AVEO LS (VGIS - 1.4 L gasoline engine) review

got this wonderful machine on 16th may 2010. but never got a chance to drive it so much that i could write a review. was always waiting for it and 5th march 2011 was the D-Day. journey was from mysore to baradevanal, my native village in yadgir dist.
Route : Mysore - Hiriyur - Bellary - Sindhanoor - Lingsasugur - Tintani Bridge - Baradevnal and back.
Distance - 585 km one way. I need not say much about this road. For ppl who are not acquainted with this region, this is sheer sarcasm! :)

Stretch between sindhanoor and Lingasugur is about 40 km and out of which 25 km cannot be called  "Road". there are big-stones, very big-stones and huge potholes. if one wheel falls into a pothole then the bottom of the car gets scraped. saw a lot many cars getting a flat.
covering the whole stretch in one go - in 12 hrs flat (10 hrs 30 min of journey time), with stoppages for tea, lunch, dinner etc etc etc, with avg mileage of 16-17 kmpl  - AVEO did it.
The best car in its class!

PS : VGIS stands for Variable Geometry Intake System.

ransom

this weekend was awesome.
my mate was ill and needed to see his doc. so took him to mysore and in 6 hrs, my mate is back in shape, to do 100 + kmph
left office at 1715 hrs. reached marathalli at 1740 hrs and it started to pour. this is something i always wanted. riding in the rain. got fully drenched. reached silk board junction at 1830 hrs and the place was dry as bone. passers by were staring at me, looking at my drenched sweat shirt and probably thinking - from which planet has he come ? krypton may be :p
reached ring road junction at 1930 hrs and was home at 2155 hrs.
on sunday afternoon, left my place at 1240 hrs. reached ramnagar at 1430 hrs only to see that farmers have blocked the highway and the traffic was piling. by the time i reached, it was 2 km long. fortunately, was able to do some off-roading and reach a state highway which leads to magadi via manchinabele dam. it was longer by 30 kms and i reached my room at 1730 hrs. i really felt sad that i dint have my cam to click pics of the protest. and i was called shameless for making that statement and was asked to reach room quickly. :-)

reason for protest : better price for silk worm cocoons.

what was the need for causing so much of inconvenience for us and holding us for ransom ? they have really let us down.
some time, what if we stop using what they grow, as a mark of protest ? what if we start living on canned food for a month. what will happen to all the perishables farmers have grown ?
raising voice is good. making presence felt is better. but should it be annoying to others ?