Dealer: Dakshin Honda, Bangalore
Driving: In and around Bangalore.
Long drive: Not yet
Bought : Jan 2006
KM so far: 400.
Driven in one of the horrible roads of Bangalore, probably in the world. I bought mine HONDA city ZX CVT Jan 2006. I wanted to write this review after couple of days of my purchase but later thought let me give it for first service and this way I can even comment on the HONDA service. Dakshin Honda sales and service guys are ok. Not bad compared to dealers of other cars. I have friends and family members who have cars from different make and dealers and non have a good experience with any one of them. Compared to their complaints these guys are ok.
Good/Pros
Car is spacious. Interiors are very good compared to any other car in its class. Better then some pricy cars. Good leg space both in front and back. A/C is ok. Cooling is instantaneous and it’s quite unless if you keep the fan in highest option which is 4. Alpine music system is good. I won’t say great but decent for in-car music.
For CVT the pick up is good. City ride is effort less. Even in automatic transmission, I feel tired of driving in Bangalore city. I can imagine what might happen in manual transmission.
Cons.
Ground clearance is very less. Need to drive very slowly in order to avoid any damage to bottem of the car. And also the right and left panels are very large and thick. Visibility is obstructed when you are making turns. Need experience while making sharp turns.
Mileage as of now I am getting 9 Km with A/C in bumper to bumper city traffic. I am told it will improve as the engine gets serviced.
Apart from my experience, the reason I made decision to buy this vehicle is for the fact that it is from HONDA. Prior to buying the ZX, I test drove FORD Fiesta and Lancer. But I decided to purchase ZX CVT for comfort driving.