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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Congratulations JK, great choice of vehicle and the color.Fantastic pics. |
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Senior - BHPian | ![]() ![]() Thats how the gears are defined and ratios built in for most vehicles, which vehicle zooms in 1st ??. We're not talking about F1's here. |
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and who says scorpio's pickup is good? on delhi roads, a scorpio is overtaken left, right & center by bikes, 800's, santro's wagonR's etc..coz these have better pickups. | |
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| ![]() Just the other day I was on my way to Hosur on Sarjapur Road. I must have been doing 100 when I got overtaken by a safari 2.2 like I was standing still!! ![]() Some of you know I have a Peted Accent Crdi running on Stage-1, shod with 195/60 R14 Es100's . We played tag (responsibly I might add) for some time and believe me that Safari was more than upto it in almost anything that we did on that road. IN fact there was one thing he could do that I couldn't - drop two wheels onto the shoulder at those speeds! The only place where I got the better of him was on some acute twisties where he had to bleed more speed than me. I kept on his rear for a long time just to see how she handles - and even visually I could tell that the suspension was just brilliant!! ...............***sigh*** Believe me guys - the 0-100 timings just don't give the 'real' picture! Last edited by kb100 : 25th March 2008 at 14:09. |
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| ![]() In cities , for speeds upto 50-60 kms, even small cars keep up with Merc till the last signal (almost). On straight roads, there are hardly any difference that you may make in real life, unless you are in the mood to race. Handling, in gear acceleration and actual gear that you may be in - matters a lot ( other than an over confident/ on the edge of being a stupid driver). I remember an early morning sprint on Palm Beach road( almost 9 kms), a Laura overtook me and I shifted to 4th gear ( Viva CRDi- non Peted) and till the end of the road - I kept on tailing him - almost upto a speed of 165 + kmph. And just a couple of weeks back on the same road, a Safari overtook - Verna (VGT) and I couldnt overtake it again despite I chased it. It was getting too dangerous with other vehicles around but the safari driver was focussed and relentless- and I dropped the idea- saying in my mind "nut case". Later I realised, there is an apt saying- "guys moving slower than me are stupid, those going faster than me are crazy". So no more chases and races on the road. dont drive fast -simply glide!. |
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| ![]() very well said shatrughna, on the small and uneven roads that we have, anything might come up and anyway we do not have no rights whatsoever to put others in danger. btw, we always talk about pick-ups and highest speeds and stuff, not seen much talk on how the ride was when the tarred and level portions of the road were not there much. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() hey JK.. congrats on the new aqusition.... like a whole new you.. ![]() |
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BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chennai
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| ![]() JK, great looking car. Needless to say, i am bitten by Safari bug. Have decided to skip the dzire that I was considering. Maybe I will wait a bit longer (about 3-6 months) before making this jump (from Santro to Safari). I would like to know whether you considerd Grande? If yes, how did you decide on Safari. I suspect, you waited for the Grande launch before buying this. Will help me in how to evaluate the two. Thanks and Safe Driving! Last edited by druva : 26th March 2008 at 13:17. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Odo @ almost 1400 and hence I booked for 1st Free Service for tomorrow. Issues: 1) A sound like bird chirping from either left door or boot gate when you drive through very bad road. Should be a beading issue I guess. 2) Child lock for rear left door goes back to "lock" position now and then when you close door as its a bit loose. 3) The problem with engaging 1st and reverse when the Safari is cold, ie,in the morning or after long parking gaps of 3-4 hours. Now is this ok or an issue? When you depress the clutch fully when the Safari is idling, the engine noise is lesser, ie, engine sounds more refined when doing so. And I count till 30sec most of the time to switch off engine or to drive off after starting up. This time can go up up to 1min in the morn. My question is should I be doing this every time I start-stop even if the start-stop duration is just 10-20minute? |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() It is nice to do so JK,as the turbo dies down suddenly if you switch off immediately after stopping.This is not a nice thing for the turbo. RAM |
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