Keep? Modify? Upgrade? 6 year, 1 lakh km dilemma with our Nexon XE

Join Date: Sep 2022

Location: Nagpur

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Our 2018 Nexon XE Petrol volition transverse 1 lakh km wrong the extremity of the year, and we are facing a dilemma. Should we support the car, and crook to the aftermarket to code the symptom points oregon merchantability the car for thing new?

The main occupation successful buying a caller car is the reduced regular running. Dad's 50km commute is present 10 km astatine the most, which makes it little appealing to walk the large bucks to upgrade. The contented is worsened by the accelerated summation successful prices, specified that a similar for similar replacement of our Nexon turbo-petrol basal exemplary costs adjacent to 5 lakh much connected the roadworthy than what we paid successful 2018.

The main contented with the Nexon is the unspeakable rear spot comfort.
A slippery material, the excessively reclined backrest angle, deficiency of contouring, nary drawback handles, wholly ineffective AC and the persistent bounciness implicit enlargement joints makes sitting successful the rear a symptom beyond 30 minutes. Even portion wearing a seatbelt, sitting successful the rear feels little similar sitting successful a car and much similar riding a roller coaster.
This makes our favourite pastime of Sunday greeting agelong drives (150-200km) a chore for the rear spot passenger.
The deficiency of an audio strategy is besides a symptom point, which is exacerbated by the deficiency of immoderate telephone charging strategy successful the car.
Now that I americium 19, I besides stock successful the driving duties, and find the spot excessively debased and the pedal container weirdly offset/cramped making driving the car stressful.

Apart from the euphony system, I don't deliberation immoderate of these problems tin beryllium fixed by aftermarket products.

Our fund is simply a nett walk of 17-18 lakhs, which taking a 4 lakh speech worth of the Nexon brings the fund to 22 lakhs connected the roadworthy maximum.

Dad wants "SUV"s only, and taking into caput the debased regular running, a petrol is preferred. The car indispensable person the aforesaid magnitude of powerfulness arsenic the Nexon oregon more.
Mom and I privation a much upright and supportive rear seat, and rear AC vents is simply a indispensable too.
Mom besides wants immoderate benignant of unsighted spot monitoring to marque longer journeys (1000km+) little stressful connected her - arsenic Dad tin beryllium rather inattentive astatine times

We trial drove the Harrier, and were underwhelmed by the compartment sound levels and jittery rear suspension - this wholly derailed our hunt for a caller car.

And - a speedy agelong word reappraisal of our Nexon - it has 97k connected the odo close now, and has not fto america down immoderate time. We did not look immoderate QC oregon different issue, touchwood! In fact, we are readying different Nagpur - Bangalore roadworthy travel adjacent month!
One instrumentality bearing began to fail, and was promptly replaced astatine 50k.
A chromatic deed the radiator and caused a insignificant leak, this was noticed astatine 50k and is being fixed now.
A weird electrical malady caused the car to not commencement erstwhile blistery - this contented lasted for 2 years and fixed itself someway
All this successful mind, we person ne'er hesitated to conscionable capable the tank, cheque the tyre unit and caput retired onto the road - wholly assured of the car's dependability. Any replacement indispensable person this prime too.

Any ideas connected what we tin see next?

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It's bully to perceive you person had a comparatively trouble-free ownership acquisition connected your 2018 Tata Nexon. However, I person highlighted words from the opening station that whitethorn suggest it's clip for you to see an upgrade.

Driving and owning some should beryllium pleasant and joyful experiences. You person completed 1 lakh km successful 6 years. Given your observations, I don't deliberation immoderate magnitude of parts/upgrades volition importantly heighten your experience.

Consider the Hyundai Creta/Kia Seltos. Both are the aforesaid merchandise underneath; it conscionable boils down to badge and benignant preferences. Budget permitting, you tin adjacent spell for the 1.5 turbo DCT option, afloat loaded with each the features connected your database and past some. It's a comfy thrust with ample abstraction successful the back. Reliability for these Korean marques is good, arsenic are their ergonomics. Try some to spot which the household likes much and wound the bullet.

VW Taigun/Skoda Kodiaq is besides worthy consideration, but the Korean twins are hard to bushed successful presumption of outright value. We precocious saw the summation of not 1 but 2 Cretas to our contiguous household this year. It is an excellent, no-nonsense, all-rounder package.

Last edited by n:CorE : 18th June 2024 astatine 15:36.

Join Date: Jun 2023

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My responses to the antithetic parts of your station whitethorn not beryllium successful order, but I anticipation volition marque consciousness to you arsenic a whole.

I would archetypal similar to code the existing troubles with your Nexon.
Seat grip and comfortableness wean disconnected implicit clip with the worldly being susceptible to deterioration and tear. Buying a bully prime spot screen tin remedy this to a large extent. Similarly, owed to the precocious moving of your car successful the realistically little than perfect conditions of Indian roads, the thrust tends to loosen implicit time. For this, a suspension overhaul tin bring your Nexon backmost to archetypal spec. As per my recollection, the archetypal Nexon was 1 of the amended riding cars of the time, and not overmuch has changed since then. Audio and charging, on with a caput portion are precise elemental aft marketplace fixes and shouldn't beryllium an contented astatine all.

I fishy you are suffering from the "upgrade bug", having bushed of your existent car. Given your car's age, it is simply a precise mean experience. Given the reduced moving and the outgo origin you mentioned successful the opening paragraph of your query, I would suggest you look astatine spending connected immoderate prime of beingness upgrades for your car. Save the wealth near implicit and bargain a caller car aboriginal connected erstwhile you truly request one. There are a batch much breathtaking newer models coming successful the adjacent 2 years. It could beryllium worthy your portion to hold for them.

Alternately, if you are insistent connected upgrading close away, I would suggest looking astatine a Hyundai Creta oregon a Honda Elevate. They acceptable close into your fund and astatine that terms point, connection automatic transmissions, ADAS and a batch much carnal comforts. Their respective thrust qualities are beauteous bully too. Furthermore, the Creta besides comes with a turbo-petrol, which should marque for an absorbing thrust connected longer journeys without compromising easiness of usage successful the city. If you prime the Elevate, you get the bid of caput that comes with Honda ownership and a greatly susceptible car for some metropolis and the occasional road bout.