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Originally Posted by Sudipto-S-Team  Mr H.V. Kumar has done Leh-Ladakh and Lahul and Spiti and a lot of other places in the Himalaya in his Matiz!! Therefore where there is a wheel there is a way. I guess one should put a sump guard and a petrol tank guard and carry some chains for the tyres. Wheel base could be an issue but wouldn't stop the journey. A lot would depend on the driver's skill. And most importantly - a few knocks on the bottom doesn't do any serious damage unless one does it at high speed. |
I like the spirit. Though indeed the risk involved are high this could happen if you try to be careful and being skilful.
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Originally Posted by aaggoswami I think that the suspension ( double wishbone at rear! Good handling and body control over twisty road and CAN take somebeating ) can take a beating till some extent, but the Ground Clearence is low and will be real issue before the suspension starts acting up.
Civic has a long wheelbase and a low GC. The worst combination for a car in those conditions.
The final Answer is NO.
Its OK till some scratching or so, but even with underbody protection, if at all some part is damaged or you have a breakdown, getting the car back on the road will be tough. Best Avoided. If you have anyother car with reasonable GC, go with that, but avoid Civic. |
You are true, if it takes a beating then trouble is quite high
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Originally Posted by kaushik_s No, no and a third time no. Manali to Leh is gonna kill your car at it's current condition. But I don't know how is the alternate route via Srinagar and Kargil via Zozila pass. That route may not be that bad or on the other hand may be worse. Also I've seen a Baleno in Leh(don't how it has gone there), so if that can make it probably your Civic also can.
BTW, the efforts for making the Leh Manali road bigger and better is going on and may be after an year or so any car can make it to Leh but by then probably the charm will be gone.
And I guess Skid plates will make your ground clearance lesser only. |
Hopefully the roads gets better.
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Originally Posted by BlackPearl I cannot understand the purpose of this thread. If the question is to theoritically know whether civic can make it to those roads, the answer is yes. But in all practicality if one loves his car he should not try these roads in a civic. Maybe nothing major will happen, but why torture a car that is not meant for this. |
Its to know whether any practical possibilities exist to equip Civic to go ahead and do such a trip. I love my car, I would not want to torture it, hence the discussion
