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  • Fun-to-drive car for 60 lakhs

    It’ll be for 2 adults and 2 kids. Medium sized cars are perfect as we are not very tall/big. City/highway split will be 70:30. Mustered courage to go up to 60L, partly because I can save about 18%…
  • 20,000 km with my Kia Seltos

    We did several drives to coastal Karnataka which is my hometown. Our baby too accompanied most of the road trips and he is absolutely enjoying it. This car is a joy to drive on highways. As I have…
  • Camping car, Volcano & Tsunami!

    It was the cold weekend of January 15, I was excited to embark upon my first car camping trip. For this trip, I had rented a Toyota Hiace converted into a camping car. Since it was my first time in…
  • 3-point seatbelts for all occupants

    The ministry found that barring a few models, no vehicle has three-point seatbelts for the passenger seated in the rear middle in India. They only have a lap belt, which we found is hardly effective…
  • On the Skoda Kushaq's rattles

    Now it looks it's the turn of the rattles - dashboard centre/left side AC vents/left side door panel - all of which seem to be emanate from certain specific zones (as reported by various owners) and…
  • Hyundai-Pakistan tweet controversy

    "Boycott Hyundai" is trending on Twitter and I'm not surprised. We treat Hyundai and Kia not like a South Korean brand but like our own. The number of Hyundai and Kia ownership threads on a niche…
  • The worst-selling cars in India

    Cars figuring in the bottom 30 list may not always have to be a failed product. There are broadly four reasons for cars to figure in the bottom list. How do these products land here?
  • Tiguan DIY: Adaptive cruise control

    I would learn later that these are *not enabled* in the Indian variant and many of them can be *enabled* easily. I would have to wait for over a year to figure out how to really get this done. So,…
  • My 2022 Honda CB 650R Review

    The engine is the best part of this package. Once it gets into 4th-5th gear in the city, it's almost an automatic. Speedbreaker and speeds reduced to 20 kmph? 4th-5th gear pulls.40 kmph free road…
  • 20 years with my Daewoo Matiz

    The car is still going strong after more than 20 years of its ownership and >93000 km later and yes, some naysayers say, why not replace this old city car and purchase todays BS-VI hatchbacks. But…
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