Postscript
Its been 4 years since my first car : http://amitnsathe.blogspot.in/2011/04/dreams-come-true.html. Its also a really long time since posting on this blog..
When I bought a 10 old Maruti Alto at that time, I never expected to take it anywhere beyond my office, which is 6 km away. The long drives were just a dream, and possibly taking it to the expressway , a mirage.
Its not often that I exceed expectations! In office, well , never, as a rule :-) . One of my former bosses jokingly referred to me as "Slow moving item" . Working in accounting at that time, in a company struggling with inventory management, that observation was indeed apt.
Well in 4 years, I am to my third car already. This is a Maruti SWIFT ZXi model 2012, purchased last year (second hand) from olx. Or probably quikr or carwale. Its been so often that i am changing vehicles in the last 4 years (well 3rd car and 3rd two wheeler ) that i no longer keep track o anymore. If you consider transactions on both buy and sell side, thats nearly 10 transactions on these "used goods" sites. Probably olx should give me some medal for propping up their business ...
Not only that, we also managed a few trips to mahabaleshwar and kolahpur. If people take 4 hours to kolhapur, I may take 5 or 6, but who cares ! Well looks like some people do. Having built my "reputation" as a slow and careful (really a redundant word here, added just for effect ) driver, people are cautious not to allow me to take the wheel when we go in groups.
A few days back, changed my bike and "upgraded" to a 2 year old Yamaha FZS. This is the time of the year where many from the huge student fraternity in Pune complete their academic courses and go back to their hometowns. Transferring a vehicle from one state to another isnt really a piece of cake, so the best way is to sell locally. That means really good deals for the buyer.
Why do you need to change the bike again, my wife asked. After 8 years of marriage I have learned its better to pretend not to hear..
I took the papers for transfer to my regular RTO agent (regular because thats probably the 5th or 6th transaction with him in last few years.) . He looked at me with suspiscion. Finally no longer able to contain his curiosity, he asked if i was some sort of old vehicles agent, like himself. I assured him that i was not competing with him, and all the transactions were on my personal account.
Well looks like changing vehcles has become an obsession. Next on target is a 200 CC bike, but waiting for a good one to come on scene. Pulsar 200 ns comes close, but after you get used to yamaha's super refined engine, anything less becomes boring, probably upcoming apache 200 will meet the specs..
Planning to take the bike to Mumbai one day ..
Its been 4 years since my first car : http://amitnsathe.blogspot.in/2011/04/dreams-come-true.html. Its also a really long time since posting on this blog..
When I bought a 10 old Maruti Alto at that time, I never expected to take it anywhere beyond my office, which is 6 km away. The long drives were just a dream, and possibly taking it to the expressway , a mirage.
Its not often that I exceed expectations! In office, well , never, as a rule :-) . One of my former bosses jokingly referred to me as "Slow moving item" . Working in accounting at that time, in a company struggling with inventory management, that observation was indeed apt.
Well in 4 years, I am to my third car already. This is a Maruti SWIFT ZXi model 2012, purchased last year (second hand) from olx. Or probably quikr or carwale. Its been so often that i am changing vehicles in the last 4 years (well 3rd car and 3rd two wheeler ) that i no longer keep track o anymore. If you consider transactions on both buy and sell side, thats nearly 10 transactions on these "used goods" sites. Probably olx should give me some medal for propping up their business ...
Not only that, we also managed a few trips to mahabaleshwar and kolahpur. If people take 4 hours to kolhapur, I may take 5 or 6, but who cares ! Well looks like some people do. Having built my "reputation" as a slow and careful (really a redundant word here, added just for effect ) driver, people are cautious not to allow me to take the wheel when we go in groups.
A few days back, changed my bike and "upgraded" to a 2 year old Yamaha FZS. This is the time of the year where many from the huge student fraternity in Pune complete their academic courses and go back to their hometowns. Transferring a vehicle from one state to another isnt really a piece of cake, so the best way is to sell locally. That means really good deals for the buyer.
Why do you need to change the bike again, my wife asked. After 8 years of marriage I have learned its better to pretend not to hear..
I took the papers for transfer to my regular RTO agent (regular because thats probably the 5th or 6th transaction with him in last few years.) . He looked at me with suspiscion. Finally no longer able to contain his curiosity, he asked if i was some sort of old vehicles agent, like himself. I assured him that i was not competing with him, and all the transactions were on my personal account.
Well looks like changing vehcles has become an obsession. Next on target is a 200 CC bike, but waiting for a good one to come on scene. Pulsar 200 ns comes close, but after you get used to yamaha's super refined engine, anything less becomes boring, probably upcoming apache 200 will meet the specs..
Planning to take the bike to Mumbai one day ..
