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This is ownership experience of my Italian ride.
Buying Procedure
All this started back in 2010.When I was searching for a good sedan over net. Then i read somewhere about Linea, it seemed interesting, so I kept searching & fell in love with it. Later on I came to know about punto & it seemed stunning again I fell in love, but this time with punto. But it was available only in 75 hp version which was quite low and rumors confirmed the same. Reading about punto was at its peak which told me much about it like ride, handling, high speed stability, solid tank like feel, excellent brakes, precise steering, low maintenance, decent fuel economy, blue & me, steering mounted audio controls and the list goes on & on. Finally consistent research resulted in good news. A new model punto 90 hp was going to launch. And the day came, fiat launched it with variable geometry turbo. I went mad about it. Now started searching about Punto 90hp and test drive threads told me that this model is also sluggish which disappointed a little bit. But enthusiasm was at its peak which made me to deny this fact. But behind this denial there was a truth raised from ownership threads of Punto 76 hp, that its sluggishness vanishes as you crunches miles on the odo. In all this research 2010 passed away and feb. of 2011 came that’s when I took the newspaper and made calls to diff. dealerships, one of them was Obrai cars Noida they offered me Punto 90 hp 2010 with a good deal. So I went to the dealership next day and booked a 2010 model Punto 90 hp after getting some more juice on table. They asked me that they’ll collect the docs. for loan next day and they did the same. BTW I took test drive of the vehicle three times in between which fueled the enthusiasm for Punto 90 hp. One more hurdle was there & it was loan process which should be from any government bank it was my father’s condition. And loan process ruined everything because dealership was not able to do it. Due to which I did not got my vehicle though I did not took my payment back.
Life was again as it was. But heat for punto 90 hp kept rising. Finally yearend came again and one of my friend’s friend bought my Indica Xeta, Which again raised the hope of punto arrival and once more I went to obrai cars and made some more payments and earlier payment adjustment was also done by Fiat Sales Manager Mr. Shushil Roy(Now Sales Head Obrai cars Noida sec 1), who became my friend by then. And this time my father got the loan approval within 10 days by using his links.
Finally the day came, bank manager called us to get the draft next day. I called Roy that I’ll be in the showroom by 3 pm, keep my ride ready, he confirmed the same. I reached the bank by 12 am, formalities started as soon as we reached there but lunch time came in between and the draft took 3 pm to reach into our hands. After getting draft I called Roy and told him that I‘ll be there in 1hour. And I reached there within time. I started looking for my ride in the showroom but I was unable to find Red Punto 90 hp. I went to Roy’s cabin and he told me that it is on its way from stockyard to showroom. It was one of the longest waiting period I have experienced finally I got glimpse of a red 90 hp Punto running around the showroom .Roy confirmed that it is my ride and going for a bath in washing bay. It took another 2 hours before I lay my hands on my ride. A female executive handed over the keys to me with a box filled with chocolates. A guy came and took photographs, though I insisted Roy to join me in the pic. I took leave at around 10 pm. When I was driving to my home, I noticed the road presence. It was really pleasing.
Buying Procedure
All this started back in 2010.When I was searching for a good sedan over net. Then i read somewhere about Linea, it seemed interesting, so I kept searching & fell in love with it. Later on I came to know about punto & it seemed stunning again I fell in love, but this time with punto. But it was available only in 75 hp version which was quite low and rumors confirmed the same. Reading about punto was at its peak which told me much about it like ride, handling, high speed stability, solid tank like feel, excellent brakes, precise steering, low maintenance, decent fuel economy, blue & me, steering mounted audio controls and the list goes on & on. Finally consistent research resulted in good news. A new model punto 90 hp was going to launch. And the day came, fiat launched it with variable geometry turbo. I went mad about it. Now started searching about Punto 90hp and test drive threads told me that this model is also sluggish which disappointed a little bit. But enthusiasm was at its peak which made me to deny this fact. But behind this denial there was a truth raised from ownership threads of Punto 76 hp, that its sluggishness vanishes as you crunches miles on the odo. In all this research 2010 passed away and feb. of 2011 came that’s when I took the newspaper and made calls to diff. dealerships, one of them was Obrai cars Noida they offered me Punto 90 hp 2010 with a good deal. So I went to the dealership next day and booked a 2010 model Punto 90 hp after getting some more juice on table. They asked me that they’ll collect the docs. for loan next day and they did the same. BTW I took test drive of the vehicle three times in between which fueled the enthusiasm for Punto 90 hp. One more hurdle was there & it was loan process which should be from any government bank it was my father’s condition. And loan process ruined everything because dealership was not able to do it. Due to which I did not got my vehicle though I did not took my payment back.
Life was again as it was. But heat for punto 90 hp kept rising. Finally yearend came again and one of my friend’s friend bought my Indica Xeta, Which again raised the hope of punto arrival and once more I went to obrai cars and made some more payments and earlier payment adjustment was also done by Fiat Sales Manager Mr. Shushil Roy(Now Sales Head Obrai cars Noida sec 1), who became my friend by then. And this time my father got the loan approval within 10 days by using his links.
Finally the day came, bank manager called us to get the draft next day. I called Roy that I’ll be in the showroom by 3 pm, keep my ride ready, he confirmed the same. I reached the bank by 12 am, formalities started as soon as we reached there but lunch time came in between and the draft took 3 pm to reach into our hands. After getting draft I called Roy and told him that I‘ll be there in 1hour. And I reached there within time. I started looking for my ride in the showroom but I was unable to find Red Punto 90 hp. I went to Roy’s cabin and he told me that it is on its way from stockyard to showroom. It was one of the longest waiting period I have experienced finally I got glimpse of a red 90 hp Punto running around the showroom .Roy confirmed that it is my ride and going for a bath in washing bay. It took another 2 hours before I lay my hands on my ride. A female executive handed over the keys to me with a box filled with chocolates. A guy came and took photographs, though I insisted Roy to join me in the pic. I took leave at around 10 pm. When I was driving to my home, I noticed the road presence. It was really pleasing.
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