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Hello chap BHP-ians,
I?ve been a instrumentality for galore years and person been a soundless but avid scholar of assorted suggestions, reviews, shared idiosyncratic experiences, modifications connected the cars. After taking overmuch assistance implicit the years, felt compelled to articulation the assemblage to larn arsenic good arsenic to share. I?m 44+ yrs, successful the mist of mid-life reflections (don?t work this arsenic crisis) . I accidentally landed successful the Renewable Energy tract successful 2004, and person stayed successful the manufacture thereon. Have bully vulnerability to Solar, Wind power, Floating Solar and vulnerability to different aspects similar Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), EV charging, off-shore wind. Quite blessed that present radical cognize what I bash for a living, since Renewable Energy/ Climate alteration is simply a large happening today.
I 've followed Team-BHP from erstwhile I owned a Royal Enfield, 1988 variation classical 350cc from 2009 to 2015, erstwhile a biking person introduced maine to the forum. I?d been a subordinate briefly, but my ID astir apt got scrubbed owed to inactivity. I besides owned a Hero-Honda Splendour from 2002 to 2005. I?ve been a car instrumentality from erstwhile we could ain cars owed to the quality to bash agelong household trips.
I?ve owned 3 cars truthful far:
1. Hyundai Santro (Petrol) - 1998 to 2015 (initial sound down versions that were imported). Drove it for astir 135,000 kms earlier giving it for scrapping.
2. Fiat Linea (Diesel) ? 2009 to 2019 (a car a spot up of it?s clip and beaten by mediocre dealership support). Drove it for ~215,000 kms earlier selling it erstwhile I moved from Delhi to Mumbai. Interesting to notation that I drove it 194,000 kms successful the archetypal 5 years of ownership (it was not a taxi, successful lawsuit you?re shocked), aft which I utilized it much for errands adjacent the location and a backup for my Skoda erstwhile it was successful work etc.
3. Skoda Rapid (Diesel) ? 2015 till now. Have driven it 175,000+ kms and inactive going.
As you whitethorn person deduced, I?m much of an ain it each the mode benignant of guy, with tons and tons of running. I travel from a defence family, and someway the contented of regular shifting continues adjacent successful my civilian life. So we?ve lived successful 12 states till date, and driven a full batch of the transfers and shifts, isolated from holidays. Over the adjacent posts, I?ll effort to recount a fewer snippets of my experiences successful presumption of agelong word ownership of these cars.
I?ve been a Toyota instrumentality for agelong and person wanted to bargain an Innova from 2008 erstwhile I archetypal took 1 from my uncle retired connected a thrust from Delhi to Jaipur and back, but someway the stars person not aligned, either successful presumption of budget, oregon availability. In 2008, it was retired of budget, truthful I upgraded from Hyundai Santro to Fiat Linea. By 2014/15, I was a large instrumentality of Automatic gearboxes, owed to my extended travels to Europe and Japan. Got a batch of driving experiences done rental cars (Hertz, Europecar etc.) successful assorted countries. I waited each of of 2014 and astir of 2015 for the Innova to travel successful an AT mentation for diesel, but it didn?t. Tried exploring Corolla petrol, Skoda Octavia, and clump of options successful AT, but our bosom was acceptable connected the Innova AT, truthful aft overmuch waiting, I gave up and exchanged my Santro for the Skoda Rapid AT. No regrets, the VW household has the smoothest gearbox and an astonishing joyousness for riding, and I?ve enjoyed each my household trips going up northbound to places similar Ludhiana, Mussoorie, down each the mode southbound to Cochin.
However, it is clip to yet ain an Innova, and I?ve been tracking the merchandise of the Hycross since 2023. After closed booking windows and a agelong wait, I?ve settled connected a Hycross Hybrid ZXO, booked aboriginal Aug 2024 
and counting days to get delivery. Been speechmaking reviews connected ownership experiences, accessory choices and different items for much than a twelvemonth similar an excited child.
Super excited to conscionable you each and anticipation to assistance stock immoderate absorbing bits from my end. My adjacent post, I should astir apt enactment pictures of my cars done the past 20-25 years.
Best
Satanic
