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Anyway below is the review of my new Honda Brio SMT (o). Will be posting pics soon
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What I like
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Cute looks of the car (both rear and front), but looks are very personnel
Excellent ride comfort
Silent engine, both during ride and when idle
Good space inside
Its small dimension from outside is a very easy to manuver in cities
Good quality interiors
Descent Mileage and the In-built economy metre
Feels like a driver's car, rather than a family car
Dislikes
=========
Gear shift to first and reverse is bit hard
No driver seat height adjustment (though not important for me since iam 5.10)
Boot space is small (but still ok for me, since i drive mainly for fun and within city)
No rear wiper (again yet to drive in rainy season)
Contenders
===========
Iam new to driving. When i started learning driving in Maruti driving school, i eyed upon the New Wagon-R and Hyndai i10 as my top most contenders for the car.
But as I started to learn more about cars, and after discussion with my collegues, my taste started to change. I started disliking Wagon-R due to its huge shape
I researched about other cars as well, but each had some negative points in my mind.
But I was pretty inclined towards i10 and thought to book it, when i realized it was really overpriced and also had terrible mileage, though the ride quality was good i heard.
Then one day i got an promotional email from carewale.com regarding the launch of Honda Brio.
Initially I didnot cared about the email and thought a Honda car is not of my class and its for people far ahead in terms of budget.
Then one day the Honda guys brough the BRIO to our office premises for display. I didnot test drive it, but the looks and the interiors caught my attention and I was pretty impressed
I immediaely went within few days with my friend and took a test drive and booked it the next day.
I was inclined for Rally red , but my wife pressed for Urban Titanium. Indeed it was a surprise for my wife, how my mind changed suddenly from Wagon-R and i10.
Booking & Delivery
===================
I always thought the process of booking a car and delivery is very tedious and complicated.
But thanks to Whitefield Honda, the sales guy was very co-operative and proactive. I had a waiting period of 20 days for my car.
He informed me about the car status proactively without me bothering him
I took the delivery of my car on April04. Since I was new to driving, they arranged for a driver to drive it back home
Took to the church the same day for blessings.
Exterior
===================
Looks are very personnel and This car has a look which not everybody will like (Specially risk-averse people), I mean its not conventional.
For people who want to stand out and be unique, here it is.
Though i like the glass hatch, in my opinion it would have been better if they could have given the glass hatch a metal outline or frame.
Personnely i like the looks very much, specially the front grill and H badge.
Interior
===================
Inside looks much bigger, than what it looks from outside.
Infact my neighbour's i10 was parked next to me and when i looked from 2nd floor down, Brio looked much wide and longer, though i10 scores on height
I think it looks small from outside mainly due to the big glass hatch
The interiors are descent and neat, atleast better than i10 i guess
The seats have integrated head rests, which is minus to the looks I feel. The audo is ok, though iam yet to test the USB, usally i put FM most of the time.
Rear seat can seat 3 people for short distance, but for long trip 2 is comfortable.
The seat heights are like sedan, and if you ae someone used to riding tallboys like wagon-R and santro, will take time to get used to it
Gear box is bit stiff, specially movement to first and reverse gear. Indeed the reverse gear gives a click sound once enagaged
Ride
====
Engine is super silent when idle and even when riding. No rattles heard so far.
Steering is butter smooth, though iam not sure how it will be under high speeds (if its too smooth)
Turning radius is too small, taking a u-turn is effortless
The maximum speed I rode till now is 60kmph, hence cannot on the perfomance when being at a higher speed than this
Mileage
=========
It has a inbuilt fuel average mileage metre (though not sure how accurate it is).
During the initial rides from the showroom, the mileage was showing as 13, but then it increased
Now its between 15.2 to 15.8 in city with AC on (90% of time). ON a pleasure ride on highway to Hosur and back it showed me 16.8.
So far 850kms completed. First service completed.
Funny incident
---------------
Couple of weeks back i took a drive to Nandi Hills with my wife. From the hill base we were driving up mostly in 2nd gear or 3rd gear.
Just before the top of the hil, we had a terrible hair pin bend, litterly blind and vertical and guess wat, the car just stopped at the blind turn and we were
just vertical with our heart-beat stopped. Car was slipping back slowly. Immediately i started my car, with legs on my break, released my clutch to half and stepped on my accelerator and the car
just zoomed like rocket towards the gate. A great relief.
Will post additional posts and pics soon
Anyway below is the review of my new Honda Brio SMT (o). Will be posting pics soon
====================================================================
What I like
===========
Cute looks of the car (both rear and front), but looks are very personnel
Excellent ride comfort
Silent engine, both during ride and when idle
Good space inside
Its small dimension from outside is a very easy to manuver in cities
Good quality interiors
Descent Mileage and the In-built economy metre
Feels like a driver's car, rather than a family car
Dislikes
=========
Gear shift to first and reverse is bit hard
No driver seat height adjustment (though not important for me since iam 5.10)
Boot space is small (but still ok for me, since i drive mainly for fun and within city)
No rear wiper (again yet to drive in rainy season)
Contenders
===========
Iam new to driving. When i started learning driving in Maruti driving school, i eyed upon the New Wagon-R and Hyndai i10 as my top most contenders for the car.
But as I started to learn more about cars, and after discussion with my collegues, my taste started to change. I started disliking Wagon-R due to its huge shape
I researched about other cars as well, but each had some negative points in my mind.
But I was pretty inclined towards i10 and thought to book it, when i realized it was really overpriced and also had terrible mileage, though the ride quality was good i heard.
Then one day i got an promotional email from carewale.com regarding the launch of Honda Brio.
Initially I didnot cared about the email and thought a Honda car is not of my class and its for people far ahead in terms of budget.
Then one day the Honda guys brough the BRIO to our office premises for display. I didnot test drive it, but the looks and the interiors caught my attention and I was pretty impressed
I immediaely went within few days with my friend and took a test drive and booked it the next day.
I was inclined for Rally red , but my wife pressed for Urban Titanium. Indeed it was a surprise for my wife, how my mind changed suddenly from Wagon-R and i10.
Booking & Delivery
===================
I always thought the process of booking a car and delivery is very tedious and complicated.
But thanks to Whitefield Honda, the sales guy was very co-operative and proactive. I had a waiting period of 20 days for my car.
He informed me about the car status proactively without me bothering him
I took the delivery of my car on April04. Since I was new to driving, they arranged for a driver to drive it back home
Took to the church the same day for blessings.
Exterior
===================
Looks are very personnel and This car has a look which not everybody will like (Specially risk-averse people), I mean its not conventional.
For people who want to stand out and be unique, here it is.
Though i like the glass hatch, in my opinion it would have been better if they could have given the glass hatch a metal outline or frame.
Personnely i like the looks very much, specially the front grill and H badge.
Interior
===================
Inside looks much bigger, than what it looks from outside.
Infact my neighbour's i10 was parked next to me and when i looked from 2nd floor down, Brio looked much wide and longer, though i10 scores on height
I think it looks small from outside mainly due to the big glass hatch
The interiors are descent and neat, atleast better than i10 i guess
The seats have integrated head rests, which is minus to the looks I feel. The audo is ok, though iam yet to test the USB, usally i put FM most of the time.
Rear seat can seat 3 people for short distance, but for long trip 2 is comfortable.
The seat heights are like sedan, and if you ae someone used to riding tallboys like wagon-R and santro, will take time to get used to it
Gear box is bit stiff, specially movement to first and reverse gear. Indeed the reverse gear gives a click sound once enagaged
Ride
====
Engine is super silent when idle and even when riding. No rattles heard so far.
Steering is butter smooth, though iam not sure how it will be under high speeds (if its too smooth)
Turning radius is too small, taking a u-turn is effortless
The maximum speed I rode till now is 60kmph, hence cannot on the perfomance when being at a higher speed than this
Mileage
=========
It has a inbuilt fuel average mileage metre (though not sure how accurate it is).
During the initial rides from the showroom, the mileage was showing as 13, but then it increased
Now its between 15.2 to 15.8 in city with AC on (90% of time). ON a pleasure ride on highway to Hosur and back it showed me 16.8.
So far 850kms completed. First service completed.
Funny incident
---------------
Couple of weeks back i took a drive to Nandi Hills with my wife. From the hill base we were driving up mostly in 2nd gear or 3rd gear.
Just before the top of the hil, we had a terrible hair pin bend, litterly blind and vertical and guess wat, the car just stopped at the blind turn and we were
just vertical with our heart-beat stopped. Car was slipping back slowly. Immediately i started my car, with legs on my break, released my clutch to half and stepped on my accelerator and the car
just zoomed like rocket towards the gate. A great relief.
Will post additional posts and pics soon
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