Hello T-Bhpians
This is Sudeep Chakraborty (19l)
I am doing my engineering (comp sc 2nd yr)) in tumkur, 65 kms north of bangalore, its a small educational town (within a span of 15-20 kms there are at least 9 colleges) and its spot on NH4.
Although I have lived most of my life in Ahmedabad where my home is (and still is) and it has some very good roads and lax cops
About myself,
Basically I have a few and dedicated interests
- Programming , well I started off programming at age of 10 when i got curious of dad's work in Visual basic.. i havent learnt in a regular "trained" manner nor would i say i am an expert. its just knowledge that i've gained by coming across information that i found interesting and worked on it.
- Cooking, yes I love to cook and I am a foodie. since my parents both work at ISRO full time so I started learning how to cook since i hated the tiffin service which served inedible food.
- Music, I cannot work without music, and i listen to anything that I like. but i'd say i definitely do not listen to rap, hip hop or songs which literally kills the joy of listening to music.
- Mechanical stuff. I am hooked to anything that's imposing (gigantic) or powerful. By age of 8 I watched every episode of "extreme machines" on discovery channel in which they sometimes also show about cars and bikes. eventually many other shows which were specific to cars and bikes hooked me on. this is where my interest in bikes and cars arose.
Bikes and cars
First of all both have their places. Although as a student I prefer a bike anyday over a car for the TIME BEING (i dont want to recieve flak for this). Because a car demands much more attention than a bike and its not that forgiving if you ever miss out to maintain it. Plus anything in a student life is utterly abused. also isnt cheaper on the pocket.
Bikes - I own a cbz-xtreme 2007 march model and 34,000 kms done on it. mostly been touring in karnataka either solo or with members from xbhp.
dream bike (realistic possible dream that is) would a fz-6 or a honda hornet. a practical usable bike with ample power.
Cars - I do not own any car
, but my dad bought the Tata Indica Lxi V2 model (petrol) , light gold colour in may 2004. (He didnt buy a car from 1997 to 2004 since he didnt like any to his choice). its only 50,000 kms done till date since dad is a workaholic. But that doesnt mean he's sedate. He'd do 120kmph cruising speeds at the NH8 and did 140kmph on the AHmedbad-Udaipur Highway.
almost everything techical i know about cars is from dad. Differential gear, Universal joint, Gearbox, Clutch, Hydraulic Brakes , MPFI , Carburettors, FWD ,RWD, AWD systems, ABS , EBD etc etc. spent quite some time with him when he used to maintain the old Premier Padmini we had till 1997. Now the MPFI indica isnt possible to maintain without the service center.
Im patricularly inclined towards porsche's, fantastic engineered cars at the lowest of price ranges (for the competition ) , amongst the sedans I am towards lexus for the "n" no of features they incorporate in their cars but they arent "grunty" enough. Also im more towards Rally (citroen for their amazing suspension) cars than F1 cars since the former take so much abuse and yet they keep on going through insane conditions. Amongst the indian cars available the most practical car is see is the Swift (even dad says he'd have bought the swift had it been launched ealier) also have a liking for the Maruti Baleno which sadly didnt do well but its a great car.
On driving a car : I had got my license by going through WIAA Ahmedabad In Apr 2007. Dad had taught me beforehand in 2006 itself in the indica, which was a bit too powerful a car to begin with. and driving the alto without the power steering was well a bit suprising. also had stalled the alto at beginning since the indica used to move off at the slightest press of the accelerator and this alto had very poor pickup since it was a CNG converted car
Hopefully this wasnt a long boring essay that i've typed out, but my semester exams have finished a few days ago and I am just have too much free time
Cheers
Sudeep Chakraborty