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Built a car consultation tool. Crashed my site three times in a week.
Every car, every variant, scored personally by me. Tell it your budget priorities, get a real shortlist. Free. No dm wall.
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Gentlemen, do you believe without reasonable doubt, that petrol getting dispensed from an average petrol pump is already above 20% in ethanol content?
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Simple test to check adulteration in E20 petrol. Your petrol pump is legally required to hand you a filter paper.
Two drops. One minute. Oily stain that won’t dry = impurity in fuel.
It’s free. It’s your right. And on a hill station, it can save your engine.
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This is not a test of ethanol % in the fuel. Although a phase separated fuel will also leave a heavy stain.
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We Indians love putting protective film on everything, but not where it matters. Side airbags deploy from the seat bolster a cover can block or delay them. No NCAP rating is ever earned with Karol Bagh seat covers on.
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Washed my car yesterday! God please 🙏🏼 aaj baarish nhi! Request hai ji.
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Latest misinformation: turbo petrols can’t withstand E20, NA engines are immune.
Both wrong.
Ethanol’s higher octane and charge cooling help turbos resist knock under boost. E20 tolerance is material spec and tune. Not turbo vs NA.
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It’s due to haldex AWD enabled launch control that gives phenomenal traction in launch. Awesome observation! Octavia Vrs also has launch control but it’s a FWD only.
Being a sedan, the Skoda Octavia RS should not be slower than Kodiaq RS. But it is. Marginally, but slower.
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4 midsize sedans, 4 different moods:
City is the comfort king
Verna is loaded turbo is fast
Virtus is the driver's pick
Slavia is the value twin of Virtus
Stuck choosing?
Mid size sedans have been added to the tool. No fake PR spin.
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Fwiw, I understand and appreciate the move to ethanol blends for fuel. Energy independence is an absolutely great goal to chase.
The only gripe is for those of us with older cars, and that begs the question why the proposed plan is E20/22/27/30/85?
Instead of simply: E10/20/30/85. Even if E10 comes at a vast premium, but is available widely pan India. XP100 is not the solution, for various technical reasons beyond price.
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Surprised and a little scared to see him driving with both ORVMs folded in.
Some older gen gentlemen treat mirrors as optional, I know. Didn’t expect to still see it in 2026. That’s blind on both sides.
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Did not know x audience is this level of gawaar!
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One car is absolutely cooking amongst a sea of white and gray. GOAT machine! Immaculately maintained.
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Great discussion. Summary: LFP 100% and NMC 20-80.
EV owner gentlemen on my timeline. Do you all charge to 100% or do you do the 20-80% cycles?
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Why no waiver on E20?
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#CNBCTV18Market | India waives #exciseduty on petrol with higher #ethanol
#Petrol containing 22% to 30% #ethanol will be exempt from excise duty, the notification said
#JustIN #BREAKING
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EV owner gentlemen on my timeline. Do you all charge to 100% or do you do the 20-80% cycles?
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With a 24 lac price tag Seltos GTX isn't competing with the Creta anymore.
It's in XUV 7XO and Innova Hycross territory.
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The powertrain is good but not exciting, car is big and loaded with toys to keep it future proof.
Read the full review here: throttleandtech.com/kia-selt…
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People comparing mileage on XP100 with XP95 is just laughable.
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XP95 today is E20. Twenty percent ethanol. A good chunk of that 98 RON comes from the ethanol itself, which sits near 108 RON neat, so the refinery isn’t doing all the lifting. Detergents and stabilisers ride on top. It’s an ethanol blend with a premium label.
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XP100 goes the opposite way. Zero ethanol, E0. The 100 RON comes from MTBE and octane boosters plus cleaning agents, not from blending in alcohol. Anyone calling it ‘pure petrol’ has it backwards. Strip the octane chemistry out and a high compression engine knocks on raw stock.
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