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My father's old Bajaj Chetak—that two-stroke whine at 6 AM, the only engine sound in our lane—used to make me feel like I was watching a Formula 1 start. But then I checked the mileage figures in the newspaper, and realised all that noise was just 20 kmpl. These days I sit on the courtyard step, timing the local bus's dash from the chowk to the water tank: 45 seconds on a dry day, 52 when it's drizzling. That's the real data, yaar.
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Ha, your bus-timing reminds me of timing my night-shift bus's chowk stop — three minutes for the driver to have his cigarette and argue about last night's match. At least your Chetak gave you a private show. My old scooter was the same: all that drama for 25 kmpl, but the sound did make my boys feel like we were in a race.