First of all, a big thanks to the Mods for approval of my membership. This is Nikhil, an 18 year old commerce student from Faridabad (or
Free-da-bad as some like to call it). Having registered on 6th January, I had lost hope by now of getting my membership approved and had prepared another revised
Why Team BHP note already. I had read somewhere that requests are seen in 7 days max, and thus started a mail shoot-out from this poor budding enthusiast. All efforts (3 mails!) were in vain, there was no sign of approval (or even disapproval message).
Frustrated, I concluded that there was something wrong with my e-mail ID and started typing a mail to Google Help!
But wait, I did see
Team something in the inbox now and press the back button quite a few times (in excitement) only to land up at the home screen. Next action was to click on the otherwise boring-looking
G-Mail icon and I was filled with emotions! So happy, so overjoyed on seeing the approval message at 10.02 AM (recieved at 10.01AM) that I wore that sheepish grin all day long on my face.
I have a little car background, with only a humble Maruti 800 and an Alto to boot. I am quoting this saying, though a tweaked version based on my family, "
Mobile 5 years, Car 10 years, Wife lifetime". Maruti 800 had completed 10 years with us and was replaced with another best seller (Swift) in August 2014. Selling the Alto was an impulsive decision, as the 1.8 Lac offer for a 7 year old model was too hard to resist. It was brilliantly maintained, but that is another thing. Interestingly, Maruti TrueValue had given a 1.1 Lac offer in mid 2014 and this was a slap on their face!
Replacement to the Alto was a difficult question, because Dad was a "
as reliable as a Maruti" person but at the same time bit by the "
as mighty as an SUV" bug. Starting the search from the hardly-depreciating Innova (as precious as Gold in car market; 11 Lac for an 8 year old piece), we moved down to Hawk vs Bull (Scorpio vs Safari) and unable to find a less-(ab)used piece, eventually stretched the budget again for a pre-worshipped 2013 Duster 85Ps.
Like almost every other NCR teenager, I had been tracing NCR roads on my Activa and Aviator until I got hands on the Swift, in 2014. Actually I was more passionate about two-wheelers but all hopes of venturing into biking were trashed the moment my family saw the stupid Whatsapp video of Indian bike stunts compilation! I was so fond of riding in those years (2012-14) that I completed a total of 30k kms during that time on 2 wheels. Mind you, unlike
almost every other NCR teenager, I was very particular about my safety and used to have 5 helmets (riding jacket, gloves et al) ready for different occasions! Though the use of two wheelers has minimised to merely 300 kms/month since 2014, I have kept both the scoots in immaculate condition.
I love to write, dance, DIY and even experiment with electricals in my free time. I had done a projector retrofit at the age of 16 (on Aviator and then moved it to Activa) and have experimented with most electrical mods like horns, HIDs, strobe lights, hooters and what not! I have plans to start Blogging also, and have dreams of having an ICE business in Faridabad sometime after education! Money + passion = Too much fun! That was all I can think of now. Thanks to Team BHP for providing an open un-biased platform to enthusiasts to have their opinions heard. Can't wait to start participating, start living for my passion and share (and gain) knowledge in the process. See you in the forums!