>>5352 this is such a low quality thread, could have easily been a reply to the random thread also, this is not your designated blogging street. why are indian retards so antithetical to anonymous/imageboard culture?

>>5353 so you have problem with me killing such thread if i could reach you id pull your gut out for being a massive faggot

>>5354 >killing early spam with more low quality garbage sounds real good, retard

>>5355 You sound underage and calling 'this' an 'early' you prolly are

>>5352 >no version of indiachan were enthusiastic about automotive. Whys that? because average anon is home dwelling autist? Because the average income vs. the fucking taxrate of India/BD for automobiles makes them inaccessible for 99.9% of the pop. Cars are too expensive of a hobby. Besides, public infra is good enough to make cars redundant in almost all places.

>>5352 People aren't really that enthusiastic about vehicles More than half the driving population doesn't know how to drive properly Indiachan was/is a subset of people America is the best country to be born in if you want to enjoy cars Europe and Japan probably follow up close by India even if you buy a fast car where are you going to drive it we have barely any tracks, we have like 5-6 race tracks in the entire country I think. Highways are boring to drive on, anyone can drive fast in a straight line That's where people find their comfort zone, zig zagging through traffic, calling themselves enthusiasts, bragging about their skills If something that resembles a sports car is ever launched at affordable prices it is going to meet the exact same fate as the KTM bikes, chhapris are going to do chhapri things on it, only this time more innocent people will die You talk about the mStallion, good idea, there are a lot of combinations that would have worked well but nobody attempted them. You don't realise it but a car is a big luxury in our country Though I can't say I have ever met a car owner who doesn't like driving You probably had a car at home since before birth or very shortly after I would like to see an actual sports type car but I really don't want to get crashed into by one, people are retarded and cannot drive and have misplaced notions of what to do with those "enthusiast" vehicles. If something like this is launched I hope they price it so most people would buy a creta instead The closest thing you can get to an enthusiast car at ~20L is probably the Polo GTI, ik it's fwd but what can you do I don't even want displacement or power, just make something low to the ground and rwd/awd The cappuccino has a 600 cc turbo engine, they could do something like that >They just need to develop a chassis. Put some seats in it and sell it for <20 lkhs. I used to think this way in school, but launching a new car is not a small thing to do, you definitely can't use the adverb (adjective?) "just" before it You have to test it extensively, get permits, set up supply chains etc etc you're out 10s maybe 100s of crores by the time you end up with even a prototype that you believe works well, even is it's "just" developing a chassis, and you take like 5 years to do it too, at least Mahindra especially has taken a bunch of Ls with their recent launches, no one bought the marazzo and their other new cars sans the Scorpio and the XUVs No one wants to take that risk, but one day they will, and it will open up a new market Until then Alto me petrol daalo aur chalate raho >>5358 I wish we had really really good public transport. I like driving cars and riding bikes but I don't like to commute. it would be better to use vehicles for weekend joyrides instead of commuting in them sitting in traffic for hours.

>>5352 I am not a fan of automobiles. They are the machines cities choke on. Netherlands model ftw.

>>5358 I have heard its even worse in bdesh. Its 400% its all so fucking grim. But there isnt any hobby that give you any close dopamine, excitement, feels than automotive >>5361 i use public transportation or motorcycle in the city. Automobile is an hobby because it feels good to drive. Im sure if you drive a good car, youll caught up with it. For eg. honda city vtec type 2 of year 2000 >>5360 well in the years 2024 the situation of road infra isnt as dire as it was in 2009. You can open half liter 2w about 60% of your road trip that includes back roads. The chapris have their zens, maruti 800 but people being able to afford second car costing 20lkhs may not be as chapri as ktm dukkers mStallion is mahindra home grown engine so they can save lot of cost unlike tata that buys fiat engine and it also demonstrate their capabilities and the fact that such project will be easiest for them out of other domestic companies. Inch anons may have been a single subset of people but if given option the average jeet would pick the comfort over enthusiasm but i blame it on not having access to good driving vehicles because while buying second car, the though of how does it drive crosses the poor man's mind at least ones. I have seen it. Akshully, ignis drives good too. The enthusiasts car dont have to be all mighty always. Just like the new improved chassis of duke 390 offers better feel than many that comes above or how classic 350 is such a sweet ride with its not overwhelming and sweet tune and chassis which not only agile but also transfers the road feel despite being dogshit slow Yeh you can not put a 'just' before car development. But for mahindra it maybe easier than we might think because already having all the facilities one would want including owns racetrack, all they may need is small team. They could always copy the miata and work around its patent. There have been many instances in automotive history where 'just' have worked. But for mahindra its easier than 'just' of shed car project. Projects like marazzo, xuv300 and some may have been a disaster but scorpioN sold close to 70k units and xuv700 sold about 150k units just last year both of whose average price is 20lkhs. So, the situation is not as dire

>>5361 +1 to this. Being this dependent on oil rather than learning to do city planning is the dumbest thing. East German commies got city planning right. Car faggotry is just added tax by government onto the public. >>5352 >>5358 >>5360 I like motorcycles, 2 wheels, lot of kms per litre, easy to repair, etc. Cars are expensive to maintain, insurance, parking , dependence on petrol etc. Hate dealing with traffic cops trying to get money from me. I hate petrol price fluctuations and dependence. I couldn't care less what car fags want to do. But auto-mobile fags drive their vehicle anywhere and everywhere. Pedestrian roads occupied by bikes and now Maruti's (whatever the new 800 is called). Driving rules in India are whatever everyone is doing. A fucking hive mind of lowest IQ in the crowd. See how many people die of road accidents in India. Simply, driving to and fro for work is added stress on a person. Driving for the sake of fun is niche. Mostly we don't have roads for it. When we do, other drivers make sure we cannot enjoy it. If ever I could buy a dream car, this would be it https://wiesmann.com/pages/homepage But I wouldn't. I will stick to two wheels and pay for delivery of goods to my house.

>>5363 I drove the XUV500 and 700, excellent cars, though 700 is overpriced. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=KV51udbBj-w Check out this channel and keep your eye on the speed FAAAAK. 8ch not letting me upload images related to previous post.

AS LONG AS MAJORITY OF ENDIANS DRIVE LIKE PICREL,I WILL KEEP OPPOSING CAR FAGS.

>>5364 I hope that synthetic fuel catches up. Currently it costs ₹800 per litre but porsche is confident they can make it cheap by 2030 (picrel) after endless thinking about 2w vs 4w, i came to the conclusion that one cant replace the other.

>>5371 Yeah. 2W vs 4W is pointless. My issue with cars is the general disregard drivers have for everyone else. Have been almost run over multiple times, twice when I was nowhere near the road. The other issue is cost of ownership. But in any decently big city (even tier 3) car ownership is more or less compulsory. I agree with other anon though. Big cities need Netherland kind of planning. Towns and tier 3 will still need 2 and 4w's. Synthetic fuel I will look into, looks very interesting. Thanks.

Fuel price cut to be announced it seems

hamilton moved to ferrari

>>5386 It's election year

ferrai is also released. Its got 6.7 rating so its watchable

>>5499 I don't really like EVs Indid drive a Tesla. Very silent and lovely. But batteries fail a lot in general. The tech is too untested to put your money intonit

>>5499 Kek Imagine all that liquid cash from manufacturing boom

>>5503 Strange title, but looks good. Will check it when it comes out.

the shitbox ive been ignoring drives really good in fact really good if any of youse want a cheap family car, consider Tata Altroz first. Bonus for iturbo edition No seriously do drive one if you doubt

>>5352 or maybe an avg. inch dweller can't afford a good car ,leave inch dweller even an avg. indian except ulta rich can't afford a good sports car ,we all just drive the same shitty run of the mill cars that cater to indian middle class (tata,mahindra,suzuki,hyundai) in bumper to bumper traffic on a road filled with potholes ,it's just india kills your enthusiasm about anything pretty fast ,the bans on customisation ,zero DIY culture ,zero places to explore and no matter how far you think you are from civilisation in india some mf always jump out from bushes to say "HI buddy ,what are you doin here ?"

>>5515 I know your point and given the boujie direction of your thread, I see it too. But I don't agree with it. This post gets it >>5515 a. Hobby is not about having the best and greatest. I have driven expensive cars and bikes. Best memories on an old Splendor that still brings tears to my eyes. b. Best cars/bikes to own in India are cheaper ones. They give you good mileage, very important for long trips. They are easy to get repaired, (also very important) and they don't make you a target (also very important). Owning expensive vehicles is not fun, unless you have a servant to go get repairs done and don't care about money. More importantly, attention kills the fun. Good road trip involves maybe good company, more importantly, you enjoy your vehicle and you learn how to use it well. You cannot do that on a vehicle that is too expensive and you are worried about getting it dirty or scratched. If you drive to Ladakh in a sports car, firstly it is a bad idea. Secondly, it becomes about owning the car and not really about the drive or the location or the experience. > InCh tard is gareeb And that is fine anon.

>>5518 you wouldnt believe but tata altroz, mahindra scorpioN, hyndai i20, shitzuki swift and baleno drive fine. Personally I dont like the shitzuki, both to drive and to look at the material but they are nice. You can always stage 2 them for more power. In city I use public transport or motorbike because that make sense and the average common man mostly use their 2-3 times intercity and once in a while on long trip because petrol is costly. So, majority of owners arent facing bumper to bumper traffic. The situation of roads arent as grim as they used to be really. I go on trips and I can drive without worrying anything. I live in MH but having seen north indian bike tours on youtube, I say that 'surprised motherfucker' is fairly common occurrence

>>5529 can you stop fucking shilling this website on inch.net? I hope the board owner bans you for redditfaggotry

>>5532 where did i do it

>>5532 Opened InCh.net out of curiosity after ages. Cousin marry thread. Same old replies. I am guessing the cunny nanny from one of the old instances

i forgot rwd thar triumphs over them all currently funny but without 4x4 or 4x2 drivetrain, its lighter by 150kg so it becomes sporty thing even with 120hp diesel although i might just stick with bikes, every car feels compromise in some way wished i lived in west. Would have bought miata or c5 vette

>>5534 It's slightly less worse then pooran's inch >>5529 >>5525 Good takes Love cars not the brand I would rather go out and drive an Alto to some rural backroad than argue Tata vs Volkswagen on reddit or YouTube. (ofc i like productive discussion. it's just no fun when you turn vehicles into brand wars or treat it like consumerist bullshit like smartphones.)

>>5539 >>5541 Travelling in North east with very few garages and next to no parts for anything good, you quickly appreciate an Alto or a Pulsar so much. The easy repair from every mechanic and retro fitting non standard parts is so good when you need it. > Driving in western nation Its cucked. They are soon making it compulsory to have chips in all cars to have automatic speed limits. It is facing criticism in Germany atm but of-course, the current govt wants to shove it down peoples throats.

xpulse 200 4v cheap dualsport good than previously though would buy over new himalayan 450 but without the rally kit

>>5627 Xet to try the Himalayan, last new bike I tried from RF was the Thunderbird which was not a good bike.

>>5628 New 450 is technical buy lost it's feel

*but

>>5628 Only good re are Classic 350 Hunter 350 Sg650

>>5748 Classic 350 vibrates a lot but is enough for me. Moddability and availability of parts is really good.

>>5774 >Classic 350 vibrates a lot new one doesnt

>>5794 >classic >new Royal Bhangfield fans will do anything to defend their fanboyism

>>5808 Classic is the name of the model, that is still being made.

>>5810 I like the idea of keeping the old model going with tweaks and improvements a lot. Are there any other good cruisers below 2-3 lakhs with decent mileage ? Unlike popular belief mileage matters a lot on long trips when you are not sure where the next petrol pump could be. Unrelated but Germany increased driver licence charges to 3000+ Euros (27000 Rs). Impossible to own a car and save money now. Parking charges for SUVs are impossibly high now

>>5808 New means newest model you tard

this is called luxury. Everything else is compromise

>>6256 That looks pretty sweet.

>>6256 Such a car would need proper staff to clean and maintain it. Chotu with his dirty cloth will destroy it. Not enough to have money to buy it. You need expensive upkeep too

>>6319 Wow. This is really impressive and scary ! I will have the opportunity to drive a Mercedes soon on African roads. Don't know what to expect. Hopefully nothing like this.

>>6380 It's actually illegal to turn your lights off. It's a camera glitch. Remodeled after initial _d 'blind attack ' Why are going to afrika

>>6399 Bangalore North people used to do this. Turn off lights when police would come but keep driving. I've still not seen initial D Negotiating a contract for my employer. Germans are not popular at the moment in Africa. Added some personal days before and after

>>6401 Kek based It's been only used once in race around ww1 era. His teammate was cruising so the guy turn off his headlight so he doesn't see it coming. Then passed to win.

>>5352 Are electric scooters worth buying if budget is under 1 lakh ?

>>6414 It won't work now with street lights. But even smugglers do this when going via village or border routes along Rajasthan.

>>6416 yes if you want it just for city commute. 15 km cost ₹5 in electricity. Although, battery is expensive so when the time comes of changing it, you wont like it. And tho there isnt maintenance cost but the tyres will need replacement more often because torque

Reckon the Ferrari still has the spirit. Though it was gone with twin turbo v6 296. Tho, still good car but certainly doesn't have charm of F355

I had planned to rent an audi and drive it around in South-Africa, that did not work out and in retrospect was wishful. Kidnappings and extortion of foreigners is way more common in SA than anyone expected. Instead, I ended up in Mauritius on company money, so rented an old Mercedes (sadly digital era, automatic not mannual). This was my first automatic car and it was fun. The car was smooth as butter, under 150 kmph, you don't feel the speed at all and if the car was maintained better, I wouldn't feel it above either. I just cruised on empty roads through fields without any music and got my head cleared. It has been years, since I have driven like that in flow state.I had missed this terribly. It was short but nice, given the country is small, I just did a few laps around the coastline roads and then stopped. Driving in Germany is too expensive and many times not fun due to hidden speed cams that fine you. Back in India, it is impossible to drive in flow state or high speeds, there are scamsters lying on the road everywhere, dying to get hit and extract money.

>>6636 You have some nerve going around touring in SA, I once saw a video where there came this Land Rover in what looked like a rich neighborhood, stopped for a few seconds, put it in reverse and absolutely floored it. Iirc some guys turned up on foot after that. It was unexplainable. Then I went into the comments and people said it was South Africa and the rule there is that if you find a stranger car parked in front of your house, there are robbers in there and you have to get out ASAP Then there was that video of a truck driver being shot at with automatic rifles and while he took evasive action he looked very calm, far from the first time that happened to him and it actually looked like he was expecting it. Driving feels like a chore these days, used to be i was eager to drive a car every opportunity I got. would go for long drives all the time. Highway driving is boring as shit so id go off onto the highway and then look for interesting, smaller roads to turn onto, rinse and repeat till I ended up in the middle of nowhere. Fun.

>>6636 >Back in India, it is impossible to drive in flow state or high speeds I do 60-80 on highways, very comfy speed. From what I understand, flow state is driving subconsciously. Tbh I drive like that all the time. It's very comfortable and calm. I do rev matching and engine braking all the time. Sure I don't leave overtaking and lane changing decisions to the subconscious but it's easy enough

>>6641 Well, not my idea. My boss is desperate for a win. I went along just to see her fave and rub it in that I was right. But it was worst than expected. I suspect that we were followed right from the airport itself and the hotel we had booked was somehow involved. I had made some alternate arrangements, just in case and we ended up using that exactly. The country is not in a good place right now at all. > Highway driving is boring as shit so id go off onto the highway and then look for interesting, smaller roads to turn onto, rinse and repeat till I ended up in the middle of nowhere. Fun Yeah. It has to challenging enough to keep brain engaged at a base level. I used to do the same, but on a motorcycle it is more engaging. > Tbh I drive like that all the time Most of what I did was city driving, which means gear 1, brake, gear 2, back to gear 1 etc. Wait for mess of scooties to sort itself. Drive again etc. Brake hard to prevent aunty on scooter from dying, get abused from her etc. I know eventually you de sensitize from all this and just react, like an animal running in the jungle, but I am not desensitized right now. I feel it all.

>>6647 >city driving This just means driving from one speed breaker to the next one 100m away. i encounter like a dozen of them every day. They are not made because people overspeed, but to appease people coming from adjoining roads who do not have the common sense of stopping and looking before going joining the road. They would rather die than stop for one second. Don't mind their deaths, but problematically, when they do die they leave speed breakers in their wake and sometimes they die under your wheels which is not amusing.

Haven't been here in a while. Might book m8 competition this year. It ticks all the boxes for me

>>6812 NICE. It is an impressive car. Also cool webm. Unfortunately and ironically, ownership cost in Germany is too high to own such cars. You have to get company insurance, which in itself costs as much as a new mid tier car.

>>6652 Yeah. For me its traffic lights. But its different from city to city, with same experience as the end result, i.e. to keep traffic predictable. It isn't even lack of speed. Dealing with the scooty aunties and underage kids, as well as raging drivers is tiring.

>>6831 Yeh state of insurance is dire out side but then again we pay 100% tax on car 1. Grunty engine 2. Good interior 3. A cruiser 4. Something that can still cut corners 5. Mass produced 6. Better fit and finish

>>6963 You also can only rely on official dealership for parts and maintainance. The issue isn't the cost as much as how it is artificially inflated. That said, if you can pay it, German cars are still the smoothest. Even if I think they won't do well on Indian roads.

>>5352 https://mhhauto.com/Thread-Free-online-resources?pid=2772860&mode=linear the best forum for anything mechanic/car related. hard to get an invite though

>>6974 I found this site a few years ago and was very interested, specifically in the dealer level diagnostic software and other kinds of software too. But then I found out it's basically useless without an invite Iirc I couldn't download anything without a membership

>>6974 Sent them an email. An invite is 30 USD.

>>6977 >>6987 >>6974 This is the old way of doing forums, it attracts only professionals. You can argue this is good or bad. But it does keep the discussion quality good. 30$ is not much for someone in US or a western country. Even then, not very relevant for Indians, the parts, the roads, the conditions are very different.

Have you fags seen new Bugatti Tourbillion. NA v16 Work of art I never had a dream car or holy grail until now. I have one now

>>7053 I have only seen a Veyron once. Its a monster car. Owning and driving it sounds like a real experience. Meanwhile, I was going to make a post about a Swift (gen 1), which I used to like driving a lot lol.

>>7053 https://mashable.com/article/bugatti-tourbillon-car For anyone who is too lazy to google. Very impressive design. Though I am not someone who likes public attention and this car will bring people like flies. To imagine this is a mid !

What is the apocalypse bike and car for India ? Tough, easy to repair, easy to find parts, easy to mod and use with variety of fuels For bikes, the old enfields work with diesel and even alcohol based fuels

>>7107 the Mahindra Thar comes to mind, it's very good on offroad terrain and can be modded easily

>>7107 unironically, picrel.

>>7108 Good suggestion, I have never driven one though. >>7114 In the past yes, now the tractors are as proprietary as newer cars, requiring specific parts and not cross compatible.

>>7056 Gen 1 was good drive. Gen 4 is good as well tho a bit underpowered. Reckon it would be a good toy if you strip out interior >>7060 For a thing like that a bit of inconvenience is worth it. Hell, I would even just park it in living room and drive no more than 1000 km per year. >>7107 For India it's prolly shitzukis Maybe reinforced Omni/eeco Could try mahindras as well

>>6812 Accidentally deleted my 4chin folder. It was 20gb. Webms/memes all gone. Still coping

>>7121 Use some undelete tool retard. Or maybe it's too late. But you might be able to recover some of it still.