TATA NANO - Test Drive Feedback

I took a test drive of TATA NANO today. They have basic model without AC, CX model with AC and LX model is the full option. CX costs 1.7lacs on road in Cochin. Company says a mileage of 23.6 km/litre.

About the test drive. First thing i have to tell to you is that the clutch, brake and accelerator operation is not at all smooth. Its a little difficult to use them after using bigger cars. I started the car and tried to take off. But it got off with a jerk. A little bit of acceleration is required in the first gear to get it moved. 

The car has rear engine and this has two disadvantages. First thing is that it is difficult for driver to immediately understand that the car has gone off(Not much noise and shake in drivers seat). Second thing is for people sitting in the rear, the car may feel noisy especially when giving acceleration. Second time when i tried to take off, i gave a little acceleration in the first gear as adviced by the executive who was sitting beside me. Once it took off, the riding was very smooth. The steering wheel is very small. Gear shifting is not bad. We were three people in the car and still the car didn't show any power problems even with AC(Actually i was surprised on this). I tried highway and small roads. I was able to move upto 60km/hr very smoothly in highway(I didn't try beyond that). I didn't feel any shake or sounds in that speed and i donno about the people sitting in the rear. Turns and climbs are smooth. Quality of the interiors are not upto the mark. The plastic and fabric seems to be of inferior quality. 

In total i feel like NANO is good for daily city drive, to office and back home. Won't be comfortable for long drive. And if you are looking a car for long term use(more than 2years) NANO is not the one you should buy. Hope the feedback will help you selecting your car.

A post movie incident

It was a Saturday. Myself and my friend was coming back home after second show, a Tamil movie. My friend not being a fan of Tamil movie, it was difficult to persuade him to come for it. His earlier bitter experiences with some Tamil movies made it more difficult. But finally i was able to convince him to come with me for the movie. So once the movie finished, we were discussing about the same. My friend liked it and I was happy about it because I will get a company now every time I want to go for a Tamil movie. We came out of theatre to the road and was walking to the bus-stop. I was explaining to him how he was selecting stupid Tamil movies and blaming the whole range of them thereby making sure that he has a positive attitude towards the same going forward. The road was busy with people leaving from the Cinema. Bikes and cars leaving from the theatre as well as those moving in the road made it more intense.

Suddenly two bikes emerged from the opposite direction. They circled a man who seems to be around 24-26 years of age. There were five guys totally, two on one bike and three on another. They looked only around 16-18 years of age and had sticks with them. They started hitting the man with the sticks. Within four hits he fell on ground, two hits on legs, one on the chest and one on his head. He also started bleeding from his skull. They didn't stop. They continued their assault. The man tried to block the hits with his hands but in vain. Hits were coming in all direction and there was nothing the man could do but take it all. One guy was peculiarly targeting his private organ as if the man has raped some close relative of his. After some time the man became unconscious. Still those people continued the assault. 20seconds of assault and the people left in their bikes leaving the man behind in a bloody lump.

The crowd couldn't get involved and help the guy cos everything happened in such a short time frame. After the guys who assaulted the man left on bike, some people among the crowd carried him to the hospital. I bet that he cannot su su atleast for two weeks. People normally thinks that if a person is getting assaulted by some people, he would have done something worth it. May be or may be not. But finally one should understand that violence is not the solution for anything. Assume yourself in his place, and you would expect help from others.

"Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them" - Mathew 7:12

Go Green

Now a days waste in our cities are increasing like anything. There is no place to dump these waste and no enough infrastructure to process it. And our people are so cunning that they don't mind to take care of it and dump it anywhere on the road. So what happening now is roadsides, junctions and water bodies are becoming waste dumping destinations. Foul-smelling roads, contaminated water bodies and a earth which is dieing is the result.

What can we do about it? There are some things which we can do.

Avoid using plastic stuffs which are avoidable. And strictly avoid plastic bags and stuffs less than 60 microns. Say no to plastic bottles. Encourage other people to do the same.

Install a biogas plant in your house. It serves for two purpose. It processes the biological waste from your household. Plus it produces biogas which you can use for cooking purposes. Size of biogas plants can be chosen corresponding to the amount of waste from your household.The following links can help you on this matter

Biotech-India

Sintex Plastics

Rajagiri