Parth Kusalkar September 4th, 2026 Engineering Doesn’t Lie. Only Egos Do. The market doesn’t care about your legacy. It only cares about what you can actually build today. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re breaking down Daytime Running Lights like you’re five (yes, including why your car needs main character energy just to keep you safe), rewinding to September 4, 1957, the day Ford launched the catastrophic Edsel disaster, stepping into The Driver’s Room to recount a brutal 90-minute autopsy...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Parth Kusalkar August 21st, 2026 The Grid is Flipping. Are You Ready? Evolution isn’t just a parts swap. It’s about rethinking the entire machine from the ground up. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re breaking down autonomous driving like you’re five (yes, including why your car's robot brain is perfectly happy sitting in traffic), rewinding to August 21, 1897, the day mass production was actually born, stepping into The Driver’s Room to talk about my own personal engine swap into the brutal...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Parth Kusalkar August 19th, 2026 DRS Diaries Turns One! (And where have I been?) If you're reading this, thank you. Exactly one year ago today, I hit "send" on the very first edition of DRS Diaries. When I started this newsletter, my mission was straightforward: to break down the complex, fast-paced world of automotive engineering and motorsport so that anyone could understand and appreciate it. Over the past 12 months, this community has grown far beyond what I ever anticipated, and I am...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Parth Kusalkar March 27th, 2026 It’s Not the Crash. It’s What You Do After. Control isn’t just steering. It’s the decisions you make when things go wrong. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re breaking down power steering like you’re five (yes, including why your steering feels light while parking but tight at speed), rewinding to March 27, 1977, the day aviation changed forever after the Tenerife disaster, stepping into The Driver’s Room to confront the uncomfortable reality of hit-and-run cases...
7 months ago • 3 min read
Parth Kusalkar March 1st, 2026 It’s Not Just the Potholes. Culture, carelessness, and the crashes we pretend are accidents. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re explaining car batteries like you’re five, rewinding to 1941 when the first military Jeep rolled out and unknowingly created the SUV blueprint, stepping into The Driver’s Room to ask whether rising two-wheeler accidents are a rider issue, an infrastructure failure, or a collective empathy crisis, and wrapping it up with a diagnostic tool...
8 months ago • 2 min read
Parth Kusalkar February 13th, 2026 Fix the Roads Before You Play the Music. Racing greatness, real driving control, and a city that needs fewer soundtracks and more substance. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re explaining the handbrake like you’re five (yes, including hill starts and why it’s not a drift lever), rewinding to February 13, 1998 when Dale Earnhardt finally conquered the Daytona 500 after two decades of chasing it, stepping into The Driver’s Room to question Mumbai’s musical coastal...
9 months ago • 2 min read
Parth Kusalkar January 30th, 2026 Does Speed Still Feel the Same? A look at turbos, EV performance, and the soul of driving. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re breaking down turbochargers like you’re five (yes, including boost kicks and turbo lag heartbreak), rewinding to January 30, 1964 when Porsche quietly dropped a motorsport cheat code with the 904 Carrera GTS, stepping into The Driver’s Room to debate whether electric cars are quicker but not necessarily more exciting, and wrapping it up...
9 months ago • 2 min read
Parth Kusalkar January 16th, 2026 Instinct vs Input A week of mirrors, machines, and motorsport truth. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re breaking down ORVMs like you’re five (yes, including convex mirrors, blind spots, and why that biker is closer than he looks), rewinding to 1925 when General Motors went global by acquiring Vauxhall, stepping into The Driver’s Room to ask whether too much data has made modern drivers less instinctive, and wrapping it up with a Petrolhead Pick that fixes your...
10 months ago • 2 min read
Parth Kusalkar January 2nd, 2026 Gears, Glory & the Question of Greatness From manual vs automatic basics to Kyalami’s F1 debut and a debate on what truly defines the best driver. This week on DRS Diaries: We’re explaining manual vs automatic gearboxes like you’re five (yes, including the clutches, jerks, and ego damage), rewinding to January 2, 1967 when Formula 1 officially arrived in Africa at Kyalami, stepping into The Driver’s Room to ask whether F1 is still the ultimate test of driving...
10 months ago • 3 min read