*i am using alto since 29 may 2009. I bought it from friendly motors, mysore.
I went to them as i got better discount than mandovi motors, but later
Realised that experience counts as the sunfilm coating & teflon coating
Offered free was not done properly. Within first week i could see scratches over door.
*till today odometer reading is 6500 km and 2 service is recently done.
With this car i have gone on five long drives.
*1)**in june i drove from mysore to ooty a distance of 175 kms.this
Drive was within 10 days of buying the car so i did not go above
100kph.mileage was 16.5 kpl.intermittent ac was used.there in parking of
Botanical garden someone made first scratch on front bumper.there we stayed at coonoor and visited the places around coonoor like lambs rock and dolphin nose and i felt that coonoor is a better place than ooty. It was dry at coonoor but always drizzling at ooty.
*2)**in july i drove from mysore to dharmsthala and back. Onward
Journey was via hassan and return journey was via subramanya and
Medikeri. The road condition after hassan was very bad.mileage was
16.5 kpl even when return journey was done in 3 gear for almost 70
Kms.intermittent ac was used. Total distance covered 570 kms.
*3)** drove from mysore to pune on 28/07/09.i had left mysore by 6 am
And was at nda, pune at 10 pm.total journey was 900 kms and was
Done at high speed, constantly driving at 110-120 kph with ac on. High speed driving is really fun on nh-4.roads are really very good. Even after 14 hrs journey i had enough energy to play with my nephew till midnight at pune. Thanks to suparb driving position.
Now i am getting constanly mileage of 19 kmpl and above always.
Mileage got was 17.25kpl.
*4)** on 2/8/09, pune to shirdi, shignapur and back in single day, a
Distance of 470 kms.mileage-17.3 kpl.
*5) **on 21/09/09, drove from mysore to bangalore as my wife had to
Catch a train at 9 am.with partial ac usage mileage -18.8 kpl.
On all occasion car had 4 persons and boot full (60 kg).
Now in city driving i always get above 18 kpl.
*6) today i am writing because now i am getting mileage 21kmpl with intermittent ac usage, only care i take is multiple gear shift, like changing from 2 to 4 or 3 to 5 gear. This reduces the usage of clutch thus giving better mileage. Try it friends, it is wonderful.*
Thank you alto lxi