The new Suzuki Baleno is suprisingly good.

[Slushbox]

Bought a Baleno. It's very good.

Edited by Slushbox on Sunday 3rd June 10:54

[Slushbox]

The Fiesta (and Polo) were on the shortlist, but my Suzuki dealer is pretty easy to live with, free courtesy cars and mostly BS free.

I have discovered a niggle, the driver's door creaks slightly when it's been sat in the sun. Total extra expense so far, £3.99 for a can of WD40.


Popular in India, it seems...

[Slushbox]

I thought I got a good deal on my 1200 mile demonstrator, though prices have dropped since I got it last year.

Edited by Slushbox on Sunday 3rd June 10:54

[Slushbox]

Pothole said:

You couldn't do that with these new-fangled disco brakes!

I like drum brakes, unless you need to 'stop' or go down 'hills'. They're re-assuringly old-fashioned and often emit interesting smoke.

[Slushbox]

Alas, no. The file came from the slightly dodgy personal Google drive of some fellow in Hungary I found through YouTube. Neither he, nor the link seem to be in existence.

Edited by Slushbox on Sunday 3rd June 10:54

[Slushbox]

Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:

I had to Google an image of these. Would I maybe be correct that it's a sort of in between classes size, IE bigger than a Fiesta, smaller than a Focus? Much like the Rover 200/25 was when it was launched?

Yes, though I'm not sure what a Rover 200 is. :-)

Baleno is the Swift's big brother. It's a 5 seater B segment hatch, 4 metres long, slightly shorter than a Fiesta but with more rear leg-room. It's sort of in the Polo class.

https://cars.suzuki.co.uk/new-cars/baleno/

Edited by Slushbox on Saturday 28th April 15:40

[Slushbox]

Ew! It's purple.

Is that you with the tennis bat?

Edited by Slushbox on Friday 27th April 15:23

[Slushbox]

You're welcome.

Noticed last night in while manouvering 4 metre long car into a 4.1 metre parking spot, that the rear-view camera works in the dark. SLDA is a nice Nav unit.

[Slushbox]

There's a recall for some Swift/Baleno models for a brake vacuum hose:

'There are 52,686 units of these cars likely to be affected which have been produced during the period December 1, 2017 and March 16, 2018.'

Cars have a VIN beginning with MBH.

Online checker:

https://apps.marutisuzuki.com/servicecampaign1.asp...