I own a Baleno Vxi BSIII 2007 model. Mine was the last Baleno to roll out from the dealer showroom in Bangalore. I had driven my friends Baleno before and I was already in love with it.
When I decided to buy I knew that I am buying an outdated car but the huge discount which was offered could not stop me from buying it I got a discount of 80K. I am proud of owning this car for two years now its has done a little over 20000kms.
I would like to share my owner experience of this car. Initially when I bought this car I was repenting for my mistake of buying this car. Because of the Fuel consumption. For the first 1000 kms my cars average Fe was 8kms.
Then it improved after the first service. when the car had dome 5000kms the FE has improved to 11kms. Then it was time for my 10K service and the car had completed 10 months. After the 10K service the car was like a wild fire on the highway. the pickup and FE had improved drastically. I was getting an average of 18kms on the Highway. I could not belive my self.
Just a week back I got the 20k Kms service done. The car is performing very well. I have only spent Rs. 10000/- till date on service and repairs for this car. Only the 20000 Kms service was expensive as they had to change the coolant, engine oil spark plugs etc. and also I added some 3M additives which coasted me arround 2k.
I have driven this car on very rough roads. I have driven at great speeds on the highway. I can tell that I have totally ripped the car to the maximum. but still doing good.My friends had bought different brand cars around the same time as I bought off course they are not Maruti.
They have just done city deriving and their cars have not crossed 16000 Kms and they has already spent more money than me on repairs and servicing. This shows the strength and build of this car.kudos to Maruti.