Hi everyone. Finally made it to this forum after lot of attempts. Thanks a tonne to Mods for accepting my membership. I'm sure my stay here will improve my auto trivia a lot.
I'm Akhil Gopal from Trivandrum and I have been an avid reader of team-bhp since last year. Read many of the ownership reports and scoops from here and my hunt for membership started months back.
I'm just 19years old and doing my 3rd year in Mechanical Engineering. Chose to study Mechanical Engineering solely because of passion towards automobiles. Automobile Engineering is available only at fewer colleges. Hence, Mechanical it was.
I have been a car fanatic since i was 9 or 10. I started collecting car magazines since then. At that time, it was just for the turning the pages to see the beauties. It was only recently that i started reading them. I have over 100magazines stacked up in my cupboard as a part of my collection .
Vehicles I currently have : 2012 Honda Jazz XMT , 2005 Maruti Suzuki Alto Lx , 2009 Splendor.
I'm more of a car-guy than a biker guy and I'm a newbie in biking, basically because my Dad and everyone in the family are not bikers. Will have to bid adieu to our Alto soon, inorder to take a bike probably an FZ.
I'm a petrol head and i love redlining cars. That explains why i chose "rpm lover"in my id. I prefer a natural aspirated motor over a turbocharged one, although i have driven only turbocharged diesel cars in my life
. But, i still think a natural aspirated V12 is way better than a turbocharged V8. Pardon me, if I'm wrong here.
Well,I love premium hatches over entry level sedans as they are more nippy and fun to drive in city as well as in highways. I only wish VW could bring in the Golf and Honda to bring in the Civic Hatch and BMW to bring in the 1series hatch.
My interests : Still Photography, Console gaming , Traveling , Blogging , Gadgets of-course, Sketching and drawing (cars mainly, dont have the skill to draw a bike yet)
My favorites : Ferrari 458 Italia is my current favorite, followed by BMW M5 and the Original Mini. My favorite car changes over time(dunno why). It was Zonda before. But, after watching Clarkson's review of 458 Italia, its my current favorite. But, M5 and original Mini are my all time favorites. In Indian car industry, my current favorite is good old Gypsy and wish to own one, after my studies.
I guess i wrote too much. Anyways, hoping for a pleasant stay here and wishing to meet many members from Trivy here.
-akhil_rpmlover .