Hyderabad to Kasol , Himachal Pradesh

[sonushank]

Hyderabad to Kasol : Teaser 

 

[Gowtham]

9 hours ago, sonushank said:

Hyderabad to Kasol

Beautiful pictures, Red Polo looks perfect in those hills.
Can you please share more details about your trip

Road taken?
Kilometers done?
Days taken?
More pictures pictures of trip please? 

[shiva]

Great trip brother.

This trip is pending in my to do list.

 

How did the Polo perform.

Did you face any group clearance issues, due to poor roads.

 

Even I'm waiting for more pictures and details.

[sagar]

@sonushank Lovely pictures mate. I've done the same but in a Fortuner. Doing this in a Polo should have been quite a task. How did your trip fare? Could you share more pictures..?

[sonushank]

Road taken :
 Hyderabad-Nizamabad -Narsingpur- Sagar -jhansi-Gwalior-Agra-Delhi-Chandigarh-Bilaspur-Mandi-Manikaran,Kasol-Tosh valley

Kilometers done  :

 2140

Days taken : 

1 day 8 hours

[Gowtham]

3 minutes ago, sonushank said:

Days taken : 

1 day 8 hours

That is very quick, Did you halt anywhere, or you drove continuously?

Waiting for more pictures. 
 

[sonushank]

4 hours ago, shiva said:

Great trip brother.
This trip is pending in my to do list.
 
How did the Polo perform.
Did you face any group clearance issues, due to poor roads.
 
Even I'm waiting for more pictures and details.

Hello bro ,
Great to hear that, there was no ground clearance issue at all ,the roads are really beautiful now until u reach kasol.
There was a problem of roads while going up to tosh valley from kasol, polo performed pretty well on those roads and there was no trouble.

 

 

 

49 minutes ago, Ranger said:

That is very quick, Did you halt anywhere, or you drove continuously?
Waiting for more pictures. [emoji3]
 

 

Yes we had a halt of 4 hours in Chandigarh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, sagar said:

[mention=886]sonushank[/mention] Lovely pictures mate. I've done the same but in a Fortuner. Doing this in a Polo should have been quite a task. How did your trip fare? Could you share more pictures..?

Thank you bro it would have been more fun doing it in a fortuner. It was not really difficult doing the same in a polo as we wear only two of us and both of us could drive the car for long stretches. The car had no trouble after we getting back to Hyderabad also.

 

 

[Gowtham]

10 minutes ago, sonushank said:

Yes we had a halt of 4 hours in Chandigarh

That is one heck of trip, Great achievement. 
Your Polo looks breath taking with those mean head lamps.

How much do they cost? I guess I have seen a similar Polo some where around Madhapur.
Im not sure, If it is your Polo.
 

[Naveen1]

In one day and 8 hours, that is some serious driving.

How many drivers in the car?
How the road condition from Hyderabad to Delhi?

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[Sridhar Tandra]

4 hours break in the entire stretch?? Looks like we have company @Saran  

[Saran]

1 hour ago, sonushank said:

Road taken :
 Hyderabad-Nizamabad -Narsingpur- Sagar -jhansi-Gwalior-Agra-Delhi-Chandigarh-Bilaspur-Mandi-Manikaran,Kasol-Tosh valley

Kilometers done  :  2140

Days taken :  1 day 8 hours

Epic, Journey.

[prabhum]

Wow. [emoji108][emoji108][emoji108][emoji108][emoji108]

 

[sonushank]

Thank you guys [emoji5]

[Gowtham]

35 minutes ago, Sridhar Tandra said:

Looks like we have company ,Saran

Haha

Taking Civic on such a drive is going to be tough task.
Ground clearance and mileage are the biggest hurdles. 

[Sridhar Tandra]

3 minutes ago, Ranger said:

Haha

Taking Civic on such a drive is going to be tough task.
Ground clearance and mileage are the biggest hurdles. 

Ground Clearance can still be managed as per @sonushank if Polo can do it, It is all about the soft Suspension it has which will take it down, 1" aluminum spacers or Coil Spring Adjusters can help if it is not installed already on your car .. Mileage indeed is a toughest thing to handle

[sonushank]

35 minutes ago, Sridhar Tandra said:

Ground Clearance can still be managed as per [mention=886]sonushank[/mention] if Polo can do it, It is all about the soft Suspension it has which will take it down, 1" aluminum spacers or Coil Spring Adjusters can help if it is not installed already on your car [emoji6].. Mileage indeed is a toughest thing to handle

Aluminium spacers or coil spring adjusters would give that ground clearance but that will cut off my long journeys and will start getting body pains for stiff suspension [emoji4]
 

1 hour ago, Ranger said:

That is one heck of trip, Great achievement. [emoji6]
Your Polo looks breath taking with those mean head lamps.

How much do they cost? I guess I have seen a similar Polo some where around Madhapur.
Im not sure, If it is your Polo.
 

Thank you bro the headlamps when I purchased them for 25k and hid kit costed me 13k. Yes may be, I work in madhapur so u would have spotted me some where around
 

1 hour ago, driveking said:

In one day and 8 hours, that is some serious driving.

How many drivers in the car?
How the road condition from Hyderabad to Delhi?

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Yes , we were two drivers , the road condition from Hyderabad to Delhi is beautiful. All the roads are newly constructed . It's 4 line road but some part was under construction after jhansi until sagar. May be by now the road would have been done .

[Sridhar Tandra]

17 minutes ago, sonushank said:

Aluminium spacers or coil spring adjusters would give that ground clearance but that will cut off my long journeys and will start getting body pains for stiff suspension.

 

That was for @Ranger for his Civic since it has softer suspension bro, Installing Spacers and CSA's on Polo will not help, I drove Polo for a while.

[sonushank]

2 minutes ago, Sridhar Tandra said:

 
That was for [mention=1]Ranger[/mention] for his Civic since it has softer suspension bro, Installing Spacers and CSA's on Polo will not help, I drove Polo for a while.

Yes bro:) I think until kasol even the civic can do it but the sad part would be the mileage
 

[Gowtham]

8 hours ago, Sridhar Tandra said:

It is all about the soft Suspension it has which will take it down, 1" aluminum spacers or Coil Spring Adjusters

 

Wont be much of help, tried them all.

Civic has 170mm ground clearance, Higher than many cars out there.
Soft suspension is defiantly a issue, but when it is fully loaded.

Most of the time I am alone or with co passenger.

 

My fiesta has less GC than civic, but it never got a belly hit, on the similar routes that I take.

Main culprits:

• Approach angles, front and rear bumper over hangs.
• Wheel base, Civic has one of the longest wheel base. 

Even Polo had GC issues, On our India-Drive meet to Panchigani, we drove a Polo from Hyderabad to Panchigani on some of the worst roads.
On the entire trip, It took around 5~10 hits, Where as swift managed without any issues.

7 hours ago, sonushank said:

but the sad part would be the mileage

Yeah, Instead of driving Civic, we can rent a car drive to Kasol.

 

8 hours ago, sonushank said:

I work in madhapur so u would have spotted me some where around

I think It was your Polo, small world, we discussed about logo on your boot with my colleague, that is how I remember. 

 

8 hours ago, sonushank said:

Hyderabad to Delhi is beautiful. All the roads are newly constructed .

Thank you for the update.
We are planning to drive to Budh circuit, some time towards the year end.
Your updates are reassuring.

 

 

[Sridhar Tandra]

3 minutes ago, Ranger said:

Thank you for the update.
We are planning to drive to Budh circuit, some time towards the year end.
Your updates are reassuring.

 

Budh Circuit!!!!! yay <3

[Saran]

1 hour ago, Sridhar Tandra said:

4 hours break in the entire stretch?? Looks like we have company [mention=488]Saran[/mention] [emoji4][emoji3] 

Hahaha.... will do it...[emoji108][emoji106]
 

 

1 hour ago, Ranger said:

Haha
Taking Civic on such a drive is going to be tough task.
Ground clearance and mileage are the biggest hurdles. 

Will use suspension hub for ground clearance! But mileage is something that I have to think.[emoji14]

 

[Saran]

52 minutes ago, sonushank said:

Yes bro:) I think until kasol even the civic can do it [emoji4] but the sad part would be the mileage [emoji20]
 

Bro... am doing it with my civic! No matter wat the mileage it gives[emoji4]

2112 kms. 1 day 12 hrs estimated.@sonushank, You have done 1 day 8 hrs. I ll try to do within 1 day 4 hrs. Hope i dont carry my civic on my head in return [emoji12][emoji12]

Can you share the expense details for this 1 day 8 hrs drive like fuel, food, etc.

 

 

[Gowtham]

9 minutes ago, Saran said:

Bro... am doing it with my civic! No matter wat the mileage it gives

Now, that is inspiration.
Let us know your planning.

I think fuel and toll expenses will be around 40,000/-

[Saran]

Now, that is inspiration.
Let us know your planning.
I think fuel and toll expenses will be around 40,000/-

Sure @Gowtham.. lets do it..

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[sonushank]

16 hours ago, Saran said:

Bro... am doing it with my civic! No matter wat the mileage it gives[emoji4]

2112 kms. 1 day 12 hrs estimated.[mention=886]sonushank[/mention], You have done 1 day 8 hrs. I ll try to do within 1 day 4 hrs. Hope i dont carry my civic on my head in return [emoji12][emoji12]

Can you share the expense details for this 1 day 8 hrs drive like fuel, food, etc.
 
 

Great bro filled up my first 40 L(Rs 2400) in Hyderabad which got dried up in narsingpur (I.e 750 from hyd ) speed maintained at 110 km/h avg 75 km/h

Filled up next tank in agra of 32 L (Rs1856)

And next fuel up was at Chandigarh of 28L (Rs 1650) that's the fuel expense of one way trip and tools costed around 3000 till kasol. As we were two of us food cost was very minimal . After Hyderabad our food stop was at Nagpur wer u find good restaurants and food joints in the city. Avg 600 for two. Then we had no stop until agra wer we got refreshed and had breakfast . Good food in agra is costly then compared to the other cities. Would cost around 800 for two persons .

 

Visited places around agra for an hours and started journey. Our next stop would be New Delhi for lunch and met few friends of mine and headed to lunch along with them . And u could find small dhabas between Delhi and Chandigarh for snacks or tea. Dinner stop was at the outskirts of Chandigarh @gulmohar phase 2 (hotel Belmond park )cost @3000 for food and accommodation and rested for 4 hours started back . And next food stop was at arjith sing nagar outskirts @burger king on the highway (300 for person) and decided to stop our car at kasol and finished our dinner @resort we stayed at the riverside .

 

• Fuel cost-6000/-(Diesel)
• Food cost -4000/-
• Accommodation-2000/-
• Toll charges -3000/-
• Total -15000/-

[sagar]

Wow.. I've missed out on some really interesting discussion out here.. Firstly, @sonushank  Congratulations .. What you have done is one heck of a roadtrip. Especially, your time line for doing this circuit grabbed my attention to the fullest. We should meet up soon bro.. Is that only the roads you have driven or did your schedule involve any flavours of treks and hikes as such?

[sonushank]

Wow.. I've missed out on some really interesting discussion out here.. Firstly, [mention=886]sonushank[/mention]  Congratulations .. What you have done is one heck of a roadtrip. Especially, your time line for doing this circuit grabbed my attention to the fullest. We should meet up soon bro.. Is that only the roads you have driven or did your schedule involve any flavours of treks and hikes as such?

@sagar yes sure bro we shall meet soon. Yes we had treks to Malana and kheerganga but Malana now is no more a tourist destination. The himachal government has banned tourist now visiting this place .
@sonushank

[sagar]

Yes, I have heard about this scene on Malana. I think it won't last for long and will be open under an years time. That dive in to a natural hot spring up the Kheerganga is so blissful after a tiresome hike..  Just a nostalgic feeling

[sonushank]

8 hours ago, sagar said:

Yes, I have heard about this scene on Malana. I think it won't last for long and will be open under an years time. That dive in to a natural hot spring up the Kheerganga is so blissful after a tiresome hike..  Just a nostalgic feeling [emoji3]

 

 

@sonushank
 

[Gowtham]

15 hours ago, sonushank said:

• Fuel cost-6000/-(Diesel)
• Food cost -4000/-
• Accommodation-2000/-
• Toll charges -3000/-
• Total -15000/-

I hope these figures are one way.(Hyderabad to Kasol)
 

Total distance : 4000 kilometers (approx)

Estimation for Polo

Mileage : 20 KMPL

Diesel Price : 60/ltr

4000/20 X 60 = 12000/- (Total fuel expenses)
One way, it is 6000/-

 

@saran, Estimation for your Civic
Mileage : 10 KMPL 

Petrol price : 70/-

4000/10 X 70 = 28000/- (see the difference )

[Saran]

4 minutes ago, Ranger said:

I hope these figures are one way.(Hyderabad to Kasol)
 
Total distance : 4000 kilometers (approx)

Estimation for Polo
Mileage : 20 KMPL
Diesel Price : 60/ltr

4000/20 X 60 = 12000/- (Total fuel expenses)
One way, it is 6000/-
 
@saran, Estimation for your Civic
Mileage : 10 KMPL 
Petrol price : 70/-

4000/10 X 70 = 28000/- (see the difference [emoji33])

Yeah,
 Calculated it yesterday and blinked like anything, but drive matters. [emoji4]

 

[sagar]

@Saran .. I like your spirit..

[vivek]

That is one heck of a road trip you have done mate. I always wanted to do it to the Himalayas but end up losing on my confidence But, after seeing you Polo, I feel it is pretty much possible to do it in my grand i10. How many days trip did it come up to for your whole trip? @sonushank

[Arvind]

On 25/07/2017 at 3:48 PM, sonushank said:

Aluminium spacers or coil spring adjusters would give that ground clearance but that will cut off my long journeys and will start getting body pains for stiff suspension
 

Thank you bro the headlamps when I purchased them for 25k and hid kit costed me 13k. Yes may be, I work in madhapur so u would have spotted me some where around
 

Yes , we were two drivers , the road condition from Hyderabad to Delhi is beautiful. All the roads are newly constructed . It's 4 line road but some part was under construction after jhansi until sagar. May be by now the road would have been done .

That was real quick.. Hats off to the drivers..True riders..

[vjeevan]

On 7/25/2017 at 3:48 PM, sonushank said:

Thank you bro the headlamps when I purchased them for 25k and hid kit costed me 13k. Yes may be, I work in madhapur so u would have spotted me some where around

 

 

Need additional information on the headlamps. How legal are they? Would the cops bother you for having them?

Also, could you please tell me where you have got this done. I need to check on the compatibility; whether I can install the hid in my 2012 base model polo.

[Gowtham]

10 hours ago, vjeevan said:

How legal are they? Would the cops bother you for having them?

Projectors are legal in India, cops won't bother you.
One of our member Ashwin has got it done for around 12k.
Installer came down from Nagpur. 

[sagar]

11 hours ago, vjeevan said:

 

Need additional information on the headlamps. How legal are they? Would the cops bother you for having them?

Also, could you please tell me where you have got this done. I need to check on the compatibility; whether I can install the hid in my 2012 base model polo.

 

@Asher can help you out with the right information for your need. He got it done off late and they look super good.