Road Trippin'

With my two favourite allies. My put-up-anywhere-and-camp tent and the Volkswagen Tiguan

- Aninda Sardar

IF IT SLIDES ON DIRT, CAN TACKLE bad roads with as much aplomb as it can tackle smooth stuff, should the Volkswagen Tiguan not be a great vehicle for road trips? That’s the question with which we kicked off the third of our series on Living with the Tiguan. After all it does have a powerful yet economical 2-litre four-cylinder turbo diesel and that quick-shifting 7-speed DSG. Then there’s that roomy and airy feeling cabin. But with places to go near Pune fast disappearing under mounds of concrete, not all of it legal, our choices dwindled rapidly as we frantically searched through Google.