My fabulous 850 km Himalayan road trip with the Jimny!

I got an overall average fuel efficiency of 14.5 km/l during return - through significant traffic.

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I completed another approx. 850 km trip to the Himalayas. It was a fabulous one.

Because of dimensions, Jimny was highly manoeuvrable in cities and tight spots. Well, I never had issues with a "long" turning radius, and with a little practice, it is easily manageable.

I took the Ramnagar route due to the rush on the main route because of the holiday season. It is a kind of single-lane road with lots of twists and turns, but with Jimny, it was a non-issue.

Whenever I passed through broken roads, it was joyful because I could cruise at 30-40 where others were doing 5 to 10! This was especially true when during my return, I took a less used path through a slightly remote area because of great jams at tolls.

Highway manners were pretty good. As a matter of fact, till 80-90, Jimny behaves almost like a hatchback from the driver's perspective, composed and manoeuvrable.

I was able to access remote areas that I would usually not go to on a monocoque SUV or sedan. Used 4H when stuck and Hill Descent control sometimes, it was a wow experience. I also used OD off on mountains significantly and it was fabulous.

I got an overall average of 14.5 km/l during return - approx 360-370 Km journey through significant traffic, which I would term as beyond my expectations. I had 3-4 bars of fuel remaining after reaching home - no fuel filling even once. I started around 90% tank full.

Now that 4000 Kms are complete and the engine should be pretty well set, I am looking forward to start using EVCX to make the trips even more enjoyable after another 500-1000 Kms.

One last major and very important point - As per my last post, I mentioned that as soon as the last bar is left, you still have 8-10 litres of fuel remaining.

This time I again noticed the same, and this is now re-confirmed. However, one should not wait till empty to refill, as that can impact systems.

But, yes, there should not be high anxiety when you just reach the last bar, the indicator shows a 30-35 km fuel range and the next pump is 50-60 KMs away!!

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