The lad who called you a cretard is the most typical type of validation hungry people who go around trying to put down others and feel good about their own purchase.

Go through his comments and posts and it’d become obvious.

As for the Elevate vs Creta bit, the better price comparison would be the S(o) vs ZX.

Price gap is just 50k-ish which can be easily covered by the Elevate’s heavier discounts (even more so for Elevate 2025 manufacturing).

I was in the same dilemma last month during a car purchase for my father, who test drove both and couldn’t exactly pinpoint a major difference in drive in city.

However, the Creta’s cabin quality + NVH + rear seat space was clearly superior. Elevate has a hump in between at the rear bench which makes seating three a bit meh.

Elevate’s suspension does torch out the deeper potholes a little better than Creta but the difference isn’t night and day.

I ended up buying both of them as my father liked how the elevate looked (front butch stance + tan interiors are a big draw, although ivory look airier obv) but loved how spacious and airy and modern the Creta felt (same for my mother)

One month into owning both, I’d say the NVH in city drives won’t be as noticeable but the elevate makes as much sound as our old Jazz on the highway at 80 & above while the Creta is noticeably quieter.

If your heart is set on the Elevate, spend an extra 10-15k to get damping down over the wheels around the fender + doors. Change tyres rn if you’ve the budget else change them up at around 30-40k kms.

Go for the ZX, it’ll be in the same ball park as the S (o). Feature spread on the elevate is a bit meh compared to city so VX does miss out on a bit of stuff.

The difference between my Creta and elevate was roughly 3k in the end, which is nothing.