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  • Review: Business class train trip

    I started googling and found that we have three classes of travel which try to mimic the business class model of flights in trains. The timings were super convenient, and I went ahead and booked whatever…
  • Safer parking in a flooded area

    The problem is easy to explain. We live right on the beach where flooding has been a perennial issue during the monsoons, sometimes twice a year. Unpredictably, in 2021, we experienced (flooding in…
  • Renewing my pre-chip license

    I got a message from the RTO system the same day, that my case had been approved and I had my printed DL in my hands within two weeks. It sucks that digitization of old DLs has to be done on an individual…
  • B'lore-Kolkata in a Figo Aspire

    The plan to drive to Kolkata germinated a few weeks before the supposed trip was to start. Generally for a person to visit Kolkata during pujo he/she has to plan the trip at least 60 days in advance…
  • Getting an Indian DL as a NRI/PIO

    If you have a foreign driver's license, and importantly, you don't have any previous Indian driver's license, you can apply for a brand new Indian DL, and you'll get it issued straight away, without…
  • Vitara Hybrid figures compared

    So in a city streetlight turning green dash, the hybrid will leave the other two behind! I know the comparison with the turbo Petrol Seltos and Creta won’t be so favourable on acceleration etc.,…
  • An upgrade from my KTM RC 390?

    The 650 didn't disappoint me. While it didn't deliver quite a punch like the 390, it could reach triple digit speeds with ease and the exhaust was lovely. They told me super meteor is coming soon…
  • Emission-based vehicle taxation?

    We can have different tax slabs based on the level of emissions,” Mr. Srivastava said here in an interaction, adding the government already had a different tax structure for below four metres, above…
  • My 2022 Hyundai Tucson AWD

    Being a diesel engine, it’s frugal, managed to get ~19kmpl on the highway. Combined mileage ranged from 14 - 17kmpl in normal mode. Full tank showed a range of 760km. Also, being an international…
  • Auto wipers vs Auto headlamps

    GTO and I prefer to have auto-wipers ahead of auto-headlamps as they are a big boon in the 4 monsoon months when you have to continuously switch the wipers on or off, fiddle with the speed, intermittent…
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