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Background: My person is presently successful the marketplace for a caller motorcycle, and I'm helping him marque the decision. Together, we've decided connected the 2024 Pulsar N150 dual-disc variant.
The Story: We visited a well-known Bajaj dealership successful my metropolis to inquire astir pricing. The motorcycle is priced astatine ₹1.26 lakh ex-showroom, but we recovered a level ₹5,000 discount connected Flipkart. After discussing with the income advisor, we decided to bid the motorcycle from Flipkart astatine ₹1.21 lakh. The remainder of the processes, similar RTO, insurance, and different formalities, request to beryllium handled astatine the showroom.
We inspected 2 N150s successful our desired colour and specification (dual-disc) astatine the showroom, but to our surprise, some bikes had rust connected their brake discs?front and rear. Additionally, immoderate screws and bolts were rusted. We informed the dealership and decided to hold for the adjacent batch.
The pursuing day, we returned to the showroom and recovered 2 much bikes with our desired specifications. Unfortunately, 1 had the aforesaid brake disc rust issue, portion the different had minimal rust connected the brake discs (inside the disc holes) but had rusted screws and bolts, including the handlebar bolts and handgrip bolts connected either side. Aside from these rust issues, the bikes were successful cleanable condition.
We?ve presently selected the motorcycle with amended brake discs but immoderate rusted bolts. The income advisor assured america they would cleanable the rust, and we tin sojourn the showroom time for a last trial thrust earlier making a determination and proceeding with the RTO and security (we haven?t yet paid the remaining ₹16,000, which includes accessories and different charges).
The showroom unit mentioned that rust connected brake discs is communal during the monsoon, but my 2019 Pulsar besides has beforehand disc brakes and hasn?t shown immoderate rust issues contempt being ridden successful the monsoon. I fishy the rust mightiness beryllium owed to their stockyard being exposed, and the rust accumulating connected bikes aft caller dense rains.
Our Options:
- Accept the motorcycle with rusted bolts.
- Ask the showroom to regenerate the rusted bolts earlier we finalize the selected chassis number.
- Choose the motorcycle with somewhat rusted brake discs but nary rusted screws oregon bolts.
- Inform the dealership that we?ll hold for a caller batch without immoderate rust issues.
- As a past resort, see canceling our Flipkart bid if they cannot supply a rust-free bike.
Questions:
The bikes were manufactured successful May 2024, according to the chassis number. Are bikes that are 3-4 months aged acceptable, oregon should we propulsion the showroom to supply a caller August lot?
Are rusted brake discs a large concern?
Can we petition the showroom to regenerate the rusted bolts?
What is the champion people of enactment here? My person doesn?t caput waiting for different week oregon two, but this is the closest and 1 of the amended dealerships successful the city. It?s besides 1 of lone 2 dealerships listed connected Flipkart, with the different being excessively acold distant to beryllium feasible. For these reasons, we similar to acquisition the motorcycle from this dealership.
