New Hyundai Elantra SX | 3rd Service Update | 13,500 Kms: Ownership Review

[allhyundaicars]

Re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol : Ownership Review

Thanks FD. I guess i do love hyundai in the end most of the things i want end up in hyundai.

 

[allhyundaicars]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Some overdue pics. Completed around 300kms till date. Still using verna for some days.

 

[type-r]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

She looks amazing Shikhar but do take out the ribbon, it'll leave a stain on the bonnet.

 

[allhyundaicars]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

She looks amazing Shikhar but do take out the ribbon, it'll leave a stain on the bonnet.

Thanks i didn't think of the ribbon. i removed every plastic from the car yesterday only.

 

[Prabhagar]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Thanks i didn't think of the ribbon. i removed every plastic from the car yesterday only.

They also create thin swirl like marks on the paintwork. A 3M Car Care person pointed out to me after about 1 week of not removing it on my car.

 

[allhyundaicars]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Removed the ribbon plus there were a few more places where plastics were present.

Pic of the engine attached. No insulation under the bonnet for petrol , it doesn't need one but a cover looks good.
The nvh levels are really good in elantra.on the same stretch Level of noise coming into the cabin in verna with windows closed is equal to the noise coming into the elantra with windows open. (Elantra runs on silicon tyres though)
With windows closed , road noise is very minimal at city speeds.

 

[allhyundaicars]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Break-In period. earlier i was maintaining RPM below 2000.


The LED lights are the best feature of this car. simply love it.


Another best feature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTi3qvWz3Zk&feature=youtu.be

 

[$@ndy]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Congrats bro for new ride and LED tail lights look stunning indeed. Wish you many happy and memorable KMs with your new ride

 

[bhvm]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

They are right.
The old method was to drive like a grandpa. But today many experts recommend to Running in engine by using various speeds, Including Higher RPMS (4k Rpm).

 

[allhyundaicars]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Thanks sandy.

@bhvm- i was indeed driving like a grandpa but yesterday drove it like good. The thing is the gear shift up indicator lights up as soon as the rpm crosses 2100 rpm. So should i continue accelerating in the same gear till 4krpm ?

 

[bhvm]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Sir Andrew white has very nicely put in words what I mean, The latter half of video esp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2WMaw91fsk

More details here-
https://*********.in/showthread.php...UV-500-W10-AWD&p=551012&viewfull=1#post551012

https://www.google.co.in/search?cli...&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest&gws_rd=ssl

The Idea is to drive at different speeds and Different RPMs.
Upshift sometimes at 2.5k, at 3.5k, At 4k, Then 3k and so on. Keep changing gears and speeds. Revv up. Hit the redline once in a while.

 

[allhyundaicars]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

@bhvm - will follow your advice.

i don't know what they do on home visits (card mentions 3 home visits , first on at 15th day) but haven't received any calls for the same.

 

[allhyundaicars]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Got the sunfilms today. No its not legal but my car is parked under the sun plus these are light films with 70% VLT.
For the Front Garware Icecool Shield -70% VLT , 50% heat rejection. 3200 rupees.




For Rear and Sides Garware International Lite- 70% VLT , 30% Heat Rejection. 1500 rupees. Got the same in figo for 800rs. He used 2 rolls for the elantra. Didn't ask for the leftover film. I wanted icecool elite for rear and sides with 50% heat rejection. The rear had 70%VLT bit the sides had 50% VLT. so rejected it.




Also Got the rear blind for 500rs.

 

[KarVel]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Is this suncontrol film different from 3M ones? Does the cost mentioned include installation as well?
Hope the cut of the film is till the top and does not show as a separate border if the window glass are lowered. Else might land up in trouble, if stopped by traffic police, by chance.

 

[allhyundaicars]

re: New Hyundai Elantra SX Petrol,1 year and 8400 kms

Yes garware is a different brand but i read here on tai only that garware provides sunfilms to 3M.

The 3M CR70 costs 6000+rs just for the front. Ao a set of 3m for the front and side will easily breach 10k mark.
And the specifications are same as garware. I paid 4500rs in total (200rs discount) and yes this includes installation as well.
And i have been using the same set of films in my figo and verna as well installed from the same shop and the same installer. His work is really good.
The rear window was finished with 2 pieces and he asked me if i could find the joint :p i couldn't.

And in 5 years i was stopped only once and that too for rear roller blinds and not the sunfilms. My sister was stopped once on the figo only when both the front windows were down and the cop could easily make out the difference between the rear and the front. 70% VLT isn't that dark and like i mentioned above i wanted ececool elite for the sides as well but they were 50% VLT so rejected.
Garware is VFM compared to 3m and if you want to install it ask your mearby shops for quotes. If they are higher come to model town, i will tell you the shop.