Thursday, March 24, 2011

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.

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