Did my first express-way run since I got the car, and some thoughts/observations, and interesting incidents follow:
1. The car is A BEAST on the expressway. That 300Nm torque translates to overtake pretty much everything without breaking a sweat.
2. Cruise control is a God-sent. It is so relaxing to just lock CC at 90kmph and relax while the car does ALL the work. Plus the immense torque means it has absolutely no trouble keeping the speed flat. I was amazed by how effortlessly the thing was overtaking other cars despite being in CC.
3. The handling is superb. I am so amazed that this tall C-SUV has less body roll than my previous low-slung Jap Jazz. At one point on those big C shaped bends on the E way I even overtook a Honda city whilst I was on the outer lane! Plus the humongous tyres keep it really stuck to the road.
4. For someone having features like auto-headlamps, auto-wipers, they are so handy. I was feeling fairly redundant at one point since the car was basically maintaining speed, operating headlights and wipers all by itself
5. Rear foglamps is a delightful addition. While returning, extremely heavy rains+evening time meant very poor visibility. Having those rear foglamps on does the job perfectly.
6. Speaking of heavy rains: I BADLY wished I still got the heated ORVMs which M&M decided to axe from the later variants for whatever stroke (of genius?) they had.
![Frustration](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Frustration.gif)
Is it possible to get those retro-fitted? Are they available as spare parts with M&M?
7. The turbo lag does feel a bit annoying when stuck on traffic+inclines. On flat roads it's not that much of an issue.
8. The headlight throw is poorer than I had expected. Especially the high beam. It falls short, and isn't bright enough. Might consider bulb upgrades in the near future.
Now on towards the funny/irritating incident:
I left from my destination point, to return home. Literally just 5 minutes into the drive and I get a "Low tyre pressure" warning for the front left. I panicked. Checked the details in the TPMS menu, and it was literally just 1psi lower than the front right. And it was 29psi, which I admit is low, but not low enough to warrant a TPMS warning.
So I headed on and went to the nearest tyre-vaala and got him to top up. I left from there, and just checked the TPMS menu for fun, and saw that they GENIUS of a tyre-vaala that he was, had inflated all 4 tyres to about 40psi.
![Frustration](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Frustration.gif)
Not where I was expecting someone to give 110% to their job.
So then headed on to the nearest large fuel station, got a nominal fuel top up, and got the tyre vaala their to re-adjust. Thankfully they had one of those digital machines. So he hooks up the machine to each tyre, and one thing I noticed right away was that the readout on the TPMS screen was VERY accurate, and matched the reading on the machine exactly.
So the machine obviously saw that the tyres were inflated way past the set pressure, and started deflating the. And the TPMS again throws a warning saying "Tyre pressure leakage".
![Rolling Laughter](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Rolling laughter.gif)
Very good feature, I admit. But given my experience from the past half hour I couldn't help but laugh at what all the TPMS went through. The pressure leakage warning lingered for about 30sec-1 minute even after the re-adjustment was done. And this happened for all 4 tyres one by one.
All in all, a drive well enjoyed, and a lesson learnt.