amitava sen::Before this car i owned one premier padmini that was with me for more than 11 years amitava sen

amitava sen::Before this car i owned one premier padmini that was with me for more than 11 years.
As production of padmini has been stopped way back in 1998, procuring spares and getting quality mechanic became a major issue.
In the process of choosing the new car i was immensely helped by two sites namely carwale and mouthshut.
I feel duty bound to share my experience with this new car.
It has to be a sedan.
It should be durable and last at least 15 years or 1,00,000 km.
I was not at all bothered about resale value as i will be using the car for at least 15 years.
I checked 3 brands of cars before closing in on tata indigo cs eglx.
Other 2 were swift dzire, hyndai accent.
Other sedans were beyond my budget.
However driving comfort, ac, interior furnishing of dzire is much better than indigo cs eglx.
I really felt cramped in the back seat when it had 3 passengers.
I liked the hyndaui accent executive very much.
The price difference was not too high either.
Two things i did not like in accent.
First the back seat.
Secondly there are very few accent executive on road, at least in kolkata.
With such a few cars running in road, i am afraid that the company may stop production at any moment.
So i decided on indigo cs eglx.
While doing that i had the following apprehensions: the bad reputation tata has earned in the segment of after sales service.
Lack of experience of tata in making petrol cars and also the failure of indica xeta.
To what extent the features will last after few years, i still have my doubt.
The reason for the apprehension is the low price of indigo cs eglx.
Now let me share my experience with this car.
I have driven it over 2,800 km of which approx 1,400 km is on highways.
Its really a pleasure to drive this car in highways.
I have driven up to a speed of 120 kmph and the car was rock steady at that speed.
I believe in modern cars there will not be any improvement in mileage after servicing.
The gear shift was bit stiff in the earlier satge.
Now it has become easy or may be i have got accustomed with it.
The entry and exit in the car is really easy.
No one needs to bend and twist to place himself in the car.
I am satisfied with the performance of ac till now although it takes at least 1015 minutes to cool the interiors.
However i have my doubt as how effective the ac would be in peak summer in between 11.
I did not have any problem with the service of tata motors till now.
They are courteous people and till now responded to my full satisfaction.
One big advantage is the front lights.
When one puts on the high beam the low beam does not go off.
In night its really helpful.
Further the head lamp can be leveled at 5 different levels.
The wiper has many many speeds with the scope of customized speed.
I mentioned these features as these are not mentioned in the advertisement.
In my opinion indigo cs has been built on fiat palio platform and not on indica platform.
One disadvantage is a big really big blind spot on the right.
One has to be really cautious while taking right turn in congested roads.
As far the durability of the car along with its features are concerned one can comment on it only after a few years.