Suzuki experience?

[Pax]

I had a Suzuki Ertiga as "rental" last week. My first time ever driving a Suzuki. It was new with 360km only on the clock. I used it between King Shaka airport and Cathedral Peak Hotel and surrounds.

My experience is it is the build quality of a Tata, flimsy and a rattlebox of note. Roadholding is a horror with the car prone to wander all over the road and is severely affected by wind.

Lastly, it is way underpowered and lethargic with a ridiculous fuel consumption of 7.7 l/100km considering it is a "modern" 1500 cc engine developing very few 'pony' power.

I am very disappointed what R300k can buy ito a Suzuki!

 

[epah]

Told you long ago that Suzukis are crap. Swift, Baleno, Fronx, Grand vitara all underpowered overpriced plastic crap. I honestly dont know how people spend money on those.

I am getting a rental later today, I hope I can get a swift just to test drive it long term and once again prove to myself why I hate All new Suzukis.

 

[UB40]

What did you expect for R300k? Toyota quality?
It is bus fare, gets you from point A to point B
You dont need anything more

 

[UB40]

Told you long ago that Suzukis are crap. Swift, Baleno, Fronx, Grand vitara all underpowered overpriced plastic crap. I honestly dont know how people spend money on those.

I am getting a rental later today, I hope I can get a swift just to test drive it long term and once again prove to myself why I hate All new Suzukis.

Demand a Suzuki Super Carry please

 

[epah]

Demand a Suzuki Super Carry please

It doesn't have AC, it is 34 degrees in Joburg today.

 

[epah]

What did you expect for R300k? Toyota quality?
It is bus fare, gets you from point A to point B
You dont need anything more

R300k should at least get you an engine and gearbox from early 2010's and not one from 1979 like you get in Suzukis.

 

[UB40]

It doesn't have AC, it is 34 degrees in Joburg today.

Hang your hot cock out the window

 

[Jefferson D'Arcy]

I quite like the oil-cooled, cradle-framed classic Gixxers, SRAD, DR BIG and the current 800 Strom.

The gen 1 Vitara V6 was a cool thing too.

 

[WAslayer]

What did you expect for R300k? Toyota quality?

Yes, considering how much of platform sharing is happening between Suzuki and Toyota..

The ertiga for example, shares a platform with the Toyota Rumion..

 

[epah]

Hang your hot cock out the window

Suzukis arent fast enough to create a strong cold breeze. Driving with the window down isnt going to help.

 

[UB40]

Yes, considering how much of platform sharing is happening between Suzuki and Toyota..

The ertiga for example, shares a platform with the Toyota Rumion..

Has anyone test-driven the Suzuki Ertiga and the Toyota Rumion and done a comparison check to spot the differences?

 

[UB40]

Suzukis arent fast enough to create a strong cold breeze. Driving with the window down isnt going to help.

If it is wet it will feel colder in the breeze

 

[WAslayer]

Has anyone test-driven the Suzuki Ertiga and the Toyota Rumion and done a comparison check to spot the differences?

Differences are mostly cosmetic and design wise, same engine in both..

 

[epah]

If it is wet it will feel colder in the breeze

I dont get wet from cheap plastic vibrations and rattles.

 

[epah]

Has anyone test-driven the Suzuki Ertiga and the Toyota Rumion and done a comparison check to spot the differences?

There no differences, Both Crap Maruti product. The Rumionion aint no real Toyota.

 

[UB40]

I dont get wet from cheap plastic vibrations and rattles.

@EastAfricaGuy open your mouth please

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

Rental places rent out taxis now?

 

[UB40]

Rental places rent out taxis now?

How high are you right now?

 

[epah]

Rental places rent out taxis now?

Yes they do, There was an American guy claiming to be scammed by Avis because he booked an ertiga, said it looked much bigger on the website and he thought it was the size of an Cadillac Escalade, only to find that is is tiny in real life.

 

[Corelli]

I had a Suzuki Ertiga as "rental" last week. My first time ever driving a Suzuki. It was new with 360km only on the clock. I used it between King Shaka airport and Cathedral Peak Hotel and surrounds.

My experience is it is the build quality of a Tata, flimsy and a rattlebox of note. Roadholding is a horror with the car prone to wander all over the road and is severely affected by wind.

Lastly, it is way underpowered and lethargic with a ridiculous fuel consumption of 7.7 l/100km considering it is a "modern" 1500 cc engine developing very few 'pony' power.

I am very disappointed what R300k can buy ito a Suzuki!

Ertiga is like a Cheap family carrier used across Asia. Its actually popular but we dont get the high end versions of them here.

Suzuki is good. Swift and Baleno. We had a Baleno for a few years without issues. The Toyota Starlet is the rebranded Baleno.

But we had one in Bali which was built in Bekasi, Indonesia.

Perhaps the Indian assembly is worse.