Hello All, Hi have heard that on buying a new car - you musn't drive it above 60 kmph for the initial 1000 Kms. Is that correct and if so - why? Regards Bijoy ...
dr_trrk <dr_trrk@...> wrote: Hi, ... Is it a V2? My sweet lady is not a V2. ... Did you have to do engine work? If yes, after what mileage? yes after...
Dear Bijoy, It is the engine r.p.m. that is important during the running in period and not the actual speed. IF you are in 5th gear and travelling at 70 kmph...
Actually, it has more to do with not straining (or loading) the engine, whatever the speed and rpm. And, one should keep varying the speed. Driving steadily...
Gopalkrishnan
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Feb 2, 2004 3:30 pm
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Hi Behram, I think i understood - what you mean. Thanks for your quick response. Bijoy ... === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you...
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Feb 2, 2004 9:57 pm
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Feb 3, 2004 4:52 am
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Hi, Did my fifth service ( 25000 km ). This was the first paid service. The car is completing one year this week end. It has covered 25000, overall mileage...
Hi, I think TATA should educate the authorized service personnel about what are the tunable items that they can meddle with during a service. I think during...
Hi, From this year onwards, all models of indica comes with a tachometer. As I mentioned before, I tend to use the tachometer a lot and one of the main...
Pretty useful. The speeds are quite close to what the sticker on the windshield of the Indica recommends. Any idea what happens if 3rd to 4th is shifted...
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Hi All, I have a March 2002 LSi V2. Lately, I have observed that the front suspension has become hard. Especially, when I go over a speed braker at speeds...
Does Tata Motors or any tyre manufacturer recommend Tire upsize and downsizes? Most of the manufacturers worldwide have the recommended OEM, one upsize and one...
Dear Friends, I've a V2 Petrol LXI run 17000/- Kms - black. I average (with A/c) 12 in city and a max of 17 on a highway (lets say between Pune-Bombay xpress...
Hi Sudheendrar, There was an ad by MRF in the Chennai edition of a newspaper a few days ago. Sorry but I don't exactly remember which newspaper. I think I saw...
Just last night i asked a indica petrol owner about the average and i was astonished to hear that he is getting 16 in the city and 20 on highway.He said that...
10 with AC and 11.5 W/o AC is correct.Petrol Indica never goes beyond that in city....
Tokekar, Parag (IE03)
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Feb 5, 2004 5:29 am
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Friends; This is something unbelievable and seems to be new trend. Earlier in this
group except one or two nobody had reported such a record breaking mileage. ...
Hi I faced the same problem but when i checked my air pressure in the front wheels it was way too high .Please check ur air pressure and take a test run .Try ...
Did you meet Chetan by any chance? Just kidding, folks (Chetan, especially):-) Please try and find out from these super-mileage petrol Indica owners about...
Dear Friends, We all know that when any private vehicles are plying for more than a few months in a new state other than where it was originally registered,...
Interesting that you mention this. The sticker inside the drivers door recommends that the front and rear tyre pressures should be 34 and 30 which is what I...
Thanks for the reply. Generally, I maintain 32 for ront and 30 for rear wheels (I use my own pressure guage). The reason being the petrol pump where I fill...
Hi, Down size is 155/70/r13 used by pre-v2 models I have seen people using 185/60/r13 as upsize. Telco many not support this. -reji ( DLE Jun99, 44K , due for...
... You are lucky the problem stopped at that. About 2.5 years back Prerana in Bangalore (authorised Indica workshop) adjusted my timing belt *manually* during...
Hi, ... This is not what you have asked for. But the following site allows you to calculate the various up/down options for a particular size of tyre. ...
Thanks to all the members about this query. I look forward to hearing from Hrishi about the AD. If it is in TimesofIndia, one can use the epaper on the web to...
Dear Sudheendra, /* While I do this by lowering the aspect ratio, the tradeoff is that the tyre width gets reduced, thus reducing contact patch. Not so...