My Scorpio VLX - Powered By mHawk!

[350Z]

Your Scorpio is really keeping you happy, Raj. Now it makes no surprise why it’s still India’s most preferred SUV in the segment. I think the most bucks you had to shell out yet were only because of theft, otherwise general maintenance costs is reasonable.

Drive Safe,
350Z

 

[mukeshus]

35,000 kms service

Lock set: Rs. 1283/-
Brake pads: Rs. 3898/-
Engine Oil (Maximile Crown) 6 Lit.: 1120/-
Oil Filter: Rs. 138/-
Max Treat: Rs. 346/-
Cotton Waste: Rs. 8/-

Labour:
Engine Oil Change: Rs. 300/-
Front Disc Pads change: Rs. 380/-
Body Bolts Tight: Rs. 300/-
Ignition Switch Change: Rs. 190/-

Total: Rs. 8937/-

Issues faced/Problems reported: None







Total expenses faced till now including all services, general maintainence & repairs (not including accident repairs & repairs after the theft attempt) & excluding fuel bills: Rs. 32,800/- , that is, almost Rs. 1/- per km!

Hey Raj you are done with 35000 kms mine is still doing 17,200 kms.
Great buddy! How often you use your vehicle.
Any long drives???

 

[raj_5004]

WOW , maintance at just re 1/- per km , that is really a great suv to own up

Wow Scorpio surely looks very cheap to maintain! Do update in maintenance cost thread also Raj!

Your Scorpio is really keeping you happy, Raj. Now it makes no surprise why it’s still India’s most preferred SUV in the segment. I think the most bucks you had to shell out yet were only because of theft, otherwise general maintenance costs is reasonable.

Drive Safe,
350Z

ohhh! i though 1 rupee per km was expensive!

Hey Raj you are done with 35000 kms mine is still doing 17,200 kms.
Great buddy! How often you use your vehicle.
Any long drives???

no buddy, these are only city drives & occasionally 2-3 trips to pune & back.

infact, 25k came up real soon on the odo. after that i finished my graduation & so college trips came to an end! now it is struggling its way up!

 

[RSM]

ohhh! i though 1 rupee per km was expensive!

Even i think Re 1 per km is not cheap, assuming it is just normal maintanance cost and not any accidents etc. expense.

 

[Akash]

Re.1 looks ok, not very cheap though.

 

[type-r]

raj, your scorpio is very well maintained. how old is it? and i like the bulging wheelcaps, they give a giant and strong feeling to this suv, or maybe is it only me thinking this?

wheelcaps??? i thought they were alloys! raj, please confirm.

 

[raj_5004]

umang means the central plastic protruding cups (hub caps) in the alloys buddy.

 

[raj_5004]

Guys, i am so so so pissed off today. I was out of town & I made the mistake of sending my scorpio in the hands of a driver for a car wash. I had asked him to take the car to Carzspa for exterior washing but he claimed that a guy in mulund does an "excellent" job. Since i just needed a simple body wash this time & not exterior detailing, i allowed him to take the car where he wants, a big mistake. After i returned today, i noticed the following things-

1) There were ugly white stains on the AC vents. I think this genius has sprayed some perfume on the vents & turned the AC on. this left the stains. i tried to clean it but in vain!
2) the "Powered by mHawk" badge on the right fender is broken into 3! i bought feviquik & stuck it back.
3) he has bought a "strong stain remover" used to clean grease, oil, etc from mats/plastic to clean my leather seats! thank god i saw that before he used it!

Now the main problem-
4) water vapour has collected inside the left headlamp. i think this happened because of the pressure washing. the "excellent" guys must have directly sprayed on the headlight. i have attached the pics. any idea on how to remove this?

 

[RSM]

This is bad.
I think with 1-2 days of usage of headlamp should clear the vapout inside. Other option is to open the headlamp and clean it once and fit it again.

Useless driver.

 

[Umang]

i have seen many other cars in such situation but how can water go inside? there must be some fault/open hole in light. or did they washed car after opening hood?

 

[Akash]

they washed car after opening hood?

i dont think it happened due to a wash with open hood. I wash both my cars with open hood, but nothing of this sort happened to me ever. This must have happened due to unsealed/loose headlamps.

 

[Umang]

dude i asked because lamps have nut bolt opening from rear after opening hood so water can go inside them!!

 

[javabrown]

headlamp assembly for almost all cars are water proof and sealed, except at the back for changing the bulbs which also have a locking mechanism,covered by some rubber material.

I doubt if your headlamp has a very minute crack which has caused the water vapour to accumulate.

 

[ilango[speed thirst]]

Must be a hairline like crack during rough handling by mechs. find the crack area and apply some anabond!

 

[raj_5004]

i am not able to find any crack. whatever the reason is, now that this has happened, i'll wait for a few days. if this vapour goes, well & good. if no, then in comes a new headlight.