My "White and Lovely" Zuria: Honda City 2014 iVtec VX-MT Ownership Review

[Indian]

Check the audio console, shows the phone connected icon along with the battery level of the phone also shows the mobile signal strength.


Check the last dial where it shows Trip A, Trip B information and total drive to empty. So basically you can monitor two trip information along with mileage.





With the headlights on


With the reverse light on


Just a random pose

 

[HaruH]

Hey man what are those black spots on the rear bumper left side?? Visible in that rear light pic!!!!!

 

[TaxiMeter]

Congratulations.. Have a question, bluetooth phone functionality in Hondy city will it shows call logs as well (Missed, dialled, received calls) or only phone book entries ?

 

[mastiandroid5]

Congrats on a great bye and thanks for the great review. Your car looks stunning.

 

[Indian]

Hey man what are those black spots on the rear bumper left side?? Visible in that rear light pic!!!!!

Nice catch buddy!
Here it is

Story: Third day of my owning my Zuria, while backing up from my garage, I got it nicked into the opposite compound wall. City having the additional length caused it. But it got repainted immediately and now back in shape. Now I have been more careful than ever!

Congratulations.. Have a question, bluetooth phone functionality in Hondy city will it shows call logs as well (Missed, dialled, received calls) or only phone book entries ?

Congrats on a great bye and thanks for the great review. Your car looks stunning.

Thanks for the wishes guys! Regarding the bluetooth question, yes it shows call logs, missed, phone address book from where you can initiate the call. Only thing is you need to use the rotary knob on the left of the audio control to browse through them, not by the steering mounted buttons. Steering mounted buttons only for to place call and to hangup.

 

[TaxiMeter]

Thanks for the wishes guys! Regarding the bluetooth question, yes it shows call logs, missed, phone address book from where you can initiate the call. Only thing is you need to use the rotary knob on the left of the audio control to browse through them, not by the steering mounted buttons. Steering mounted buttons only for to place call and to hangup.

Rotary knob to browse the log may not be easy while driving i think, rather we can trigger the call using phone itself. Probably Honda could've worked on a touchscreen for audio display rather for AC.

 

[Indian]

Rotary knob to browse the log may not be easy while driving i think, rather we can trigger the call using phone itself. Probably Honda could've worked on a touchscreen for audio display rather for AC.

True, its actually a pain to browse the list while driving, very unsafe! Honda has some of the major scarifies just to reduce cost. And I don't see those cost reduction reflecting in the ex showroom price of the car.
Another thing greatly missed is there is no sun-glass holder, no cooled glove box. Basically Honda has made sure their future facelifts are very smooth as they don't have to invent anything new. Keep adding missed features and they have a 'facelift'

 

[HaruH]

Nice catch buddy!
Here it is
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Story: Third day of my owning my Zuria, while backing up from my garage, I got it nicked into the opposite compound wall. City having the additional length caused it. But it got repainted immediately and now back in shape. Now I have been more careful than ever!

Ohooo that sad but it's good you have done it quickly. So one question, just did a touch up or proper repaint?

And sure buddy you need to take care of the side profile and lower profile of the car while reversing. Just in last week me also hit my car while reversing to the big stone, thankfully the lower part of bumper got some scratches so its not visible.

 

[Indian]

Ohooo that sad but it's good you have done it quickly. So one question, just did a touch up or proper repaint?

And sure buddy you need to take care of the side profile and lower profile of the car while reversing. Just in last week me also hit my car while reversing to the big stone, thankfully the lower part of bumper got some scratches so its not visible.

I got it through the local paint shop, it costed about 500rs. Being a white color its bit easy to get repainted as only the square piece got repainted and not able to make out its repainted. The rear view camera gives excellent view but only the back, the side quarters are the issue. Yes no technology can take care of every possible road hazard. We need to be more vigilant.

 

[Highway Ranger]

@ Indian

The instrumental panel back light is nice in the new City. My city has an orange light which looks real bad. How is the low beam in your car. I found my city's low beam ineffective.

 

[Indian]

Sun roof at crack open position, in cool places while driving at good speeds this would be a ideal.


Sun roof from outside.


Sun roof fully opened


Sun roof closed but lower cover open


Shark-fin adds the attitude to the otherwise sober car.


Rear roof, note the reading lights.


View out from the rear window, this is where City beats Verna IMO. Cabin always remain bright and refreshing.


Just the pose, gave some blue tint trying to cool down outside temperature.

 

[harry10]

I got it through the local paint shop, it costed about 500rs. Being a white color its bit easy to get repainted as only the square piece got repainted and not able to make out its repainted. The rear view camera gives excellent view but only the back, the side quarters are the issue. Yes no technology can take care of every possible road hazard. We need to be more vigilant.

Am late to the party but nonetheless Congrats for the White beauty

Loved the sea side pics you have posted. Wish we had such a place in NCR as its perfect for a photo shoot.

White paint color is easy to obtain if you need to do a DIY. Otherwise, most FNG have it readily available for touch ups at least.

 

[Deepsraven]

Hi Indian, congrats for your new purchase and i think you already enjoying your Zuria. also do share about the performance parameters of the Car.

Very nice detailed description of each nook and corner of the car.. kudos to you.

Keep sharing your experience.

 

[HaruH]

I got it through the local paint shop, it costed about 500rs. Being a white color its bit easy to get repainted as only the square piece got repainted and not able to make out its repainted. The rear view camera gives excellent view but only the back, the side quarters are the issue. Yes no technology can take care of every possible road hazard. We need to be more vigilant.

Yep friend. Matching of white at any local shop is not a problem. Yes, you need to be more careful from next time on-words while reversing.

 

[Indian]

Hi Indian, congrats for your new purchase and i think you already enjoying your Zuria. also do share about the performance parameters of the Car.
Very nice detailed description of each nook and corner of the car.. kudos to you.

Keep sharing your experience.

Thanks Deepsraven for the wishes.
Regarding the performance, since my driving so far has been on the city, I think its too premature to talk about it. Also I am more sedate driver. However I did some HW miles yesterday for about 60Kms. This HW stretch is not a straight line HW with lots of ups and downs and curves, so good to test the performance. We were 5.5 people with AC on with trunk full. Car behaved very well, I did not push rpm above 2.5k it was mostly with in 2k. But one incident where it was a uphill and lot of slow moving trucks as I was also following the convoy and as I found a opportunity to over take, I moved over to right lane, I was on 2nd gear, as I pushed hard the engine did not generate the push I needed to overtake, I quickly had to shift to first gear and push hard, then I was able to shift to second and complete the overtake. But that was a extreme case though as all parameters were against the car at that moment. But expected 2nd gear to finish the overtake. Other than that enjoyed the whole drive. Car behaved very accurately and handling was very good. Brake response was very assuring and car hugs to the road. As I reported last the position of horns wrt steering is very annoying in the traffic filled roads where you would use the horns while driving. At the end there was a mileage of 15.8 reported. What else more you need?

Am late to the party but nonetheless Congrats for the White beauty

Loved the sea side pics you have posted. Wish we had such a place in NCR as its perfect for a photo shoot.

White paint color is easy to obtain if you need to do a DIY. Otherwise, most FNG have it readily available for touch ups at least.

Thanks Harry for the wishes, Yes its nice location but we have very humid and hot weather here for 12 months of year. BTW its a river not sea, although I have a opportunity of photo shoot by the sea too.

Yep friend. Matching of white at any local shop is not a problem. Yes, you need to be more careful from next time on-words while reversing.

Yes HaruH, I have to be careful and I am sure I will be. White color is the blessing I guess, also I noted it hides most of the dust on the car every effectively.
Regarding that mishap this is what happened, entrance to my garage is kind of raised, I was backing up and found that there is no enough space so wanted to pull in again into garage for second try, but because of elevated pavement, my car engine died(as I gave less than required accelerator and I don't use hand brakes as most people do on a uphill stop and go), now car started rolling back, I was panic stuck tried to hit the brakes and it was too late. I was driving swift before and I could close my eyes and pull out from the garage. But moral is, first couple of days people need to be extra cautious in what ever you do with your new car. Its a totally different world.