Hello there petrolheads!

dubeee · 11th August 2010, 19:42

Hello there!

Came across this form while considering bringing some of our cars to India for road trips - both 4x4 and cruising. Based in Dubai for a long time but make several trips back home every year. We're a crazy bunch of business partners - all petrol heads who invest a lot of love and time in our 'boys toys' ;-)

It is really great to see all this enthusiasm and hardcore love for machines and I hope at some point in time to catch up with a few of the members at events and on road trips. I drive Jeeps and Scorpios etc in Goa and the Nilgiris.

We intend to make several trips of a longer duration to India from next year and I'm pretty much in a grey area on a few issues listed below (dunno if this is the right place but if so will move to another section) and hope to get some input from you fine folks.

- importing cars into India for short-medium stays
- road trips 4x4 type of longer durations - is it viable to bring in a LHD vehicle on a carnet or buy an indian (which 4wd?) vehicle instead and mothball it when not in use
- actual usage of supercars on the roads as opposed to 'show' events

Hmmm and with regard to my cars, well my first was a steel blue '93 Cadillac STS V8 Northstar which lasted for years. Then picked up another beauty an E31 V12 BMW 850ci '96 cherry red which I still maintain. Others include a champagne '99 BMW 530i & similar '04 Range Rover HSE, a mocha '08 Nissan Patrol Super Safari, a dark chocolate '09 Land Rover LR3, and a black '01 Jaguar XjR. My current favorite of course is this gorgeous 07 DB racing green Aston Martin DB9.

Cheers then and look forward to this experience! :-)

Will post photos in a bit. What I have at hand are these...

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neel385 · 11th August 2010, 22:32

Welcome!! Nice rides! and there are Dieselheads here as well!

sachinj12 · 11th August 2010, 23:09

Holy cow, that's one garage I must say. Aston Martin, jaguar, BMW.. You sure have a taste.

Welcome aboard.

dubeee · 13th August 2010, 01:35

Thank you. I've already been spending quite a bit of time on some of the threads, especially the off road and vehicle imports stuff. Can't believe that it is such a pain, especially in this day and age!

aargee · 13th August 2010, 08:21

Welcome aboard. Is that a V12 Vanquish or a DB9 that you've there?

Rehaan · 13th August 2010, 15:56

Drewl!!

Welcome aboard.

Regarding the importing -- do continue the discussion in one of our MANY threads on the subject.

To find em :
Advanced search > Search by keyword > Titles only > and search for the word importing

cya around,
R

SafeDrive · 13th August 2010, 17:38

Wow what a garage. Regarding bringing your cars to India I believe there is a way. I saw something on TV in Kerala on the same some time back but forgot how to do it. But we do see a few cars with Gulf registrations on Kerala roads.You could open a separate thread on this and I'm sure you'll get to know how.

dubeee · 22nd August 2010, 18:42

@rehaan, @safedrive thanks for your input guys.

@aargee, that's a full spec DB9.

will now move to the regular threads on the forums

11th August 2010, 19:42	#1
dubeee Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Dubai, Goa, Coonoor, Chennai Posts: 22 Thanked: Once	Hello there petrolheads! Hello there! Came across this form while considering bringing some of our cars to India for road trips - both 4x4 and cruising. Based in Dubai for a long time but make several trips back home every year. We're a crazy bunch of business partners - all petrol heads who invest a lot of love and time in our 'boys toys' ;-) It is really great to see all this enthusiasm and hardcore love for machines and I hope at some point in time to catch up with a few of the members at events and on road trips. I drive Jeeps and Scorpios etc in Goa and the Nilgiris. We intend to make several trips of a longer duration to India from next year and I'm pretty much in a grey area on a few issues listed below (dunno if this is the right place but if so will move to another section) and hope to get some input from you fine folks. - importing cars into India for short-medium stays - road trips 4x4 type of longer durations - is it viable to bring in a LHD vehicle on a carnet or buy an indian (which 4wd?) vehicle instead and mothball it when not in use - actual usage of supercars on the roads as opposed to 'show' events Hmmm and with regard to my cars, well my first was a steel blue '93 Cadillac STS V8 Northstar which lasted for years. Then picked up another beauty an E31 V12 BMW 850ci '96 cherry red which I still maintain. Others include a champagne '99 BMW 530i & similar '04 Range Rover HSE, a mocha '08 Nissan Patrol Super Safari, a dark chocolate '09 Land Rover LR3, and a black '01 Jaguar XjR. My current favorite of course is this gorgeous 07 DB racing green Aston Martin DB9. Cheers then and look forward to this experience! :-) Will post photos in a bit. What I have at hand are these... ' Attached Thumbnails
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11th August 2010, 22:32	#2
neel385 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kharagpur Posts: 530 Thanked: 429 Times View My Garage	Welcome!! Nice rides! and there are Dieselheads here as well!
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11th August 2010, 23:09	#3
sachinj12 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,187 Thanked: 168 Times	Holy cow, that's one garage I must say. Aston Martin, jaguar, BMW.. You sure have a taste. Welcome aboard.
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13th August 2010, 01:35	#4
dubeee Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Dubai, Goa, Coonoor, Chennai Posts: 22 Thanked: Once	Thank you. I've already been spending quite a bit of time on some of the threads, especially the off road and vehicle imports stuff. Can't believe that it is such a pain, especially in this day and age!
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13th August 2010, 08:21	#5
aargee Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: TSTN Posts: 6,236 Thanked: 9,642 Times	Welcome aboard. Is that a V12 Vanquish or a DB9 that you've there?
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13th August 2010, 15:56	#6
Rehaan Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 24,046 Thanked: 34,078 Times	Drewl!! Welcome aboard. Regarding the importing -- do continue the discussion in one of our MANY threads on the subject. To find em : Advanced search > Search by keyword > Titles only > and search for the word importing cya around, R
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13th August 2010, 17:38	#7
SafeDrive BHPian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 425 Thanked: 86 Times	Wow what a garage. Regarding bringing your cars to India I believe there is a way. I saw something on TV in Kerala on the same some time back but forgot how to do it. But we do see a few cars with Gulf registrations on Kerala roads.You could open a separate thread on this and I'm sure you'll get to know how.
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22nd August 2010, 18:42	#8
dubeee Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Dubai, Goa, Coonoor, Chennai Posts: 22 Thanked: Once	@rehaan, @safedrive thanks for your input guys. @aargee, that's a full spec DB9. will now move to the regular threads on the forums
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