Excited to join the team! Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! (Not sure how many ladies or on this forum but I am guessing there must be a few).
This is my first post as a new member and so would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the admins and members of Team BHP for maintaining the content of this forum at such an exceptional standard. I have been following Team-BHP for a while now and the knowledge I gathered from the very informative posts on car reviews and personal automotive experiences have greatly influenced my recent car purchases.
I am from Hyderabad and have spent most of my testosterone driven life in Australia. I was a massive fan of the American/Australian muscle cars particularly the Mustang Fast-backs, Chargers, Falcons etc. Having owned some good Aussie cars like the Ford XD V8, XR6 and an HSV Clubsport, I was spoilt with the awesome bang for your buck from the cars available in Australia. They were all RWD with loads of power and torque and most importantly were quite reliable and could easily seat 5 adults. The Clubbie especially was brutal as I modified her with upgraded headers, cams and intake and it used to put out around 240 KW which I guess in imperial terms is around 320 hp at the rear wheels.
For a brief period I jumped the fence to see what all the hype was about the turbocharged Skylines and so ended up buying an R32 GTS-T and OH YES! The hype was real! You have to drive it to believe the stuck to the seat acceleration. Sadly she was not the most reliable machine and had to part with her after a very brief but memorable romance.
For the past few years I have been in India establishing my business locally so it was big change for me coming from the affordable thumping big petrol V8’s to the 2 litre, 4 pot diesels. Going by the reviews on this forum I have bought a Chevy Cruze which was an absolute blast and then moved onto the Mitsubishi Outlander 2.4 AT which is a perfect all-rounder and suits me well as a great family vehicle. For the occasional thrills I take my Ninja 650 on a late Sunday afternoon cruise when the traffic is thin and I can enjoy the superb power and torque of the Green Monster.
So there you go, that’s been a short summary of my automotive journey and looking forward to sharing more of my experiences with the team in the coming days.
Have a great weekend everyone! |