Chevrolet Optra 1.8

supremeBaleno · 13th January 2006, 14:59

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Originally Posted by v1p3r

Rudra ji, to be honest, with the amount of torque your car generates, you can drive around all day in 5th gear!!!

That's precisely what I have been checking out on the Baleno. I try to stick to the highest possible gear (ofcourse without the "gear knocking" - not sure if that is the right term for it) and observed that the car is cool in 5th gear even when at a speed of 25kmph. A couple of times, I even went as low as 22.5kmpl without any knocking.
Ofcourse from what I hear from Blore & H'bad guys, looks like driving in Chennai is a pleasure compared to their cities. And we Chennaites were thinking that there can't be any city worse than Chennai.

Deeps · 13th January 2006, 15:30

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Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

I even went as low as 22.5kmpl without any knocking.

Typo...i hope.

Or Vip3r has got some competition in the FE department

supremeBaleno · 13th January 2006, 15:33

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Originally Posted by BUSA

Optra weights between 1200 kgs and 1300 kgs depending on the model. 1600kgs is laden weight for the car.
Some people would sacrifice FE for stability and thats is wise.

Busa, I guess you are right. I guess I mistook the laden weight for the kerb weight.

supremeBaleno · 16th January 2006, 10:21

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Originally Posted by Deeps

Typo...i hope.

Or Vip3r has got some competition in the FE department

Oops yes. It should have been 22.5 kmph.

Rudra Sen · 16th January 2006, 12:20

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Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

Oops yes. It should have been 22.5 kmph.

And how exactly did you figure out this 22.5kmph? From speedo's marking?

speedsatya · 16th January 2006, 12:28

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Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

And how exactly did you figure out this 22.5kmph? From speedo's marking?

yes yes ...can u please explain this ????????

supremeBaleno · 16th January 2006, 16:42

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Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

And how exactly did you figure out this 22.5kmph? From speedo's marking?

I did not know there was another way to do that.
Would appreciate if you let me know.

speedsatya · 16th January 2006, 16:44

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Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

I did not know there was another way to do that.
Would appreciate if you let me know.

dude ...how did u get 22.5 kph ....22 is ok ...23 is ok ...but how 22 and half ??????

supremeBaleno · 17th January 2006, 10:14

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Originally Posted by speedsatya

dude ...how did u get 22.5 kph ....22 is ok ...23 is ok ...but how 22 and half ??????

Oh, ok, is that what all the smileys were about ?
OK, here's the rationale behind that. The speedo has a Least Count (L.C.) of 5kmph.
At the lowest speed in 5th gear, the needle was exactly between 20kmph and 25kmph, which would be the 22.5kmph mark. BTW, I am yet to see a car speedo with a L.C. of 1kmph (which would be required to get readings of 22, 23 kmph mentioned by you).

speedsatya · 17th January 2006, 10:38

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Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

BTW, I am yet to see a car speedo with a L.C. of 1kmph (which would be required to get readings of 22, 23 kmph mentioned by you).

hehhehe...i did not say that i get 22,23 ....i said reading whole numbers is understandable...but decimals in an analog meter is .....

...anyways forget it

drive safe

supremeBaleno · 17th January 2006, 14:32

yeah, this is irrelevant and I guess we are going off topic.

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