My first ownership report of Spark LT (21 days old)
I still remember the feeling when I drove my first 200 kms on our lovely M800 (which is no more as my folks had to sell it to accommodate new car).
October 2009, I decided to buy a new car, thought of going for a swift but my folks had decided to buy one for themselves so went ahead with spark.
Reason for choosing spark
- extremely cute looks,
- almost everyone in my family n relations have a Maruti / Hyundai, so I needed a different brand
- Cashless Ownership Offer and 3 yrs/100000 kms warranty
- Team BHP reviews
- Small car is good to drive in Pune traffic without losing cool
- VFM
- Less seen on roads as compared to other popular cars
- Spark is Very Stable at higher speeds also
Took test drive of Spark LT in October from both the dealers in pune(Pashankar AutoWheels Baner, Talera Motors ,Shivajinagar). Immediately fell in love with Sparky after the test drive. Couldnt finalize the deal with Pashankar Auto as I did not want the decision to be in a hurry.
In December 2009, Contacted Pashankar Auto Wheels (Pune-Satara Road), to my surprise the salesperson brought a brand new Spark(the new vehicle was issued for test drive and it was not a customer’s vehicle) for TD the same day. I was impressed and went ahead with the booking(paid 5k), delivery being in January 2010.
I got the Following deal from them
OTR Price For Spark LT(without Option pack) 3,80,000.
Freebies
- Mud Flaps
- Door Mats
- Sun Film
- Seat Covers
- Steering Cover
- Ganesh Idol
- 5% off on any accessories which I purchase from them
The Sales Person, Deepika was very helpful throughout the sales process.
On December 28th, She brought a New Blazing Red Spark for TD again as I was yet to choose the color. I was totally taken in by the colour/beige interior combo instantly and decided upon Blazing Red. On December 29th I made the full Payment by cheque.
On Jan 7th 2010, got a call from the another sales executive(as my sales executive was in Bombay for some training and this new guy was acting as her counterpart) that my car will be arriving by 6 PM and I can take the delivery after 6. I know I should have taken the delivery next day in broad daylight but the enthusiasm took over plus pashankar auto wheels have a good name in pune. So I reached their office at 6.30 pm, Car was parked outside their showroom. The Sales executive explained everything to me in detail. The accessory guy there told me that there was a small cut in Seat covers so they would order another set of seat covers and I could get it later along with my Registration number(which I did). Rest all the accessories promised were installed at that time only.
Then they had a small pooja ceremony and then handed off the keys to me after the paperwork.
And there was one happy me driving with a big smile on my face.
Here are few pics , I will be posting more soon
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As of now I have completed 620 kms on the odo and thanks to the new integrated tachometer, I have managed to keep the RPMs below 2500
Note : I have posted the ICE Setup here