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  • The work-from-home thread

    Was telling me how grateful she was that she could spend more time with her father during these last few years of his life. Wouldn't have been possible had the job required a daily commute to work.…
  • F1: The Hungarian Grand Prix

    A very uneventful race, with some entertainment brought about by the McLaren and Merc twins. Good work by Perez to make it to the podium; I think he should work to maintain that vs. pushing himself…
  • Corporate meetings & decisions

    As per a very famous book called ‘Sapiens’, the key reason for success of humans vs other species is our ability to co-operate flexibly across large groups. The role of gossip in enabling this…
  • 2023 Kia Seltos Facelift Review

    We finally have the first refresh in 2023 and Kia has gone with the ‘Don't fix what’s not broken’ approach on this one. And it makes perfect sense as the Seltos at the time of launch was a car…
  • A road-trip to the Sahyadris...

    We reached Khopoli and Jagath was there on time. He was gleefully enthusiastic to take us around Khopoli. Being a proud Khopolikkar Jagath had an infectious energy while taking us around the place.…
  • 6,000 km update of my Scorpio-N

    The vehicle has been performing extremely well. My earlier cars were Alto and Swift. We have an Omni (sold), Zen Estilo and Baleno owned by my brother and parents (I have driven them extensively).…
  • Had to bid adieu to my VW Passat

    My relationship with the VW Passat ended abruptly—a very tough past two weeks. My Passat met with a collision on Jul 5th and got damaged severely on the right front side. My Wife got distracted…
  • Multiple issues with my Altroz

    This is the second TaMo car in our family after an Indigo Dicor. I expected TaMo to have better QC and QA after these many years yet they haven't sorted it out yet. Altroz isn't a high-selling car…
  • Kia Seltos Pre vs Post facelift

    Now his dilemma is whether he should go for the older Seltos HTX IVT at hardly 17.75 lakhs on-road and save the money, or the older GTX+ Diesel AT at 21.80 lakhs on-road and get most of the features…
  • On the Toyota Hybrid insurance...

    I am going to get delivery of Hycross soon. The sales guy is saying that it's Toyota Protect insurance only which covers the hybrid battery and related components and no other insurance covers it…
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