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Godknows how you guys drive beyond 100. Yesterday, driving to to pune on the rough concrete expressway, everytime i exceeded 100, the car began to buzz. That didnt happen at lower speeds. However, there were some straight patches where it went past 100 without the buzz
On the way back, my driver was at the wheel & he felt the same drift to one side then other that i had previously reported. However, it only happens in the patch between Talegaon toll & lonavala. Later, the car didnt pull irrespective of speed
Also, with my mom in the back as previously, the car didnt jump around like in the previous trips. I have now completed 5k km, so it looks like suspension starts settling down after this distance as some have reported previously. Also, the pressure gauge at Khalapur HPCL pump is out of calibration. I know i had 28psi in for regular city use and it never reduces much. But at that pump, it was showing 25psi even in a warm car. I put in 28psi there and the ride became considerably rough. So once i cleared the ghat section, i stopped and released some air by judgement and the ride was much more bearable. My mom said the car did jump around but not as much as before. I dont have any suspension inserts now.
I noticed two things with the aircon. Firstly after stopping in the sun at the food plaza, the car heayed up and the pull down with aircon was non-existant. I finally switch it off totally after driving a few km, then restarted it and cooling was better thereafter. Still, when i stopped to lower pressure, it was colder outside than inside. Secondly, the aircon was putting a big load on the engine. There was traffic in the ghats and i was driving in 1st gear behind a truck on a particularly uphill section. The car didnt seem to want to accelerate and i finally had to put the aircon off to get the ruthless pickup i wanted on the truck who was driving in the 1st lane with a heavy load and in 1st gear
My total FE including all this and the Pune traffic was 16.6 as per the MID. I didnt bother to check by tank to tank methods because by the time i got home, i had a fever from a stomach upset i has since morning and just needed to rest
Ameyam
Godknows how you guys drive beyond 100. Yesterday, driving to to pune on the rough concrete expressway, everytime i exceeded 100, the car began to buzz. That didnt happen at lower speeds. However, there were some straight patches where it went past 100 without the buzz
On the way back, my driver was at the wheel & he felt the same drift to one side then other that i had previously reported. However, it only happens in the patch between Talegaon toll & lonavala. Later, the car didnt pull irrespective of speed
Also, with my mom in the back as previously, the car didnt jump around like in the previous trips. I have now completed 5k km, so it looks like suspension starts settling down after this distance as some have reported previously. Also, the pressure gauge at Khalapur HPCL pump is out of calibration. I know i had 28psi in for regular city use and it never reduces much. But at that pump, it was showing 25psi even in a warm car. I put in 28psi there and the ride became considerably rough. So once i cleared the ghat section, i stopped and released some air by judgement and the ride was much more bearable. My mom said the car did jump around but not as much as before. I dont have any suspension inserts now.
I noticed two things with the aircon. Firstly after stopping in the sun at the food plaza, the car heayed up and the pull down with aircon was non-existant. I finally switch it off totally after driving a few km, then restarted it and cooling was better thereafter. Still, when i stopped to lower pressure, it was colder outside than inside. Secondly, the aircon was putting a big load on the engine. There was traffic in the ghats and i was driving in 1st gear behind a truck on a particularly uphill section. The car didnt seem to want to accelerate and i finally had to put the aircon off to get the ruthless pickup i wanted on the truck who was driving in the 1st lane with a heavy load and in 1st gear
My total FE including all this and the Pune traffic was 16.6 as per the MID. I didnt bother to check by tank to tank methods because by the time i got home, i had a fever from a stomach upset i has since morning and just needed to rest
Ameyam
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