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Took my BMW 330i on a 950 km road trip: My impressions

27th May 2024, 13:09 by Ananth Iyer

The handling is perfect and one feels so very sure each time a curve comes or during a steep climb across a sharp curve in the hills.

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Drove my Beemer for ~950Kms - Bangalore > Wayanad > Ooty > Bangalore over the last week. This was my first long drive in this car and I must say... all that I had read about the vehicle and its characteristics were all proved true!

The car covers miles effortlessly without a fuss (my earlier Civic 2019 was also a great car in covering distances) and its true colours come alive while driving up in the hills on to Ooty. The handling is perfect and one feels so very sure each time a curve comes or during a steep climb across a sharp curve in the hills. At no point in time did I feel nervous or unsure of what the car might do or how might it behave. I am back in Bangalore and itching to drive out again at the slightest opportunity.

The ride is definitely stiff but my teenage daughter never complained of any awkwardness or discomfort during the travel. My wife sitting beside me enjoyed the bursts of power (when needed to overtake) and would roll her eyes and give me a stern glance asking me to slow down. Reluctantly, and as all of you would have done, listened to her and dialled down my enthusiasm and the car's speed.

The narrow roads within Wayanad and Ooty gave me real scare for a scratch each time another vehicle appeared coming from the other side. Thankfully nothing of that kind happened.

Driving back through Mudumalai and Bandipur was a bliss.

The FE during the journey was 11.5km/l and I felt it was low. Would be good to get others' perspective here.

A few snaps taken along the way is below:

Pitstop onway to Wayanad