Can I live with a single BS6 Diesel vehicle in Bangalore?

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I americium readying to commercialized my Ford Freestyle TDCi BS4, Goldberg(he/him)(5years and 100k Kms young) for an automatic. I consciousness determination is nary car successful the marketplace that tin springiness maine the benignant of pleasance helium offered astatine a comparable terms point. I person completed the Spiti circuit, Ladakh(Umling La via Nerbole), driven 24hrs astatine a agelong to drawback sunrises astatine Dhanushkodi oregon person a biryani successful Hyderabad oregon sunset successful Udupi without feeling immoderate benignant of discomfort with this humble hatch.

I anticipation I find idiosyncratic who volition admit his mechanical/visual information and not conscionable look astatine the odometer. Cars specified arsenic these are designed to beryllium driven for aggregate lacs of KMs if taken bully care. He is connected his 3rd acceptable of tyres. All invoices related to work past is archived and tin beryllium passed on. If anyone of you knows an enthusiast who is looking for a amusive car successful budget, delight consciousness escaped to refer. Not everyone would beryllium capable to gauge his worth.

Coming backmost to the topic, present are a fewer things I americium looking astatine portion narrowing down connected my adjacent vehicle:

• Fun to drive.
• Long Term Purchase.
• Sedan oregon SUV. If it has to beryllium a SUV, it has to beryllium RWD/4x4.
• I person a dense close foot.
• I unrecorded successful a portion of Bangalore wherever we offroad everyday. The Ford Freestyle has made maine careless astir the roadworthy condition, I tin thrust done bad/no roads without worrying a bit. I bash not privation to retrain my encephalon to measure the roadworthy condition.
• Acceptable mileage. My thrust is astir 300-400kms per week wrong metropolis limits(my enactment is 4kms from location and it takes 45/60mins connected a bully day, this being the main crushed to change. Roads are not bully capable for walking/two wheelers). I bash not privation to bargain thing which has a drinking problem. There is nary constituent successful buying a conveyance and worrying astir substance each clip you'd privation to instrumentality it out.

Cars I person shortlisted:

• VW Virtus/Skoda Slavia
  Pros - Fun Engine, okayish Automatic, bully GC.
  Cons - Low azygous digit mean mileage if driven hard, unnecessary reddish inserts successful the interior(I don't request to beryllium reminded I americium driving a faster car), integer instrumentality clump connected the higher spec is an oculus sour(what's incorrect with the large circular dials for Speed and Tachometer with MID successful between, bash they outgo more?).
• Hond City hybrid
  Pros - Comfort, nary CVT related issues, champion mileage for metropolis use.
  Cons - Low crushed clearance(requires alteration successful driving style), bootspace contented owed to artillery placement
• Mahindra Thar Roxx
  Pros - GOAT capabilities, almighty diesel engine, aboriginal impervious with required tech.
  Cons - Requires alteration successful driving benignant being a Ladder-on-frame, BS6 diesel DPF issues.
• Mahindra Scorpio N
  Pros - Almost GOAT capabilities, almighty diesel engine, interior is household friendlier erstwhile compared to Thar Roxx.
  Cons - Requires alteration successful driving benignant being a Ladder-on-frame, BS6 diesel DPF issues, little worth for wealth erstwhile compared to Thar Roxx.
• Jeep Compass
  Pros - Need to trial thrust to comment.
  Cons - Price is for the logo, hardware is not GOAT enough.

If we spell for either of the Mahindras, bash you deliberation the car volition unrecorded good successful Bangalore considering the postulation and besides the information that we are not shy of hitting the road often. Can idiosyncratic from Bangalore with a azygous car store and having a bs6 diesel(Safari/Harrier/XUV700)? Do Jeeps besides look DPF issues similar a Mahindra(I person not heard oregon seen any)?

Or should we see getting a 2nd car for the city(I privation Goldberg could bash this, but we request an automatic conscionable for the city, tin bash manual everyplace else)? Just to springiness you perspective, we volition beryllium stretching our finances rather a spot to bash this.

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You request an AT for city. I was utilizing a Mahindra Scorpio MT (2nd generation) and got bushed with dense clutch driving, whicle I enjoyed the road rides.

So, I swapped my Scorpio to XUV 700 AX7L AT. A satellite of quality to metropolis driving, but person to accidental the size astatine times makes it hard to program oregon parkland successful constrictive lanes. I person done lone 1500kms truthful I can't remark connected the DPF issues.

The AT makes it bully for the metropolis and the highways successful adjacent measure. I emotion the planted consciousness connected the highways and it effortlessly cruises astatine 100kmph (haven't pushed it more).

Do I miss my MT? hellhole yeah, I consciousness the ATs aren't tuned for ghat roads and it keeps searching for 2nd to 3rd oregon 4th cogwheel shifts. I consciousness the motor and clutch are getting overworked present

Maybe aft a fewer much kms connected the ODO I volition person amended clarity

One connection of caution - Both the Thar and Scorp are BoF, truthful thrust prime volition not beryllium the aforesaid to your different shortlists. If thrust prime is not a criteria, disregard this part

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I bash not deliberation an EV suits my usage astatine each + I request the vibrations and the exhaust notes for now. My requirement:

• One which tin bash agelong region touring - I usually bash 1000+ kms per time erstwhile connected roadworthy trips.
• Everyday metropolis duties, being a mediate people salaried idiosyncratic - 2 car store is excessively overmuch of a burden.