Hi friends, I'm Surya. I am really happy to have joined Team-BHP at last. I was a Guest User for the past 5 years and have been gaining knowledge from Team-BHP which has made me all the more wiser. I tried joining in my formative days, but was not mature enough to enter this wonderful forum. Looking back now, I'm pretty sure that even if I had managed to join the forum in my college days, I would have made a mess of myself in front of the whole world.
And for that reason, I am very grateful to Team-BHP moderators. You gentlemen are really great in filtering out an uninformed wanna-be from a true enthusiast. Thankfully, I have matured to the extent over time that I am not rash or impulsive in my responses in a public forum. And trust me gentlemen, Team-BHP has played a pivotal role in this transformation of my attitude. I hereby just want to thank all the Team-BHP members as I have changed to this level by reading countless number of posts in various threads over 5 years, which has made me realize that one can put forward their point while being polite and courteous.
And now, a little about myself. I am all of 25 years old. I am currently working in Tata Motors - Engineering Research Center - Jamshedpur division. I work as a Vehicle Test Engineer, mainly doing physical outdoor testing of Prototype Heavy Commercial Vehicles for ensuring field performance and to meet the CMVR norms.
I am a CV nutter with a passion and uncanny interest in those big monsters. I love my job and hope to build upon that to form a long and high reaching career path. I drive Commercial Vehicles and also cars and motorcycles for personal and touring use. Apart from the automotive domain, I am interested in knowing about technological developments in aircraft industry, mobile phones and love food. I am a very big Foodie.
I first came across Team-BHP during a Google search 5 years ago. Have been hooked to it since then, for anything and everything automotive. In fact, my career path came into the Automotive Industry because of Team-BHP.
I currently own a 2002 Hyundai Santro Zip Plus, a 2009 pulsar 220 DTSi and a 2010 Suzuki Access. I currently use the Pulsar here in Jamshedpur. The scooter and the car are being used by my cousin in Chennai for certain logistical and practical reasons. Before this, I owned a 2003 TVS XL Super and my Dad had a 1987 Bajaj Cub 3-Speed scooter. We sold off those vehicles in the past because of my Dad's nature of job. I am planning to purchase a Fiat Linea T-Jet in the near future (as my username would suggest
). Have been vigorously saving up for it now. I have driven for about 50k kms in my car on the public roads and about 70k kms of riding on my motorcycle, scooter and moped put together.
I have also done some intermittent Beta Product testing for the likes of Hyundai Motor India Limited. I did a small dynamic performance benchmarking for them for a recently launched product (North American Car of the Year 2012) against the current crop of that segment cars sold in India. So, that's about my vehicle ownership and driving history in detail.
It might have been a "very long" first post; but for me, its 5 years of my thoughts, experiences and desires put down in one stroke. Will keep it short in the future. Am looking forward to a long and wonderful journey in life with Team-BHP.
Cheers and safe driving.