Folks took off to Goa last thursday, Nov1. via Tumkur Shimoga route.
fro tarikeri to Shimoga road is in bad shape. people with low ground clearnece wont like it at all.Shimoga to Jog via Sagara os nice though you will have few potholes here and threr so watch out for it. sagara to Jog is nice, Jog to Sidapura is not in a great shape leaving couple of kms in the begining. sidapura to sirsi it AMAZING!, irsi to Mirjan is nice. Devmane ghat is slightly beaten up.mirjan to Karwar on NH17 is atest
your driving skilss would be tested. buses and trucks wont wait for you they just want way and the massive potholes fail to slow them down
Whilke coming back i took NH17 to Mangalore, yes you read it right. also had to cover kmore then half of the distance post sunset + it was raining
it was one strainful drive for me. getting away without scarpping the undrbody of the car was not easy.
Bad stetches: some between Gokarna and Honnavara (but managable), Bhatkal, Byndoor and Kundapura has some really bad once. and some are really long bad stretches.
Santhekate(Udupi) to Mangalore is managable, now am in Mangalore. will bebback this sunday.
After this stressful journey i really love my car more(OHC), Honda rocks!
Suspensions behaved really well (Thanks Fazal, FRK Racing) and a good service prior to this journey by Sanjay.
When on those bad roads(both Shimoga Hiway, NH17) was thinking how could we punish those who are responsible for the present shape of these roads.
BTW HAppy Diwali guys!