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Originally Posted by naut Lastly, the previous two times I returned via this route, the traffic pileup at Nelamangala was really bad. The jam extended almost a kilometer or two from the Nelamangala junction both the times. I for one didn't expect this on a weekday (27th April). I thought, this was only limited to long weekends. |
The crazy reason for this Jam is not really the Intersection with Tumkur Highway but the way motorists from Nelemangala side cross NH48 right at the Intersection. If you noticed, the median on Mangalore highway doesn't end at the Intersection exactly but is short by almost 300 meters "to make way" for traffic from both sides of the NH48 corridor to crisscross.
Look at this pic and you know why the mess will remain even on weekdays as there is no viable alternate for the villagers on the left side of Hassan-Mangalore corridor to reach there from Nelemangala.
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Anyway, what's your take? Is Magadi road a better alternative?
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It always is and surprisingly, many motorists take a right turn after Kunigal bypass even today. I remember last year during the A
yudha Pooja long weekend when I was driving back to Bangalore from Mangalore and the highway, especially tolls were a total mess. We spent at least 20 minutes at each toll on that Sunday evening (Usually I am never a Sunday return driver).
We decided to take the Magadi road mainly to beat this and finding out from Googlemaps on how dark red was the NH48-NH4 Junction.
I recall very well that after turning right after Kunigal, we took no more than 75 minutes to reach our Vidyaranyapura Home. That was almost impossible through the regular road.
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Is it safe to drive on Magadi road during late evenings and night? I remember that while returning from one of your solo trips around Managlore last time, you had taken Magadi road. Do you use that road often?
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Never faced any untoward incident at all. That solo trip was not the only instance but we drive out throught Magadi road even post 10PM for our Friday night drives.
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Originally Posted by ampere - You need to know where exactly the exit should be taken after Kunigal bypass. (No a difficult thing) |
Right said but its very easy. 2 things to remember:
1. After getting down from Kunigal bypass. this is the second break in the Median where you turn right for Magadi
2. You pass a "Pinkish" Building on your left after Kuniga bypass "Indo SPanish Tasty Foods" after which you turn right for Magadi
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- The road is overall quite good but has lot of curves.
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22 Kms from NH48 to Magadi town has no curves and a lot of straights. The curves are mainly between Magadi and NICE junction but again not something one should worry about.
The road end to end is fantastic with even Magadi-NH48 patched up really well.
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Originally Posted by naut Thanks Amp!
So, you feel, this is a better route than continuing on Magadi road till Nice road junction esp for late evenings. Also, you are suggesting that I try this during day time to get familiar with the route.
Did I get it right? |
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Originally Posted by ampere Magadi road has enough traffic for evenings. Plus by the time you reach the NICE road junction its crowded. So the Big-Banyan route helps.
But I am not sure if they are good for night drives. You may want to check with others. I cant comment on that. |
Answered above. Magadi road is one that many take during Sunday nights. Have noticed enough of these chaps turning right even on Weekdays (like yesterday)
Make sure that you don't hit Magadi Road on a Sunday evening and you will be greeted with a lot of local traffic (mostly 2 wheelers). This is not a case after 8PM as they tend to settle down. While we managed Kunigal - Magadi without ado, another BHPian on a Sunday noon had a tough time to each Rajarajeshwari Nagar because day time traffic of locals was too high.
So factor the timing in mind too when you want to deviate to Magadi Road.
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Originally Posted by agd19682 Hi Everyone,
Can someone help me out with my query? Lately I have been getting calls from my dealer to bring my car in to their workshop for a "Preventive Check Up" wherein they claim that they will carry out some checks on the vehicle along with WA/WB and a few more things. As per them, this is a Maruti recommendation and not carrying out these check-ups will lead to warranty issues. Is this really true? I was under the impression that only the periodic service intervals (1st/2nd/3rd/4th etc) mattered unless you run into some problems with your car. My vehicle is running niggle free and I am not facing any issues. Is it really mandatory to take the vehicle to these camps? And whether Maruti can deny warranty if I don't take my vehicle to these camps? |
This is nonsense. Their periodic checks is to gain more and more customers to flock to them and then they suggest you some paid (& unwanted) stuff that you really don't need at all.
In fact, I got my 82K service done in January and I got a call last week (April) for reminder. Forget 10,000 kms, this is not even 6 Months by standards.
They will keep calling and you keep ignoring and get this attended only during periodic service. No damage to warranty at all unless there is an official recall.