[Bala.V]

Hi all,

Did a Hyderabad - Pune - Hyderabad for the Christmas week 24th December and 28th December with Wife, Mother and Son. Son was driving all the way till Pune and I was Driving from Pune to Hyderabad. My Machine - XUV 700 diesel.

24th December 2024
Left Ashoknagar (Himayatnagar) at 6.30 morning. Took the Lakdi Ka Pul- Tolychowky flyover - Shaikpet Flyover - Khajaguda - entered ORR at Narsingi @ 18A and exit ORR at Mutangi (Exit 3). Traffic at the hour was average and the road condition till toll road was not smooth, about 15 kms from Muthangi exit.
Had breakfast at Udipi's Upahaar on way at about 7.30. Food was good but a little pricy I thought.
Fuelled up at Jubilee Petroleum near Basavakalyan exit. The diesel price was 89.48 with 829 density. Always try to tank up in Karnataka because of Price.
Stopped at Hotel Jayshankar for Missal Pav at Lamboti at around 13.30. Too spicy for my comfort. Had Khawa Chai which they call Kunda Chai. Liked it as was unique and was having first time.
Another stop for normal adrak chai at 16.30.
Traffic started to slowly increase from Urli/ Loni and after Fatima Nagar/ Hadapsar it was seriously heavy. We were moving at snails pace and took more than 2 hrs from Hadapsar to Aundh.

Road was good all the way till we entered Maharashtra. Some of the stretches was awesome with newly laid bitumen. Maharashtra needs to improve. Most of the stretch has tire ways on the right lane. Couple of Speed breakers were not visible even on a bright day as there are no white markers on them. You get to see them only when you are near and you have option of sudden brake or break the suspension.
Was driving steadily at 80 - 100 and I got a milage of around 17 Km/ Ltr.
But over all the drive was not tiresome and we enjoyed the journey and will do the drive again if I have a day to spare.
Best luck to all in the New Year

[Aflatooun]

Is your machine manual ?

Mine is Diesel AT
Mileage is 13 knoll tank to tank

[ranjitp1]

Originally Posted by Bala.V

Hi all,

Left Ashoknagar (Himayatnagar) at 6.30 morning.
Had breakfast at Udipi's Upahaar on way at about 7.30.
Stopped at Hotel Jayshankar for Missal Pav at Lamboti at around 13.30.
Another stop for normal adrak chai at 16.30.
2 hrs from Hadapsar to Aundh.

Looks like it was a real long drive.Does not look like the 4 laning has in any way reduced the travel time between ORR Exit and Hadapsar.It is still a good 10-12hr drive from Hyderabad for the 550kms,compare that with a Shamshabad-Hebbal drive which is also a 550km drive that gets completed in 8hrs at 100kph avg speeds and breaks.15years ago when it was NH9 and single laned it used to take 10hrs to Pune and now also the same drive time, sigh

[MathanK]

Originally Posted by Aflatooun

Is your machine manual ?

Mine is Diesel AT
Mileage is 13 knoll tank to tank

I have a 6 months old AX7L Diesel AT and I'm getting around 15.5Kmpl when I maintain study 95-100kmph, so I'm confident that its very much possible to get up to 17kmpl if we could maintain 80-90kmph. But my average mileage is about 12-13kmpl for most of my long drives since I prefer to cruse at 110-120kmph.

[Aflatooun]

Originally Posted by MathanK

I have a 6 months old AX7L Diesel AT and I'm getting around 15.5Kmpl when I maintain study 95-100kmph, so I'm confident that its very much possible to get up to 17kmpl if we could maintain 80-90kmph. But my average mileage is about 12-13kmpl for most of my long drives since I prefer to cruse at 110-120kmph.

Touched 16.2 today on MID with speed range of 60-95 driven on single lane National highway. I believe MID is pretty accurate (bias of 0.5 kmpl when measured tank to tank).

Target is 18 kmpl