The last 50 Km to Bhimashankar is hilly terrain. The car was composed on the twisties with minimal body roll.
BHPian anurag.somani recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
Updates from the 400 km Mumbai <->Bhimashankar temple run this weekend! Shall keep focussed on only new observations.
The last 50 Km to Bhimashankar is hilly terrain with plenty of narrow village roads. Post monsoon, fresh asphalt has been laid on say ~60% of the roads.
The car was composed on the twisties with minimal body roll.
With 3 senior citizens (2 on the backseat); no one felt nauseated or in discomfort.
The suspension does the job fantastically and absorbed the undulations well. Caveat: as long as you foresee the bad patches and slow down sufficiently.
There were several unmarked sections where the fresh tar ended abruptly and we ran into the potholes / gravel. I missed a few of them and had some sudden braking maneuvers. Obsevations: tyres squeal on hard breaking (likely due to low resistance Ev specific tyres); and if you land on a major potholes unplanned; the suspension travel will get exhausted resulting in noticable metal clanking (this is a design flaw which needs to be corrected).
The rest of Mumbai -Pune (Talegaon) ride was a breeze as usual. Charging infra here is sorted (although the 60kwh gun was not working where we stopped, 30 kwh and a 30% top-up during breakfast was good enough for us on way back but on longer rides working 60 / 100 kwh would be much appreciated)
Cruise control on these roads is nice but still needs frequent manual intervention due to the varying vehicle speeds. I’m sure the adaptive cruise control on the top variant would make it even more fun.
Tiredness level at end of trip: 0
Range (extrapolated) with plenty of ghats thrown in: ~370
All-in-all; a fun trip and good experinces!
And with the costs of running an Ev, a good breakfast at Lonavala is excuse enough to step out
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