Old is Gold: Maruti 800 DX Ownership Review

[350Z]

Re: Old is Gold: Maruti 800 DX 21,000 Kms Ownership Review

Good observation. LHS rear view mirror isn't used very often.

Drive Safe,
350Z

 

[cooldhaya]

Re: Old is Gold: Maruti 800 DX 21,000 Kms Ownership Review

Hmmm i don't feel comfortable driving with the ORVM'S closed both in the city as well as highways.

 

[Akash]

Re: Old is Gold: Maruti 800 DX 21,000 Kms Ownership Review

Except for the peeled paint on the bumper, everything looks perfect. Kudos for maintaining your ride so well.

PS: Even i feel difficult to drive without the left ORVM open.

 

[shailinder]

Re: Old is Gold: Maruti 800 DX 21,000 Kms Ownership Review

Nice pictures Vibhor.

Well I cannot think of driving any vehicle without both rear view mirrors. Even on bike they come very handy and on cars, I better not talk about the convenince.

 

[point_city96]

Re: Old is Gold: Maruti 800 DX 21,000 Kms Ownership Review

I am happy to see 350z keeping the m800.The car is looking neat.Love the white bumpers.To me it look better without wheelcaps.We had one but sold as my parents got pains while driving it(it was 4 and 5 months old?Still misses it.It never gave us any problems,whatever you do with it.

 

[Shrikanth]

Re: Old is Gold: Maruti 800 DX 21,000 Kms Ownership Review

Hey
ur car looks really cool especially the body coloured bumpers & wooden finished dash. whenever u find time pls do say that how much it costs for that wooden dash.
Thank u:)

 

[350Z]

Re: Old is Gold: Maruti 800 DX 21,000 Kms Ownership Review

Thanks. Many people have complimented about the wooden finish. It’s Rose Wood shade from Autographix. The cost is Rs.700, Excluding installation charges. (You can install yourself. Not a big deal).

Drive Safe,
350Z

 

[Vivian]

We had a maruti 800 at 1990, another one at 1994 and again one more at 2006. Still I love this car just because of it's Fit and Finish. But Alto is not a VFM car when compared to 800. Your wooden graphics is awesome. Once again, NICE CAR

 

[Shrikanth]

Hi
Thankx for the information dude. You've said one of the -ve points as underbody corrosion. We had an 800, its a 1999 model and we sold that car just 2 yrs back. Being a 10 yrs old car it dint gave us such corrosion problems. (We live at NCR region.) Can u pls say in which area it developed rust. Currently we own an Alto.
Thank u:)

 

[350Z]

My car had started showing signs of rusting on some corners under the body and as soon after knowing about it, I got the anti-rust treatment done. One of the major reasons I believe it happened is because for some time, the car was parked as it is for a couple of months, that too around monsoon season.

Drive Safe,
350Z

 

[point_city96]

That m800 is very lucky to have such an owner.
BTW,could you please tell me whether newer car comes with OEM anti rust treatment.

 

[Shrikanth]

Oh ok ok. But as far as Maruti is concerned they use only superior quality Sheet metals for under chassis which are highly rust proof than Hyundai or Tata.

 

[Varun560061]

My car had started showing signs of rusting on some corners under the body and as soon after knowing about it, I got the anti-rust treatment done. One of the major reasons I believe it happened is because for some time, the car was parked as it is for a couple of months, that too around monsoon season.

Drive Safe,
350Z

Great, I too had the same problem got the whole chassis painted, I dint know about this anti rust coating, what's the price\cost for this..

 

[P3T3R]

I have done lots of Modifications in my 800 -

* Rear Wiper & washer

*Booster Breaks (wont come with a\c and std model)

Can you post the details of these modifications in a separate thread.

 

[Varun560061]

Yes, I ll defnitly start an new thread for this..