Namaste Hello, Namaste, salutations to all from a newbie on this forum,
I am absolutely delighted to be part of this group and share my own little stories behind the wheels as well as learn from you folks on how to drive safely yet enjoy the drive.
Though I am a newbie on the forum, I am old enough in real life to remember the Indian car scene in the pre-liberalization days when possessing a Maruti Suzuki 800 was a matter of pride, a contessa was considered a "limousine" to every other car and the good old Amby was the symbol of power!
I learned driving on my dad's Premier President - a rickety car which always had the justification "par iska Engine accha hain" - I remember once while driving from Jabalpur to Nagpur, we had managed to get an incredible 16km per litre mileage! While the car served us well, my dad increasingly lost interest in it and we had to eventually scrap it around 1999. I had just started working then and buying a car was out of question '- besides I was working in Mumbai so never felt the need of having a personal vehicle.
In 2003, I moved to Pune and then I was left with no option - I bought my first bike - a Pulsar 150 DTSi and absolutely loved zooming around the city on it. Around 2004, I went to the UK and suddenly re-discovered my by now dormant interest in cars, thanks to my room mate. We bought a well maintained second (or possibly third) hand Toyota Carina for ourselves. My room mate was my driving instructor and taught me all the rules, especially those around the round abouts ![Smile](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.png) . I drove quite a bit in the UK and learned the art of driving fast (on some routes where I new where the speed cameras were, I had averaged 75mph ![Big Grin](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.png) ) yet driving safely. I found out that in the UK people drive pretty fast but very skill fully and safely. Oh, and I also mastered the art of reverse parallel parking, a must for city driving in the UK!
I cam back in 2005 and immediately bought a Swift Zxi - and ever since then, I have been learning to drive in India. That's it from my end for the introduction, I will share my experience on Indian roads in the coming months.
Last edited by moralfibre : 24th August 2014 at 17:19.
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