I live in Hubli a city located in north karnataka, this city is known for its worst traffic manners and bad roads, I happened to buy a brand new Maruthi 800 non a/c model just two months back.
My driving skills are not that great and infact I strarted learning drving after buying the car, the new model is very comfortable with a 32 bit Ecm new looks and a lot of fairly good quality plastic, and the front brakes are disc brakes and I found it very stable even at continuous speeds of 120 kmph.
This car is pretty smooth and hassle free.
I have driven this car for about 3000 kms in just two months of purchase, and I had a great experience when I took it for the first service. After the first service I found the vehicle much smoother and comfortable but I am feeling the milege slightly decreased after the first service.
The new added extra features lilke collapsable streeing, crumple zones etc provides some assurance about safety but still features like airbags, child lock etc are needed atleast in ac model or any other dlx types of models.