27th January 2005, 10:19
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| Team-BHP Support   | Old man joining up... Hi All, I started posting in the forum starting this week before stumbling across this section. Therefore, let me introduce myself. I am atleast a decade older than the average age of BHPians which I think is around 25-26. Well, I'll soon be 36. Don't believe the DOB in my BHP profile, that belongs to my son. After spending 12 years in various Internet forums, I am too wary of admitting my real DOB on the web...  I am the Vice-President/Country head of a tiny MNC software product company HQed in USA. I run the Indian operations in Bangalore ever since I returned from USA in 2004. I also do programming apart from my management duties. My main passions are martial arts and sporty cars, in that order. I am familiar with many martial arts weapons like Samurai wooden sword (bokken), Nunchaku, staffs (long and short), etc. I recently resumed my Karate classes after a long break, and I am the oldest student in the class...  Regarding cars, these are the cars I've have owned so far: 1993-95: Toyota Corolla (1985 model Used car) 1995-96: Maruti Omni (Used car, year don't matter since nothing ever changed in them) 1996-97: Mercury Sable (1991 model used car, an identical twin of Ford Taurus) 1997-98: Maruti 800 (1997 model new car, my first new car actually) 1998-00: Chevorlet Malibu LS (1998 Model leased car, average performance but great value) 2000-04: Acura 3.2TL (2001 Model leased car, 225HP sports sedan, best car I've ever had) 2003- : Hyundai Santro Xing AT (2003 Model new car, can't wait to get back to performance cars) Other than these, I have driven whole lot of other cars as rentals or via friends. I have driven Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, Cadillac, Ford, GM, Chrysler, Honda, Toyoto, Nissan, etc, etc, etc. I always used to choose peppy cars whenever I rented cars during business trips. Anyway, after I moved back to India my car driving scene is pretty bleak. I am hoping to improve this scene by changing to a Petra this year. Regards, Samurai |
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27th January 2005, 10:30
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| Team-BHP Support  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore
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27th January 2005, 10:33
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27th January 2005, 10:49
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27th January 2005, 10:49
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27th January 2005, 11:21
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27th January 2005, 13:30
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27th January 2005, 14:18
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27th January 2005, 15:28
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 When I said a tiny MNC, I meant it. We are a very very small company catering to a very niche customer segment. Tiny company, tiny VP, the only thing that isn't tiny is the salary... Quote:
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27th January 2005, 15:31
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27th January 2005, 15:46
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hiiii samurai , then like amitoj i too have to be in ur good books.as me now changing from telecom to programming. so pls let me know if u need a free wax on ur car. | |
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27th January 2005, 15:51
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27th January 2005, 17:21
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27th January 2005, 18:43
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