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I bought this car in early Aug 2014 and I have shared my first impressions and a short review of the newbie here.

I want to take some time this Friday evening and share my 8-year journey with the Hyundai family, specifically the Fluidic Verna Diesel AT. At the end of this, I want this information to be helpful, and, I do have a few questions I am gonna seek your inputs.

At an outset, here is what I liked and continue to like -

Few cons, since the beginning -

In the last 8 years, I have driven about 65,000 km, which is quite less in comparison to my first car, which was a Swift DDIS. Nevertheless, in comparison, I am quite happy I moved out from Maruti to Hyundai - Maruti failed in many aspects, such as - Poor quality service in Bangalore city, high service costs (mostly ripoff), short servicing periods, drop in Engine smoothness when nearing the service interval, poor body strength, low shelf life of the spare parts, etc. I have also made a decision never to go back to Maruti, as long as I can afford others. Now, let me get back to give you more details about Verna

A bit about the Service History -

Lesson Learnt - I found that most of the service centers in the cities ripoff on regular service. I have learned that, If I can manage regular AC checkups, Wheel & tire checkups, and Battery checkups elsewhere, I can advise the service center to just do an oil service, which can lead to great savings on service cost

Other expenses incurred in the last 8 years, few not significant and optional, but its information -

Performance of the Automatic Gearbox -

The torque converter is a fuel guzzler and mine is an old-school 4-speed gearbox. The gear shifts are smooth, but can be felt - Doesn't mean unpleasant experience. The trick to better FE is to keep the gearshifts to minimal. I have been told that AT gearbox will not show any signs of issues for 1 lakh kms.

Tyres - The FE on highways was always slightly less than 16 kmph, but one of the Dealer in Hyderabad advised me to consider the 'Continental Max Contact MC 5' coz if of its performance on both smooth and rough roads. Since they had good reviews online, I went for it. The side effect of that decision as an increase in FE by ~2 kmph  . When I read about it, I learnt that its coz of the low rolling resistance design of the tire.

Taking into account the overall maintenance and running cost, I would like to say that Hyundai Fluidic Verna CRDi AT is a 'value' for money spent. I used to spend the same cost of maintenance for my Maruti Swift Diesel - Lower cost, but frequent expenditure intervals. Eg - Swift's brake shoe lasts 50% less than the brake shoe of Verna. I have many such examples

I have recently been suggested to consider changing the front suspension soon, coz its wearing off. But I am also interested in knowing what could be those typical large expenses that I should anticipate spending on, for the near time future?

Would you also be kind enough and suggest me on -

Here's what BHPian toyotafanboi had to say on the matter:

My brother recently purchased a 2013 Verna 1.6 crdi automatic. He bought it on spinny and the experience was pretty smooth and straightforward. The car was delivered a few days ago and seems to be in good condition, having 60k kms on the odometer. The 4 speed torque converter gearbox is effortless to use and the shifts are seamless. The owner's manual recommends that the automatic transmission fluid (ATF) be replaced every 8 years/80k km whichever is early. We went to the local Hyundai service center and the service advisor insisted the oil need not be replaced until 100,000 km. I have come across a thread here on team bhp, where a Creta owner posted about auto transmission failure on his vehicle after 100,000 km. Generally torque converter gearboxes are very reliable and need very little maintenance. But we are getting the oil replaced as preventive maintenance. The service center did not have the ATF in stock and asked us to visit next week. Will update if the ATF change results in any noticeable change in gear shifts.

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