Honda Elevate- 28000 kms in 8 months | Ownership review

Join Date: Oct 2020

Location: Delhi NCR

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Hello chap Bhpians,

It feels similar lone a fewer days person passed since we got our caller Elevate but clip flies accelerated and it's already astir 8 months.
During this clip it has crossed the 28k people and here's my elaborate acquisition astir the positives and negatives of this car.

Background-
We had a 2009 Altis Petrol & 2015 Ecosport Titanium TDCI. As I americium posting this review, our Altis has already completed its 15 years and is not valid to beryllium driven connected nationalist roads. We parted ways with our Ecosport successful April this twelvemonth (It had done astir 260k and we had a precise memorable clip with it).

Due to the Car property regularisation successful NCR, some our cars had a constricted time, due to the fact that of which we started searching for a caller car successful June past year

Our requirements were simple-

• Spacious Car with large Boot
• Safe and reliable
• Good efficiency
• Fun to drive

Why Elevate ?

At that clip we started our search, we had ne'er thought that we would bargain a Honda.
Originally we had considered Kia Carens, Seltos, Hyundai Alcazar, Innova Hycross & XUV 700. Our last shortlist was betwixt XUV 700 & Hycross. After a batch of thought and treatment we booked the Hycross (vx(o) 8 seater sparkling black) successful the 1st week of August past year.

Reasons for selecting the Hycross were that it was reliable, dependable and applicable plus, the income advisor astatine Galaxy Toyota Moti Nagar had suggested to america that this peculiar variant had a debased waiting play and we tin get it successful 4-5 months.

But by December we realized that getting the Hycross is not that casual and straightforward, successful 4 months the waiting database had hardly changed. On the different manus I knew radical who got their cars successful overmuch little clip but that was done different arrangements. As an existing Toyota lawsuit we felt precise atrocious and decided to enactment the program connected hold.

As we had constricted time, I started searching for different alternatives.

• XUV 700 AX7 D - Out of each the cars that we had considered, this surely was the champion enactment overall. But sadly astatine that clip it inactive had a large waiting period. Booking it successful December would person meant waiting different 4-5 months. Maybe we tin see it arsenic our 2nd car.
  
• Toyota Hyryder- I similar the Hyryder successful presumption of its looks and hybrid powertrain. But astatine the clip it had a agelong waiting play and based connected the Hycross acquisition I was definite that we would not get the car successful the stipulated time. So we opted not to see it.
  
• Grand Vitara- Unlike the Hyryder, it was readily disposable successful some the Hybrid and non hybrid versions. I was earnestly considering it. Plus, fewer Nexa dealers were besides offering immoderate discounts. But, my dada has been precise sceptical astir the information of Maruti?s Cars and immoderate logic I gave, that it's identical to the Hyryder and is based connected the Brezza platform, truthful should get astatine slightest 4 stars, helium would not o.k. it.
  
• Kia Carens/Seltos- Both cars offered a precise bully package, I personally preferred the Seltos portion my dada liked the Carens more. In immoderate lawsuit we would person taken the diesel versions, but astatine the clip diesel was lone disposable successful IMT gearbox and we were not truthful definite astir its agelong word reliability.
  
• Honda Elevate- During the aforesaid clip my person was besides looking to bargain a caller car and helium was asking for suggestions connected the Elevate. So I visited a Honda showroom. The 1st impressions were truly good. Exterior and Interior designs were good, sitting presumption was incredible, had loads of limb room, footwear was besides large and had got decent features. Pricing was besides precise attractive, ZX(mt)- 17L OTR & VX(mt) 16L OTR. I personally liked the VX variant a lot, but astatine that clip 6 airbags were not disposable successful it. Next time I showed it to my dada and helium instantly approved it.
  

Buying Experience-

• We booked the Car connected 10th Dec,23 with Ace Honda-Noida.
• We preferred the ZX(MT) variant successful Metallic Grey
• Luckily they had 1 car successful this peculiar variant and colour disposable successful stock, but it had a 50k accessory battalion connected it. Without giving overmuch thought we accepted it.
• We besides opted for Extended Warranty and Honda RSA.
• Buying acquisition was precise average, similar astir dealerships, they excessively forced america to instrumentality Insurance and indebtedness from them.
• We got the transportation connected 21st December, 23

Ownership Experience-

In the past 8 months we person driven it connected bully roads, atrocious roads, nary roads, highways, steep inclines and declines truthful determination is overmuch to share.

Driving Dynamics-
Pros

• Easy to drive- It's precise casual to drive, adjacent for idiosyncratic who is driving it for the archetypal clip tin easy go accustomed to its dimensions.
• Good Handling- It's precise comparable to the Ecosport. At metropolis speeds the steering is precise light, but connected highways it gains the close magnitude of heft. Pushing it connected slaloms, twisted roads and hills is an implicit joy.
• Unlike Ecosport the A pillar does not make a large unsighted spot and the broadside presumption mirrors are besides precise usable.
• At precocious speeds besides it feels precise unchangeable and has minimum assemblage roll.
• Good Fuel Efficiency- With mixed City and Highway driving, I americium easy averaging astir 15-17 km/l
• I deliberation Honda has somewhat changed the cogwheel ratios connected this erstwhile compared to the City. It feels to person a amended bottommost extremity erstwhile navigating done steep roads.

Cons-

• At dilatory speeds suspensions sorb bumps precise well, but connected road speeds it becomes a spot bouncy, peculiarly for the rear passengers. If you adhd much value successful the boot, passengers successful the rear tin wholly acquisition a roller coaster ride. On expressways similar Eastern & Western Peripheral it's amended to enactment wrong 90 km/h. Now this is akin to Ecosport and astir different cars successful this conception but we were spoiled by the comfortableness of Altis and getting utilized to this is taking time.
• Small substance Tank- Total capableness of the substance vessel is conscionable 40 ltrs, retired of which it keeps 4-5 liters successful reserve. So the full scope is conscionable 450-500 kms. By examination adjacent Ecosport has a 50 ltrs substance tank.
• Honda could person added much dependable damping to trim outer & motor sound wrong the cabin.
• Updated cogwheel ratios bash mean that it hits 100 astatine 2700 rpm successful 6th gear.

Interiors-
Pros

• The seats are precise comfortable. I person easy driven 12 hours consecutive without needing a break. I besides truly similar the headrest design
• Interior layout is elemental and casual to use. Even my not truthful techy parents recovered it elemental and straightforward.
• Spacious Interior- Interior is precise spacious. Surprisingly it has much rear legroom than my Altis.

Cons

• Limited retention spaces- I had a wont of keeping immoderate currency successful the sunglass holder and substance receipts successful operator broadside retention but this has neither(I person seen some of these successful Honda City). Storage wrong the Centre Armrest is besides tiny and thing tin beryllium stored beneath the seats.
• Basic Infotainment system- Unlike different cars successful this conception this interaction surface strategy is precise basic.
• Shoulder country for 3 adults is tight.

Headlights-
Pros-

• Headlights person got a precise almighty throw, For successful City usage the debased beams are much than sufficient. High Beams supply precise bully visibility connected the highways.
• On our Ecosport we had to connect a large led airy barroom connected the beforehand arsenic headlight visibility was precise poor, but successful this I don?t consciousness the request of further auxiliary lights.
• Automatic precocious beam diagnostic is not precise utile but it surely helps successful impressing different occupants.

Cons-

• Automatic Headlights- Auto Headlight sensor is precise sensitive, it turns connected headlights adjacent erstwhile it is not required and determination is nary mode to wholly unopen disconnected the headlights.
• All achromatic lights are not utile erstwhile driving successful dense fog.
  
  (Auto Headlights turned connected adjacent erstwhile determination is capable time light)

Touch surface infotainment System & Instrument cluster
Pros

• Simple and casual to usage interface, but it's besides precise basic.
• Resolutions are amended successful this than astir different competitors
• During nighttime drives it does not make immoderate glare and brightness tin beryllium easy controlled done a button
• The near lane ticker camera is precise useful, they should person installed it connected the close broadside arsenic well.
• Rear camera besides shows a precise wide view, truthful reversing retired of parking spots is easy.
• Wireless Android car and pome carplay are precise useful.

  
  
  (Left lane camera covers each the unsighted spots connected the road)

Cons

• There is nary nonstop transportation betwixt the touchscreen and the driver's instrumentality cluster.
• Unlike astir different cars successful this segment, this interaction surface strategy lone controls the stereo, it does not amusement immoderate telematics, astir car settings tin beryllium accessed done the instrumentality cluster. Voice commands lone enactment with android car oregon pome carplay.
• Honda should besides adhd navigation and cogwheel displacement indicators to the speedometer.
• When reversing the car, rear sensors should beryllium shown with the rear camera connected touchscreen. Currently it is shown separately connected the speedometer.
  
  

Issues faced with the touchscreen system.

• The archetypal contented I faced was that the android car kept connected crashing erstwhile the telephone was connected wired oregon wireless. It would not reconnect unless I restarted the car. In the past work I got the strategy updated station that this contented occurs little often and reconnection is easier.
• During highest summers I person received a fewer warnings connected surface that showed determination was a malfunction owed to overheating. After that it would restart connected its ain and past enactment normally. I person not seen this contented aft the bundle update.

Few issues inactive persist like-

• When telephone receives a telephone portion connected with Bluetooth, sometimes upon answering the telephone you tin inactive perceive the ringtone successful the background
• When connected with the android car sometimes the surface gets wholly blank.

Experience with ADAS-

With regular Highways running, I person tried each the features that travel nether ADAS

• Adaptive Cruise Control & Lane Keep Assist-
  • Its a bully diagnostic to have, I usage it a batch erstwhile driving connected Highways/Expressways. On agelong drives it provides immoderate remainder arsenic it tin brake, accelerate and travel the lane itself. Can?t instrumentality my manus distant from steering for agelong arsenic it starts to beep aft each 15-20 secs. These features tin beryllium turned connected oregon disconnected with buttons connected the steering instrumentality which is precise convenient.
  • Limitation with these features- LKA automatically disengages without immoderate due alert arsenic velocity goes beneath 60. System mostly follows achromatic lines connected roads and does not expect crisp turns. Plus successful India astir dilatory vehicles thin to thrust successful the halfway oregon close lane which leads to unnecessary braking.
    
    
• Road Departure Mitigation System- It gives alerts and tries to intervene erstwhile changing lanes without indicators. I person turned disconnected this feature, arsenic sometimes it becomes precise intrusive.
• Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS)-Elevate has a Camera based system, inactive it alerts and applies brakes accurately successful astir conditions but our Indian conditions are precise unpredictable, thing tin hap here. So I don?t similar to spot it completely. One large occupation with this strategy is that if you crook it off, it automatically turns connected each clip you restart the Car. It is besides precise delicate to radical and 2 wheelers, I person to thrust precise cautiously connected crowded and congested roads arsenic aggregate times it has applied abrupt brakes.

Other tiny niggles-
Front model vibration-
When the beforehand model is somewhat opened, it vibrates arsenic the car goes done atrocious roads. I archetypal reported this contented for the beforehand close window, past the Honda work guys applied their ingenuity and aft that the beforehand near model besides started vibrating. SA told maine that this is simply a communal occupation successful each Honda cars. I person ne'er noticed this contented successful my Altis oregon Ecosport adjacent though some person crossed 2.00,000 kms.

(Wiper prime is precise bad, successful the archetypal fewer 1000 kilometers it started to permission scratches connected the beforehand windshield)

Service Experience-

• Currently I americium getting it serviced from Ace Honda-Noida.
• I consciousness the outgo of work is high, our diesel Ecosport utilized to get serviced from ASC for astir 4-5k. Even Toyota work does not outgo this much.
• Cost of 3rd work astatine 10,000kms was INR 6154(Labor charges free)
• Cost of 4th work astatine 20,000kms was INR 10391, this includes Labor cost, General maintenance, Engine oil, lipid filter, instrumentality alignment and balancing(AC filter was not successful stock)
• Service unit is precise nonrecreational and organized but wide work acquisition is not arsenic bully arsenic Toyota.

To Sum it Up-

• Now Elevate has taken implicit work from some Altis and Ecosport. Based connected the acquisition we had with it successful the past fewer months I tin surely accidental that it has mixed qualities of both- Like Ecosports it drives precise well, the handling is large and driving it connected twisted roads is an implicit joy. Fuel ratio is besides decent. External physique whitethorn not beryllium arsenic pugnacious but I americium definite that it volition get a bully standing successful Bharat NCAP. Like Altis- Its dependable and reliable, compartment is besides precise spacious and footwear is besides of decent size. Apart from the niggles successful the interaction surface system, it has been a wholly fuss escaped ownership experience, that I deliberation is its biggest positive point.
• Travelling with our Altis, the lone antagonistic spot it had was debased crushed clearance. Ask immoderate sedan proprietor however overmuch it hurts erstwhile you instrumentality each the precautions and inactive your car bottoms out. Elevate is fundamentally a Honda City with precocious crushed clearance, yes successful driving dynamics it whitethorn not wholly lucifer the City but that 220 mm crushed clearance truly shines erstwhile you person to navigate done atrocious roads.
• 5th Service is besides coming up and I volition support you each posted astir however it went.
• Honda should bring the 1.5 turbo motor to India and besides adhd much features. I americium definite Elevate tin bash overmuch better.