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Had to log in for another forum. Just wanted to show my gratitude to all you kind people here who advised me at a time I was clueless.Its been almost one and half years.Much gratitude to all of you guys who help me choose the Picanto and gave me a proper perceptions about both cars.Never been a day I regretted making this decision and all that credit to each and everyone of you ! Thank you each and everyone of you specially for your time !

For new ones a bit of surf excel / rinso works

Got any spots on your car? If so, did it work??

Yep people looking for a vehicle in the rage 5-6mil will definitely consider this over the vehicles you have mentioned. Also though this isn’t a competitor of CHR, I think it would eat into the CHR market in SL

If you can live with the scratch, just forget it and move on. That's the best option. If you cant, then go for a paint job. You may not get a 100% match on the colour though. It should cost you about 5000 Sticking vinyl is a DIY job really. You can get a few square metres for less than a 1000 and stick it yourself. There are plenty of tutorials on Youtube for vinyl wrapping. I vinyl wrapped a part of Fiat Punto dashboard sometime ago. Removing it was a challenge but there were step by step instructions on the internet for that. For a bumper, it's pretty simple. It is actually against the law to change the colour of a vehicle (even a part of it). But nobody seems to care about that. If you wrap the whole car in vinyl, one or two cops may stop and ask you about it. They may ask you to remove the vinyl, but that's about it. Here's the process for changing a vehicle's colour, courtesy of our resident joker @PreseaLover

I might be the only guy who wants to disembowel the person who decided to name it 'Rocky' The Rocky of yesteryear was a handy little offroader, compared to this compressed frog.

So all of a sudden we like Daihatsus

If you do a fair bit of long distance stay away from the cheap Chinese knock off tyres. As Devinda mentioned, loads of R&D and testing go in to those expensive tyres. All tyres are black and round but they aren't all the same, those expensive tyres are expensive for a reason. Those quality tyres make a massive improvement in emergency braking distance and general grip levels. In addition they absorb minor potholes and imperfections better than those cheaper tyres. Watch this:

They seem to have gone with the 'Rocky' brand for the daihatsu. Both Raize & Rocky higher grades seem to sport a 7 inch TFT instrument cluster also. This will definitely sell like hot cakes here. Next Vezel invasion is coming. The era of the crossovers ?? https://www.daihatsu.co.jp/lineup/rocky/04_interior.htm https://toyota.jp/raize/

It has a ground clearance of 185mm, up to 4 usb ports, 360 camera etc. Probably more practical than a CHR with better visibility and similar boot space. The interior is not as upmarket as a CHR though and probably will not be as good to drive. Will be a good alternative for anyone considering a Suzuki Vitara or a Toyota CHR.

Good that they are actually inspecting the vehicle now and trying to establish the process. Its unfortunate that the process is not efficient (...and questionably effective).