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| ![]() @BlackPearl Thanks for the response. Yes indeed it a good feat for Duster. IMHO such terrains should be done by a true blood only. Not sure the damage such terrains caused to Duster in short and long run. |
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Also, was it a stock Gypsy? Regards, Neel | |
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It was not a bone stock Gypsy. It had headers and FFE installed. | |
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![]() Pardon my expressing skills, I didn't attribute the traction at the rear to the steering. What I meant was the tightness of the steering resulting to the cumbersome feel: "tight, and thus cumbersome". Traction at the rear is an entirely different point. Guessed it was not stock. Rally Gypsies seldom are. ![]() Hope I made my point clear. Apologies, Neel P.S: Noticed the D-BHPian tag quite late. Congrats! Sorry for going off the topic. Last edited by petrolhead_neel : 19th May 2016 at 19:42. | |
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| ![]() The thread has gone quiet. Experts, can a Duster AWD scale Marisimik La? Alone, with a newbie driver. ![]() |
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| ![]() I would reckon yes. But safe practice is to have two vehicles |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() Depends on the track condition. Some parts get deep ruts after an army convoy passes. In that case you can damage vehicle. You can try it, but don't do anything stupid. |
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| ![]() ![]() Lol! No sir, just asking coz being a monocoque I assume it would suffer in rocky conditions due to the low hanging exhaust. |
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| ![]() Monocoque or ladder chassis - both will suffer if driven without care. TSK's been there in his white elephant and knows what's likely to make you suffer |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Time to rekindle the thread (possibly) - but I am not speaking of a Duster/4X4 in this case. Heard from a rider colleague of mine that the entire boulder strewn road from Manebhanjan to Tumling has been turned into a concrete one. He saw a hatchback climbing up the slopes. If any one has been to Sandakphu recent can comment? Should be a sea change indeed, if true. Regards, Sayak Quote:
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Cheers, Pawan | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Thanks Pawan for sharing the info! Some passing thoughts.. Good roads are good for development, tourism. But I really think about the sustainability of the environment and begin to worry. In '99 I had trekked to Sandakphu for the first time and believe me even the Sandakphu top (which resembles a typical hill bustee now with all the hotels) was a piece of vacant land. In all these years that raw and virgin land has transformed a lot negatively - as far as ecology is concerned. ![]() Last edited by sayakc : 1st July 2018 at 22:56. |
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