[sandeepsc]

A kinder kid grown up into teens have now turned up as a matured guy in twenties. Happy 20th Anniversary to our beloved TEAM-BHP. It’s so proud feeling being a Bhp’ian. All these 20 years an auto enthusiast community has been benefited from huge knowledgeable data team-bhp contains. It’s been 14 years of reading and 5 years of contributing to this amazing forum.

[ravib]

Happy 20th Team BHP !

Its been a tremendous and wonderful journey. As many said, our days are not completely without reading something from this ocean of wealth.
We all have learnt a lot , shared knowledge and more importantly connected with many awesome souls both professionally and personally, that is invaluable.

Thanks a lot Team BHP community and wishing many more decades to go

-Ravi

[rmsnus]

Happy 20th Anniversary to Team-BHP!!! Every word written is true and point blank without any going around. In the days of influencing and being influenced, maintaining the right with "Gamand", come what may... is what this community is all about. I feel the same in being a miniscule part of this community and wishing a very long, eventful and jolly journey in the year to come to the community. Cheers.

[ritedhawan]

Happy 20th Anniversary to Team-BHP. This is quite a milestone. When one considers the fact that this forum continues to stick to its core values. When in today’s world others have fallen prey to deceit, tuning their content to serve the needs of those who are paying for it, allowing bad characters to spew venom and spoil the atmosphere. Etc.

I am fortunate to be part of this forum. In 2009, when I struck upon this forum, and was enrolling for its membership, it struck me when this forum asked me to set forth in detail the reason for joining it, it struck me how serious this forum considers its membership, it wants to vet its joiner’s—figurative meaning. I may not have gone through the forum rules since the day I joined, that post may have evolved itself in terms of being continuously supplemented with information which is relevant to keep pace with today’s ways. I always allowed my good sense to prevail, and shared my views and opinions in a balanced manner in order to not incur the opprobrium of my fellow t-BHPian’s , nevertheless, I have not been scrupulous enough in terms of reviewing my opinions in a literal sense, before posting it on this forum, for which I was marked down a couple of times, not a serious infraction, I would say; as a consequence of which I have inculcated a habit of creating a document in MS Word and let it review it for any mistakes, before posting on the forum. I can’t bear Grammarly plug-in constantly pitching in its attempt to fix the errors, real-time; somehow force of habit, or convenience led me to use the Word application rather than use that plug-in. Anyways, an important reason for resorting to such a practice is to soften the burden of our valuable moderators in terms of the effort they put in to rectify our grammatical mistakes. I sincerely believe that we can contribute to softening the burden of our moderators in terms of taking upon ourselves this task of omitting such errors. Since, this is an opportune moment that we are talking about one of the tasks of our valuable moderators. I would like to congratulate the team in terms of the splendid job they are doing in terms of rectifying those errors.

This idea of contributing only when it’s something valuable has drawn oneself to this forum. Albeit it’s very difficult to stick to this idea, my posts number in three digits and when compared to the timespan it took me to formulate those, others may draw an inference that I may have been absent for quite some time and may have intermittently contributed to this forum. However, the reason for such a puny number of posts compared to the years I have been part of it is simply because one has attempted to stick to this idea which I have talked about in the first sentence of this paragraph.

In this day and age, its well-nigh impossible not to mould content to suit high-paying proponents, those who tend to seek forums as one of those channels to influence opinions or gain a prospective buyer. Etc. How this forum has been able stave-off such advances is something only the forum originators and moderators can describe. Esp. because to relent to such advances is a win-win proposition when considered in terms of the monetary benefits the forum can accrue from it. Sticking to the core values in the face of such an onslaught is very difficult. I commend the originators and moderators in staving off such advances. Nevertheless, I have a grouse which I would like to share at this moment—excuse my mistake if you believe it’s out of place to describe it here—that bottom right pop-up of an ad that shows up the moment a link is clicked on this forum is quite disconcerting. I wish that could be curbed somehow to pop-up only once when a thread is clicked, and not to pop-up every time a new page of the thread is opened. But that’s just my opinion. Take it with a pinch of salt!

An idea that has been brought into effect: The accumulation of threads with a common denominator. It was long due, and it has served a purpose in terms of the reduction of replicant threads. However, this is an opportunity that one would not like to get past before one would like to draw the attention of moderators in bringing out a feature on such long-threads: Create a form of break-points or bullets followed by links which lead to those posts in that long thread which are an example of a well-crafted opinion that may or may not encapsulate all the ideas prior to that post but are a revelation in itself and are a joy to read. I know, you have been doing us a big favour in your prompt response to such posts in terms of bringing it to the forefront i.e. home page. However, as new links get added to that stack on daily basis such wonderfully crafted posts get buried under it. Thus, highlighting them in the form of bullets or breakpoints at the beginning of those long thread of which they are part of shall do them justice.

The job done by the moderators in terms of ejecting venom-spewers who commit modern day ‘trolling, abuse, personal attacks’ is commendable.
I hope AI derivatives like ‘ChatGPT’ stay away from this forum. You state categorically that they “are game changers, but not necessarily in the area of content. On Team-BHP, we take pride in our original thoughts, ideas & opinions. We're here to learn from one another, not a machine.” I hope you stick to it; I have no idea what that monstrosity is, and frankly if someone were to ask me about it, I would gladly spell ‘ChatGPT and that’s about it!

Whether online or an over-the-counter purchase, this insistence on sharing mobile number or email addresses has become an all-pervasive activity. What these recipients of such vital information do behind our backs is no longer a chimera. They are willing to sell it to gain monetary benefits and the worst part is big behemoths in their respective fields are indulging in it. This is outrageous. I would like to thank Team-bhp team in making sure such vital pieces of information are not divulged.

In this day and age, -- I know this is the second time I am beginning a sentence with that—where the visual form of expression is gaining popularity whether via the age old television or the modern day YouTube and streaming platforms, etc do not bring about the twilight of the written form of expression to an extent that all one sees when opening a thread is pictures and videos with little or no written form of content. Anyways, with the availability of the tons of misinformation peddling mediums; its already becoming difficult to dig through it or evade it altogether to find out genuine, honest, legitimate information mediums.

I would like to end this post of mine, with heartfelt congratulations to the Team-BHP team for their immense contribution to this forum and sticking to their ideals and hope they continue to do so in the future.

[sgmuser]

Happy 20th Anniversary to Team-BHP. What a platform of people's voice. Wish every industry has one like this. Did I give a business idea to GTO and team? You guys will succeed if you just maintain the core values you have laid out and strictly adhered to and replicating them religiously anywhere. Kudos to all the volunteers who also toil to make this a better place for cyber living.

This is a far far better way to spend your time than just scrolling upwards in a mobile *cough* reels *cough*...*shorts*...

[itsbaman]

Happy 20th anniversary to Team-BHP. It’s almost 3 years since I joined this forum. I still remember getting rejected in my first attempt, which, I think was necessary for me to realise the seriousness of this forum. Still remember posting my first and only thread, and getting good responses from many senior members.
I am completely out of social media for last 6 years, but feel proud being member of Team-BHP.

[sumathindra]

Happy 20th TBHP. Indeed its a huge milestone for any forum to be successfully running and in parallel increasing its members. This forum is an inspiration to all the motor enthusiasts out there and also imbibes the culture of "clean" contribution. What I personally like about this forum is the use of pure English language which is very uncommon these days!

I have been a member of TBHP since 2009 if my memory serves me right and has honed my skills in motor judgements. Every contribution is valid and helps folks take better calls be it a vehicle or as a matter of fact any product discussed here. Looking forward for many such milestones!!!

[viren83]

Happy 20th Birthday to the forum.

What an incredible feat this is to moderate thousands of posts every single day. In the last few years, I've learned so much stuff beyond automobiles which I'm sure others would have not known either.

Who'd have thought we'd be getting fitness inspiration from so many members!

My team-bhp goal for this year is to write a post on life of startup founders

[ethanhunt]

Happy 20th birthday 🥳 Congratulations to founders, moderators and all users for ensuring that TeamBHP remains a ‘community’ and a ‘forum’ in true sense of the words. In the world filled with intentional noise and misleading information, what’s happening here is commendable. The forum has been a source of helpful info for me and has fuelled my passion in cars and travel. Thank you! Best wishes for many more years of continued growth while staying true to the DNA! 🚀

[V.Narayan]

Congratulations to the Founders of Team BHP who had the foresight, the Moderators toil to who ensure quality, the Staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes and the members who provide the enriching content.

Transparency, Integrity, Equality and Cleanliness are the reasons Team BHP has been so very successful in a world overflowing with social media and so much of bile. These 4 qualities are the reason many folks, including me, contribute to this forum. I joined Team BHP a little less than a decade back - it was my first ever foray into social media {I was aways a slow learner :-) } and interestingly it remains my only foray into social media even today. When you are with the best why bother about the rest.

The characteristics of Team BHP such as the quality control, enforced good manners, integrity, strict censorship on content were not so obvious back in 2004 to all social media sites & forms. It is to the credit of the founding team that they exercised this foresight and stitched in place, by trial & error, the policies and the processes to put them into effect.

My best wishes to Team BHP and all who dwell in it for the next 20 years. Quality never goes out of fashion - think Beethoven, think Amjad Ali Khan, think Harvard, think Rolls Royce. And if Team BHP continues with its strict standards it will be the best site in 2044 too.

[getgoing]

Happy 20th anniversary, Team BHP! It takes immense pleasure to be part of such a prestigious group. I have been following the BHP team for the past six years. I was recently inducted into this Team-BHP group. Previously, my three attempts failed because I could not fulfil the BHPian selection criteria.

Going through the blogs posted has impacted many of us on getting information not only about whats happening in the automobile sector but also at the same time about travelling, driving senses, and getting aware of the new places with the experience shared by the BHPians. Really, the members and the community at large are truly remarkable.

As our community celebrates this significant 20th anniversary, we take pleasure in what Team BHP has accomplished and look forward to the future with enthusiasm and optimism. Here's to many more years of success, development, and togetherness!

[dionysus]

Congratulations Team-BHP for 20 years of quality stuff..
I have known you for 20 years and 15 years of being inducted into the family

[Dry Ice]

Happy 20th!

A huge thank you to all the contributors for still writing about stuff in today’s world which is obsessed with 5 second videos.

Credit to the Mod team and staff as well, for keeping it clean, accessible and free for the public at large.

Heres hoping the forum will continue to serve visitors/members for the next 20 years and beyond!

[Arbind Ray]

Originally Posted by GTO

This is not an open forum where one can simply register, and start posting.

I shall blame the amorous month of February for the tone used here. Quintessentially a romantic in the truest sense (possible exaggeration), I engaged with TBHP for selfish reasons for the purpose of research and reference material. Ended up making friends on as well as offline.

Yes, I am 'that' one, as one poster described, who shipped his car from India to England....and shortly, my blushing sunset red SUV will not be alone on UK shores since another TBHPian too has successfully imported his Black Beauty (Beast?) from the same stable of SUVs which to this day turns heads.

So yeah...there's very much a respectful decorum all year round. That has to be attributable to GTO and the team past and present. So a Hearty Congratulations on encouraging quality content from the serious to light hearted

[naadopaasaka]

Happy twentieth to team-bhp.

This forum is nerdy in all the good ways. I think a hundred times whether I should post something on it because I'm not absolutely sure it will actually add value. I don't post questions on review threads very easily without spending time reading the thread as it stands then to determine if that question has (to use legal language) been asked and answered. Somebody asked me why I don't post more often on the forum, and I said it was simply because I didn't have enough to say.

Most truths in life are to be found somewhere in the middle, and team-bhp seems to be a middling influence in my life. In me, it promotes clarity of thought, lucidity, articulation, and, most importantly, restraint and discipline. For those not accustomed to this kind of thinking, I am sure it serves as a workout for the mind, until it becomes easy and finds implementation across all dimensions of life.

The true test of a great community is what, how and how much it contributes beyond its actual subject. Team-bhp passes that test with flying colours.

The only pain point for me is that I haven't actually built a friendship from here... yet.