On some empty/ good stretches of the highway, pushed the car and it was rock solid at all times
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Driving Experience
Finished a business road trip to Bangalore. XP95 tank full in Hyderabad before starting, which lasted for 3 days in Bangalore as well. Was in traffic jams for more than 4 hours in Bangalore, during those 3 days and filled up just before staring back to Hyderabad. Got an average of 14.3kmplby using cruise control on the highways, maintaining good speeds on the highway, locking in just before the annoying continuous speed warning beep. Still had a 160MKS range after reaching home in Hyderabad.
On some empty/ good stretches of the highway, pushed the car and it was rock solid at all times. Under extreme braking from very high speeds, there was some sway, but very manageable. At 118KMPH on the 120KMPH limited ORR, the car felt like as if it was riding on butter. Extremely silent, with negligible wind noise and no harshness form the tyres, even at those speeds.
The Michelin Aero wipers were a nightmare. Newly installed just a couple of days before the Bangalore trip, they were completely useless and I regret buying them. During a heavy downpour, there were massive patches, right in the drivers line of sight, where the wipers ‘streaked’ and did not wipe the windscreen at all. They were pulling water back after a wipe as well. After reaching Bangalore, I wanted to go back to the regular ‘non aero’ wipers and stopped at a shell petrol bunk, but none of them had them in stock. Used those Michelin wipers for one more day, thinking maybe it was due to the highway speeds, but even standing still, they did a very bad job. Tried at another Shell petrol bunk hear Hebbal, but this time the guy at the counter heard me out and got a soap type liquid, which they use at the bunk. He sprayed it generously all over the screen multiple times and tested out the Michelin wipers. They did the same thing and he suggested I give the Bosch Aero wipers they were selling there, as he claimed to be selling an average of 8 sets everyday and had no complaints. So bit the bullet and got the Bosch Aero wipers and they did a splendid job, with the same soapy liquid. During the next 2 days, there was continuous downpour in Bangalore and also on the way back to Hyderabad and they performed without issues. Added a GIF of the Michelin wipers.
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