Am happy to report that this car is driving like before. No unwanted vibration or any left or right pull. The car stops straight even under heavy braking. The highspeed lane changes were like before, and no nervousness was felt.
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Completed a 1400-km road trip to Odisha & Andhra Pradesh and my 50th road trip with the Etios!
The Etios has had a bad time in the last six months. So, we decided to take it on this trip to break that jinx. Plus, this would be a good test after the extensive accident repair work.
In the beginning, I was a bit skeptical about taking the Etios. I wanted to take the Jimny since after the repair work after the crash, the Etios has been driven for only 300 km. I would have wanted to drive at least 1000 km locally, before taking this car for a long drive.
But my wife Bhpian DogNDamsel12 wanted to take this car, and she was confident that this car would not let us down. Plus, this will be a good test run to regain our confidence in this car. I agreed reluctantly!
A couple of days before the trip, I did a thorough check-up and everything looked to be in place.
How did the car perform?
FLAWLESS!
Initially, I was driving in a bit conservative manner and I felt something was amiss! But as time went by I started to put some more pressure on the A pedal and things started to feel good! I could not help but grin like old times out of pure joy.
Drove for the whole night and we managed to cover 630 km in less than 9 hours. And despite the spirited driving, the car returned a mileage of 14+ kmpl.
Am happy to report that this car is driving like before. No unwanted vibration or any left or right pull. The car stops straight even under heavy braking. The highspeed lane changes were like before, and no nervousness was felt.
Post the trip a thorough check was done and everything is fine. Checked the tread in all four tires for any uneven wear and tear, but nothing was there.
The niggles to be sorted –
The rear left door pad has a clip broken, so there is a slight rattle from that door pad.
The rear right door lock needs to be adjusted, there is 0.5 mm panel gap.
The spare wheel well portion earlier had few sponges on which the spare wheel used to sit. Post the repair work those sponges are missing. Have to put them back on.
The towing hook was lost/misplaced during the repair work, so ordered a new one from Toyota.
Did a thorough water test again from the sides of the tail lamps. There was a slight seepage from the right side tail lamp. On opening the tail lamp we found a couple of rubber bushes to be missing. On installing back the bushes things got sorted. We again did a thorough water test and now there is no seepage.
Sharing a few pics from the trip –
The journey starts!
Early morning break after driving all night.
AT BARUVA, Andhra Pradesh
At Eco Retreat Sonapur in Odisha
And chilka
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