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Originally Posted by Ricky_63 I would go a step further & say, let us NOT compare the Indian scene with that abroad..as they have better infrastructure & resources etc. |
Rickyji - Comparing yourself with someone better should cause you to strive towards bettering yourself. Similarly comparing India with the situation abroad gives us an idea of how far behind we are. We'll get there I'm sure, but until we do I'd strongly advise against such high end projects.
NOW FOR THE REAL JUICE!
Today morning I wake up to the call of one of my friends. He's a sardar who owns his own local garage here. The garage is around 15-17 years old, and he inherited it from his father. He does get everything from an M800 to an E class [Old models] (not seen anything above an E class till date).
Usually these cars come in for denting or repainting etc, and regular servicing (all owned by family men or kids drive it trying to look cool, rarely super ripped like our TBhp cars)
*Flashback*
So around a month back an E36 93 model 316i (green) comes to the shop. The owner wants it repainted, and the basic servicing to be done. I get a call once the owner leaves, and paaji tells me to come by and have a look at the car. He then says the owner wants the car to be red, but is not sure which red will look good, and asks me my opinion. I suggest the BMW Zinno red, available with Dupont and Standox. The owner cheaps out and decides to go with Dupont.
Ok all good. Then the owner says he wants to go a step above regular maintainance and tells me his car isn't performing that well anymore. Again I'm consulted once more. I tell paaji to open up the block, clean it up, clean up the injectors etc and basically clean everything. Then I suggested switching the mechanical fan to an electrical fan with a lower calibrated thermostat (considering our weather) and a new radiator. While the head was off the car I got a mild port job done (2 way porting for those who want to know). The owner calls and says while the car is in the garage he wants those loud exhausts (because his son wants it). Some exhaust guy from Jogeshwari is called in. Never heard or dealt with this guy, he talks some trash as if he's worked with high end cars, but he did produce a great FFE full SS and a perfect copy of one of the headers I've seen. Those were slapped on the car.
I left and paaji tells me he'll call me to inspect the car when it's done. I got that call today morning. A pristine looking Zinno E36 standing before me. I cranked her, she took her time, but did rumble to a start. All's good so far. We take her out onto the highway, I'm treating her gently till then. Now on the EE I let all her 100 odd horses loose, and she pulled better than she did on day 1. Good start, Great finish.
Bay looks CLEAN and the electric fan is working well. Engine has 0 problems and it's a successful job.
Is this job special? NOPE but my point is a local garage was able to take apart a BMW engine, put it back and have 0 problems. They also replaced the radiator and have changed the fan system! And the car is absolutely fine!
Then why is it a reputed tuner messed up the same car which was to be only refurbished and not modified!
Also the paint is flawless metal up and cost around 28-32K I think, don't know what Autopsyche charges, but this LOCAL garage has done impeccable paint jobs! and I've never seen any complaints!
Sorry, but I had to throw that out there. I felt ashamed that we have tuners in our country who can't seem to get simple jobs right!
DocG