Four punctures

Just landed back home. Had been delaying getting the tires of my car checked. Today, I finally made it. And found out that the rear tires had a total of four punctures.

Had no energy left to get the front two tires checked. Found out another thing… Fiat’s tires have a pretty different groove which makes taking them out and putting them back a very complicated task.

Realized that if I had to change the tire by myself, it would require a monumental effort on my part.

Update on my vandalized car

Apparently, I need to get an FIR done to get it fixed under insurance.

FIR is needed because it was not an accident but intentional damage (or something like that).

I lose the no claim bonus on my next insurance payment. Not sure about the bill.

I really do not get it. What was going on in the mind of the douche who did it to my car. Very disturbing.

Fiat Linea shines in one way and one way alone…

Fuel Efficiency.

I usually managed to get over 20kmpl on highways. The mess on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway ensured that I would fail to touch this mark. Add the massive traffic I faced inside Jaipur including a possible accident with a bus being driven by an old guy who had no idea that he had just missed hitting my car by a couple of ‘centimeters’!

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