Honda City Diesel Review - Vasantha Ashtra – Golden Brown

[karthikeyan]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

Congrats Karthikeyan on your booking Honda City. Better to opt for Zero depreciation Bumper to Bumper insurance (may be from Honda Assure). I hav opted for B2B insurance only. I had an accident on my vehicle which is not given major damage to my pocket. For more details check this link from my ownership review.

Normal Insurance some of the plastic parts will not be covered. But in B2B, everything is covered, it's give us the peace of mind.



I'm getting confused here. Can you clarify my some of the doubts?
1. Your current location (From your profile I understand, you are from chennai. Then why you want to take a delivery from Pondy?)
2. If you want to take delivery from Pondicherry to reduce some taxes, then why you are looking for temp registration?
3. If Capital Honda Pondy is getting a vehicle from their Chennai branch means it's a internal transfer between their company. We need not to pay for Temp. Registration?

I have a residence in Pondy with Voter ID etc .. I work in Chennai .. The Dealer claims that since the allocation for Capital Honda Pondy is getting delayed, they are getting a car for me from the Chennai quota. hence, I have to bear the temp reg charges.

I have decided to go for Bumper to Bumper insurance. But, it costs around 32K with Honda Assure. HDFC ERGO gives the same for 23k. Why should I pay an extra 9k to Honda ?

 

[gandhi]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

I have a residence in Pondy with Voter ID etc .. I work in Chennai .. The Dealer claims that since the allocation for Capital Honda Pondy is getting delayed, they are getting a car for me from the Chennai quota. hence, I have to bear the temp reg charges.

Ideally Capital Honda Pondy has to deliver the City to you. If they are arranging it from Chennai to honor their delivery date commitment, then they have to absorb the cost. If you are asking earlier delivery, you may absorb the temp registration cost in Chennai.

When you booked the City in Pondy? What was the delivery date committed to you? If you have to get it from Pondicherry allocation, when you will get it?

I have decided to go for Bumper to Bumper insurance. But, it costs around 32K with Honda Assure. HDFC ERGO gives the same for 23k. Why should I pay an extra 9k to Honda ?

You can go ahead with outside which is cheaper.
But I heard that cost of some spares is cheaper for those who have taken Honda Assure when compared with outside insurance. Honda Assure has given me a peace of mind on processing all the claims during my accident. You may go through the link from other forum on Honda Assure Vs other Insurances.Honda launches 'Honda Assure' Insurance Program

 

[Bm15]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

Guys, any confirmed news of delivery of 2015 - City SV model. Dealer is asking full payment now to deliver next month. Please guide the timing of payment for new buyer.

 

[gandhi]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

Guys, any confirmed news of delivery of 2015 - City SV model. Dealer is asking full payment now to deliver next month. Please guide the timing of payment for new buyer.

Pay the full amount once you get the VIN details or you seen your city in flesh. Don't make full payment in advance.

 

[rajani4477]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

i own a H.CITY iDTEC SV variant, i would like to uprade my ICE without replacing my stock headunit. Anybody could help me in getting a male and female wire harness for stock music system. (since i ve planned to add amplifiers to the stock head unit without tampering/slicing original wirings). please help me .

 

[VISHNUCARCRAZY]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

i own a H.CITY iDTEC SV variant, i would like to uprade my ICE without replacing my stock headunit. Anybody could help me in getting a male and female wire harness for stock music system. (since i ve planned to add amplifiers to the stock head unit without tampering/slicing original wirings). please help me .

I would suggest you to replace stock stereo unit too,as stock stereos won't withstand the power of new amplifiers .

 

[karthikeyan]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

@gandhi,

The Dealer now agreed to waive off the TEMP reg charge of 6k.

They are asking 13k + for registration and taxes
Also, 16400 for Extended warranty and RSA .. did you opt for it ?

 

[gandhi]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

@gandhi,
The Dealer now agreed to waive off the TEMP reg charge of 6k.

Wow. Great to know. I hope, you got your solution being in this forum as well as my thread. BTW, I will be coming to Pondicherry for Pongal Holidays. Don't forget to give me a party.

@gandhi,
They are asking 13k + for registration and taxes
Also, 16400 for Extended warranty and RSA .. did you opt for it ?

Registration Tax
I paid 13K+ for registration and taxes to have peace of mind for all the formalities. If you take the process to do registration and tax, it would be around Rs 7000 to 8000. (Road tax - Rs 6000 to 7000, Registration Rs 200 based on Puducherry RTO web + any incidental charges ). I was happy about the execution speed of registration by the dealer in Puducherry RTO. You can decide your own way.

Rs 16400 for Extended Warranty & Road Side Assistance for 4 Years.
Get a breakup for Extended Warranty & RSA. I hope it Rs 12000 + 4400.

I opted for Extended Warranty & RSA. As the new city is a new design, it may have it own minor issues. So these minor issues can be taken as part of extended warranty till 4 years. Currently the quality level of City were improved. You can decide about Extended Warranty. But I recommend you to opt for Extended Warranty.

As I love traveling, I will go various places which I may not know. So I opted for RSA too which may give some peace of mind in unforeseen situations. You can decide about opting for RSA.

 

[Rollerdude]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

Hello,
GOing to pickup my car tomorrow from the service centre. Since, you had a similar incident, what all do you advice me to check before taking the delivery of the Toycar aka Crusader?

 

[VISHNUCARCRAZY]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

3rd Service Report

Ashtra has completed her 10000KM mark. It's a time for 3rd service.

Issues Reported: Dash board rattling in left side & right side which has started a week back.

3rd service & dash board rattling were corrected after the 3rd service. 3rd service which is including oil & oil filter replacement. Tyre rotation, wheel balancing were completed. Attached the bills for your reference. Oil bill was separate.

As per service manager, these rattling issues were there in City 2014. Once corrected will not immediately, but it will repeat after some time. Need to change the driving style on potholed road and unidentified speed breakers.

These issue will be corrected for free if it repeats as long as warranty period. Thanks to my instinct that I tool extended warranty. After the warranty period, this correction will demand charges. As per service manager comment, Honda is improving on the rattling as the recent manufactured lot is not reporting the rattling issues.

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Mr.Gandhi

Why don't you try giving your car for wheel alignment and balancing at an authorised tyre shop.The problem with service centre is they will include VAT also. Also authorised tyre shops may offer you a free alignment check up after each alignment.

Also Mr.Gandhi,
During trips in rough road shift the gear to lower ones and without acclerator throttle input drive up(as diesel engine 2nd gear will be fine),with occasional braking,this will prevent the suspension to be overstrained to certain extend.
Honda Suspension is on lighter side always,hence a bit more body roll and rattling issues.

Also if you are constantly driving up in rough patches ,check the suspension setup during each service.

 

[gandhi]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

Hello,
GOing to pickup my car tomorrow from the service centre. Since, you had a similar incident, what all do you advice me to check before taking the delivery of the Toycar aka Crusader?

Some of the points to check.
1. Look for the floor level in boot & the spare tyre place.
2. Panel gaps (mostly can't be done anything after correction)
3. Fitment of tail lights fixing conditions & working.
4. Proper closing of boot. Check for several times.
5. Paint quality & look for any irregular surface.
6. Look for any rattling sound in the worked area.

 

[Rollerdude]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

Some of the points to check.
1. Look for the floor level in boot & the spare tyre place.
2. Panel gaps (mostly can't be done anything after correction)
3. Fitment of tail lights fixing conditions & working.
4. Proper closing of boot. Check for several times.
5. Paint quality & look for any irregular surface.
6. Look for any rattling sound in the worked area.

Thanks a lot for your advice. Will update on my thread along with pics when i get the car.

 

[karthikeyan]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

Pay the full amount once you get the VIN details or you seen your city in flesh. Don't make full payment in advance.

i took the risk .. paid it in full before looking at the car .. the risk paid off .. I got saved from the price hike this month, but, now the dealer is telling that the RTO in trichy is not doing the temp registration for political reasons and my car is getting stuck there !!

 

[gandhi]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

i took the risk .. paid it in full before looking at the car .. the risk paid off .. I got saved from the price hike this month, but, now the dealer is telling that the RTO in trichy is not doing the temp registration for political reasons and my car is getting stuck there !!

Good that you paid in full before the price increase . I don't think any political reasons would be there for temp registration. If that is the case, no registration should happen in Trichy. Call up someone or other dealers in Trichy and enquire about this issue.

Another simple question you can ask is "What is the VIN no?" along with Photo. If you get the VIN details, then your car is ready and there is some small issues. If you don't get the VIN details, it is very simple that they are bluffing.

 

[karthikeyan]

Re: Vasantha Ashtra – Honda City i-Dtec 2014 – Golden Brown

they already gave my VIN no last week .. it is a real delay in temp registration :( Now the dealer is hopeful about a delivery by this weekend .. lets see .. he says that I can drive the car around with the temp registration for a week or so, before registering in Pondy again .. will that work ?? will any traffic police in chennai/pondy create trouble ?