नवी क्षितिजं!

Inspiration: Given that I have to take out my car once every week or at least a fortnight, just to keep it running and prevent battery from draining, it was not a very easy decision to buy a new car which would end with the same fate as the old one.   But then the old car had completed 19 years and was nearing the expiry of its first extended registration period. So either I had to extend the registration for a further 5 year period or buy a new one. Finally succumbed to the lure of the new car and bought a compact SUV. Somehow managed to have multiple trips on Pune Mumbai Expressway in the first month to around 1000 kms to justify the first free servicing. Second free service   was scheduled either on completion of 5000 kms or 6 months. It was highly unlikely that I would have completed even 2000 kms by the end of 6 months considering that the car was sitting idle in my parking as expected. So came the idea of doing a long road trip to explore all the features and enjoy the n...