Partners in Crime

These are the 4 guys, 4 close friends, who spent 2500+ kilometers of drive, Ranee, Anil, Om and yours truly ;) (L to R)
I was behind the wheels for some 2200+ kms as it is very difficult for me to sit in a car as a passanger. I really appreciate the other three for being seated for hours and tolerating all my insanity, may it be rash driving or staying awake all night because of my habit of night drive or parking the car in the middle of nowhere during night to get a power nap... Ranee and Anil, you both are one of the sweetest and coolest couple I have ever met. Love you all guyz, we had all the FUN.
And yes, hope you remember the Kanyakumari thing... Soon ;)

P.S. This particular picture, a 30 second exposure one, was shot sometime after mid-night on the way to Nahargarh Fort in Jaipur on the first day of Delhi-Bengaluru road-trip and this also is the only frame having all four of us :)


The TRIO minus the driver ;)

Friday Fever

Last Friday, by this time after mid-night I was looking down at the 'Pink City' from Nahargarh Fort...

Am I hooked to this German!!!

I never dated a VW except saying some hellos and hi at time somewhere around, but this German always impressed me starting from its launch in India, may it be the nice looking hatch-backs or its nicely built stalls at Auto-Expo, there always was something striking. But honestly, doing a test drive to know a Car is hell different than driving it for some 2500+ kilometers, in the later case the Car let you know about it. Recently I drove down a VW Polo TDI starting from New Delhi to down south, Bengaluru. Driving on Golden Quadrilateral for more than 40% of its length could not be better to appreciate this German Engineering.

I am a great fan of hatch-backs, especially the 3 door ones. Reasons are many, it gives me a coziness of space but most importantly it allows me a greater driving experience. I always am more confident on road with this than with a Sedan. This type is also much more popular in Europe, because they definitely are more fuel-efficient as well as user friendly. Anyways.

VW Polo was first caught in my eyes back in 2010 Auto-Expo as Polo CUP, the rally ready. I was totally in appreciating it and the first I got to hold the steering was back in UK, a friend's Flash Red 3 door. After driving few miles I absolutely was hooked to it. Coming back to the Indian one, the 5 door one, let me tell you the things which attracted me towards it during 2010 Auto-Expo was, its lovely shape, the curvy edge of the hatch, even the trunk opener/hatch opener (it is the VW logo in the middle of the trunk) and the lamps, both the front parking lamp and the tail lamp (the tail lamp always gave me a feeling of a robots eye).
It was launched in 2010 and after 2 years I had a good time with this machine, bit late though ;)
And answer to the question is YES... I loved it.

Enjoy few of the pics shot en-route this Delhi-Banglore run until I am back with next part of the story... Cheers.

Delhi-Bengaluru covered ;)

Yes, you read it right...

Finally, one more much awaited drive completed... Golden Quadrangle Part-II. This 2500+ kilometers of Delhi to Bengaluru ride was absolute fun. Thank God and for all your wishes. Loads of stories to share, very soon... ;)