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I have a 2020 Mercedes AMG GLC43 and I’m honestly getting annoyed with the 80 and especially the 120 km/h warning beep. I talked to a guy online who said he can code it out remotely for around ₹35k, but a local German car workshop in Ludhiana advised against it after checking deeper into the Mercedes system.

They told me it can potentially create issues with OEM ECU coding/authentication, STAR diagnostics, future dealership visits, and maybe even insurance claims if something major happens. Another guy says it’s completely safe and many people already do it.

Now I’m confused whether this is a normal coding job or something that can actually mess with the car long-term.

Has anyone here actually done this on a newer Mercedes/AMG? Any real-world issues later? Did Mercedes detect it during service? Also what’s the realistic price for this kind of coding in India?

Would appreciate genuine advice from people who’ve actually experienced this instead of just sellers/coders.

I am first time car buyer. Learning rn, And we are looking for a good car for around 10-11, What i shortlisted till now is Amaze VX CVT, Sonet HTK (O) 7DCT, usage will be less cause i am in metropolitan city so two wheeler makes more sense. under 40km and occasional highway experience

Amaze: 10.20 L (on road with tax + everything) 3+2 here too (1.2L)

Sonet: 11.17 L (On road with tax + everything) it giving 5 years unlimited km warranty (1.0 L turbo TGDI)

I really liked Sonet Interior and it's colour scheme, but amaze interior wasn't very appealing in short amaze was giving me commercial feel but sonet was like personal vehicle feel

What are your views and suggestions. Would appreciate your guidance!

any other you wanna suggest?

Union Minister lost his cool during the Jalsavad 2026 water conservation seminar in on 17 May 2026 While speaking on water management and farmer issues he reacted strongly and threatened to call the police after being questioned about the E20 ethanol blended petrol policy

The video of the incident quickly went viral on social media with many criticizing his aggressive tone and use of rough language at a public event The controversy has also renewed criticism of the E20 policy as several vehicle owners continue to raise concerns over engine damage and reduced mileage

I’m 19, 6’5, pursuing BTech CSE AI/ML from Gandhinagar and currently commuting to college on an Activa 3G 😭

Honestly this whole situation is mostly because of my own personality.

2 years back dad asked me to get a small preloved car like a Nissan Micra etc for daily commute. I rejected it.

Then around a year later he literally said:

“Okay then get a brand new car.”

And I STILL rejected it because at that time I was fully obsessed with sports bikes.

But dad has always been super strict about bike safety. The only bike he was okay with was a Royal Enfield Meteor, and I never wanted an RE. I liked Kawasaki/Benelli type bikes which was an instant no from him.

So now years later I’m still going to college on an Activa 3G while being 6’5 😂

The thing is, I have this weird all-in/all-out mindset.

Either:

stay super humble and so polite, use broken phone, dress simple, Go everywhere on Activa, act broke

OR

Suddenly go full “fck u mny” flex so damn hard i can't be competed

No in-between. Somehow☠️

Current situation:

Dad drives a 2016 i20 Magna with 201k kms and plans to upgrade to a Jeep Compass Model S O2 soon.

Now I’m considering for myself:

Hyundai Creta 2019 SX Optional Petrol Automatic 65k kms driven sliver

Or

Hyundai Elantra 2018-19 for maybe similar rate as of creta & blue color

My daily commute would be 50-60kms including 20km and 40km roundabout uni and fun iykyk😉

Also I’m about to enter 5th sem, so literally only 4 semesters are left in this uni — and probably in this country too if things go as planned later.

Mom says:

Better not buy u have gone to college and diploma in buses and activa prefer to go to activa for these years too it'll pass and my ego hurts tbh that time.

Like I survived most college life already on changing amts buses, to activa ☠️

Me and dad also have ego clashes constantly like literally every talk we have consists of my ego👹

so convincing would be hard asf

What would you guys advice me

Continue with Activa for the remaining college life or finally move to a cars?

2 years left of this uni and hopefully in this country too.

Hehee don't advice royal enfield i absolutely have nice words for anyone advicing me for re!👺

Please provide advice as if you're advicing your smaller bro (not in height)🤣 if any alternative choice feel free to let me know.🙏

https://auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/news/india-moves-closer-to-e30-fuel-rollout-amid-rising-petrol-prices/amp-41779263896982.html

Hey Guys, this is what dealer breakdown looks like for creta in Lucknow and after exchange of our old skoda yeti, they can give the car for 15.5 lakhs. Are there any other discounts we can get and is it a good buy.

We compared creta, Seltos and venue and finally gravitating towards creta. Please suggest any red flags and will it be a good buy?. I know government push is to go EV but we don’t have great networks of EV stations in Lucknow - UP.

Please provide your inputs.

Just saw this banner inside one of the showrooms last night. Anyone aware about such discounts on Grnad Vitara? I'm exploring the Sigma and Dleta variants currently. If someone has bought it recently, what were the discounts offered to you?

I just bought this dash cam advertisement as ADAS assistance feature available for 4K thinking value for money. After connecting I don’t see any option to enable ADAS or don’t see a sign of that feature available in the menus. I reached out to ddpai support and got know that this model does not have ADAS and it is china only model.

Looks like seller bought in bulk from china and selling it by misleading everyone in Amazon

I reached out to Amazon customer care about this misinformation, but no change so far. So beware everyone.

So 2 months back I got this car. It’s a Tata tigor petrol xm variant. So the ideal plan was to get a compact and fuel efficient car as I already own 2 more cars(hector & Triber). We had an alto , exchanged it for this one.
Did so much research on this car , on an avg this should at least give 15kmpl even with worse driving conditions. But look at this. 9.7kmpl.
First service is completed. What’s going wrong with it?
Yes there is traffic as I’m from Kolkata. But still keeping everything in mind this shouldn’t be giving such low mileage. Even my other cars give around the same.
Advices and Suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you

A disturbing road accident in Hoshiarpur has raised serious concerns about student safety near school zones. CCTV footage shows a young schoolboy being struck by a speeding motorcycle just seconds after stepping off his school bus on Una Road in the afternoon. Locals are demanding stricter speed control and safer school drop-off protocols.

I was driving my car quite normally down the road, on the right side. There no almost no space between my car and the divider, when a stupid biker just tried to overtake me and he totally crashed into my car. Then he had the audacity to say that he was going straight and i barged my car into him. How do such shameless people exist on indian roads?

PS can someone please run the number plate and help me identify this person?