Thursday, November 25, 2010

SWIFT notations

Ever since I bought my Swift, 2 and 1/2 years ago, to be precise, I've been breaching the 150kmph mark. It was out of the showroom just then and as a fully laden car of 5 full grown adults, I showed my eyes the 165kmph mark on the speedo. With their hearts on their mouths, my in laws requested that the throttle be released a bit.

Journeys long and the ones that are short, the vehicle has covered 37k Kms.Today, as I was driving back from office, with 5 people onboard, and the wiper blades matching the speedo needles extremes to keep the rain darts at bay, I did 120kmph. The roads were glossy black, the trucks sprayed a fine mist as the Swift whizzed past them. The 30km stretch was not so scary, but I cared for the people onboard, lest they puke their hearts out of fear seeing the car squeeze past a tight truck n bus line up at 100+ speeds.

As we returned from Madurai, 2 trips ago, the car clocked a full 165kmph with 5 on board and it was pouting cats on dogs on the national highways.The reflectors sustained the visibility which was otherwise limited to not more than 2 bonnets ahead.
I would reduce my speeds, ya, sooner than later