurocopter will tie up financing for customers to buy their helicopters. Industry sources say that you need to pay an upfront 10 per cent of the cost of the helicopter (the price of an entry level model chopper can begin from Rs 9 crore).