[Distant Second]

Hi,

Thank you mods for accepting me. I am glad to be here.

Have been lurking around the forum for years, but was too busy with mundane aspects of life (like work) to actually believe that I may add any value to the forum. Finally decided to register when I am slightly better equipped to indulge my passions in life, one of which is Motoring.

I am an advertising professional, I like complicated situations, and feel everything is overpriced. I am usually not convinced with the world, duly hoping for miracles, daydreaming about a Porsche 911 and a Rolls Royce Phantom. I ambitiously plan to own at-least one special & (dare I say)timeless car in every category and build a nice garage by the time I have lost some hair. Also, as cliquish as it may sound, I am toying with the idea of moving to another country in a few years only for the sake of enjoying longish drives on better roads and relatively smoother traffic in a great car of my choice. For now however, I have settled with what I feel are average to good and affordable automobiles in our country.

I can't call myself the safest driver around, had my fair share of close shaves. Always been a boy racer, drove it like I stole it. Now however, in an early-onset-of-mid-life-crises, I would like to believe I drive more responsibly. Still, old habits have a way of coming back and I frequently see myself fuming over traffic management in Delhi.

I hope I am able to add some value to topics discussed, or better, yet to be discussed, and also enrich my knowledge further.

That is me. I don't conform to most popular views, and feel like investigating every word like a suspicious old man

Cars the family has owned in the past:

M800 (Red - 1st gen - 1988) Toyota Corolla (green - 1990 Import) Ford Mercury Lynx a.k.a Escort in some markets (Red - 1990 Import) ( M800 mpfi (white - 2000 - College), Maruti Esteem Lxi (Henna Green - 1998 - family vehicle), Ford Ikon 1.6 zxi (silver - 2004 - My first earned car!), Hyundai Accent Glx (white - 2003 - family vehicle),

Cars we own currently:

Maruti Swift Vdi (black - 08 - beater car), Honda Accord (black - 07 - family vehicle), Volkswagen polo trendline tdi (red - 2011 - mom's ride), Maruti Swift Vdi (blue - 2012 - wife's car) Volkswagen Vento tdi Highline (black - 2013 - Shared by me and dad)


I love hitting the road, albeit in perfect conditions, which is a myth.

Still I love the drive!

[mayankk]

PLease take a look at this:
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...ngine-bay.html

Also, in your introduction, you have glossed over facts about the humming. DO let us know what car, what speeds etc

Hazing over, so welcome on board!
Thats a long list of cars, by the way.

[S2!!!]

Hi Distant Second,

Welcome to the Team-BHP Community.

You've put up a nice introduction there. Good to have you on-board

Just curious, why is your handle 'Distant Second'??

[Rehaan]

Welcome aboard Distant Second!

Originally Posted by Distant Second

I like complicated situations, and feel everything is overpriced. I am usually not convinced with the world, duly hoping for miracles, daydreaming about a Porsche 911 and a Rolls Royce Phantom. I ambitiously plan to own at-least one special & (dare I say)timeless car in every category and build a nice garage by the time I have lost some hair. Also, as cliquish as it may sound, I am toying with the idea of moving to another country in a few years only for the sake of enjoying longish drives on better roads and relatively smoother traffic in a great car of my choice. For now however, I have settled with what I feel are average to good and affordable automobiles in our country.

It's like we're living parallel lives here

[Distant Second]

Originally Posted by S2!!!

Hi Distant Second,

Welcome to the Team-BHP Community.

You've put up a nice introduction there. Good to have you on-board

Just curious, why is your handle 'Distant Second'??

Thank you for the welcome

About the Handle - refers to one's passions & interests in general, which sometimes may come second to the supposedly more important aspects of life. And maybe that is how some of us want it.

If you spare a minute, you can watch this to know what I am saying:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-Rcx...rplane_part_3/

Originally Posted by Rehaan

It's like we're living parallel lives here

Hi Rehan,

That feels nice. And I forgot to mention about mountain biking! Sounds like we have more than a few traits in common

Originally Posted by mayankk

PLease take a look at this:
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/techni...ngine-bay.html

Also, in your introduction, you have glossed over facts about the humming. DO let us know what car, what speeds etc

Hazing over, so welcome on board!
Thats a long list of cars, by the way.

Hi Mayankk,

Thank you for the welcome.

I have a couple of plans.

1. my first mod project (Lancer to Evo), but its too early to say anything right now as I am still thinking on it.
2. GQ road trip - planned to an extent, going for sure in late sep/oct/nov 2015, yet to finalise the dates.

Indebted to the info I got from the forum that helped with the planning.