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  • Review: My 5th-gen Honda City

    I am super excited to take you all through the journey of my first self-owned car, the 5th Generation Honda City Petrol Manual V (Base) variant in the new Meteoroid Grey color. Before I begin the…
  • DIY: Fixing a broken VW key

    The key blade is mounted to the flip mechanism in 2 pieces and it is not one single unit, this made replacing it easy for sure but this design coupled with the hard ignition mechanism of my Polo meant…
  • Fuel vs Income tax reduction

    Whatever spectrum of political leanings all members might belong to, one thing has to be accepted by all that fuel prices are hurting people heavily. The Ukraine war has further hurt all of us. With…
  • Drive to Iruppu Falls in a Jetta

    While planning for the Iruppu falls drive, I already had a route map in mind and places to cover. Come on, when I am driving 500+ kms in a day, I would definitely try to spread it over the day and…
  • Turbo failure on 1-year old Creta

    After going ahead for 2-3 km thick white smoke started coming out of the exhaust. We IMMEDIATELY stopped our car on the highway (near Yediyur) and called the Advaith Hyundai ITPL Bengaluru service…
  • The 1-crore car thread, contd

    I haven't had as much fun in a car before. The exhaust has a beautiful note, and no youtube videos will do justice to what it sounds like when you're in it or around it. It makes me feel warm and…
  • Indian Navy's Combat Fleet

    We took 15 years to build the ship including 9 years since its launch in 2013. This sounds a lot to us and indeed it is a lot. But such endeavours of national strategic importance need time and persistence.…
  • Emigrating to a foreign land

    NRI $ remittances have played a very significant part in building capital in India at the family level and shoring up our FX reserves from 1975 to 2000 when our FX position was always precarious.…
  • Retro: My 1974 BMW R90S

    I bought the bike in 1984 at the height of the financial crisis. The guy was desperate to get rid of it. I offered him 1400 euros but he wanted 3000. I started to drive away and he bicycled after…
  • Toyota Parts doesn't deliver

    So after waiting for 10 days, I called Toyota Customer Care to check the status & they said the refund is not initiated yet for an unknown reason and informed me that they will escalate the case and…
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