Hi Guys
This is my second review of the car and this one after two years.
I still maintain most of the good things about my car and there were no major problems with the car till date and its performance is great. The milage ha increased to abt 13-14 from 11-12 for city riding. The power and pick up are quite good still but one thing I still love about this car is its the space inside. You do not feel like siting in any other car. There have been no major repairs and surprisingly the service has been quite good and I was astonished to receive calls from the service center asking for the health of my car. I hope they delaers have started to learn few thinngs.
Now coming to the bad things which I find in the car in the couple of years is the engine is quite noisy and you can feel the roar of the engine all the time even when ur windows are all closed. The other thing which I found bad was on little bumpy roads the vibrations from the raod is too much some times and you feel that you are right on the road. The smoothness factor is very poor. and the last thing is that the car being so heavy it eats up ur tyres very fast and the alignment is very frequently out.
But to end it on a good note I still feel its the safest and the best car for long drives in its class. It a beauty to drive on highways, very very stable at high speeds.
Still I feel its the best car in its class but I rate is down in terms of the riding comfort which I felt in the two years as compared to alto, wagonr and santro.
The last review two years ago.
I bought the Indica Xeta GLG Amazon Blue in Feb 07 and since it was my first car you can imagine the amount of R&D which went into to decide on the brand of the car. In a nut shell all I can say is that at this price and with these features its the best available car in the market and "YOU GOTTA BE DUMB" if you are thinking about any other car.
The space, power, comfort and pickup are really great which makes this car stand alone form the rest of the cars in this segment. Long drives in Xeta is a fairy tale stuff with the powerful A/C and really good suspension system . The easy maneuvering and great stability at high speeds makes the perfect recipe for you to make a dream long drive.
But it brings tears to my eyes when I speak about the Dealers and after sales service. The customer satisfaction is negative leave alone the customer delight. These people will treat you like cab drivers and they think that once the car is sold the chapter is closed. They are so poor in their service that they dont even ask the customer a glass of water . I just wonder why these people have not learned from Maruti & Hyundai that customer satisfaction in todays cut throat competitive market is the best tool to boost up your car sales and zoom ahead of your competitors.
Also I would like to add that the interior fabric and the dash board colour and texture is one thing which they should improve upon.
If you ask me to compare it with the other cars it would be like this: Alto is way behind in space, power and pickup but better in mileage, Wagon R is inferior in looks, space and power and costlier by 40K, Zen Estelo is inferior in space and power but stylish and costlier by 40k.
All I can say is that I am really satisfied with the car and its performance till date and really happy with the decision to go for it.