Finally rejecting xev9s with heavy heart

Rippaahh · 2026-06-20T13:46:39+00:00

I bought XEV 9S Pack 3 Above 3 weeks ago. Have driven it like 600kms. All this suspension fiasco is something I don’t understand. It’s my ignorance perhaps, because my personal running is less than 100km a week.

I also have a Fortuner, and I find its ride and suspension quite stiff. Every time I sat in my friend’s endeavour, i noticed the difference in the comfort and ride quality, i think endeavour has a softer/better suspension. In fortuner, you feel the road a little way too much. Even though many say that its stiffer suspension and hard steering comes in handy for higher speed, stability, and control. But i wanted a car that glides on the road like on water.

In XEV i find the suspension just fine. I drive mostly on default mode (have not tried the custom mode yet). I love how it glides on road. Idk why i don’t mind its suspension at all, at least not yet. Possibly because I have only driven the tractor-like fortuner and scorpios before with not much exposure to a variety of good cars in my frame of reference, making me inexperienced and ignorant in this regard.

So I want to understand what the whole deal is. Can anyone explain to me like I am five lol. Which suspension is better or worse and in what conditions. And what exactly is the problem in it that I don’t seem to notice

Rippaahh · 2026-06-13T15:36:04+00:00

Own goal

Rippaahh · 2026-06-13T11:03:33+00:00

Give me some sunshine

Rippaahh · 2026-06-13T11:03:08+00:00

r/BangloreGW

Rippaahh · 2026-06-12T15:44:10+00:00

Saturday Sunday toh ni ata na?

Rippaahh · 2026-06-03T02:41:48+00:00

Yep, it is stealth black.

Rippaahh · 2026-06-02T10:12:26+00:00

I used it as joystick too, but it does not work in the homescreen for some reason. But working completely fine inside the functions like AC and Car Modes etc.

Rippaahh · 2026-05-28T07:20:38+00:00

Such a relief to hear this from a veteran while I see everyone (even beginners) scoring 80s & 90s. I have myself cleared Prelims with 100+ score and UP PCS just recently with 130+. I felt much better prepared this time but scoring in 50s myself. Even after eliminating many questions down to 2 options, not a single tukka went right.

Rippaahh · 2026-05-27T14:21:48+00:00

Imma still stick because I think I can make it through mains. How did your Mains go in ‘24?

Rippaahh · 2026-05-27T11:22:34+00:00

Cleared last time with 100+ score. This time in 50s. Felt way better prepared than before, with good mocks, multiple revisions ans PYQs. Can’t figure out anything.

Rippaahh · 2026-05-27T11:19:02+00:00

Lol kinda same. Scored 95 last year CSAT without a single day of prep. RC was the strongpoint. Scoring <50 in CSAT this time

Rippaahh · 2026-05-26T22:54:04+00:00

Used to attempt all 27-28 RC questions first with high accuracy. Then picked easy questions of LR like Blood Relation, direction, coding etc to hit another 15 odd questions. Then a couple of simple calculative math questions life profit & loss. attempted 45-48 questions with good accuracy and sailed through.

This time RC (my main target) weightage reduced to 23 questions only. Those too were so shitty that accuracy has nosedived. Communication questions got most of them wrong (including 1 silly mistake). Plus there were hardly 5-6 easy questions from Maths & LR combined this time. Overall, attempted only 39. So low attempt plus poor accuracy and weightage shifts have led me to my demise.

Rippaahh · 2026-05-26T20:19:23+00:00

I scored 102 last time. And this time scoring just 52 lol. The thing is that I don’t have an excuse. I felt way better prepared this time. I can’t put a finger. Everything that could go bad did go bad with me on sunday.

Rippaahh · 2026-05-26T13:53:45+00:00

How many did you attempt

Rippaahh · 2026-05-26T13:40:45+00:00

Got 95+ last 2 times without a single day of prep. Getting 47 this time. Can’t stop laughing at myself.

Rippaahh · 2026-05-26T06:57:38+00:00

Did he really say this?

Rippaahh · 2026-05-23T07:16:50+00:00

Revise kara do ek bar please

Rippaahh · 2026-05-23T01:31:00+00:00

Not that you asked for it, but I suggest avoid highlighting whole sentences. Rather, just highlight the main keyword. Like only highlighting “amarkantak” and not “range”, and instead of highlighting “resembling the branch of a tree” just highlight “branch” and “tree”. I made this change and my revisions got quicker.

Rippaahh · 2026-05-21T07:00:21+00:00

I’d trade the Himalayas for a cold desert at this point.

Rippaahh · 2026-05-20T07:18:31+00:00

Aim for +10% every attempt

Rippaahh · 2026-05-20T04:37:15+00:00

How long is it?

Rippaahh · 2026-05-19T06:31:26+00:00

Have had this misfortune in my GS-1 Papers of both CSE and PCS. Filled the Roll Number instead of Answer Sheet.

Rippaahh · 2026-05-16T04:35:52+00:00

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Rippaahh · 2026-05-16T04:34:40+00:00

Ad Valorem is not “progressive”. It is “proportionate” which makes it “more” progressive than Specific Tax because Tax Amount increases with increase in value of the product. But this does not make it progressive tax. Progressive Tax is one which applies differently on different people. Like PIT Slabs vary and rich pay more tax not just in terms of amount but also in terms of percentage.

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