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  • Toyota Camry V6 | 16k km up!

    The car completed running 10000 miles. Dropped the car for the second service at Westboro Toyota. Oil change, filter change, tire rotation were done, along with the multi-point inspection. Since the…
  • The Accidents-in-India thread

    you realise that the bus driver going at high speed, started honking like a lunatic (which only an Indian heavy vehicle can do). This scared the rider who went left to give way to over speeding bus.…
  • Coping with loss of a loved one

    A small bunch of 15 people (friends and relatives) gathered on the day and the puja was performed. It was a very solemn occasion, as it should be, and went on as well as it could. I basically am not…
  • Valet: Your car's nightmare

    The valet people did not bother to bring the car back to the banquet premises and only guided my cousin as where the car would be parked. When my cousin found his car and opened it, he was shocked…
  • Owning SUVs: Creta vs Compass

    I bought Creta last month, after driving both my cars inside the city and out on the highways, I am penning down a side-by-side comparison of my Jeep Compass Limited Optional Vs. My Creta SX Optional…
  • Updates on my Alfa Romeo & Mini

    Earlier this week I spent a day with Marc and the Spider. Marc had finished overhauling the engine and it was time to put the engine back into the Spider. Marc must have done this hundreds if not…
  • Experience Driving Formula 1500

    I had to not only get used to the formula style seating position but also left foot braking and shifting Dog box gear which literally has to be yanked down for upshifts and Up with smack of throttle…
  • Midlife crisis, Marathon & Hunter

    For over 8 months I prepared a lot for the event, I religiously gave up the post dinner sweets, stuck to high protein diet and never munched those mouth watery snacks post game of weekend golf, I…
  • Winter escape to Sikkim in XUV300

    Our plan had a good focus on the silk route. Very well understanding that the extreme weather during 3/4 th week of January definitely could be a major deterrent to the quite ambitious plan. Hence…
  • Number plate misuse, hit & run!

    The person identified himself as Mr. X (he gave his real name, but hiding it on here) from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He asked if I was the owner of the vehicle number TN-03-AC-6651, which is my White 2020…
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