My Honda Brio SMT Rallye Red

nitin_k · Aug 1, 2014

I had purchased the arm rest but the delhi summers were cruel on its plastic and it gave away within 6 months. Also they are a pain to use in bumper to bumper traffic.

with respect to car parking sensors, i never felt the need since it being a predominently glass hatch, rear parking was never an issue with me.

naveenkumarverma · Aug 1, 2014

samraty2k said:

Doesn't LED scuff plate can void your warranty??
I have got arm rest fitted in my car after I saw Nitin having it & I felt it's a good addition to my car. Luckily mine has survived in Delhi heat till now.... :)
I didn't miss reverse camera/sensors due to brio being all glass hatch.

alif_diesel · Oct 9, 2014

Hi all,

I bought the Honda Brio 2 years back. I have not been getting very good FE figures from the start. But off late it has decreased even more. In normal traffic I get an FE of about 8-8.5 with AC on. I took it to the service center but they did not provide me any solution. Instead, the CRM said that FE depends on many conditions and rode me off even though I fought a lot with him.
Please suggest what should I do now?

rikku.thakur · Nov 19, 2014

My Brio baby's 2nd birthday is next month. also is the Insurance due for renewal . The quote received from Honda assure is of Rs. 10500 with zero dep and IDV as 3.01 lacs.

Pls. suggest if its a good deal or should I opt for some other insurer.

naveenkumarverma · Nov 19, 2014

Hi Rikku,

I think that's the That's the premium which will be printed on your insurance policy.
I am sure dealer can give you some more discount on that.
Try more than one honda dealers.

nitin_k · Nov 20, 2014

rikku.thakur said:

seems to be on the higher side since i paid Rs 10950 with zero dep for an IDV of Rs 3.5L.
try and ask for discounts.

Petroholic · Nov 21, 2014

Was going through this page and noticed the servicing cost of brio, incidentally was also going through servicing cost of vento on another forum in an adjacent tab.naturally I ended up comparing the same with my ritz petrol and some things clearly stand out.
1 many members in the forums comment that maruti servicing isn't cheap in today's scenario but in my case with about 8k Kms run in an year it comes out cheaper.I paid about 3k for first year service for my ritz which includes Rs 700 for engine flush which my father was conned off by the SA
2 service interval of 10k/1 year in ritz is much better than service interval of 10k/6 months in brio.you are saving exactly half the amount. This will be true for everyone because I don't think anyone would be running petrol brio 10k in just 6 months.
3 vw is at a disadvantage in servicing cost for anyone who isn't running close to 15k per year
4 vw cost about Rs 10 k per yr ( although for diesel so that's a oversight on my part as most of the sample data I have is of diesel vw cars )
5 I think both brio and ritz have an option of using mineral oil which is a clear advantage from vw in which it is mandatory to use synthetics and it drives the cost higher.

Honda service is good and spares etc are reasonably priced ( from my experience of owning a Honda for 8 years) but it is high time Honda changes it's service interval to 1yr/10k Kms in all it's cars.atleast in petrol cars this should be done because most of petrol car owners will only be doing close to 10k Kms a year.

nitin_k · Nov 22, 2014

guys my driver side ORVM was blown apart when a truck smashed into it while reversing. The damage could have been more but common sense prevailed and the truck driver stopped his truck.

any idea what is the street price of the ORVM ? I enquired from Ring Road Honda and they quoted me Rs 2700 ( cost of blackORVM) + 600 ( color to rallye red + labour) = 3300 in total. I personally feel this is a rip off

naveenkumarverma · Dec 1, 2014

My driver side OVRM has been replaced thrice in last 2.5 years. Being the base model (it doesn't even have body color or internal adjustment) costs me around 1400. I know its pain to spend 1.5k for something which we can get in 500 bucks if it's maruti. :(

zenga · Dec 1, 2014

naveenkumarverma said:

Is it really that cheap? 500 bucks in place of 1.5k [confused]

naveenkumarverma · Dec 2, 2014

I am not sure about MGA but when I inquire outside they said they can try to fix maruti's OVRM in my car and that will cost some 300-400 + labor.

allhyundaicars · Dec 2, 2014

naveenkumarverma said:

Why don't you try kashmeri gate market ? You will get the genuine ovrm for around 600-800 bucks.

nitin_k · Dec 3, 2014

i got mine replaced from local repair wallah who sits at IOC petrol pump at KS Krishnan Marg, next to pusa road. Costed me 1200 bucks and at the end of the day helped me save 2100 bucks. I was able to use the back cover of my damaged orvm which saved me the hassle of going for red paint. I have kept the black back cover for any future use.

nitin_k · Apr 15, 2015

nitin_k said:

Mid December 2013 as per the above post and now its April 2015, the left side Hella H4 had gone dim.
The car dealer recommended me these. Even these are also H4, 100/90W The throw is much more that the Hella's but yes damage to pocket is 800 bucks for the pair.

naveenkumarverma · Apr 16, 2015

Hi Nitin,

Are you installing them with Relay ?

If yes, then how come damage done to the pocket is same in both the cases of Headlamp change?

I wanna change my headlamp for sometime now but not been able to do so as I have heard that it dmg warranty and even socket can melt in some cases(in other cars).

-Naveen

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