My new car
I got a red SX4 delivered on Sunday. I had a pleasant experience with Mandovi motors. It did take long, but I was given the right expectations. And it helped. I can wait, provided I sense predictability.
I've revved it only till 4000 rpm... the engine is still under run in.
Cornering at 80 kmph was great, there's a healthy understeer.
But too quick a turn has some body roll.
The luggage space is great, the boot is best in class. The car is big enough and comfortable for 5 short guys. The middle rear seat is uncomfortable only if you're tall. But other than that, the car is very comfortable and big. I would have liked a lot of smaller storage(as in Honda cars) in and around the seating space.
I like the height of the drivers' seat. I like the power, it comes at the rpms I like at the mid band. The stereo is from nippontronics, which is Kenwood, it has good reproduction of all freq spectrums. This is more important for me than huge bass(as I do not play music for people outside :-) ). The dash is clean.
The boot lid should have been a little bit stiffer. You really have to push it to make it stand right. A spring would have helped.
There are blindspots in the car due to the A pillars. The wedge simply does not help. Taking right turns are difficult. The clutch could have been better designed and a dummy wedge would be useful.
Overall, I think a paradigm shift is happening. Usually feedback from the road was associated with driver's controlling capability. This meant loss of comfort and smoothness. The shift is away from such models to a more smoother more comfortable car keeping in mind the drivers controlling capability. The search is now for the right compromise. And I think SX4 is a good compromise.
Pics at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/vinaybv/NewCar
I've revved it only till 4000 rpm... the engine is still under run in.
Cornering at 80 kmph was great, there's a healthy understeer.
But too quick a turn has some body roll.
The luggage space is great, the boot is best in class. The car is big enough and comfortable for 5 short guys. The middle rear seat is uncomfortable only if you're tall. But other than that, the car is very comfortable and big. I would have liked a lot of smaller storage(as in Honda cars) in and around the seating space.
I like the height of the drivers' seat. I like the power, it comes at the rpms I like at the mid band. The stereo is from nippontronics, which is Kenwood, it has good reproduction of all freq spectrums. This is more important for me than huge bass(as I do not play music for people outside :-) ). The dash is clean.
The boot lid should have been a little bit stiffer. You really have to push it to make it stand right. A spring would have helped.
There are blindspots in the car due to the A pillars. The wedge simply does not help. Taking right turns are difficult. The clutch could have been better designed and a dummy wedge would be useful.
Overall, I think a paradigm shift is happening. Usually feedback from the road was associated with driver's controlling capability. This meant loss of comfort and smoothness. The shift is away from such models to a more smoother more comfortable car keeping in mind the drivers controlling capability. The search is now for the right compromise. And I think SX4 is a good compromise.
Pics at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/vinaybv/NewCar
posted by Vinay Murthy at 10:00 PM
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