Hyundai Santro Fan Club

[huebleu]

@Usman
you are here also anyway i caught you
and you already know na that i will scribble it! LOL
anyway i cant believe you like santro this much

you already know i seriously dont like the car.
also driven my neighbours santro its same.

well i am not an acceleration junkie. but the fact is you are never in the power band while driving santro.
I know that the EFI has absolute advantage over carburetter. and carburretor is really outdated stuff. but its not working here in this car. its working tiptop in honda City and other cars.

anyway the milage is 11-13KMPL.(depends upon driving)
but according to the performance and the fact its EFI it should be 14-15 KMPL.
i dont mind if it uses 10kmpl but it should perform so that you feel it worth.

@all consumers
How about the following.
-Performance.
-Handling/Braking.
--Value of Money.

@usman
anyway its now a long story among us.
Which other cars you like?(sorry if discussed earlier)

[u4usman4u]

I always prefer it over the RIVALS which u hav in mind.

WHY ???

In winter season the engine of SANTRO starts easily when their ENGINE REFUSE to START.

In summer season the AC of SANTRO makes the cooling when their AC REFUSE to make the cooling.

@huebleu

I think the problem actually lies here in ur case.

The
DRIVING STYLE of SANTRO
is a little bit different from the DRIVING STYLE of any CARBORATOR engine car. I mean the TIMING of the CLUTCH really does matter here.

I should give u my personal example.

When i was learning how to drive, I never made it in SANTRO and other car because of different timings of the CLUTCH.

What i observed for a new driver it is to some extend HARD to do driving in SANTRO.

But when u use to it u really love it then.

Also when i gave SANTRO for TEST DRIVE to my 5 friends who r expert drivers but not with EFi.

At first attempt
they all SHUT the ENGINE
exactly like a new driver.

And after wards they didn't make to run the car PERFETLY aswell. Believe me 2 them then started making wrong comments about SANTRO at the same time just like it is underpowered or rubbish. But when i got the driving seat, they then realized that their comments were totally wrong.

It really effects on the milage and performance aswell.

And YES do u use to wash the engine of the car properly ???

[u4usman4u]

A trouble free engine. I never faced any problem up to date which is EXCELLENT. Just went for tunings and thats it. In terms of PERFORMANCE when comparing to the DIRECT RIVALS is also impressive.

I mostly run it on CNG so no personal expierence of MILAGE on PETROL. I m geeting this milage.

~145km in CITY DRIVING without AC.

~120km in CITY DRIVING with AC.

~175km on HIGHWAYS without AC.

I hav GV version of SANTRO which has the total capacity of 42wl.

Total refill costs me around Rs. 210

Will post more kool pics later.

[athlon3ghz]

I owned santro EXEC GV for 18months I never ever experienced
mileages of 145/175/120
these sort of mileages for karachi ????
mine were 92 with a/c and 120 with a/c max

I really didnt like the seating of santro it used to gave me backaches so I sold it for vitz. rear passengers also suffered alot for its tiny space . other than that I think its built was far superior than any 1000 cc locally built
engine was no doubt one of the best in its class so was the pick.
but at the end of the day I think comfort plays a huge roll all the other features/options they just look good for a few days and few months.

[u4usman4u]

@athlon3ghz

First i would like to mention here that VITZ is some thing else. It actually has its own category and doesn't belong to this exact category when u r cosidering FEATURES.

If u r mentioning here the COMFORT then
VITZ
is far more superior then of locally available
1.6L cars
aswell.

So u don't need to BLAIM a 1.0L car.

Earlier i was getting this type of MILAGE like u mentioned, when i used to push it real hard. Now i m doing sensible driving after watching some horrible road accidents. It atleast results some DECENT milage figures for me. Also it really depends on the SETTING of CNG KIT aswell when cosidering the MILAGE.

U also mentioned about backaches . It really is a matter of TASTE. Some people feel this PROBLEM but some PEOPLE prefer its SITTING ARRANGEMENT. If u r getting backaches, it doesn't mean it is TRUE with every one.

I personally like its sitting when cosidering FRONT SEATS over all of its direct RIVALS because of its
DECENT TALL HEIGHT
.

I think its built is far superior than any 1000 cc locally built
engine is no doubt one of the best in its class
so is the
pick
.

U r absolutely TRUE.

And YES u r also RIGHT if there are decent height of PASSENGERS then they suffer only else it is good for under 6 feet.

It is small car thats why its has this limitation.

[u4usman4u]

SANTRO can easily
accomodate
the persons who r more than 6 feet TALL on its FRONT SEATS. I m 6 feet tall. And i hav no problem atall with sitting. There is actually more room for me when at FRONT SEATs.

@athlon3ghz

BTW what r u getting the MILAGE from ur VITZ ???

[u4usman4u]

[u4usman4u]

[u4usman4u]

Now I want to share why I started this THREAD.

I have total confidence in
SANTRO
. Last year when I was learning the car from scratch, I made hell lot of mistakes and what I thought when I will successfully learn the car it will not survive any more but I never happens.

During my early days of driving I pushed it real hard as well and I m amazed that
it never requires any sort of MAINTAINENCE
after such a huge suffering.

It speaks itself how RELIABLE it is. (Y)

[u4usman4u]

[u4usman4u]

[u4usman4u]

[u4usman4u]

Speedometer :

Frankly speaking not excellent but good indeed.

[u4usman4u]

Now this is

CNG INDICATOR

and it is really

well designed

. I will later upload more pics to prove its

FANTASTIC design
.

[u4usman4u]

[u4usman4u]

To be more precise i should mention the MILAGE like this what i m exactly getting from totally stock condition :

[highlight]Rs.
1.5
/ km without AC in CITY driving.

Rs.
1.7
/ km with AC in CITY driving.

Rs.
1.2
/ km without AC on HIGHWAYS[/highlight]

[Sameer_82]

This is the 6th year Ive been driving a Santro.

No doubt no car (in small hatchback segment) can match Santro's drive pleasure and performance.

Ive driven and kept Santro Plus for 3 years and then I moved on and bought Santro Exec in 2004. Still driving the Exec and is still going strong unlike other 'popular brand' in Pakistan.

Recently I bought another car and it was no other but Santro Club GV as I couldn't find any other make reliable.

It gives you power when you ask for it.
It gives you economy and I think its the best for city driving specially in Karachi.

[Zubair530]

LoLzzzzz....
Caught a Santro ADDict Here...

Really Nice use of Office Usman Bhayee...

Just kidding... Nice info man...

[u4usman4u]

[highlight]
This is the 6th year Ive been driving a Santro.

No doubt no car (in small hatchback segment) can match Santro's drive pleasure and performance.

Ive driven and kept Santro Plus for 3 years and then I moved on and bought Santro Exec in 2004. Still driving the Exec and is still going strong unlike other 'popular brand' in Pakistan.

Recently I bought another car and it was no other but Santro Club GV as I couldn't find any other make reliable.

It gives you power when you ask for it.
It gives you economy and I think its the best for city driving specially in Karachi
.[/highlight]

What a reply (Y). I thought i m the only one who likes the SANTRO but actually there r many.

@zubair530

Whenever i m free i simply open PW. Thats makes me all the time entertain in the OFFICE.

Really hard worker u know

[Zubair530]

Yes i know Usman