My Scorpio Reaches Home and Gets Smiles Along

[visran]

Krish was on his way to Shirdi and i was on my way to Goa via Hubli.

Look's like a Goa TL is on it's way

 

[mukeshus]

God!! u saw me and did not wave r stop to say hi? Come on Mukesh its too bad.
Next time, please stop me where ever u see me. By the way where do u stay in bang. I am located in Sanjay Nagar. We should meet up dude.

I stay near Basavanagudi,yeah surely will stop you if I spot you again.

Krish from your posts above.

I tried to meet you but you were zooming past away.

I had seen you before toll booth, you had stopped on the highway.

So i had kept on cruise mode set at 90 kmph, thinking at the back of my mind whether i had seen this car.
Later when i spotted you i was unsure whether it was you??

Then i recognised this was the car i had spotted at Sanjaynagar.

But even at the toll booth you didn't recognise.

Then i gave up.

You sped away....










I had to stop as the cover on my car's top was coming off.

 

[krish_go]

Hi Mukesh,- Sorry dude. I did not stop. Actually i did spot you while paying the Tool and i was right behind you and i flashed my lights. Once paid the toll, did not see you and i pressed on my regular speed. I was almost 1 hr late from my schedule and with my kid in this travel (You can see in the last snap) i had to push as much in the given time to reach Kollapur by 5PM.
I must say- Your Pic quality is simply awesome. I was at 140- 150 on this rd and you could even capture my kid in the last seat by your cam. Simply super.

 

[mukeshus]

Hi Mukesh,- Sorry dude. I did not stop. Actually i did spot you while paying the Tool and i was right behind you and i flashed my lights. Once paid the toll, did not see you and i pressed on my regular speed. I was almost 1 hr late from my schedule and with my kid in this travel (You can see in the last snap) i had to push as much in the given time to reach Kollapur by 5PM.
I must say- Your Pic quality is simply awesome. I was at 140- 150 on this rd and you could even capture my kid in the last seat by your cam. Simply super.

Aah that was bad..

I almost came parallel to you at one point of time.

Later i saw you had stopped at the next toll booth for Coconut water.

I didn't thought to disturb you further.

Any way it was good spotting you for the second time.

These pics were clicked from Iphone4.

But don't risk always by driving at those speeds, you can reach a place lately.

Btw how long it took you to reach Shirdi?

Did you reach there on the same day or halted else where.

At what time had you left from bangalore?

We had left at 6.30 am from Bangalore on our way to Goa via Hubli.

 

[krish_go]

I started at 7am from Bangalore.
Day1 took at stop at Kollapur that evening.
Day2 started at 9 AM to Pune (meet my colleagues) then to Nasik- Sangam-Shiridhi. Reached there by 9PM.
Day 3 started at 8 AM- Ellora- Ajantha caves- Mumbai stopped for the night.
Day4 started at 8AM- Sholapur- Bijapur - Almatti Dam. Stopped in the gov guest house in Almati dam.
Day 5 started at 9AM - chellkur- hospete- chitradurga- tumkur and bangalore.
Total distance covered- 3000KM
Fule- 10,500/ Rs. - 205 Liters (overall)
Millage- 14.5/lt. (80% AC)
Top speed reached between Chellkur- Hospete NH. 170Km/hr for 15 kms straight.
Top RPM- 3K
Will update more pics and details.
Overall experience- A very confident and stable drive in my Scorpio. No stress even after being a single drive from start to end of the trip. The best part No complains from any passenger . rear and last seat.

 

[manojodungat]

I started at 7am from Bangalore.
Day1 took at stop at Kollapur that evening.
Day2 started at 9 AM to Pune (meet my colleagues) then to Nasik- Sangam-Shiridhi. Reached there by 9PM.
Day 3 started at 8 AM- Ellora- Ajantha caves- Mumbai stopped for the night.
Day4 started at 8AM- Sholapur- Bijapur - Almatti Dam. Stopped in the gov guest house in Almati dam.
Day 5 started at 9AM - chellkur- hospete- chitradurga- tumkur and bangalore.
Total distance covered- 3000KM
Fule- 10,500/ Rs. - 205 Liters (overall)
Millage- 14.5/lt. (80% AC)
Top speed reached between Chellkur- Hospete NH. 170Km/hr for 15 kms straight.
Top RPM- 3K
Will update more pics and details.
Overall experience- A very confident and stable drive in my Scorpio. No stress even after being a single drive from start to end of the trip. The best part No complains from any passenger . rear and last seat.

You are really getting good FE, Krish. I get an average around 12km/L and never got greater than 13km/L with 100% AC usage always.

170km/Hr? Don't do those speeds buddy,please. It is not safe in whatever hurry you are. Last year once I had to hurry to Bangalore on road from Palakkad ,to take my flight thanks to the last minute cancellation of a KF domestic. I still remember from Avinashi to around Hosur I was maintaining a consistent speed of around 120 and some times around 135-140km/hr. It was exciting but very nervous and stressful as I had to negotiate people walking across and vehicles coming in wrong directions etc.

From that incident onwards I stopped flying to Bangalore and always drove my m-hawk at much safer speeds.

 

[krish_go]

Thank you for the concern Manoj. Yes I never do this speed again. I did this to check the limits of the vehicle. It was a clear day with a visibility of abt 3km. 6 lane straight rd with 0 population around so was testing it. The greatest part is the RPM was less than 3k while i was hitting 170. A very good engine i should say? I dont know. But M hwak is very well designed to take these speeds.

 

[Superbad]

Yes buddy. The Mhawk is capable of much better speeds but try to be in the safe zone.
Even i had the opportunity of driving on some straight on mum goa highway with speeds ranging from 120 to 130kmph with all other vehicles disappearing from your rvm but then saw an accident with a volvo bus where in the bus driver misjudged a turn and banged his bus in to the ghat. From then got back to the safer 80 to 100kmph mark.

 

[mukeshus]

Put a carrier on your hawk and you will never do such speeds.
Just joking.

As the tyres are new you get confidence to do such speeds with the ageing Bridgestone on my hawk I am not crossing 110 kph.
Grip is still superb on bridgestones.

 

[krish_go]

@Mukesh- Yes I could notice that Carrier issue on your Hwak. The blue sheet was flying al around while your driving and that was the first we noticed when you zoomed off after the toll gate.
Infact I was in a plan to install this before this journey but could not do it due to time constrain.
I have MRF A/T -Wanderer Which infact shows excellent grip while braking and corners.
I used the same type on my bolero too after the bridgestone (stocked) did not have good experience after 10k run. MRF did its job well till the sale.

 

[manojodungat]

How many kilometers have clocked so far? From when are you riding your mhawk on Waderers since I hope your vehicle came with JKs?

 

[krish_go]

My babe has clocked 7K as of today. Vehicle came with MRF- AT and not JK.

 

[krish_go]

Yesterday while on my way back to home, My scorp was hit from back by a bike.
I was in speed limits of 20 to 30 due to traffic and was followed by a bike. A Toyota ettios was behind the bike guy slammed into him and this bike guy bumped into my car from rear hitting/breaking the indicator light.
Had a tough argument with bike guy and then with the Ettios guy who finally paid 500rs as a compensation and went on our way with sad faces.
My question/help from you all Scorpio owns how can i avoid this impacts onto my Car going forward.
If a scooter guy or another car guy bangs in from back, he will not damage my indicator glass but if its a bike guy, im 300% sure it breaks the indicator glass due it its high handle.
I am not sure which crash guard can safe this in future.
Please suggest.

 

[Gurrala74]

Yesterday while on my way back to home, My scorp was hit from back by a bike.
I was in speed limits of 20 to 30 due to traffic and was followed by a bike. A Toyota ettios was behind the bike guy slammed into him and this bike guy bumped into my car from rear hitting/breaking the indicator light.
Had a tough argument with bike guy and then with the Ettios guy who finally paid 500rs as a compensation and went on our way with sad faces.
My question/help from you all Scorpio owns how can i avoid this impacts onto my Car going forward.
If a scooter guy or another car guy bangs in from back, he will not damage my indicator glass but if its a bike guy, im 300% sure it breaks the indicator glass due it its high handle.
I am not sure which crash guard can safe this in future.
Please suggest.

To save indicators, I think you need to try some indicator grills

 

[krish_go]

I m not sure if there is any such for Scorpio.. I seriously need this. This is the second time i get hit only on indicator from BIKE guys. 1st was right and now left.
Its a small hole but still its a hole and looks Odd and damages wiring if it rains.