Ghat And Beaches with The Beast XUV 5OO

Xuv 5OO, We call it " XUV five hundred " but actually it is " XUV five double O ". A super machine from Mahindra Rise. The cheetah inspired vehicle looks like muscled beast and can seat 7 comfortably !. It has some great feature like Ice bowl, Some reddish disco lights under seats makes it a party material, Ac vents in the center , Self adjusting headlights.
We booked a self drive car from ZoomCars.This was third from them after Figo and Scorpio.

Zoomcar At Nagara Fort

It was a complete night drive, Started Bangalore at 8pm and reached sagara at 2pm. We had reserved Hotel for stay. now the next challenge was getting up at 7 for next day drive as Siganduru gets crowded after 9.

Day1:Siganduru(ferry crossing) - Mani dam - Agumbe(Doddamane)
Started early morning from hotel and boarded ferry to cross Sharavathi backwaters.Explored wrong turn to end with Off Roading with beast (missed routes).

Zoomcar Boarding Ferry

With the Beast

XUV taking a Ride on Ferry

After crossing the backwaters all i could ,Bad roads and Bad roads.But XUV Responded really well on those jelly roads till Mastikatte. Mani dam is not famous as tourist spot but a very nice place. This project was abandoned and you can spot some haunted houses on either side of the road.Reached Doddamane at 7. Had dinner and again next days early morning plan was sunrise at Kundadri.

Mani Dam

The mini Fridge in Xuv is a X-feature. We had bought some Pepsi tin while starting from Bangalore. Box was able to hold 3 tins and cool then quickly, this helped a lot in night driving.

Pepsi. Oh Yes Abhi !!

Day 2: Agumbe-Kundadri- Someshwara-Kundapura-Maravanthe

Got up at 4am, We had already arranged keys to open Kundadri entrance gate. This place is closed at night , As people starting camping here and spoiling nature.After sunrise directly headed towards Maravanthe.Took pit stop at my home.Plan was to spend maximum time at beach. Had booked Lodging at Moonlight resort, Which is on the opposite to beach.

Day 3:Maravanthe-Udupi-Kudremukh-Bangalore

Kudremukh and The Beast.

Last day is full about driving. Had to cover almost 450+Km. Xuv gets a Thumbs Up here. Even after driving at marginally high speed on Kudremukh ghat , No complaint of body roll from last row.Reached Bangalore safely. It was 1300Km drive with single driver.
Kudos to Xuv and Zoomcar. Loved the no man pickup and drop off model from Zoom.

Zoom Car - Self Drive Cars Rental

Zoomcar Bangalore - Xuv 500

Zoom car is new start up from Bangalore, Which provides cars on self drive. A great news for driving enthusiasts. If don't own a car?? no worry. Zoom Car is here.Book a car online and zoom off. The services is very good and transparency in booking system gives you all the trust on Zoomcar

How it works?
Many People are confused on what is Self driving,  Well zoomcar website gives a brief idea on that but here are some points.

- Select a pickup locations near to you (there are 20-25 locations in Bangalore) .
- Book a car with refundable deposit of 5000/-.
- Go to pickup location and fill a checklist on their for and zoom off.
- It also gives a max speed limit of 125kmph and age limit of 25yrs to the driver to just make you safe from their side.

Zoomcar Bangalore - Xuv 500

Pros Of Self-driving with Zoomcar :
* Pull-up wherever you want.
* No Extra BATA for driver. Its always one of you.
* No maintenance: From my experience Zoom cars are very well maintained.
* Zoom car also pays for your fuel filled. So this makes it very cheap self driving rental.
* Best Cars -Ford Figo, XUV5OO,Merc Benz, BMW Etc.
* Transparency in booking is a plus with zoom car. everything happens online. No hand Cash . so customer will always have a proof of bills.

Cons from zoom car:
There are not much as i am a big fan of this. Still i could find some.
 * Returning deposit money has eaten up lot of time for few customers. So always be ready for some delay in refund.(But they will keep you posted on everything)
* Lack documentation on cars and their features.its very difficult to go through manual.Zoom Could have kept easy summarized handbook.
* Lately few customers have complained on worn out tyre or clutch plates etc (all minor).

Zoomcar Bangalore - Ford Figo

As i have followed zoomcar from its birth and the way it has grown is tremendous.They have gone in to multiple states Pune and Gurgaon . Zoom car has become one of the famous and promising start up Self drive rental in India.