{"id":249092,"date":"2023-12-20T07:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T07:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=249092"},"modified":"2023-12-20T07:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T07:48:56","slug":"cars-with-surprisingly-high-maintenance-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/cars-with-surprisingly-high-maintenance-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars with surprisingly high maintenance costs"},"content":{"rendered":"

We always knew the Polo would be more expensive to maintain, but didn’t expect the gap to the Swift to be so wide.<\/h2>\n

BHPian Omkar<\/strong> recently shared this with other enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

Maintenance costs have always been a deciding factor when purchasing a car in India. You don’t want to spend lakhs on a car to get it and then spend some more lakhs on the upkeep. We have 2 cars in the family currently, a Maruti Swift Petrol and a VW Polo TDI. The Swift was bought brand new and the Polo is pre-owned. Both these cars don’t see as much of the highways as they should, but they’re used regularly in the city. The Swift has clocked about 35,000 km over the years and the Polo is at 55,000 km. We also had an Alto for about 11 years.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen Polo TDI<\/h2>\n

The Polo wasn’t in the greatest of conditions when we got it, so had to spend some time and money to get it in shape.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the first OBD scan report:<\/p>\n

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