Parth Kusalkar December 26, 2025 The Joy Is in the Details From life-saving seatbelts to slow cars driven hard and history worth remembering. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re breaking down why the 3-point seatbelt is still the smartest hug your car gives you, rewinding to a Boxing Day in 1963 when Britain chose racing over resting, stepping into The Driver’s Room to ask whether it’s better to drive a slow car flat-out or own a fast car you’re scared to enjoy, and wrapping it up with a tiny,...
12 days ago • 3 min read
Parth Kusalkar December 19, 2025 Beyond Badges and Brochure Numbers Real talk on fuel economy, cleaner engines, emotional branding, and everyday car upgrades. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re packing fuel economy into a tiffin box, rewinding to 1963 when the Clean Air Act quietly forced engines to grow up, stepping into The Driver’s Room to ask whether brand loyalty is just emotional marketing, and wrapping it up with a small, no-horsepower upgrade that somehow makes everyday driving better....
19 days ago • 3 min read
Parth Kusalkar December 12, 2025 Stir, Shift, Survive. Brewing engines, debating gearboxes, and staying alive. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re brewing up carburetors with filter coffee (no laptops, just physics), rewinding to 1915 when Ford quietly mass-produced the future, stepping into The Driver’s Room to ask if manuals are still the enthusiast gold standard (spoiler: maybe not), and wrapping it up with a no-nonsense safety tool that every petrolhead should own because loving cars also...
26 days ago • 3 min read
Parth Kusalkar December 5, 2025 Cars Keep Evolving. Drivers, Maybe Not. Breakfast-logic torque converters, Chrysler’s risky 1977 pivot, SUV-shaped ego problems, and a ₹139 sanity-saver. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re decoding torque converters using idli batter (yes, really), rewinding to Chrysler’s bold front-wheel-drive gamble from 1977, stepping into The Driver’s Room to ask if India’s SUV obsession is turning us into worse drivers, and I'm dropping my favourite under-₹150 accessory that...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Parth Kusalkar November 28, 2025 1895 Gave Us Car Journalism. 2025 Is Killing It. From the invention of automotive reporting to the slow collapse of its integrity, why buyers pay the price and more. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re breaking down power steering using Maggi logic, rewinding to 1895 to revisit the birth of automotive journalism, stepping into The Driver’s Room to expose how the industry quietly sold its soul, and wrapping up with a budget-friendly carbon-fibre PPF hack that keeps...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Parth Kusalkar November 21, 2025 The Indian Car Market Is a Joke… and We’re the Punchline From missing features to premium-price penny-pinching, I'm exposing the daylight loot this week. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re breaking down why you’re kicked out of your own car during CNG refills (and why it actually makes sense), diving into Harley Earl’s legendary influence on car design, stepping into The Driver’s Room to rant about India’s delusional car pricing, and spotlighting a ₹98...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Parth Kusalkar November 14, 2025 A Roar That Doesn’t Echo Abroad Why India cheers, but global markets don’t even blink. (and more ofc) This week on DRS Diaries : we’re breaking down differentials with the smoothest analogy you’ve ever read, revisiting the historic birth of the modern dashboard, diving into The Driver’s Room to explore why Tata still can’t crack the global game (while Mahindra sharpens its passport), and spotlighting the Spigen magnetic mount, the only ₹1,000 gadget that won’t...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Parth Kusalkar November 7, 2025 Just an Inchident on the Track Lost traction. Regained purpose. Back on track. This week on DRS Diaries: we’re back on track and firing on all cylinders. From decoding why your engine sounds grumpy on a cold morning to celebrating MINI’s 2000 comeback, this drop is all about resilience - mechanical and human. We’ve got engines waking up, icons reborn, and a story of how losing everything reminded us why we drive in the first place.Because whether it’s a car or...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Parth Kusalkar October 31, 2025 Comfort Lost in Translation From how cars breathe out and clean their emissions, to Lamborghini’s first bull roaring to life, this week’s Driver’s Room dissects why Citroën’s calm, comfy charm failed to click with India’s chaotic market and how one small tool might just save your next road trip. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re unpacking how cars breathe out (and why emissions matter), reliving the day Lamborghini traded tractors for supercars in This Week in...
2 months ago • 4 min read