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That answer seems to be the stupidest one I have ever heard & how is he going to redesign the seat in the next service? |
After reading your post and reading the quoted text, i too was laughing about it.
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2. I have done the upgrade of both high and low beams. The difference is, at best, 'marginal'.
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I felt the Philips Xtreme Vision which i upgraded on the low beam quite brighter than the stock bulbs and even the high beams itself.
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3. It seems you are a spirited driver. Why don't you cut down the accelerator a bit and that would save you from most of the problems that you encounter.
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Most of the underbody scraps and silencer touches take place at "GIANT" and unusually "TALL" speedbreakers; those which are designed to stop trucks and buses. Normal speedbreakers, I don't have problem. The engine mud guard problem, its mostly on uneven roads or muddy roads.
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Your post was a very frank and truthful one. I would appreciate you for taking the time and pains to post your thoughts here, All the friends you mentioned above have been of great HELP to me as well and I express my gratitude to them as well as the many others on this forum.
So, drive safe and have a lot of enjoyment from your ride. BTW I took my car from Kottayam Vision Honda as well. |
Thanks
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1 - I don't see how it can be avoided. Stray pebbles/stones, at high velocities, can be extremely dangerous. Best advice I can give you is to take it easy on roads which are ridden with loose stones & gravel. |
The funny story about the windshield cracking incident was that I was driving pretty sedately around (80kmph) on a National Highway. I read somewhere online about coatings for windshields (mainly used for off-road vehicles and pick up trucks). I was thinking more in those areas of protecting the windshield. Or whether things like the Paint Protection Film from 3M can also be used as a Windshield Protection Film.
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Originally Posted by RavenAvi 2 - I don't do much of night driving these days so can't really comment on this. But I have used Night Breaker Plus on my earlier 3rd-gen City, and the beam/throw is definitely MUCH better than stock. Due to it's whitish glow, it can be a bit painful for visibility in the rains, but otherwise it's a great option. The high beams of this gen-City are definitely bad. If you are driving extensively at night, a high-beam bulb replacement is recommended. |
At the moment, the Philips Xtreme Vision on the low beam is comparatively more brighter than the stock high beams. The bulbs are a mix of white and yellow, somewhere around the 3500K colour temperature range. I was thinking about upgrading to Xenons(4200K) with projectors, but I have no clue about warranty related issues cropping up in future (Alternator Problem)
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Originally Posted by RavenAvi 3 - Best to take those breakers/potholes at an angle, rather than speed up over them. You haven't mentioned if your car is loaded when you scrape (with passengers or luggage/stuff in the boot), so I am going to assume that the scraping is happening with only you inside the car.
Drive slowly at an angle when you go over a speed-breaker - drive with the driver's wheel crossing the breaker first, then the front passenger's, then the other two rear wheels.
Detailed discussion: http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...ing-belly.html
Tyre upgrade will definitely help, since it adds a few more inches to the existing ground clearance. |
Thanks for that advice and the diagram. I knew about taking it at an angle, but I did it the opposite way up till now (passenger side first). The speed breakers, no matter how carefully I go though, some are pretty high, so the only I see going about them, is to get a tyre upgrade or to take a different path. But more than the underbelly scrapping, I find the engine mudguard touching surfaces a lot more, especially on uneven/rural/mud roads. Yes, You are right; Its mostly me alone in the car with occasional an extra person or three more people.
I did notice something though. Once I drove with full load of passengers (With me 5 people) in a rural/mud road; the engine mudguard hardly touched except at really uneven points.
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Originally Posted by RavenAvi 4 - Haven't seen this yet with my Empress. It seems like it might be a problem with the alternator connections, or an already weakening battery. Get both of those thoroughly checked. The dimming of the HU, ODO display, backlit buttons, etc. happens when the headlamps are turned on, but that is a feature of most cars. But dimming of headlamps when operating other stuff is a first! Do get it checked. |
Today I noticed, that even operating the power windows (rolling them back up) along with electric folding of the ORVMs; there was some lag in the functions like, it was slower than compared to doing things individually. Also, I forgot to mention in the previous post. The interior dome lights also dim when operating power windows. I don’t think it’s a weak battery; the low beams don’t go dim when the fog lamps are on, when the engine is off.