Booked dZire, Cancelled and bought Scorpio.

Why not components up front.

And the THC 693 you've mentioned as component systems, they arent basically components.
Components are basically mids and highs seperately with/without a passive crossover.

The pictures of the ICE'd Scorpio with new wheel covers:

The Blaupunkt Kingston MP47 HU on the move. Yours Truly at the wheel.


with remote



The company wheelcovers on!


The rear Blaupunkt speakers THc 693 Triaxial 6"X 9" 280W component speakers with wooden box enclosures on the rear

BGx 402 4" coaxial 75W for the front (it fits smugly on the two lower corners of the dash from the inside)

Head Unit again on the move

The Mahindra logo from a Mahindra Genuine Parts shop was fixed on the
horn button by me. The shiny logo looks chic. Wonder why the company
cannot give such a shiny logo and end up with some cheap logo
engravings on the steering? Or here too they save some money?

The HU looks amazing.
Are the fronts placed in the place on the bottom of the dash on the right?

Thanks abhinav - the front speakers are on the lower left and right corners on the dash. I was seeing the Blaupunkt brochure where they described the THc 693 Triaxial 6"X 9" 280W as component speakers so I was using the phrase since then.

Great ICEing in your Scorpio anjan and as abhinav said, The head Unit looks amazing.
The newly added wheelcovers gives alloys kind of touch.The steering cover looks nice too!
Personally i didn't liked the logo on steering its quite big and looking odd to me.

VT

nice ICE upgrades anjan, just the wheel cover doesnt gel well with steering, may be its matching with your seat covers just havent seen your covers else along with new wheel caps looks stunning.

thackervijay wrote:nice ICE upgrades anjan, just the wheel cover doesnt gel well with steering, may be its matching with your seat covers just havent seen your covers else along with new wheel caps looks stunning.

Actually, i think that the steering wheel cover is not properly stitched, that why its looking like this.

VT

Hi anjan
nice accessories man.. good music system and wheel caps r also looking great.. keep it up clap

Thanks vibhor and vijay, the Brute SUV is shaping up- t Agreed,the steering logo should have been a bit smaller but that's the smallest M&M make. Also, I have faced lots of critics saying that the steering cover is'nt matching there.Only vibhor dear says its cool. I will try and get it replaced. Even without a cover the steering looks OK and is soft to handle.
Today I had to go to lot and lots of places in the city and hence took
out my good old Maruti 800. The tiny car is still rockin the roads.My
experience after using the Scorpio for so many days (12 days precisely)
was quite a turn off. All the while with the Scorpio, I had smaller
cars and other tiny mechanical entities on the road running around for
cover, with some aggressive exceptions on wheels of course. Behind the
wheels of the Maruti I found only two wheelers getting out of my way.
Even most 3 wheelers don't care for Marutis these days.But the humble
Maruti can be parked anywhere and can go anywhere within the city or
outside. I do not have to worry about it getting scratched, dented or
even getting stolen. These days bikes are safer to steal and fetch more
handsome prices for thieves.Stealing the 800 is the last thing most
thieves have on his or HER mind unless they are terrorists and want a car to explode car bombs.
The Scorpio has its own mighty road presence and is in a different
league altogether.The company service engineer from M &M's
Authorised Dealer was at my place yesterday. He was explaining the
operations and usage part of the SUV with day to day checks and
precautions to be taken.These details could not be explained earlier
during the delivery as it was handed over to me hurriedly-I was in a
hurry that day. After that he got filled in by me many questionnaires
for feedback by the dealer and the company. Thats a good change and
Mahindra cares for its customers, it shows. The only suggestion I
offered was that "Rubber footmats for the SUV must be instantly
provided as a freebie by the company/dealer, as the good quality
carpets over which the drivers and other pre-delivery users like
mechanics and so on squat their footwear upon, allows a good amount of
dirt and even pebbles to accumalate over the fabric."

thats a nice share of your old love i must say :D , no doubt 800 was soo successful cause of its easy to park,drive in any city conditions. Also was good to hear mahindra's attitude towards customers which is not very often seen with all companies to take out time and make buyer understand after delivery of the vehicle, keep going and drive safe.CHEERS!!
Do post seat covers pics.

Thanks vijay-the seat cover and some more pictures will be posted during the weekend. I still find the Maruti 800 to be the most practical car ever made, suited best to our conditions.

@ Anjan,
As am a first time poster in your thread i think, let me congratulate you on your purchase. Scorpio is 100 times better than a Dzire and i can assure that also as i own one and my SLX 2.6 has done 48000 kms and also met with a major accident last year when it toppled 3 times near Ambala, i kept the car as it saved my whole family because of its good build and there was no damage to engine/ chasis.
Pics are nice, Steering cover i also dont like and it doesnt go well with the interiors, a bit too much flashy, and Scorpio's steering has enough grip without that flashy grip dude. Parking space is a problem but then wherever you park the beast noone will dare to come near also. On a roundabout, everyone stops when i come in a Scorp but its me who has to stop when am in Linea.
Yet to get my hands on a Scorp 2.2 mhwak but its much better than earlier version and lighter too. One thing i learnt driving a scorpio for 3 years now is that ABS is a necessity in this car and this wasnt available when i bought it. Car is so heavy at 2800 kgs that tyres lock even on a brake push at 90-100 km/h which takes away confidence from the driver. ABS should be made standard on the car as its a neccessity here.

NICE RIDE... Mighty Muscular Scorpio :lol:

hi coolboy, since you have a scorpio SLX, let us see its pics in this thread:
http://www.theautomotiveindiaforums.com/car-and-bike-reviews-f9/the-scorpio-owners-fans-future-owners-t481.htm

also, do post the ownership review of your scorpio.

vaibhavraj wrote:Hi anjan
nice accessories man.. good music system and wheel caps r also looking great.. keep it up clap

Thanks vaibhavraj.
Also thanks coolboy. Your Scorpio toppling over was quite a sad event.I saw the pictures that you had posted with the review. I fully agree with you that nothing comes close to the Scorpio in almost every aspect.

Nice pics. The caps look nice, so as the ICE. How about a photo of your beast with you standing by it? ;)

anjan, where are the new pics mate, waiting for them.Seems you are still on your hangout with your beast, may i say weekend is already over buddy :D

My Scorpio pictures with the seat covers on-the steering cover is gone
and the original steering rightfully has a better feel and grip without
any steering cover.Meanwhile I am enjoying the drives on my new SUV.
The turbo lag at 1200-1600 rpm asserts itself during city drives.
I was out for a few days and my brute SUV's MHawk engine started to growl with a single self start today.
Meanwhile I am still awaiting answers from M&M for the immobiliser. I will again call the helpline.

The new velvet seat covers are looking very nice anjan and nice to see your car's steering back without that odd cover. :)

VT

nice velvet seats covers anjan.

velvet seats huh, good good, arent you having tough times cleaning them?

Seat covers look very nice, but requires some care, i guess.
What is that Jopasu?
What's the problem with immobiliser?

Thanks vibhor,vijay,napster and CC for liking the seat cover. Havent yet had to clean these as I always use the Ac and the window glasses are rolled up. But maybe after a month or so the vacuum cleaner will be handy.
CC in fact the dealer and the company helpline were not able to answer me when I queried with them about 10 days back as to whether the LX version is fitted with an immobiliser.The good news is that today the dealer told me to get the SUV at the
dealership to change the immobiliser code which is of four digits.In fact the immobiliser exists in the LX version too.
In fact I was out of station and hence did not bother either the dealer
or the M&M helpline all these days. Jopasu is a brand of duster, which is very effective in dusting off and cleaning the SUV. I can clean it all in a flat 5 to 10 minutes.

Anjan, Can you put up a pic of Jopasu cleaner without its cover?
At first sight, It was looking like tennis racket to me! :lol!:

RoadRocket

:) I told you anjan- immmobilizer is present in all variants.
now what remains to be seen is how they change the code.

Thanks RR and Raj. Will post picture of the Jopashu duster this coming weekend. It absorbs dust and one can clean the SUV without having to inhale dust particles.The duster is washable.