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  • BHPian group ride to Meghamalai

    With this year's repressive summer heat, the mountains beckoned to us once again. It turned out that the mountains were cold calling just about everyone, not just us! This meant that the regular hill…
  • Formula 4 & IRL Cars in Bangalore

    I just got back from a fantastic event organized by the Indian Racing League near Kundalahalli Metro Station. However, in my opinion, the event wasn't well-organized. Despite being open to everyone…
  • Tata Altroz DCA | 9000 km update

    A significant milestone for us. The car has completed 9000 km this weekend. Overall, we are very satisfied with the car.
  • Production Mahindra BE.05 Interior

    Production-spec Mahindra BE.05 Interior spied. To get twin-spoke hexagon-shaped steering wheel. Will feature a dual-screen setup on the dashboard.
  • Embarrassing car moments, contd

    I went for a grocery purchase at an Indian store after work (~ 20 km away). It was within a few days of taking my rental VW Beetle. On the way back, it was getting dark and reached the steering stalk…
  • So, why did the Jimny fail?

    Here's ACI discussing the sales failure of Jimny. As fantastic as the Jimny is and as crap the sales figures are, the Jimny has successfully maintained the epic curiosity levels of the masses. The…
  • XUV 3XO: AT is better than MT

    AX5 Torque Converter AT is the variant of choice if you’re after a decently fast compact petrol hatch with a reasonably strong feature list. The manual version suffers from imperfect ergonomics…
  • USA: Monster tax on Chinese EVs

    US President Joe Biden has quadrupled tariffs on electric vehicles from China to 100%, effectively sealing off one of the world’s biggest passenger car markets to the largest global producer of…
  • Problems with new ethanol petrol

    I've been consistently getting low fuel economy and a noticeable decrease in acceleration and torque on my 2021 XL6 (run 20,000kms till date) since E14 and E20 fuel became the standard norm in fuel…
  • Life with my Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV

    I would like to share my overall experience for the last 10 months with the Hi5. To put it in a single word it’s -Mind-blowing. Most of my use is for city drives but it’s the long distance drives…
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