My Pre-owned Ford Figo

Hi everyone! This is my archetypal agelong station connected the forum. I got the rank of this esteemed forum past twelvemonth but person been an avid scholar since 2008.
This station is astir my pre-owned Ford Figo 2014 and however I ended up buying 1 successful a substance of 2 hours!

- First time of bringing her home.

BACKGROUND

I person ever been a instrumentality of pre owned cars and comprehend them arsenic worth for wealth purchases if you cognize however to instrumentality bully attraction of them. My archetypal pre owned car was a Hyundai Santro Zing. Good car which was barebone but had the basics right. I bought a 2004 exemplary successful 2016 during my archetypal job. I deliberation it was astatine 45K km and sold it astatine 96K Km wrong 4 years. Learnt a batch astir maintaining an aged car with it. But it started falling isolated and needed thing much reliable. Also the 15 years NGT prohibition had started doing the rounds truthful decided to determination to thing with much features. Sold it successful Oct 2019.
Cars24 came to my rescue and picked a 2012 Pre- worshipped Wagon R VXI for a decent price. The proprietor was a retired schoolhouse teacher who had driven conscionable 33K km successful 7 years. It was truly good maintained and diagnostic loaded erstwhile compared to the Zing. I had a fuss escaped ownership and isolated from regular maintenance, nary parts were replaced. Still person it and it is doing the household duties.

THE DECISION

I had decided to prosecute my MBA from SPJIMR, Mumbai successful 2023 and thought having 2 cars didn’t marque consciousness arsenic astir most apt I would get placement successful immoderate tier 1 city. Both Alto K10 and wagon R were hardly seeing immoderate moving truthful decided to get escaped of Alto K10.
Fortunately, I got placed successful Punjab which I had not anticipated and my enactment required extended travelling. Even though I could avail the institution provided cab, but carheads similar america bask being successful the beforehand spot alternatively than successful the back.
One week without a car and I realised it would beryllium indispensable to person a idiosyncratic conveyance if I privation to past here.

CAR SHOPPING

For immoderate carhead, buying a caller acceptable of wheels is simply a precise breathtaking journey. You get to trial thrust antithetic models, spot however salesmen effort to fool you reasoning you person constricted cognition of cars and yet determine which suits you the best.
I was adamant that I wont beryllium going for a Maruti. Though it is reliable and has bully resale worth but beingness is excessively abbreviated to thrust boring cars.
Test drove galore vehicles successful coming days –

• Maruti Fronx
• Tata Altroz
• Tata Tiago
• Tata Punch
• Tata Nexon
• Hyundai Grand i10 Nios

All were bully but buying a car conscionable aft completing an MBA meant different loan. And to beryllium honorable thing till the 10 lac people excited me. Only Nexon felt a bully upgrade which came with a 3-6 months waiting play and nary discounts. Altroz and Punch were readily available, the erstwhile with a bully discounts and nary waiting period. TATA offered maine a vacation bundle for trial driving their cars which seemed a bully motion but was incapable to redeem the same.

THE PREOWNED ROUTE

So backmost to wherever it started. I desperately needed a car and clip was moving out. Explored cars24 and spinny but seemed lone dealers were utilizing the level to merchantability their cars. Spinny seemed overpriced. Couldn’t find a genuine seller. All were dealers who had priced the vehicles exorbitantly.
Almost each were painted and seemed connected the extremity of their lives. Those which were successful decent information were priced 60% of existent caller models adjacent though being 10 years old. E.g. A swift petrol oregon i20 petrol were priced astatine 5 lacs for a 2014 model.
Finally recovered a reasonably priced Ford Figo, again astatine a trader but inactive seemed decent. Found it connected Olx. Left location astatine 10.30 americium and returned backmost astatine 1p.m. with it !!
I instrumentality much clip to bargain apparel than this

THE CAR

It was decidedly unsmooth but inspected the exhaust gases and different parameters and recovered that the motor needed immoderate enactment but was doable. AC is simply a chiller. The interiors are coagulated without immoderate rattles oregon squeaks. Within my fund I was getting a honda brio 2012 oregon Fiat Punto 2011 oregon this. I chose this owed to physique prime and casual availability of spares. Also teambhp reviews helped maine a lot. I wanted a amusive to drive, robust and coagulated performing car for regular travel.

WORK DONE SO FAR

I person done rather a fewer jobs connected this car from FNG. The pursuing database would sum it up –
• New Battery
• Diesel Filter
• New timing belt
• New Fan belt
• New Brake pads
• EGR cleaning
• Headlight relays
• Injector cleaning
• One Injector replacement
• Right broadside shocker and necktie ends
• New Horns
• New Dicky struts
• New washer Motor assembly
• Headlight stalk assembly
• New tyre
• Body rubbing and polishing
• Engine flush

This is isolated from regular work . Also got 3rd enactment security done. I deliberation this is the astir enjoyable portion of ownership. Getting everything moving arsenic it was expected to erstwhile it near the factory. The erstwhile proprietor didn’t instrumentality bully attraction and was evident.

AC Belt Breakdown connected Jalandhar highway.

THEN vs. NOW

The car present feels much creaseless and relaxed. It was giving a precise debased mileage of 12KMPL which was contradictory to the wide assertion everyone made that it gives 20+ easily.

After each these jobs it is giving 22 Kmpl utilizing tankful to tankful method. Engine flush was truly effectual which enhanced its mileage. Have tally the figo for astir 12K Kms successful past 4 months. Has been a breeze to drive. Never thought a good physique and bully handling car could marque specified a difference.
The motor is precise tractable and gives linear powerfulness delivery. Alongwith this, ford’s handling makes it an unbeatable hatchback specially connected the roads I request to travel.

Places it goes. Roads oregon nary roads. Meanwhile a stranded BMW.

WAY FORWARD

I don’t spot immoderate worthy upgrade arsenic of now. Having spent truthful galore manhours getting it successful shape, would decidedly support it for immoderate time. Might spell the pre owned way and get a honda metropolis aft that. But 1 happening is for sure, it has to beryllium amusive to thrust and casual connected pocket.
Hope you enjoyed speechmaking my post
Ending this station with 1 past pic of my Figo.

Really emotion the stance.