Hello From Los Angeles

Shantanu1972 · 2nd July 2009, 19:32

Hi, just joined. Am a car nut. Love driving in India. Have a few types of cars in the US and have an Accent in India. Looking to buy a different vehicle in India to do cross-country driving soon.

GTO · 3rd July 2009, 10:38

Welcome to Team-BHP, Shantanu. How about telling us more about yourself / your cars? I see a favorite - the LS460 - in your garage. To be honest, I'd probably pick that car over the S class and the 7 series, primarily due to the reliability (for the LS and against the S / 7).

deepgautam_qa · 3rd July 2009, 12:09

Welcome onboard Shantanu!

Cheers,
Deepak

Shantanu1972 · 6th July 2009, 22:14

Hi GTO and Deepak.

Thanks for the welcome.

Was away on the July 4th long weekend so took some time to reply..

Let's see I am 37, live in Orange County here in LA. Passions are Health & Fitness, Cars and Driving, Airplanes (commercial aircraft engineering), and traveling in general. I travel a lot for my job, all within the US for now.

GTO, yes the LS460 is very reliable. What I did not want is garage time for a BMW and Merc, although I think those cars inspire more passion among drivers. I had a BMW Z4 but sold it two years ago as my wife started complaining that it's more of a chick magnet. I should have kept that car, it was beautiful. I'm thinking about getting the new Z4 maybe year end or next. The LS is very quick and has some nice features like auto parallel and vertical parking. My GS 300 is almost 10years old but is immaculate. I baby my cars quite a bit. I'll try and put up a few pics on here.
I like your jeep, that's on my hot list. Where do you do all your mod work?

GTO · 8th July 2009, 10:37

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Originally Posted by Shantanu1972

GTO, yes the LS460 is very reliable. What I did not want is garage time for a BMW and Merc, although I think those cars inspire more passion among drivers.

The LS is a phenomenal luxo-barge. I drove one on my last trip to the States and walked away impressed! Her stellar reliability levels are very appealing to me. In fact, I'd probably pick an LS myself over the S Class for reliability alone. Though, as you stated, the S exudes more passion.

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I like your jeep, that's on my hot list. Where do you do all your mod work?

Thanks. At a local Mahindra shop. Everyone's getting bit by the offroading bug, I'm sure our Jeepers can easily find you a good Jeep shop in Calcutta.

muralisk · 8th July 2009, 10:49

Welcome to the forum and would love to see few pics of your ride.

Shantanu1972 · 9th July 2009, 09:02

Thanks. Just put up the profile pic. Trying to figure out how to put up a few more....

2nd July 2009, 19:32	#1
Shantanu1972 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles, Kolkata Posts: 4 Thanked: 0 Times	Hello From Los Angeles Hi, just joined. Am a car nut. Love driving in India. Have a few types of cars in the US and have an Accent in India. Looking to buy a different vehicle in India to do cross-country driving soon.
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3rd July 2009, 10:38	#2
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,534 Thanked: 300,737 Times View My Garage	Welcome to Team-BHP, Shantanu. How about telling us more about yourself / your cars? I see a favorite - the LS460 - in your garage. To be honest, I'd probably pick that car over the S class and the 7 series, primarily due to the reliability (for the LS and against the S / 7).
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3rd July 2009, 12:09	#3
deepgautam_qa BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Rajastha Posts: 221 Thanked: 8 Times	Welcome onboard Shantanu! Cheers, Deepak
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6th July 2009, 22:14	#4
Shantanu1972 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles, Kolkata Posts: 4 Thanked: 0 Times	Hi GTO and Deepak. Thanks for the welcome. Was away on the July 4th long weekend so took some time to reply.. Let's see I am 37, live in Orange County here in LA. Passions are Health & Fitness, Cars and Driving, Airplanes (commercial aircraft engineering), and traveling in general. I travel a lot for my job, all within the US for now. GTO, yes the LS460 is very reliable. What I did not want is garage time for a BMW and Merc, although I think those cars inspire more passion among drivers. I had a BMW Z4 but sold it two years ago as my wife started complaining that it's more of a chick magnet. I should have kept that car, it was beautiful. I'm thinking about getting the new Z4 maybe year end or next. The LS is very quick and has some nice features like auto parallel and vertical parking. My GS 300 is almost 10years old but is immaculate. I baby my cars quite a bit. I'll try and put up a few pics on here. I like your jeep, that's on my hot list. Where do you do all your mod work?
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8th July 2009, 10:49	#6
muralisk BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hyderabad, Bangalore Posts: 711 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	Welcome to the forum and would love to see few pics of your ride.
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9th July 2009, 09:02	#7
Shantanu1972 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles, Kolkata Posts: 4 Thanked: 0 Times	Thanks. Just put up the profile pic. Trying to figure out how to put up a few more....
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