Experience With My Italian Ride - Fiat Punto 90HP

[Akash]

Not fair buddy. We are expecting a complete photoshoot of your ride. Please do it as soon as possible.

 

[VivekRj.Dieselhead]

Sorry but.They'll also be posted soon.

 

[VivekRj.Dieselhead]

Yesterday got the front bumper covered with the CF vinyl(Just like before but now with CF vinyl) along with a new no. plate. Apologies for the delay of pics. Now a days my ride is not with me due to construction work on our road.

 

[VivekRj.Dieselhead]

Mileage i got yesterday in the morning.

 

[VivekRj.Dieselhead]

One more image taken at yamuna expressway. Sorry for bad quality.

 

[dharmesh]

Ohh man you are breaking all the rules .

 

[himalayan3009]

more than 175. how was the handling at that time???

 

[VivekRj.Dieselhead]

Ohh man you are breaking all the rules .

I would take it as a compliment, thank you buddy.

more than 175. how was the handling at that time???

Rock Solid.

Sorry for the quality of pic guys, taken by phone(nokia 2700c).

 

[hemantp]

Good! But please do not repeat this and just treat as stretching the Punto for once - our roads, co-drivers and tyres are not meant for such speeds even though the car may be!

Just on a lighter note, contrast this with the discussion herehttp://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/ownership-reviews/11014-vdub-polo-1-2-tdi-cl-princess-comes-home-5.html#post282989 where it is though that Punto engine is not meant to cross 80-100 range

 

[dharmesh]

^^ I think in that discussion he meant to say that, initial acceleration of Punto is sluggish and I would agree to that as well. He never mentioned that Punto cannot do more than 80-100.

 

[hemantp]

No, I was actually referring to this --> "that those cars don't like to be revved beyond 120km/hr. 80-100 is good range for their engine." (I linked the reply post instead of the correct one).

BTW @Vivek, how abt cabin noise at that speed?

 

[swift&furious]

Extremely dangerous mate, had been where you are now, it only takes one incident to happen before you to change your driving style and I pray to lord it shouldn't happen to anyone at those speeds

I have seen it happen the most horrific sight watching it right through my eyes and it took more than 5 mins for the chill down the spine to settle down the sound and the sight still sticks on to my memory, i keep myself limited to the start of 3 digits however free the highways is, spirited drive is all fine but the smallest of vehicle striking you can toss you to distance with high risk of fatality at the speeds you were doing

Please keep this for the track and not on the highways

 

[VivekRj.Dieselhead]

No, I was actually referring to this --> "that those cars don't like to be revved beyond 120km/hr. 80-100 is good range for their engine." (I linked the reply post instead of the correct one).

You can revive them at 4500 rpm all day, without caring about anything.

BTW @Vivek, how abt cabin noise at that speed?

Other than tire there was not just any considerable noise.

 

[VivekRj.Dieselhead]

Sorry for the delay guys. Here are some of the pics of my ride after accidental repair.

 

[hemantp]

Other than tire there was not just any considerable noise.

That's good! I have never crossed 150 Km/h though - of course on GPS it showed 147 Km/h so the speedo in my car has a positive error of around 2% at least (assuming GPS accuracy on better side).