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CrAzY dRiVeR · 29th December 2006, 08:46

1999- 2006 Maruti 800...

Had to let go... :( If i get a good job, i always dream of buying the car back and keeping it... I learned driving in the car, i had kept it for seven years till family sold it...

HAve many friendship fights... love and fooling around... he he... many many memories in the car... So... Really miss it... Will get it back some day... Will be the first car i buy...

Mendi · 11th January 2007, 23:27

The first car we had was a 1995 Zen White color. Extremly great machine.
I sold it off in 2005 April...
Jan 2005 I had bought a V2 DLS and July 2005, we got an Esteem LXi. Its been very long journey but with lesser number of cars. They've been quite loyal to us actually....

chetanhanda · 11th January 2007, 23:39

1] 1st one we had was a Mustard colored "Premier Padmini deluxe BE"
2] Then a Blue colored "Premier Padmini deluxe BE" (sold the older car)
3] Dark blue Premier 118NE (dad's car) and White M800
4] OHC , (Sold off the white M800) , so we had OHC and 118NE
5] Metallic blue MPFI M800 , so 3 cars
6] Wagon R Auto, sold the older 118NE
7] Currently bought a Civic Vtec coupe in US
so currently OHC,Civic coupe,Wagon R and M800

Mpower · 11th January 2007, 23:53

Chetan, there is no Maruti 800 16V engine. I think you mean 12V.

chetanhanda · 12th January 2007, 00:02

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Originally Posted by Mpower

Chetan, there is no Maruti 800 16V engine. I think you mean 12V.

ya .. 4 valve per cylinder but only 3 cylinders..

V-16 · 12th January 2007, 03:49

My Grandad used to talk about owning lotsa cars but I remember the following (mentioned in order of purchase as far as i can myself remember rightly having seen them and the year depicts the date of manufacture of the car, not the year in which it was procured0
1953 Oldsmobile
1949 Chevrolet Convertible Automatic LHD
1966 Chevrolet Belair LHD V-8 Auto(on which I did my haath saaf)
1965 Chevy Biscayne
1966 Chevy Impala
1971 Chevy Nova (Auto)
(Between 1974-1986)
Premier President
Premier President
Premier President
Premier Padmini
Premier Padmini
1968 Ford Falcon (Auto)
1972 or 74 Cadillac Calais (Dhirubhai Ambani had the same one in Pista Green and we had a Dark Blue. Then we knew him as the owner of Vimal sarees who had a small shop in Roxy Cinema. One could see his Caddy parked there almost everyday)
1974 Ambassador Mk II
1977 Ambassador Mk III (Drove this car extensively)
1976 Ford Capri 1600 GT
1977 Ford LTD V-8 (Australian)
1979 Peugeot 504 Sedan
1981 Peugeot 504 Break (S/W)
1989 Merc 124 230 E
Standard 2000
From then on it was like a wild goose chase with Dad and Me buying various cars as in nvesting and selling... the days of STC...
From then on.......!!!

sajo · 12th January 2007, 08:41

Thats an impressive collection you have had in the past V-16! Especially the big American iron.
Was colour was your LTD?

CrAzY dRiVeR · 12th January 2007, 10:44

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Originally Posted by V-16

My Grandad used to talk about owning lotsa cars but I remember the following (mentioned in order of purchase as far as i can myself remember rightly having seen them and the year depicts the date of manufacture of the car, not the year in which it was procured0
1953 Oldsmobile
1949 Chevrolet Convertible Automatic LHD
1966 Chevrolet Belair LHD V-8 Auto(on which I did my haath saaf)
1965 Chevy Biscayne
1966 Chevy Impala
1971 Chevy Nova (Auto)
(Between 1974-1986)
Premier President
Premier President
Premier President
Premier Padmini
Premier Padmini
1968 Ford Falcon (Auto)
1972 or 74 Cadillac Calais (Dhirubhai Ambani had the same one in Pista Green and we had a Dark Blue. Then we knew him as the owner of Vimal sarees who had a small shop in Roxy Cinema. One could see his Caddy parked there almost everyday)
1974 Ambassador Mk II
1977 Ambassador Mk III (Drove this car extensively)
1976 Ford Capri 1600 GT
1977 Ford LTD V-8 (Australian)
1979 Peugeot 504 Sedan
1981 Peugeot 504 Break (S/W)
1989 Merc 124 230 E
Standard 2000
From then on it was like a wild goose chase with Dad and Me buying various cars as in nvesting and selling... the days of STC...
From then on.......!!!

Coool.... Wish i'll someone get to say like this too...

V-16 · 12th January 2007, 13:03

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Originally Posted by sajo

Thats an impressive collection you have had in the past V-16! Especially the big American iron.
Was colour was your LTD?

The LTD was a metallic brown and she was Australian not American. RHD. Awesome car but we always had problems with her. The horn was the entire rim of the Steering Wheel and anytime u wanted to honk, u just squuese the steering or just tighten the grip. Then we sold it to a friend in Bombay who coloured it white and used it for lending it for weddings. Last I saw it was in Nepaensea rd in White and that was a good few years ago. She was registered MMF 1800.

My Grandad was a BIG guy and so wanted to be comfy in the rear seat so the way to go was American hugies. Thats why I learnt driving on the 66 Belair V-8 LHD Auto. Hence my fascination and preference to big cars.

Desert fox · 14th January 2007, 02:03

Awesome collection owned before the premier padmini list!!!

seriously can you post some photo-graphs?if iam not pushing my luck that is...i go batty seeing such cars parked in those glorious big houses with its master's next to it.

It will be like sharing the moments of your past in golden era with us.

V-16 · 14th January 2007, 02:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desert fox

Awesome collection owned before the premier padmini list!!!

seriously can you post some photo-graphs?if iam not pushing my luck that is...i go batty seeing such cars parked in those glorious big houses with its master's next to it.

It will be like sharing the moments of your past in golden era with us.

D Fox believe me id love to post the pics ...If only I had em. I was a kid till the abmy, even tough as im sure most of us petroheads, im learnt driving when I was really young around 14 and then had the chevies ( Impala and Belair) till a good many years after I officially got a driving licence.
I even remember the nos of most of them ( which added up to a total of 9 as most of my my present cars do too)
Unfortunately dont have any of them with me now. See my gallery for my present collection. I think I just might have a pic or two of the Olds and the chevy somewhere alsong with a 1974 Datsun sports coupe 1200 (only wish it were a 240 Z)

Desert fox · 14th January 2007, 03:04

No problem friend.I still envy you for having and enjoyed the things we lust to have a glimpse of,

And hats off to your seniors who had such excellent taste back then.It just feels nice to see the three generations in your Family enjoy automobiles in such regular and phased intervel's,

Party harder old chap,these things are never enough for likes of us.

manikjeet · 8th March 2007, 01:04

my affair with cars started when my father gave me the keys of his esteem (96) when i was in 8th kept that car for a long time untill it was involved in accident it was written off then i got myself a 800(with my own money kind of) modified the hell out of her will post the pic of her asap after she was also total loss i went for a alto which i still have and then got me zen and i am planning of buying a palio 1.9d in about months time

Ricky_63 · 23rd March 2007, 19:09

Here's a list of cars bought by me with my own money (Grand Dad & Dad's cars NOT included

01. Maruti 800 1988
02. Maruti 800 DX 1996
03. Cielo 1997
04. Maruti Zen 1998
05. Opel Astra 1999
06. Tata Indica 2001
07. Ford Ikon 1.6 Zxi 2002
08. Scorpio 2.6 2004
09. Skoda Octavia 1.9 TDi 2005
10. Accent VIVA CRDi 2006
11. Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 (Currently under modification Stage 2)

Phew.........

Cheers

ronk · 25th March 2007, 18:54

really interesting threads...
i'd like to mention cars my family owned..
dad was a lucky child, grandad gifted him his first car couple of years before i was born, while he was still studyin..

1982 - silver padminin(i was born in 84)

1989 - white padmini.. really liked its box pattern rexine interiors!!

1992 - white '87 m800 - added wheel caps, tints , rain protectors.. looked quite good then!

1995 - '91 white gypsy hardtop. . was amazing, took it on one long trip.. absolutely trouble free.. we had to go off the road at around 80kmph, and it was a 1 feet drop.. the car took it in style exhibiting it's rally genes!! we just continued on our journey!!
Was hardly practical in city, besides the person at the back(most often me) got tossed around!!
Dad actually cried while selling it!

1999 - golden santro - really fond of the car.. carries out the role of a perfect family car!! taken on couple of trips, not more than 300k.. absolutely trouble free.. minimum expenses..
don't think we'll be able to sell this car.. even my mom got attached to it!!!!

I started drivin in grandads 1st gen 800(DBA 7281) and dads gypsy.. '96
Will hopefully be able to buy my own car in another 5-8 months, once i finish my BE and start workin.. intend to get an old esteem, lets see..

29th December 2006, 08:46	#121
CrAzY dRiVeR Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore / TVM Posts: 17,181 Thanked: 73,512 Times View My Garage	1999- 2006 Maruti 800... Had to let go... :( If i get a good job, i always dream of buying the car back and keeping it... I learned driving in the car, i had kept it for seven years till family sold it... HAve many friendship fights... love and fooling around... he he... many many memories in the car... So... Really miss it... Will get it back some day... Will be the first car i buy...
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11th January 2007, 23:27	#122
Mendi BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 69 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	The first car we had was a 1995 Zen White color. Extremly great machine. I sold it off in 2005 April... Jan 2005 I had bought a V2 DLS and July 2005, we got an Esteem LXi. Its been very long journey but with lesser number of cars. They've been quite loyal to us actually....
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11th January 2007, 23:39	#123
chetanhanda BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 887 Thanked: 49 Times View My Garage	1] 1st one we had was a Mustard colored "Premier Padmini deluxe BE" 2] Then a Blue colored "Premier Padmini deluxe BE" (sold the older car) 3] Dark blue Premier 118NE (dad's car) and White M800 4] OHC , (Sold off the white M800) , so we had OHC and 118NE 5] Metallic blue MPFI M800 , so 3 cars 6] Wagon R Auto, sold the older 118NE 7] Currently bought a Civic Vtec coupe in US so currently OHC,Civic coupe,Wagon R and M800 Last edited by chetanhanda : 11th January 2007 at 23:41.
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11th January 2007, 23:53	#124
Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,730 Times View My Garage	Chetan, there is no Maruti 800 16V engine. I think you mean 12V.
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12th January 2007, 03:49	#126
V-16 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 4,594 Thanked: 950 Times View My Garage	My Grandad used to talk about owning lotsa cars but I remember the following (mentioned in order of purchase as far as i can myself remember rightly having seen them and the year depicts the date of manufacture of the car, not the year in which it was procured0 1953 Oldsmobile 1949 Chevrolet Convertible Automatic LHD 1966 Chevrolet Belair LHD V-8 Auto(on which I did my haath saaf) 1965 Chevy Biscayne 1966 Chevy Impala 1971 Chevy Nova (Auto) (Between 1974-1986) Premier President Premier President Premier President Premier Padmini Premier Padmini 1968 Ford Falcon (Auto) 1972 or 74 Cadillac Calais (Dhirubhai Ambani had the same one in Pista Green and we had a Dark Blue. Then we knew him as the owner of Vimal sarees who had a small shop in Roxy Cinema. One could see his Caddy parked there almost everyday) 1974 Ambassador Mk II 1977 Ambassador Mk III (Drove this car extensively) 1976 Ford Capri 1600 GT 1977 Ford LTD V-8 (Australian) 1979 Peugeot 504 Sedan 1981 Peugeot 504 Break (S/W) 1989 Merc 124 230 E Standard 2000 From then on it was like a wild goose chase with Dad and Me buying various cars as in nvesting and selling... the days of STC... From then on.......!!!
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12th January 2007, 08:41	#127
sajo Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 2,625 Thanked: 1,153 Times	Thats an impressive collection you have had in the past V-16! Especially the big American iron. Was colour was your LTD?
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14th January 2007, 02:03	#130
Desert fox BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 228 Thanked: Once	Awesome collection owned before the premier padmini list!!! seriously can you post some photo-graphs?if iam not pushing my luck that is...i go batty seeing such cars parked in those glorious big houses with its master's next to it. It will be like sharing the moments of your past in golden era with us.
	() Thanks

14th January 2007, 03:04	#132
Desert fox BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 228 Thanked: Once	No problem friend.I still envy you for having and enjoyed the things we lust to have a glimpse of, And hats off to your seniors who had such excellent taste back then.It just feels nice to see the three generations in your Family enjoy automobiles in such regular and phased intervel's, Party harder old chap,these things are never enough for likes of us.
	() Thanks

8th March 2007, 01:04	#133
manikjeet Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chandigarh Posts: 1,618 Thanked: 295 Times View My Garage	my affair with cars started when my father gave me the keys of his esteem (96) when i was in 8th kept that car for a long time untill it was involved in accident it was written off then i got myself a 800(with my own money kind of) modified the hell out of her will post the pic of her asap after she was also total loss i went for a alto which i still have and then got me zen and i am planning of buying a palio 1.9d in about months time
	() Thanks

23rd March 2007, 19:09	#134
Ricky_63 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 3,885 Thanked: 518 Times View My Garage	Here's a list of cars bought by me with my own money (Grand Dad & Dad's cars NOT included 01. Maruti 800 1988 02. Maruti 800 DX 1996 03. Cielo 1997 04. Maruti Zen 1998 05. Opel Astra 1999 06. Tata Indica 2001 07. Ford Ikon 1.6 Zxi 2002 08. Scorpio 2.6 2004 09. Skoda Octavia 1.9 TDi 2005 10. Accent VIVA CRDi 2006 11. Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 (Currently under modification Stage 2) Phew......... Cheers
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25th March 2007, 18:54	#135
ronk BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 157 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	really interesting threads... i'd like to mention cars my family owned.. dad was a lucky child, grandad gifted him his first car couple of years before i was born, while he was still studyin.. 1982 - silver padminin(i was born in 84) 1989 - white padmini.. really liked its box pattern rexine interiors!! 1992 - white '87 m800 - added wheel caps, tints , rain protectors.. looked quite good then! 1995 - '91 white gypsy hardtop. . was amazing, took it on one long trip.. absolutely trouble free.. we had to go off the road at around 80kmph, and it was a 1 feet drop.. the car took it in style exhibiting it's rally genes!! we just continued on our journey!! Was hardly practical in city, besides the person at the back(most often me) got tossed around!! Dad actually cried while selling it! 1999 - golden santro - really fond of the car.. carries out the role of a perfect family car!! taken on couple of trips, not more than 300k.. absolutely trouble free.. minimum expenses.. don't think we'll be able to sell this car.. even my mom got attached to it!!!! I started drivin in grandads 1st gen 800(DBA 7281) and dads gypsy.. '96 Will hopefully be able to buy my own car in another 5-8 months, once i finish my BE and start workin.. intend to get an old esteem, lets see..
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