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The 5-Check Upgrade Test

Upgrading your car is a science, not a gut feeling. Give us the facts you already know — we’ll do every sum, and tell you not just whether to move, but when.

Updated 11-Jul-2026

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What is your car worth today?

Three of the five checks are pure arithmetic once we know this one number — and it’s the number almost nobody actually has. Don’t guess it.

Get your free value on AutoKnowMus ↗ Opens in a new tab. Finish the check there and your value, year and odometer drop straight back into this page.

or enter it yourself

✓ Pulled from your AutoKnowMus check.

Your car’s value today

₹

The repair-vs-value line

When a car starts eating a real slice of its own worth every year, you’ve stopped owning it and started renting a problem. Nobody remembers the exact figure — just tap the band you’re in.

Roughly what have repairs and servicing cost you in the last 12 months?

Services, tyres, battery, breakdowns — everything except fuel and insurance.

Waiting

Tap a band above — we’ll work out what it means against what the car is worth.

Your spot on the curve — and the bills lining up

Value doesn’t slide, it steps down — at the 1-lakh-km mark, at a big service milestone, when a new generation lands. Two numbers, and we’ll show you how close the next step is, exactly which bills are queuing behind it, and roughly what each one costs.

Year of manufacture

Odometer reading

Waiting

Pick your year and enter the odometer — we’ll place you on the curve.

The safety-generation gap

Kit that was top-of-the-line a few years ago is ordinary now — parking cameras, 360° views, cars that brake for you. Tick what yours actually has. What’s left unticked is your gap.

Six airbags ABS with EBD Reverse camera with rear parking sensors 360° camera or park assistThe bird’s-eye view that makes a tight Bengaluru basement painless Blind-spot monitorWarns you about the bike you can’t see before you change lane ADAS — adaptive cruise, lane keep, auto emergency brakingThe car brakes for you when you don’t

Waiting

Tick what your car has — we’ll count the gap.

The running-cost leak

Forget the calculator. Your fuel bill already knows how far you drive and what petrol costs — so we only need three things, and you know all three.

What you spend on fuel in a month

₹

Roughly. It’s the number that leaves your pocket — you know it better than any other figure on this page.

Your car’s mileage

km/l

Mileage of the car you’re eyeing

km/l

It’s printed on every brochure and listing. The claimed figure is close enough for this.

Waiting

Give us the three numbers — we’ll turn them into rupees.

Your reasons to upgrade

The car that fit three years ago can be the wrong car today. This one isn’t about the machine — it’s about the life around it. Tick everything that’s true now.

The people I regularly carry outnumber the seatbelts Hard trigger More people ride with me now — a new baby, parents, a teen who drives My daily commute has got a lot longer Long highway trips are now a regular thing The car sits idle most of the week — weekend use only I’ve moved — the roads, the parking or the conditions have changed Someone new drives it — a senior, a learner It’s used for work now — client runs, deliveries, business trips

Waiting

Tick what’s changed. Nothing ticked is a perfectly good answer.

Your reading

Run the checks to see where you sit

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Every check above scores itself the moment you fill it in. The marker below shows where the evidence puts you — and how long you’ve got.

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Keep & maintainNo move this year

Watch the numbersRe-check in 6 months

Plan your exitMove in 3–6 months

The maths says moveWithin 90 days

See what your car is worth on AutoKnowMus ↗

We don’t buy cars, sell cars, or take a cut — so the number has no side to be on.

AutoKnowMus — one neutral fair price, identical for buyer and seller.
Every figure here is arithmetic on what you told us. Repair costs are typical garage ranges, not quotes — your garage gives you the real number.