Know your Moderators

[Dippy]

Hey Team bhpians!!!!

This is a post for you members of team bhp to know your moderators better.. All the moderators will post their info out here so you guys can check us out...

Heres about me:

I'm Deepankar ... Dippy for short as you all know me from Team Bhp, you friendly neighbourhood moderator . I'm 27 .. going on 28... Stayin in Mumbai , graphics designer by profession and a freelance auto journalist.. Speed is a passion and cars are life for me.. Apart from that well I'm into music ... anything with a catchy tune goes for me, swimming.. i love it... love chillin out with buddies .. Formula 1, WRC.. auto racing thats what i love to watch, I love eating...love trying new cuisines.. and oh yeah how can I forget .. good women

So guys have a ball at Team BHP and if you need anything we're always there

Well thats bout me .. Lets here it from the other mods.. Till then ...VROOOOOM!!!!

Cheers

[Rehaan]

Hey guys,

Like most of the others here, I started off young with a large collection of dinky cars, and then slowly worked my way up from there. To me, a car is the ideal blend of engineering, design, utility and fun; that pretty much explains my obsession with automobiles in the simplest terms. I love taking part in technical discussions (always found around the “Technical Stuff” forum section) and am always willing to learn / share knowledge and information. High on my list of favourite cars are the Ferrari F355, Subaru Impreza WRX STi, BMW E46 M3, Ford GT40 and the Porsche 911 GT2.

I studied to be an industrial designer at the Rhode Island School of Design, but am currently keeping myself busy with a few other things. In addition to trying to figure out how to get more of the automotive world into my daily life, I also have interests in computers, technology, mountain-biking and photography.

I do hope Team-BHP provides great entertainment and knowledge to you. Don’t ever hesitate to contact the Support Team with any issues or suggestions!

[Aditya]

Hey fellows,

I'm Aditya, 27, born and brought up in Mumbai. I'm working with an engineering firm as an accounts & finance manager.

I've been in love with cars since .... well, as long as I can remember. I feel, "British Beef Rules!" I love bikes too with India's own Royal Enfield being my favourite marque.

All sorts of motorsports fascinates me - F1, Touring Cars, SBK, MotoGP, WRC, road racing and so on. For me SENNA IS GOD!

Other interests include soccer, cricket, beaches, pubbing, music and spending time with friends.

Hope you have a good time on team-bhp.

Cheers.

[GTO]

Hey Bombers,

I live, breathe and eat team-bhp...not to mention all those wonderful dreams about things we have planned for this website. Team-bhp is more than just an automotive community for Indian car enthusiasts...its really living our passion!!

I am a 27 year old Jeeper (still only 19 at heart!!) from Bombay, and an Mba. - Marketing in qualification. By profession, here is a born entrepreneur.

Off-roading is where my soul lies, though track racing is very very close. I honestly could not care less about the 1/4 mile competitions and am more about late braking and sticking to the racing line. My current steed is a Mahindra CJ 4x4 which I have painfully and lovingly restored to what is today the best example of a Mahindra on planet earth. Higher gear ratios, Standok paint, a chilling air-con, Pajero wheels with Michelin all-terrain rubber, cd-player and boombox, imitation recaro seats and the works...you get the gist.

The cars I absolutely lust for are the Ferrari Enzo, the Mercedes 560SEL (W126 series), Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI and of course - The 1984 Ferrari 288 GTO

Anytime you members should have a concern...do feel free to PM any of us moderators. We are there right by you on team-bhp

Take it easy

GTO

[Rtech]

Hey T-BHPian's...

The newest mod to be added to the list, and I must say I'm in some fine company!

Born in Bombay and now living in Mumbai (gotto love our Govt.!!) I have been an auto freak since I was dropped on my head when i was born. I say that coz I'm the only one in my family who has a craving for anything with wheels, so I'm guessing something must've gone wrong somewhere

Well, the motorsport bug never left me, and I took a sabatical after my first year in college to go F2000 racing in Canada, working for a racing school there for a year to support this. Visa probs dictated that I come back to Bombay (not yet Mumbai). Went on to do my Auto engineering in the US but never really got a chance to practice my newly learned skills as my luck with visa's struck again and I was back in Mumbai before I knew it! I got into organising motor sport events in the Country since then, and I continue to do so.

I always wanted to open my own high performance shop here - hence the name "R Tech", and still hope to do so one day. Also a biker at heart, and plan to tour the world, in stages, later on in life.

Well, lets get back to what we are here for now, the forum!

Rtech

[Rudra Sen]

Pretty late for the day but nevertheless..
Oldest haggard amongst the moderators. Not putting down my age. Interested members can use calculator and go to my profile to find that out.
In the business of advertising right from my graduation. Essentially an art person.
I was born in Calcutta. Left that city 14 years ago and since then in Bangalore. Painfully watching a beautiful city going to dogs.
Love cars, photography and digital art. Try to blend all three into my profession. Also trying desperately to find time to get back to my sketching and water colours. And oh! I forgot!! Love meeting people.
In Bangalore I’m known as Amby guy. In today’s context it’s almost like the ‘Last man standing’. A year back added another family member, a black Optra 1.8. Seven months down the line started loving this car.
A proud member of the most interesting car forum. Proud to see it growing everyday.
Cheers.

[navin]

I'm Navin. My expertise is in typos. I make more than all the other Mods combined. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, would be to find the sense hidden inside the gibbersh (futher complicated by the typos) I produce.

I was born in what was then known as Bombay in 1963. Since i was born in my aunt's dispensary my parents have had no choice but to accept me as theirs (I was the only baby born there).

In the winter of 1969-70 I am told I saw my 1st Rock Concert. The Who with Keith Moon were visiting and they even left their HiWatt and Marshall amps behind here.

About the same time my dad got me my own spool deck (7" reel, 3.75 and 7.5 ips) and a philips valve radio and the audio bug bit. A few years later I built my own amp and speakers (I was still in high school).

While in high school I learnt to tune my dad's Premier Padmini using stobes and lots of other fun stuff.

After high school the same aunt who delivered me requested my dad to send me to NYC (where she had migrated to). My Dad was only to happy to see his teror go. So off I went to school, college and IBM in that order.

fast forward 1995 I came back to India for good after see sawing for 5-6 years. I married in 1999 and have my own little terrorist (Aditya) now.

I found this forum using google and Dippy convinced me to stay on. You'll usually find me over at the ICE forum. You'll find me refered to as old man not becuase of my chronologial age but also becuase my friends include many septegenerian audio gurus in Mumbai.

[ajmat]

Another grumpy old man to rule the roost

I'm ajmat - Ajit Matthew - not as old as the old man but getting there. Currently working for a major company that makes the chips that go into your PC....and Ferrari hate us - rather their sponsor does.

Spent my formative years in the UK, came to India, went back, came back... was pretty confused I guess but have been in Bangalore for 10 years - watching its growth in decline
and now vice versa. My other passion is Golf - a frustatingly fascinating game - am far from good but the fun is trying to get there. Am married with one daughter aged 7

Have been around during T-BHP initial days - seem to drive other members red or green - depending on my remarks or experiences. Make it a point to get a few circuit experiences with wild cars whenever an excess of time and money coincide.

Fascination in cars has been from Year 0 - bored the family to death about cars. First driving experience was when I was 9 , I was allowed to drive a Mercedes 350Se w114 on a field (on someones lap!!). Car had not been released out of Germany at the time - explains my soft spot for Mercs but a week with an X5 has given me a lot of admiration for BMW

Main steed is a City Vtec - which I have "mildly" modified for drivability. Also have an 800 but will be replacing it with.......Swift/Getx/Fusion...for tax reasons....and no I will not open a thread to ask a question that has and will be answered a million times. am also considering an MR2 /Miata for a hobby/ project vehicle - I want a good handler - but am hesistant to deal with dodgy dealers. I feel the late 80/early 90 cars had character - modern cars are good but too many nanny devices. Best car that I ever had was a Peugeot 309SRi. A real ugly sleeper but it went like stink and handled brilliantly.

T-BHP is like home at home..or at work - a great stress buster - comes to point where my wife calls me Ajmat. Putting my moderator hat on - it is good bye to my saucy comments (some of them!!) - however - I will be watching out immature postings, flogging dead donkeys( discussions which have outlived the purposed) and all sorts of other things. As a fellow mod said - Tough Cop. As I told the old man last night - I've been promoted!!!

[ported_head]

Sometimes it's good to flog a dead horse, I forgot all about putting my two bits here.

I'm Priyank, 21 years of age. Currently in my Third Year of Automobile Engineering in Mumbai. Can't wait to get out.

Been in Mumbai all my life. Can't really remember when I fell in love with cars, but when I sit and start to think about it, I can only ever remember having dinkys and RCs and just about anything else on 4 wheels, so I can safely conclude that it must have been all my life.

Of course I have all the same strings that come attached with every auto enthusiast. It's grown to be an obsession, very one-tracked mind, my shelves are littered with car mags, and the book collection is growing too. All my savings end up being spent on anything automotive. Will watch any sort of Motorsports on TV even if it's lawn mower racing. F1 and WRC and A1 GP too now, though I prefer WRC. As far as I can remember my bedroom walls have always been adorned by posters. From those who know me from the board, I am in absolute love with Porkers, and era, any type. I used to have this 911 Slat-Nose Turbo poster in black, which was right on the wall opposite my bed, so that it would be the last thing I would see before I went to sleep.
Currently lusting for a 964 3.8RS.

Team-BHP has been a fantastic journey for a little more than over a year, it's my home on the Internet. Never would have thought about meeting so many like-minded enthusiasts all over the country. I can only wish for it to grow. And all the members absolutely rock.

Not too good at talking about myself, but some tell me that I'm an idealist and a pessimist, so I always end up contradicting myself.

Ok I've ranted enough. For those who need to know "10 Reasons not to do Engineering in Mumbai" feel free to PM me.

Cheers. And Buckle up.
PH.

[Samurai]

Just got my Badge couple of days back, no gun though, but I'll manage with my sword. If nothing else I will increase the average age of the moderator team.

Among the moderators, I must be the one who is least knowledgeable about automobiles. I know I wasn't picked for that. May be it is the sword in my avatar, probably indicates cutting (offending posts) abilities, law/rule enforcement skills, etc.

Alright, something about myself. Born near Mangalore, grew up all over south Karnataka in various small towns. My Dad was a bank manager, therefore we kept moving places until we finally settled in Bangalore. I have been in Bangalore since 1982 except the 9 years in New Jersey between 1993-2004.

I am a late bloomer when it comes to cars since my parents never had a car. My first scooter was my dad's 1970 Lambretta which I drove since 16 until I was 22 when I got my Kinetic Honda Dx. The first motorcycle I drove at 17 and often later was my uncle's 1978 Bullet which recently made it to Khardungla Pass driven by my cousin. First own ride was Hero cycle, and I was cycling until 19, even to engineering college, I know it is hard to believe these days...

My first car was a 1985 Toyota Corolla, bought in 1993. That was followed by Maruti Omni, Mecury Sable, Maruti 800, Chevy Malibu, Acura 3.2 TL, Santro Xing AT and finally Baleno Lxi. Here is an interesting factoid, in all my 100,000+ miles driving in USA, I have never been ticketed or even pulled over by cops, not even once. That pretty much explains my driving style.

On the job front I am in software product development, academic qualification wise I have a BE in Electronics & Communications from Bangalore University and a MBA from Edinburgh Business School. I did put in time in some of the top companies in the world, but found myself a misfit in corporate heirarchy. After nearly 8 years of that, I quit and joined a tiny company. Two years back came back to India and started the Indian branch of the US company. Still love programming after 16 years of it.

On the family front, I have a wife who loves long drives in passenger seat and two sons. In fact, all of our family travel and weekend drives are researched and schemed by my wife. In 2005 we even trekked the Himalayas in Sikkim (Few days close to Heaven: The Dzongri Trek) to nearly 15,000ft altitude thanks to her.

[tsk1979]

Hi Fellas,
Just got my mode hat couple of days back. It all started with an invite from GTO, and couple of messages later I was clear of what was needed. And therefore, here I am.
My real name is Tanveer Singh. I guess many of you know that already. Been on team-bhp since the beginning of Feb 2005. I found the site while searching for "User reviews of India cars". When I joined, I didn't realize that its soon going to turn into an addiction, fanned by my innate desire for cars!

From a long long time I have had three major interests. 1. Cars 2. Photography 3. Gadgets. The third interest was responsible for me choosing a career in the VLSI field, and the second interest was responsible for me buying rolls and cameras. IT was the first interest which Team-BHP feeds.

I found myself getting in deeper and deeper. Discussing, arguing talking.. The forum became a second home. They say all techies check their email the first thing they come to their comp at work. I also do that, but now the first click goes to the "team-bhp" section in my email! I was earlier obsessed with tinkering with software, my websites etc., but now that obsession has a serious competition.

Its a passion thats had me hooked. Any time I am in doubt about which car, how to, where to, I know where will I get the answers. I have made great friends with people whom I have never met, and may not meet for a long time!

This is what TBHP does for you. On the family front I stay with my wife who is very very supportive of my interests and hobbies. I must say I am a lucky guy.

Talking about wheels, as of now we have a trusty old wheezy indica, whos been with me since mid 2002. Though I desire the powerful machines that prowl the streets of delhi(When you drive an indica, everything else is powerful) I always cant help smiling when I drive into the petrol pump or when every now and then there is a thread on TBHP talking about the fuel prices.

So here I am guys, always at your service. You can drop in anytime to my online home given in my signature or if you got too much time on your hands you can read my Journal at http://tsk1979.livejournal.com.

[Mpower]

Hi Everybody

The newest mod to the forum here. Born and brought up in Bangalore and came to the US for studies. Got my degree in engineering and been working in product design ever since.

A certified car nut just like you all and my life pretty much revolves around 'wheeled vehicles', that's right........2 wheelers, 3-wheelers, 18-wheelers, they all excite me. Oh! did I mention...I also like boats, yachts and jet-skis.

Currently the MVP of my stable is a silver E36 M3 coupe, an awesome all rounder which you can take to the club Sat night with 4-friends and also take on the racetrack on Sun morning. She is aging gracefully but can still show a clean pair of heels to the new kids on the block. I like cars that handle and my favorites are all BMWs, Elise, Miata, Porsche 993s etc. Call me stuck in the 90s, but I don't care too much for the new crop of gizmo laden behemoths.

Also love bikes and couple that I owned in the past were a RX100 and a CB750 Nighthawk. The fastest bikes I've driven are a R1 and a Ninja_900 but the most fun bike was KZ-450 parallel twin from the 80s. So by now, you know what I like........ small, fun and flickable.

Another related passion is motorsports and I've tried different forms over the years and blown a lot of time & $$$ on it. I love circuit racing and have my own shifter kart which I race occasionally. The most exciting race/race-track ever was in Road Atlanta, GA.

I love the technical/design side of cars and look forward to getting my hands greasy in the future. Also like the business side of auto industry, especially "Product Strategy"

Other interests include music, movies, travelling, houses/architecture and trying different types of food/beer.

So guys, that's me in a nutshell. Thanks to the mod team for nominating me and my goal is to keep the forum clean and to help out wherever needed

[F50]

Hi Guys,

This is Priyank. Born in Bombay on a lousy Saturday afternoon of Feb 1985, 21 candles were fired up on my last birthday.
Other kids played with all sorts of things from hanging to clanging but I sticked to wheels and woods (cricket bat). Most of the time I organized Demolition Derbys and lost many dinkies in it, right from porsches to lambos but the ones surviving are in the museum.
Then suddenly went into Great Depression lost all interest in cars. In 1998 out of nowhere I get interest in cars again and since then never left. That’s why I do lack knowledge in some areas. Fell in love with F50 and it became my favourite of all time. Love to watch F1, Moto GP, Pool, Cricket etc etc. Love all sports because I was born with sports gene. Love to collect 1:18 scale model all thanks to Dippy got 8 of them.

Im studying in Sydenham College pursuing my Bachelors in Banking & Insurance and will continue in the field of Insurance. Love to drive anything with wheels. Other interest lies in music, gadgets, traveling and of course sports. After cars the things I love is with wings i.e. planes and other with loads of wheels i.e. trains. I feel train is the most decimating thing after cars.

Team-bhp is my home. Always loved working behind the scenes and that’s what im doing on Team-Bhp as well.

Signing off.

[aah78]

a big hello to all,

from the latest Moderator to be added onto the Team-BHP Support Team.
most of you don't know me as i'm not a big poster - though i'm always logged onto Team-BHP. i'm a quiet person, overall and don't open up until i really know the next person.

Advait is my name, or Ads, as some of my friends prefer to call me - easier on the tongue, they say. born and raised in Mumbai (then Bombay), India. lived outside the country for a year or two - when i was very young - but most of my lifetime has been spent in Bombay itself. moved to USA a couple of years ago and was over-whelmed with the automobile world which, then, didn't exist in India.

i've been along for the ride ever since the Formula India group was a part of MSN Groups - i wasn't along since the begining and joined the group later but i hold the priviledge of being one of the earlier members on Team-BHP.

unlike most car enthusiasts i wasn't born with a passion for cars. i liked cars to the extent that one likes, say the sunset - it's beautiful, but you've seen one, you've seen them all.

i did have a favourite car toy though - it was a red plastic toy called Old Glory - basically an american muscle car toy. i used to lug it around every where i went.

it wasn't until much later in life that my liking of automobiles began to develop into love and later on turned into an undying passion for almost anything with an engine and 4 wheels - and has remained so ever since.

our family has had the pleasure of having owned a wide variety of cars over the years and it's been interesting in retrospect to think back and try to evaluate each model individually.

though i'm not much of a car washer - thats better left to the professionals / the machines - my favourite pass-time on Sunday afternoon's would be to take apart as much as possible of my dad's 1995 Maruti-Suzuki Zen's engine and try to put it back together....... not that it always worked......

Team-BHP has helped increase my knowledge regarding different aspects of the automobile world, ten-fold. a lot of members are living databases of information and are a boon to lesser mortals, such as myself.

that's it from me for the time being. definitely look forward to interacting with all of you...

regards,
ads

ps. as a foot-note, in the past couple of months, since i've been a Moderator, i've noticed that few members take it personally whenever their post is edited / deleted. i'd just like to point out that the Support Team tries to keep the board clean, to the best of their effort - so please try to bear with us. i've had a few of my posts deleted too whenever i've made unruly comments that don't really contribute anything to the topic under discussion. Team-BHP is different from other websites which might have different (relaxed) rules. we prefer to have a professional approach rather than a casual free-for-all.

[Zappo]

Hello people. I guess I take over the mantle of the newest mod in town. One fine day I was googling for some info on cars and their merits before I went out to buy my first car. Landed up here. I was amazed at the vast repository of information available here. Decided to sign up as the inquisitive me wanted to ask a lot of questions as well. Since then some time has passed. In between changed from a Newbie to a BHPian, then to a D-BHPian and completed the 1000 posts. I was like a kid. What? No Senior BHPian tag? Someone indulgently told me that you already have a DBHPian tag dude. But then the kid in me wanted both!

Before I could get through the 1000 posts feeling I now find myself booted up the ladder to a moderator's role. Well, so be it. Afterall Team BHP is now a second home. So much so that my wife sometimes get irritated as she thinks that this is all that I do through the whole day. Well I am getting her a second laptop soon so that I do not need to hear that "hogger" bit any more.

Talking about my life, I was born in Kolkata in 1974 as Debraj Goswami. So that makes me old for sure, even if not as old as the grand dads of the forum. I grew up in North. Kanpur to be precise. In between have had small stints in some other cities. As dad was posted to Maharashtra in the 90s I moved in to Bhusawal (maharashtra). Did my graduation in Physics with Electronics and then MBA. All this while this bug about computers was in me. I was anyhow working with these since my college days. I even used to earn my expenses by working part-time in teaching computers, developing small softwares and then later even assembling computers, setting up networks etc (though used to spend more time than a full time job, and loved it). In between I also did a few small IT diploma programs and gathered some paper certificates.

After my post-grad just when everyone thought I will take a nice job and settle down that latent computer bug decided to manifest itself with full fury. Chucked off some good offers and decided to go for further studies in computers. So ended up in the PGDAC program offered by C-DAC. And there began a journey in the field of IT.

Today I am holed up in Hyderabad and work on design and development of applications, mentoring newbies (college recruits) besides guzzling cups of coffee, attending mindless number of meetings, blabbering with the clients, filling up Excel reports, taking a few interviews when boredom gets to me. And when it still does not work I just fold my sleeves and sit down to do some good hands-on coding. Ah! The pleasure of it.

In all this endeavour Team-BHP is a constant companion. A serious stress buster. I am definitely the least qualified here when it comes to seriously technical stuff in the automotive world. And yet somehow I have acquired this rapport amongst those who know me as their permanent test driver, consultant, negotiator and trouble shooter. And in all my endeavours my trusted Indica keeps me company.

Chalo... I have done a lot of blabbering in the name of Intro. Now lets take out that Mods scissors and check on what you guys are up to

Aloha

Debraj aka Zappo