[arunphilip]

Hello Team-BHPians,

I’m lost, lonely and looking for love. Oops, sorry, thought this was the LonelyHearts forum.

Just kidding.

I’m Arun, and my opening line shows my expertise in PJs. Dreadful, I know.

I’m a 25-year old working in Bangalore as an IT professional. I came across Team-BHP a couple of months back when I was Googling information on the Getz. Since then, I’ve visited on and off. The past two months I’ve been on it nearly daily (to the detriment of my work!) as my deadline for purchasing a car nears…

And this is because I drive a Kinetic Nova. Two wheeler + Bangalore monsoons = wet clothes.

I love driving in the rain on a 2-wheeler. It’s the entering home, drying off and cleaning the floor part that I hate.

Add to this inaction from BMP (B’lore civic authority) means that roads/underpasses are often flooded.

So: I’m hopping around on TBHP seeking information on which car to purchase. But then, that’s another post for another forum.

My interests are in reading fiction, occasionally non-fiction (science, astronomy, history). I enjoy listening to rock and metal, and on occasion some new-age stuff. I enjoy music to the point that I use an MP3 player while driving my scooter. I know, I know, at this rate I’ll probably qualify for a Darwin award.

I enjoy driving my Nova spiritedly in the city, secure in the knowledge that the worst damage I can inflict will probably be on me.

I enjoy doing road trips. Nothing better than cruising on a highway with either 1] good music 2] good talking company 3] both 1 and 2. Currently, in my circle of friends, only few own cars, so I can’t regularly keep suggesting long trips, especially as they’re petrol vehicles. But just you wait until I get my car.

Most of my 4-wheeler driving has been in the hills of Nilgiris, with a few hundred km on highways (courtesy the above-mentioned friends). I’m quite a newbie on city roads, and Bangalore is a harsh teacher, it appears.

Cars my parents own/owned and that I’ve driven are: 800 (the one launched around ’86, learnt driving in this one when I was 12), MM540, Zen (not the Estilo abomination!), Armada, Esteem; and currently ’07 800, ’05 Santro XG and Safari 2x4 (not the DICOR).

Cars that I like (based on looks) are the Getz, Cedia, Palio Sport, Mondeo, Sonata (odd, yeah!), Laura. Laura aside, I know I have a big-time crush on unpopular models. I need therapy.

The cars I’d most like to own are those just out of my budget: the Verna CRDi, Octavia and the Cedia. Let me not get greedy here and start dreaming of Mercs and Audis, Veyrons and Koenigseggs.

So, that’s it from my end… be seeing you in the “What Car” forum.

Ta.