Is porsche and lamborghini safe for Indian roads?

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Is porsche and lamborghini safe for Indian roads?

Postby zhang » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:54 am

Can traffic laden Indian roads take super cars like Porsche and Lamborghini?
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Postby TyH » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:54 am

The Lamborghini and the Porsche both could go great in India because they're supposed to be used at high speeds.
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Postby tandberg » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:54 am

STRICTLY NOT wise. The suspension of supercars is really low to give a better balance center of gravity at higher speeds. The portholes on the road will kill a Porsche or Lambo. as well, the people may just choose to damage your supercar for fun. Some asholes get cheap thrills from doing that particularly in Delhi.
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Postby Mercho » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:54 am

I wouldn',t recommend it.



Thing is, over here the speed humps are just protrusions of tar from the road, built as scaled down variants of the himalayas.



Our car has a pretty decent ground clearance, but it still scrapes against those things..



Granted, lambos can increase their ground clearance to manage speed humps, but those systems won',t be able to deal with what we have here.



Also, our roads are perpetually being dug up for some reason or another, but the guys never seem to finish the jobs, so I can',t really imagine supercsrs being happy on broken roads like those.



Even average roads aren',t as smooth as you',d like them to be, because as any vehicle fan could know, supercars typically have a inflexible suspension setup, so a road that I wouldn',t mind in an average car, i',d hate in a supercar. with adaptive suspension systems



Yet another thing is the traffic itself.



One thing is that it',s totally stop and go with more stops Truthfully speaking, so that',s giong to murder the fuel economy on a supercar.

another is the way traffic behaves.



Autos keep weaving around like fruitflies around fruit, buses and trucks plunge straight into the traffic, and everyone is in a hurry.



Would you, having spent over a crore on a car, feel comfy driving your car, not knowing what could happen next?

All i',ll describe traffic here is that it',s just like a river.

everything is swept along, blockages are done in any random direction, it',s total entropy.



but I'll admit, we do have some pretty nice highways here, so I guess that',s where you',ll take the cars usually.



Does that answer your question.?
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Postby Clovers » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:54 am

Well, they do. I', ve seen a couple of porsches and lambos in the crowded cities of mumbai and chennai. But it aches to accept the fact that you rake out a fortune on a car and your heart skips as people make crazy driving decisions. I wouldn',t recommend one, unless you only intend to take you are precious car for a drive when the city sleeps and be back before the dood wala reaches your door step :P
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Postby V8 » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:54 am

It can handle the Porsche cars like Cayenne, Panamera and Boxster. don't imagine to drive a lamborghini on Indian roads
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Postby Parts-Dealership » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:54 am

Both could be rather impractical on Indian roads but the Porsche Cayenne SUV could be more suited car for India.
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