{"id":231267,"date":"2010-01-26T10:25:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T15:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.team-bhp.com\/forum\/test-drives-initial-ownership-reports\/74310-my-first-buy-xylo-e8.html"},"modified":"2010-01-26T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T15:25:31","slug":"my-first-buy-xylo-e8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/231267","title":{"rendered":"My first buy – Xylo E8"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dear all,
\nThis is my first post.
\nI have been a visitor to this wonderful website for the last 2 years (right from the moment when I thought about buying a new car) and became a member in the recent past. This website has helped me more in making my decision.
\nMy family wanted to buy a car after selling off the maruti 800 which I had been using for 4 years but lot of other commitment prevented us from going ahead. Since my father had gifted me my first car and the eventual upgrade too I decided to buy the car for the family as a whole.
\nStarted reading reviews and test driving vehicles one after the other for the last year. The budget was fixed at 8 to 10 lakhs and I and my brother decided to chip in. We were looking for a car which we enjoy traveling around in and can take for long drives.
\nFirst test drove the hatchbacks – Palio, Ritz, A-star, i10, i20, spark, Vista, Punto, Fabia and Jazz. Except for Jazz and Fabia the remaining cars did not have an edge in comparison to Hyundai Getz which we have been using for the last 3 years. But ruled out Fabia since the company is not so reliable and ruled out jazz as the cost factor was not justified in my perspective. Since we already have a hatchback I saw no point in buying another hatchback.
\nThen started test driving the sedans. Test drove Honda City, Aveo, Accent, Baleno, Linea, Logan, and Manza. I was impressed with the performance of Baleno but since its being phased out I ruled it out. The cars we narrowed down to were Logan and Manza. With a 60,000 reduction I was impressed to go for Logan. Plus the driving Logan was more fun than Manza. Nothing against Manza. It\u0092s an awesome vehicle and I totally agree with the review of GTO. Just felt Logan was better than manza. But problem was Logan was getting phased out and I could not get the desired model and colour. Had to let it go.
\nFinally decided to go for the MUV\u0092s and SUV\u0092s. Test drove Scorpio, Safari, Innova and Xylo. Among all I felt Innova is the best but the price factor was a concern. Plus driving Innova inside the city is difficult and I could not park it in our garage comfortably. Required lot of twisting and turning. The 2nd row of seats was more comfortable in Safari and Xylo compared to Scorpio. 3rd row of seats were the best in Xylo. Though the engine of Xylo is not as fine tuned as Innova, I was comfortable driving it. Xylo E8 offered more than Scorpio and Safari at the same price range. So went ahead with it.
\nI had booked it on December 2009 in India Garage. Took deliver of the vehicle on Jan 18th 2010. Overall the Experience with the Dealer was good. The sales person did not have much idea about the vehicle but did arrange the test drives immediately and helped me with the loan too. Since I got all the information about Xylo from team bhp I did not bother the sales person much.
\nFor a change the loan process went ahead without any trouble and the India garage people coordinated with the bank at every step saving me lot of headache.
\nI have driven close to 500kms till now and I am enjoying every moment of it. Only mistake I think that I made is that I did not choose the ABS and Airbag version. Since those models were not available and I can get those vehicles only in February I had booked the E8 version. I still feel it\u0092s a mistake but I cannot do anything about it now.
\nSo driving and enjoying every moment of it in my new car Toreador Red Xylo E8.
\nI intend to keep updating this post as I cover many more miles.
\nDr. Raja Saravanan
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\n"Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead"<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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