This year is special for my car since it is on its 10th Year, Hit 1,00,000 KM on the ODO and i think I did give it a much-deserved attention.
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The steering came with factory fitted leather wrapping and I just put on a cover to protect the original one after some rough edges showed up.
Just managed this today, and I am yet to take he car out for a drive. Sure that the wheel feels a bit chunky. I got this wheel cover for 350 from Amazon
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Hence, reposting the image.
Would love to know how you managed this. Can you suggest?
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Sharing a quite a deserved update for my Silver Ford. This year is special for my car since it is on its 10th Year, Hit 1,00,000 KM on the ODO and i think I did give it a much-deserved attention.
In the last couple of years we did managed a few exclusive family trips across to a select few favorite hill stations, and gave the car some decent ride on the ODOs. We did two Munnar Trips, One Vagamon, Couple of the usual Bathery – Kochi rides and end of Nov this year,did a decent 750KM drive in 4 days through Kochi – Ooty – Mudumalai – Bandipur – Sulthan Bathery and then back to Kochi.
Our regular pitstop onroute Munnar at Farmyard, Adimali
Munnar Gap road, in Oct 2023
Parked in front of our room at a resort in Chinnakanal, May 2024
Right in front of our room at Arcadu, Ooty
But when the roads aren’t motorable, we switch at Vagamon. Right on tracks were Mahindra, Isuzus and Gurkhas test their new off roaders at Vagamon Heights. 
Family get bigger and when big brother visits, we have the space problem
Now getting into a few updates to the car.
1. Under Hood cover replaced – the hood costed only 1900, but a set of clips came up to 1000
2. Rear wheel inner cover replaced at around 3K.
3. Added dual channel dash cam – 70Mai A500s
4. Added a basic cover for Gear lever & Handbrake as the gear knob cover was peeling off.
5. Fighting cockroaches, my steering wheel had afew rough edges – added a steering wheen cover again from Amazon.
6. Child bolster seats: One of the best additions, for my elder daughter who is 8 – now the front seat seat belt is much comfortable and she can enjoy those long drives.
7. Sourced a set of wiper blades through the local ecosport owners club and that happens to be the best wiper blades I ever had.
8. Replaced the whole 5 tyres with another fresh set of Yoko Earth1s, though my older ones had a decent 5K + left in them.
Inner Wheel cover did some decent 1L KM
Inner wheel arch when the cover was taken off. My Monroe rear suspensions are also showing its age and may have to replace – kept aside for 2025
Missed the 1L mark on a long drive and realised that when I reached home.
Gear knob with the cover.
Steering wheel with new cover
So the new dash is like.. 
Fresh Yoko Rubbers
joining the A star who had its new upsized Earth1s a year back
This is one well deserved post I owe this car on completing its 10th year with us
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