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Budget: ₹8 lakh (on-road, Kerala) First car, beginner driver. Family of 4. Need good safety, reliability, decent mileage, good ground clearance, low maintenance, and long-term ownership (10+ years). My shortlisted cars are Tata Punch Pure+, Hyundai Exter HX3, Maruti Baleno Sigma, and Nissan Magnite. Which one would you choose and why? Please reply only if you've owned or driven these cars.If u gooys have any better options than these pls reply that also

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I am planning to add some accessories in my 2017 Kwid 1.0 and need shop recommendations and references in Pune.

Primarily want to install:

1. Wireless android auto and CarPlay (No OEM support)
2. Dashcam (Not sure about variants)
3. New parking reverse camera (OEM sensor and camera installed)
4. New infotainment system (OEM screen is pretty much useless now)
5. TPMS

If anyone has installed such accessories recently or in the past from Pune, please share your experience and recommendations.

Also, please give a decent budget range for this, I am expecting around 20-25k on the higher side.

I'm a family of 6.

Father - 67

Mother - 58

Me and wife - 30s

5 yo daughter and a 3 month son.

Parents are in hometown and my work location is 550kms away from hometown. Not yet decided on whether parents will move to my worktown or I will move back to hometown.

Monthly in-hand around 1L and in the risk of IT layoff due to AI.

Should I get 5 seater or 7 seater for my scenario? What's the max budget I can allot for car purchase?

Considering the supply chain of ethanol:

Farmers -> Sugar mills / Grain processors / Distilleries -> Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies -> Consumers [Petrol ICE vehicle owners]

Why didn't India build PSU ethanol distilleries so that the crude oil import savings remain within the PSU, in other words, within government control?

Why are we not questioning the Indian government on this? Rather, all the profiteering and benefits of the subsidies are being availed by distilleries/sugar mill/food processors owned by private companies.

A major portion of the crude oil import savings is being directed to these private sector companies, owned by politicians from all parties, including the BJP, Congress, etc.

Key QUESTIONS:

Should India have chosen a PSU-led ethanol model?

Who really benefits from India's ethanol subsidies?

India's ethanol policy: Why incentivize private distilleries instead of PSUs?

I'm looking for recommendations for a compact SUV under 25 lakh for my father

He drives around 800 km every week, with one weekly Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai trip and then mostly city driving. He's currently driving a Maruti S-Cross Zeta 1.3D, which we've owned for the last 8 years. It's been a good one especially with the mileage and boot space.

However, it's now starting to show its age and is requiring more frequent repairs. One important factor is that my father isn't very particular about preventive maintenance, so looking for something which is easy to maintain, have a good mileage, I was considering Toyota Hyryder Hybrid Automatic but I believe its only in Petrol and with this E20 thing not very sure if we should switch from Diesel to Petrol

PS: Im not very well versed with cars myself and dont follow much about the latest ones is the market so open to all suggestions

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