Re: Hyundai Xcent S 1.2 - My Daily Commute - Owner's View
Last week made a trip to my native, which is just 280kms away from my current city. Left my home last friday around 11.30am from my uncle's SX4 ZDi. On the same day, around 10am, my uncle's dad, left from my native in my Xcent S(Petrol) and we planned to switch cars in middle. I had travelled around 100kms before I parted away from the beast SX4 and take my sweet lil Xcent.
Here I will compare my rides in SX4, Xcent and this is my second 500+kms trip without any backup driver(My brother).
Reached 100kms in flat 75 minutes with SX4, in some pathetic to decent 2 lanes in between.
Observations on my ride with SX4:
+ Even with 3 adults + 2kids, it never felt underpowered and was giving me confidence for overtaking by giving nice clean pull, whenever I need.
+ With temperature hovering around 30-31C, A/C did a decent job and kept us cool.
+ While leaving the city, filled up 1000Rs worth diesel and even after 100kms, the needle didn't go down a lot. And as reported by my uncle, he reached my city without filling up any diesel.
- Engine noise was so high at speeds like 80-90kmph and at uneven/grainy surfaces, it was even more.
Now, after switching to Xcent, I felt different. This is my first long trip in Xcent, that too with my family. First thing I did, filled up fuel for 1500Rs, paired my phone for some music and started the journey. Car was extremely silent and speeds around 80-90kmph and ride was good. NVH levels were impressive and after riding SX4 minutes before, I can easily see the difference and that's some awesome job from Hyundai.
Suspension of Xcent always worries me and with 3+2 on board, I was really scared to go on with decent-sized potholes. But man, was I wrong? Yes. Accidentally I hit an pothole, because I had no option to steer away from it ad to my surprise, all I felt was a little body roll and noise inside the cabin and no srapes, dents, or whatsoever.(I stopped to check for them as I was worried! :D )
This was not expected with such load and while coming back it was 4+2, and now, it is same. Medium sized pothole and no scraping in under-body and I was pleasantly amazed. A/C was a chiller and with full packed, it didn't sweat and the temp was around 30C. In between there were some beautifully laid roads which helped me to test my car's speed. I touched 130kmph for a stretch of 2 km and then come down to 100km/h. I was wrong before, even with load, till 130 I had no issue. But after that, car was out of breath. But who cares, I hardly cross 120+. :D
And for the last 60kms stretch, it was raining and started to test wipers, de-foggers and skid-diness. The ride was good, planted and nor once I was scared. Car's road presence was good. There was some nervous over-takes but nothing to be scared of. Overall, it was a nice trip to know the ability of my ride.
And most important, FE it returned.
Total distance : 600km+
Fuel Consumed: 34ltr
Avg FE : 17.6 km/l
Pattern : 70% Highway + 30% City
Tyre pressure : 32 psi throughout the trip
Will post some pictures after converting them.
![[;)]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Wink.gif "Wink [;)]")
