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Depends where you're starting from, which nobody's asked. If you're in the island city or anywhere south of Bandra, the metro doesn't help you at all, you'd be going backwards to Andheri first. From town I just take the cab down the Sea Link and then hit the WEH only for the last stretch, and that stretch is what kills you. Leaving at 5am for a 7:30 flight is honestly the move if you can stomach it, roads are dead empty and you're at T2 in 25 minutes flat.
honestly the bigger issue nobody mentions is the drop-off lane chaos at T2 departures. even if you reach the airport in 20 mins the cab queue to actually pull into the ramp can eat another 15 20 mins during peak. i always get dropped a bit before on the service road near the Sahara star side and just walk in with my trolley, way quicker.
for timing, western express highway is the killer, not the distance. if ur flight is between 4 and 8pm just leave 4 hrs ahead, no joke. metro skips all that but yeah only makes sense for T1.
The real trick nobody's mentioned is the AC local on the Western line if you're coming from the suburbs. Get off at Andheri and the airport is a short auto ride away, maybe 40 rupees, and you skip the entire Western Express crawl. I did this last month from Borivali during evening rush and door to T2 was about 50 minutes total, versus the 2 hours my friend spent in a cab. Only catch is hauling luggage on a packed 6pm local, so it works best if you're travelling light or can time it for a non-peak service.
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I want to sell my old clothes
have u tried the chor bazaar route? not for selling to shops but the friday morning flea guys near mumbadevi, some of them buy vintage/retro pieces outright and pay better than the bale walas if ur stuff has any character. got 800 for a bunch of old levi's and band tees there. thing is u gotta go early like 6am and know how to hold ur ground, they smell desperation instantly
one thing nobody mentioned, watch out for the weight vs piece thing. kabadiwalas and bale buyers pay by kilo so heavy stuff like denim and woolens actually earn more than fancy light stuff. i cleared a whole bag of old jeans to a guy in Malad for way better than what my branded shirts fetched. also wash everything before u show it, sounds obvious but dusty clothes get lowballed on sight.
honestly the timing matters more than the platform. end of month is when people get salary and actually buy, so list ur stuff around the 1st or 2nd. also post pics in natural light near a window, not on ur bed with flash, makes a huge difference on OLX and insta thrift pages. i've flipped a lot of my old stuff this way and the same kurta that got ignored at 300 sold for 500 when i relisted it properly.