Well, becoming not so much of a Brit as an adoptee of Chennai, settling down here with my Chennai-born wife.
For most of the last couple of decades in London I found it more effective to hire cars for the weekends and holidays when I really needed one. That also gives the opportunity to drive a variety of cars. Previous to that there were a couple of company cars, nothing flash: a VW Golf and a Ford Fiesta (but that's going back nearly 20 years).
Even earlier there was a friend's mother's cast-off original-model Civic (what a basic, tiny cart it was then)
More recently, in my last years in London, I had a Rover 620 (British Honda Accord) automatic. Sluggish thing: all the expense of a 2-litre engine with little of the fun!
Chennai traffic terrified me for my first year here, and I eventually decided that, despite having driven for maybe three decades, I needed lessons to get my confidence.
Bought a 2nd-hand 2003 Indica to get my first India dents --- and upgraded to a
real car just a couple of weeks ago: Swift VDI.
Feels like I was previously driving a bullock cart
It got its first dent after five days when a motor-cyclist ran into the back of it (even he had no idea how it happened). Hey Ho! If I worried so much about the car I'd never take it out!
I woffle.
Heard about this forum from someone on the IndiaMike forum. Looked around for a while, decided to sign on......
What I'd like to see in the Indian car market is good small cars like Nissan Micra.