Chennai to Mumbai in a Skoda Kushaq 1.5 MT | I drove 800+ kilometers in a day! | NH48

This happened way back in July 2022
Drove from Mumbai to Pondicherry via Bangalore, while coming back I had to come alone due to some reasons
The 1300 kms was divided into two days
Day 1 : Chennai to Chitradurga
Day 2 : Chitradurga to Mumbai (800 kms +)
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[@VinodKumar-gx9bj]

Hi great trip bro.whats mileage and average speed u have drove.

[@milemuncher5154]

Thanks. I got a mileage after about 17 kmpl. Don't know about speed- I generally drove within or at the speed limit

[@pinakkumar3664]

How much got mileage during journey

[@milemuncher5154]

About 17 kmpl. I've put in some more details in a comment above as well

[@SushantRawale]

Nice video, Did you faced any fatigue(ofcourse yes) after driving so long? How was it

[@milemuncher5154]

Not much, some pain in my upper back which went away after a good night's sleep

[@SushantRawale]

Good! Keep posting videos.

[@kushg9026]

Can you share 3 positive and negative about car , since you are the man who drove it from Chennai to Mumbai which is commendable 🔥

[@milemuncher5154]

Hi Kush - thanks for watching the video - I will make a short video about positives and negatives as well. To answer your question in short : Positives : 1) Comfort and drive quality - did a Mumbai to Bangalore drive with Parents and they had no complaints. Have driven in various terrains and weather conditions and the vehicle has held up quite well. 2) Power and torque - it can climb gradual inclines in first/second gear even on idle engine RPM, on very very bad roads I just use the idle engine RPM to coast instead of aggressively repeatedly accelerating, breaking, changing gears etc... 3) It gives the advertised mileage Negatives : 1) AC performance : It is very sketchy, sometimes on auto mode it wokrs very well, sometimes you feel as if it is not working properly - manual mode performance is good though. I feel they have not made the AC software as per Indian climate and driving conditions and in auto mode it cuts out the compressor quite aggressively so the AC cooling especially in auto mode in traffic conditions is not great. The driver side ventilated seat fan also gets noisy sometimes 2) Some build quality/software issues : Window up/down motors make a lot of noise and the driver-side window up/down switch glitches sometimes, some interiors looks cheap for the price. Android auto is glitchy sometimes but that is an Android issue and not a Skoda Issue 3) Dashboard/Infotainment : There could have been more features - I also sometimes struggle to understand the various modes / actions that can be done (Tripmeter, TPMS reset etc) the features are not well explained in the manual

[@kushg9026]

Thanks for taking the time for a beautiful write up , I am owner of Kushaq Monte Carlo 1.5 Tsi AT and I completely agree with the positive, specially the third point , I squeezed milage of 21 kmpl on 435 km journey (80 percent highway, 20 per city) , all thanks to ACT Coming to negative, not felt the AC issue but completely agree with funny noises (I got them fixed and they never came back) , I will have to give it to Skoda to improve overall build quality in Monte Carlo version , should have done it earlier, thanks again and will wait for your video on this !

[@RP.41]

@@kushg9026 Hi bro. Has the quality of materials gone up in Monte Carlo version? Also, did u get any rattling noise ?

[@kushg9026]

Hello RP Trust me, quality of Monte Carlo (1.5 TSI AT) is one notch up from Kushaq and Slavia (took test drive of all) .It is not a difference of day and night but feels slightly more premium when it comes to materials. Rattling noise : It came for me once and was very slight , but it got fixed and didn't come back yet , However some youtuber say we have to lubricate door beading (dryness of rubber cause rattling )every six months , but in my experience it is very slight issue and goes away. You take the 1.5 AT if you are planning and you will be blown away by seat comfort and driving , hope this helps

[@RP.41]

@@kushg9026 Thanks Kush for the reply. I wasn’t happy with the normal kushaq’s interior. Monte Carlo looks more premium. Confused between Kushaq Monte Carlo vs Virtus GT vs Slavia Monte Carlo (coming soon) vs Jeep compass base model(more expensive, have to really stretch my budget). Will take back to back test drives again. Kushaq and virtus are my fav among the vw skoda 2.0 cars.

[@k.s.vijaykumar9081]

During corona i drove my Scorpio several times from Jamshedpur to Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh which has the distance of 1650km. I used to drove 1000km in first day i e up to Rajamundry.

[@milemuncher5154]

Nice - I would like to drive on that route. Most of my drives have been on Mumbai - Bangalore - Chennai - Pondicherry routes

[@venkateshprabu6247]

Hi, can you suggest which will be best in automatic 1 litre AT or 1.5 litre Dsg? Occasional highway /outstation / hillstation trips and mostly city usage.

[@milemuncher5154]

Hi Unfortunately I cannot make the suggestion , you can check out forums like TeamBHP I don't have enough experience or knowledge to suggest

[@Garry6290]

Hey, do you faced aby issues from state police specially Bangluru police. I heard that whenever police saw vehicle from anothrr state they ask for money by giving any reason that you jumped signal, no parking ...?

[@milemuncher5154]

Have went to Bangalore twice - I haven't faced this issue till now. I generally try to follow all local laws and speed limits as much as possible.

[@Vijayjayabalan1409]

Have u enabled the decode option to get this tachometer n drl blinking feature

[@milemuncher5154]

No. There are no special settings. All this info is present on the car by default

[@wikitalkie6620]

It gives 7-8 kMPL in city like mumbai and on highway also it doesn’t give more than 12-14 KMPL

[@milemuncher5154]

It should give you more in the highway unless you are driving aggressively

[@avihsb]

I have Kushaq Ambition 1.0. I drove from Hyderabad to Kochi, had a 5 day trip in kerala, drove back to Hyd in this Jan. Total of almost 3000kms. It gave me almost 18 kmpl. In hyd city it gives me around 12 kmpl.

[@wikitalkie6620]

@@milemuncher5154 yes if you drive under 80 -110 it gives 16-18 KMPL

[@milemuncher5154]

@@wikitalkie6620 Yes. Also from my (limited) experience we don't have good roads in India to drive beyond 80-100 kmph. Most NH/SH are just 4 lane (2 lane each direction) and with heavy vehicles , two wheelers, wrong side drivers, poor road quality and signage I don't think you can exceed 80-90 kmph without compromising on safety or taking stress There are few good access controlled roads like NE1, Mumbai Pune expressway, Samruddhi mahamarg , Yamuna expressway etc... where one can do upto 120 kmph - but even there the risk of some idiot coming in front of you , tyre burst of some other vehicle etc is very high

[@rajarun9128]

Bro confused about kushaq cos ppl keep on talking about EPC issue and all..is this still happens on kushaq..?

[@rajesshkr215]

It's all past issues and Skoda has done a great job to fix it. Great car to drive in long drives and equally in city drives.

[@mohammadkashif9477]

All set now

[@milemuncher5154]

@@rajesshkr215 and Raj Arun while it's true that Skoda claims to have solved all issues I feel things can still happen. In India we don't sue companies for shortcomings like it is done in the US/EU - even if we wanted to our legal system is torturous and it will take a lot of time. So companies also try to cut corners and get away with it - it's very sad but the truth - you are on your own and it's about luck. Doesn't matter whether you buy a Rs 200 earphone or 20 Cr Villa - if you receive a bad product there's literally nothing you can do about it

[@bhushansonawane5302]

@@milemuncher5154 indeed

[@alfafincorp]

Nice blog

[@iskhanra]

Very nice video and thanks for sharing, there r only few 1.5 manual review! Wanted to know whether there is any issue you faced for head space when you height adjust seat? And also did you feel space crunch to keep your left foot on the left side of clutch? I am 5’9”.

[@milemuncher5154]

Hi Sourav. I'm 6' didn't feel any space issues wrt Seat / Steering adjustment. I do feel the space between clutch and dead pedal is less. I have wide feet and If I wear shoes then the clutch might get accidentally pressed while keeping my leg on the dead pedal. I am a first time driver and drive barefoot

[@porus41]

There’s is not space constraint. I’m 6’4” and i faced not issue when it comes to headroom in the Kushaq. And yeah the dead pedal has limited space so you’ll need to adjust accordingly.

[@notrohan6808]

Please make a long term review of the car including all servicing cost and issues.

[@milemuncher5154]

Sure. Thanks for the suggestion

[@tnk3527]

Great!! What is your opinion about the car maintenance. Does the dust get highlighted in carbon grey color car? Or is is it otherwise?

[@milemuncher5154]

Dust does get highlighted - I keep the car covered as much as possible

[@1.9tdilove71]

You filled xp95 or shell power?

[@milemuncher5154]

Normal petrol, definitely not power

[@Random-h4b]

What is overall milage you got bro.

[@milemuncher5154]

About 17kmpl It gives very good mileage on highways. On flat land and on a good highway section, cruise control and cylinder deactivation will get you more than 20 kmpl easily

[@Random-h4b]

@@milemuncher5154 cylinder deactivation happens between which speeds

[@milemuncher5154]

It's not speed dependent. It's dependent on engine load. So it can happen at any decent speed !

[@rahulsinghthakur6930]

What you do for living?

[@milemuncher5154]

I work for a Telecommunications startup.

[@rammahesh3349]

Hard working job floor worker.. May be next Nikola tesla or sergei korolev

[@milemuncher5154]

@@rammahesh3349 Hahaha - what do you mean ?

[@kushalgandhi3520]

If you want to check worst highway condition, try driving between Mumbai - Vadoadara. Thats where one should try driving ability. Expressway is easiest to drive!

[@milemuncher5154]

Haha. Unfortunately I have not brought the car to check which road is good and which road is bad.

[@jagdishpurohit4914]

I completed 1460km in 23 hours in my kushaq 1.0 style AT Gujrat to Rishikesh Uttarakhand

[@sudarshtv3230]

Can u disclose the milage of the car in that drive

[@milemuncher5154]

Hi Sudarsh - I got around 16.5 kmpl. Thanks for watching the video

[@danisheverblue]

@@milemuncher5154 what's the mileage in the city?

[@milemuncher5154]

@Danish Everblue depends. In Mumbai traffic is bad so it can fluctuate from 8-10kmpl to 10-12 kmpl

[@danisheverblue]

@Mile Muncher from what you have heard or seen what's the mileage difference between the 1ltr & 1.5ltr Which is better to drive is city traffic?

[@milemuncher5154]

I think 1.0 would be better.

[@aswinsreekumar3998]

What about music system?

[@milemuncher5154]

Music system is good. No problems, Android Auto works as intended

[@santoshjoshi3396]

How is service by Škoda ??

[@milemuncher5154]

Hi Santosh - at present the vehicle has done 9100 kms - first service is only at 15000 kms. So no idea about service now

[@milemuncher5154]

Had my first service - no issues

[@shameekbhattacharya956]

Keep it up

[@greenleaf9745]

Overall mileage...

[@milemuncher5154]

Hi @greenleaf9745 Overall Mileage in Highway driving will come around ~ 18.5 kmpl (Did Bangalore-Mumbai in one day sometime in November and this is what I got.) If it's pure highway then you can get close to 20 kmpl Inside a city like Mumbai it drops down to ~ 8-10 kmpl Thanks for watching the video

[@rodriguefernandes8859]

My kushaq gives me 14 in city can i trust on screen fuel economy? Or not

[@milemuncher5154]

​@@rodriguefernandes8859 14 in city is quite good - which city is this ? I think on screen economy in long highway drives will be accurate within 2-3 % of the actual value. In cities with traffic and start/stop : I think the error margin would increase to about 10%

[@danisheverblue]

@@rodriguefernandes8859 is yours the 1ltr or the 1.5ltr?

[@milemuncher5154]

@@danisheverblue It will depend on the traffic conditions - I have went for early morning drives (~ 35 km) in Mumbai on Eastern Express highway with medium office going traffic (~ 8am) , signal stops etc and got about 14 kmpl

[@Dhanujkce]

I covered Coimbatore to Mumbai in Just 14 Hours with 3 intermittent stops with my Skoda Rapid 1.5 TDI AT

[@milemuncher5154]

How ? Thats 1233 kms in 14 hrs which is an average speed of 89 Kmph. Please follow speed limits and do not overspeed especially on Indian roads

[@RajaSekar-hl9yd]

Hai sir

[@Dhanujkce]

@@RajaSekar-hl9yd Hello

[@RajaSekar-hl9yd]

Sir, mrg I moving from cuddalore to Ratnagiri Maharashtra by car Can explain road route

[@Dhanujkce]

@@RajaSekar-hl9yd Hosur, Bangalore - Pune Highway, continue up to Kolhapur, take left and 130 Kms to Ratnagiri. You can follow Google Maps. Roads are good but with some potholes. Make sure you pack your food, because we did not find any good hotels to eat.

[@surajravindrababu8986]

Population that’s y it’s crowded

[@automobileenthusiast2265]

3 days before i drive twice 980 kms in a day with my Taigun GT

[@milemuncher5154]

Nice - What route ?

[@john.16]

The video editing is very poor. Needs to be worked upon. Also travel videos need to focus more on the travel and road and less on the driver

[@milemuncher5154]

Yes. I'll keep the suggestions in mind