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  • Sula Vineyards in a Merc E350

    Finally undertook a roadtrip that had been planned even before I got the car in which I went on the trip. Drove from Delhi to Nashik (Sula Vineyards) and back, covering a total distance of 2500 km…
  • Portland Auto Swap Meet, 2024

    In case anyone hasn't read my previous years posts, this is a gigantic swap meet spread across 2 very large venues with indoor and outdoor vendors, engines, parts, and vehicles in all conditions (rust…
  • Sold VW Polo, Got Toyota Etios 1.5

    The car as I said before was extremely well maintained it didn't remind the fact that it had changed a couple of owners. There were two dents below the ORVMS and a small one on the bootlide, the headlamps…
  • Volvo on par with Merc & BMW?

    Having owned the Volvo S60 D5 for the past 12 years and having driven cars like the Superb, X1, 3-series, A6, 5-series, E-class, XF, X5, Q7, GLS and Range Rover Sport to name a few. I can try to answer…
  • Video:Self-driving Bolero in India

    Swaayatt, however, isn't dissuaded. A video shared by the startup last month shows its sensor-laden vehicle "driving through an absolute chaos, on suburban unstructured roads in India," as the company…
  • Frustrated after buying VW Virtus

    I bought VW Virtus back in October 2022 but in just 2 Months i got an EPC issue along with Start/Stop error. After that my car went to service center and got it back after 15-20 days of them changing…
  • Thar goes berserk, weird beeps!

    The weird, unidentified beeps lasted for about 20 seconds, went away, and came back again every 4 to 5 minutes, at a very regular internal. This pattern lasted in that drive which was about 20 minutes…
  • The Cricket & IPL Thread

    It's the worst IPL that I can remember. Let's go back to Dubai or South Africa. And for God's sake, abolish the Impact Sub rule!
  • Creta: Head Gasket Failure

    When we bought the car, we went for a Hyundai with a torque converter automatic + a naturally aspirated engine, hoping for solid reliability compared to something like a turbo + DSG combo from other…
  • Awful flight with Air India

    Recently flew Air India from Melbourne to Delhi and the Delhi to Melbourne via Mumbai and it was possibly the worst experience I have ever had on an international flight. The previous worse was Sri…
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