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I have completed 44+K on ODO with my Santro GL purchased on Nov 2007. I came to conclusion after TD many vehicles in this segment. I would like to share my experience regards to my Santro since the car has completed 4 years now.
Exterior: This is better leave up to readers since today when the industry is flooded with too many cars each individual have their own perspective. I personally judge the car by its performance, maintenance cost, FE & very important the budget I have.
Interior: I am 5.7 and daily commute alone to office so I will say this is too much spacious for my daily need. However even on weekends I travel along with my wife, 1.5 year son and my mom n dad & is well suited for my needs. (Infact this car is always suitable for my needs but no car is made yet which is suited for my greed).
About the Santro GL: The car has excellent pick up in this segment. The car provides an ease comfort in bumper to bumper traffic in Pune City. Gears are like sliding a spoon on butter. FE is something which I am happy. I am getting a constant average of 13 to 14 in City & 18+ in highways with 100% AC on. Once while doing a Pune- Thane-Pune-Thane-Pune trip in single day I have achieved a FE of 22 KMPL on express way. This was done while my brother got transferred to Thane & helped him in shifting his stuff in Santro. This was after the 2nd free service at about 8K on ODO. The car was doing constant 80-90 KM speed during this trip. The ride quality is best at 3.80 L worth car. I myself have tried at speeds up to 120+ on express way & other certain National Highways but found that above 100 you need to hold a force to get a stable steering grip. In short above 100 I do not recommend this tall boy to run for safety purpose.
Modifications I have done: I have recently replaced the wheels with tubeless upsize (Michelin XM+ about 37K on ODO) and set of alloys (Star spokes) which is giving a better grip on road & of course a sporty look to the car. I have also upgraded my ICE to Sony HU (cdx-gt494u), Rear Speakers (jbl gt5-s396) and front speakers (Sony xplod xs-gtf10262).
I have done only the free servicing & the first paid servicing from Sanjay Hyundai dealer in Pune & post that I am servicing the car from a local garage near my house. The reason is he will do the servicing in front of me. I will seat on chair next to car & watch the person working n the car. This gives me 100 % reliability about the work done.
Some negatives –
The gear knob placement is acting like obstacle if an average tall person seats ahead. Basically the person has to sit in strict position without moving his right leg (Sawdhan position) else the gear knob hits his leg.
The stock light especially using a dipper is really painful. This is not sufficient for night driving. Many times while driving in city I have to use my high beam. I do have a habit when there is other person coming from front I switch back to dipper but in these terms Santro lights really sucks. I guess you must have noticed many Santro on road which uses high beam for the same reason.
I will upload the pics very soon….
Exterior: This is better leave up to readers since today when the industry is flooded with too many cars each individual have their own perspective. I personally judge the car by its performance, maintenance cost, FE & very important the budget I have.
Interior: I am 5.7 and daily commute alone to office so I will say this is too much spacious for my daily need. However even on weekends I travel along with my wife, 1.5 year son and my mom n dad & is well suited for my needs. (Infact this car is always suitable for my needs but no car is made yet which is suited for my greed).
About the Santro GL: The car has excellent pick up in this segment. The car provides an ease comfort in bumper to bumper traffic in Pune City. Gears are like sliding a spoon on butter. FE is something which I am happy. I am getting a constant average of 13 to 14 in City & 18+ in highways with 100% AC on. Once while doing a Pune- Thane-Pune-Thane-Pune trip in single day I have achieved a FE of 22 KMPL on express way. This was done while my brother got transferred to Thane & helped him in shifting his stuff in Santro. This was after the 2nd free service at about 8K on ODO. The car was doing constant 80-90 KM speed during this trip. The ride quality is best at 3.80 L worth car. I myself have tried at speeds up to 120+ on express way & other certain National Highways but found that above 100 you need to hold a force to get a stable steering grip. In short above 100 I do not recommend this tall boy to run for safety purpose.
Modifications I have done: I have recently replaced the wheels with tubeless upsize (Michelin XM+ about 37K on ODO) and set of alloys (Star spokes) which is giving a better grip on road & of course a sporty look to the car. I have also upgraded my ICE to Sony HU (cdx-gt494u), Rear Speakers (jbl gt5-s396) and front speakers (Sony xplod xs-gtf10262).
I have done only the free servicing & the first paid servicing from Sanjay Hyundai dealer in Pune & post that I am servicing the car from a local garage near my house. The reason is he will do the servicing in front of me. I will seat on chair next to car & watch the person working n the car. This gives me 100 % reliability about the work done.
Some negatives –
The gear knob placement is acting like obstacle if an average tall person seats ahead. Basically the person has to sit in strict position without moving his right leg (Sawdhan position) else the gear knob hits his leg.
The stock light especially using a dipper is really painful. This is not sufficient for night driving. Many times while driving in city I have to use my high beam. I do have a habit when there is other person coming from front I switch back to dipper but in these terms Santro lights really sucks. I guess you must have noticed many Santro on road which uses high beam for the same reason.
I will upload the pics very soon….
