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1) the newly renovated and widened road to gampola from mavanella via hemmathagama is very convenient, if you push hard you can reach gampola from mavanella town within 30 mins. It saves close to 1:30 to 2:00 hour journey time when compared to the jam packed peradeniya route where traffic is snail paced from pilamatalawa onwards. Should not forget the rugged kadugannawa incline as well where struck behind a big lorry or a bus could mean a burden specially while playing cat and mouse with the cops on that sector. 2)Avissawella-ginigaththena-hatton-talawakele-Radella-nanu oya-nuwara Eliya is the drivers paradise, you could basically enjoy driving and unleash your cars for a run for the money in the twisty hill climb, why I like this road soo much is that it does not have single or double lines much so the cops have there work cut out and also the road is visible for a far distance so you could watch out for traffic before hand. Only drawback is that the road condition from karawanella to ginigaththena isn't the smoothest and requires some repairs but omg thinking of this road makes me overjoyed about driving. 3)yes there is route nawalapitiya-hapugastalawa (bad section)- kumbalalowa-thawalanthenna-ramboda-nuwaraeliya. A route to take if you are the kind of person who wants to escape into a calm environment where normal paved road isn't a bother and you want to enjoy a picturesque passing by scenery, specially with the kotmale reservoir in the vicinity where all the buzz and cops are non existent then this isn't a bad road, for a change I would actually recommend this. Specially given the season careful planning is crucial because where there is traffic there will be cops as well .

1. Priority 1: Less traffic (considering the holiday season) 2. Priority 2: Smooth roads 3. Priority 3: Less travel time How on earth can a road be sexy? Do you try to do weird things on roads?

If you need to avoid gelioya,pilimathalawa and peradeniya traffic and reach gampola there’s an alternative route from mawanella via hemmatagama road. Last time I went it was still under construction and about 80% completed. I Was able to reach Gampola in under 40 min. Solid road with almost zero traffic. I guess the construction has been finished now.

If less traffic is your number 1 priority you should avoid Gampola at all cost these days.

I always choose the road via Avissawella, Ginigathhena, Hatton The road is a bit bumpy from Kithulgala to Watawala, but from there onwards smooth ride till Nuwara Eliya

You need to define what you mean by "good"... for me i define good as "Nice view with sexy roads".. so for others it might be less traffic bla bla... so be precise ?

Simple.... do not buy then... And mind you the permits are issued for the relevant officer to buy a vehicle.. not to sell I smell some guerrilla marketing here to manipulate the so called permit market...

Good old tested technology nothing fancy, should last for ages if taken care They give 5 year, 100k km warranty here and 7 years in some counties

For one - you can anyway trust a new car for daily use for a few years easily. Modern koreans are on par with Japs without a doubt. It's only in remote villages and forums like e***iri where over hyped buying and selling mudalalis spread fear about Korean vehicles and recommend 30 year old jdm shit buckets.

You can safely assume that a KIA Picanto would be reliable as much as a Japanese alto if not more over time.

Actually Montero was the export model name. Its still Pajero in Japan and Shogun in UK