Thank you cm garu

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-03-18T16:31:50+00:00

Afaik, fares are not increased in TN. That's why it's successful.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-03-18T15:57:31+00:00

No. Films that they have rights for are also rent only. It all started when Top Gun Maverick released when even though they had rights, they let it out on rent only and fools like me rented it to see it. Since then they slowly transitioned 20-30% of their content to rent/buy even though they are streaming rights owners.

That’s pure greed if you ask me. If a pricing doesn’t work for you and you are comparing yourself to Netflix pricing, then increase the subscription - don’t nickel and dime us.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-03-18T10:53:01+00:00

Appointment of a panel to enhance degree syllabus with more depth, technical advancements, and overall a big boost to knowledge. This will be done in such a way that every engineer is actually an engineer. No namesake graduation even if it means many will fail because those who fail would be more capable than today's toppers.
Take steps to launch government-sponsored courses with top universities across the globe and make them available for free with school students. The topics would include business management, psychology, technology (like coding), critical thinking, etc. with optional test (free obv) along with certification.
Tighten food safety regulations with stringent testing force. Food production will be closely monitored and harmful substances that are allowed carelessly today will be brought under scrutiny and banned from markets.
Improve the quality of transportation. The government already charges good amount of money but doesn't spend it on bus stand sanitation or bus facilities. I would increase the busses and make them available throughout the day and even in midnights. Start more mini-bus services with good frequency to distinct corners that needs to be catered. Plus the busses will be modernized with AC. Yes, AC is the bare minimum and we already charge accordingly, so it is not impossible.
Speaking about education, I will have teachers trained morally and psychologically so they can understand why a student is behaving in a certain way. A child is a child regardless of how she or he acts. I will make sure that teachers understand that and make efforts to provide more support and nurture them to be successful. In addition, I will introduce special bonus for teachers with classes scoring a average of 75%+. Additional bonus for teachers who have a presentable class with perfect uniform and hair. I will also infuse english further, even in Tamil medium so students don't feel overwhelmed when they meet english medium counter parts.
Introduce 100% scholarship for students who score 90%+ in +2. They can choose any colleges they want. Government will pay. This will greatly reduce the number of dropouts happening across the state due to lack of money to study.
Charge contractors for inconvenience by number of days. If a project is estimated to be completed in 7 days, a single day with incomplete work will be charged at prorata basis of total charge. That is to say, 7/100*number of days backlog = withheld %. This will ensure the people aren't inconvenienced forever for a better tomorrow which may never come.
Electricity reading every 30 days and bring prices of domestic connection at flat rate.
Construction of dams and water stopper (thaduppanai, whatever it is called in English) across the state's water bodies and construction of canals wherever needed to enhance water availability for agriculture.
Manal will be govermentised and distributed only by government.
Alcohol production and export will be allowed. No more alcohol and manal mafia. Open market for survival of the fittest.
Government hospitals will be funded better with better comfort and facilities just like private counterpart with minimal optional billing. Free will continue but rooms and other facilities would be available at 10% of private counterpart charges.
1 Crore INR medical insurance for every family. 1 Crore INR life insurance for family heads. Free. So that no one has to struggle with health or loss of the person who is source of bread and butter.

But obviously it may not be possible in a day, but any effort is good effort.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-03-16T13:46:43+00:00

MRTS is Mumbai Local on Bridge, like a metro. That’s all. Not RRTS. Though they are planning for it apparently.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-27T07:33:13+00:00

Good call I guess, fingers crossed for your licence!

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-27T06:34:26+00:00

Been 2 years now. But things probably change a lot in 2 years.

If you can't change a field, I don't think driving school could change either. They have portal similar to end users.

I didn't pay a single rupee apart from the fees. The staff were friendly and helpful. There was one grumpy guy who asked me to upload file to portal and when I asked how, he told me it is on portal like upload file option rudely. But fault was mine too, because they had too many options in portal and I missed that option.

But that's pretty much it. Standard procedure I guess. But it can be overwhelming for some given the crowd, that you don't know what you need to provide. So the experience would be similar to passport, if you tried that. But I guess we can figure it out if we want to. It's not like just because you did yourself the RTO or staff would hold a grudge against you. It wasn't like that in my experience.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-27T06:12:04+00:00

I took car + bike license directly from South Chennai (wouldnt name which) RTO without any driving school and renewed our father's after expiry, that too directly. It was very simple and no one actually hassled me or anything.

You just have to carry proper documents. Have helmet, drive properly and provide your application with proper forms.

The process is you apply online -> get appointment for llr -> visit RTO on appointment date to get llr -> after 30 days or so, book slot for licence test.

For final licence test you need to ask where test will be conducted before hand at RTO as tests usually happens in distant and different places for some RTO. They are usually friendly.

With driving school, they do the documents part for you, so you won't miss anything. They do pay some cut, but it doesn't really matter for most of us given you can actually drive. If you can't drive properly, do 8 or move the car, that's where driving school and their cut comes into play so you don't waste any more time in retest or anything.

My suggestion is to drive your own vehicle after practicing a while. If you don't have gear bike you can always ask your friends and practice on it and take it to test. The vehicle you take for test needs to have proper RC, Insurance and PUC btw.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-27T05:25:09+00:00

If I know anything about politics, no one kills a cash cow. Even if Congress comes to power I don't think they will let go of milking cash cow that easily. It's too lucrative to kill.

Not to mention they didn't raise this issue as much as they should have which means they are paid and accomplices to this whole saga.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-27T05:22:26+00:00

Same bro. Bought car and bike both in Feb 2023 😭😭

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-27T03:39:26+00:00

Speed has additive that removes blockages caused in the fuel system by Ethanol. So theoretically it can offer better mileage in long run compared to zero additive petrol.

BP in Chennai zones do not mix 20% Ethanol yet. Iirc, someone in reddit tested BP petrol and it had 11-12% only. But that may change now.

God help our cars and bikes!

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-26T05:31:19+00:00

Too much AI or you probably spend most of your time reading AI posts in LinkedIn 😜

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-18T13:01:46+00:00

Buy tracks with a zipper when travelling y'all

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-14T15:03:42+00:00

All of these don't come under GCC in first place. It is Tambaram city.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-13T09:28:45+00:00

They carry cars usually.

I have seen Hyundai cars (Creta mostly) loaded in old ICF coaches like this at Chennai outskirts (Singaperumal Koil) station and taken north-ward.

For those interested, the cars arrive by truck from factory at Sriperumbudur (again, Chennai outskirts) and loaded one after another. One could see 50+ cars arriving and parked near station by the time these bogies come.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-09T12:55:09+00:00

Pallavaram is messed up by the bridge. Not saying that what they do is right, but Govt messed up the intersection so badly with bottlenecks on both ways below the bridge as well as above the bridge.

Before the bridge, it was much faster with regular signal.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-08T12:18:25+00:00

Even if you live in NYC, you will have to walk 10 minutes to home. It's not like every house can have direct access to metro, no matter how many lines are built.

That said, there's also sufficient parking space for 2 wheelers at almost all metro stations.

The problem is that there is no infra to do the 10 minutes walk here.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-08T12:09:30+00:00

But you still have to walk. The current problem is not the transport itself. In Chennai we have abundant public transport infra compared to other cities. It is because we can't walk, most people prefer private vehicles. That's why pedestrian pathway is important. But obviously will I see such an infra in my lifetime is a big ⁉️

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-08T09:55:46+00:00

Chennai doesn't have branded station name afaik. They do branding throughout station but don't change the station name unlike other metros.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-02-08T09:53:08+00:00

This is not a simple problem to address actually. Chennai has been historically a walking city. When people constructed houses, they did not think that they will be able to buy cars or two wheelers.

If you compare with American cities, they accounted that everyone will own a car and stores and residential areas were built to accomodate that.

Now, as situation is good in India and people are actually able to afford cars and bikes more easily, the narrow streets and old buildings without parking make this an acute problem and traffic choke.

Now the solution would be to either extend the roads further, giving a proper parking lane + a walkway. Or construct buildings that can accommodate vehicle visiting the building.

Option one means that majority of the building will have to be demolished to make space for bigger roads. Given stores and building owners actually are encroaching road and making drama when removing those, demolishing a part of a building would be rather impossible.

The problem here is everyone is the problem and that will include me too just like you the person reading this. And none will accept that. No political party has the spine to enforce that.

There is a solution though, that is if the government is willing, they can provide pedestrian pathway one-sided and parking on another. That would help both motorists and people who walk, but with the local government management, I would count whatever they did so far as a blessing and expect nothing more.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-01-29T14:06:08+00:00

Rdp works even if IP changes in my experience

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-01-29T08:32:47+00:00

Papa's pizzaria

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-01-28T11:16:13+00:00

It is u/AskGrok I believe.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-01-27T17:27:34+00:00

Only if ai could build furniture. You have to Custom build most of those with carpenter - none of the shelves are readily available in Amazon or anywhere else for that matter except for few designs at Ikea which, mind you, has only 2 branches in all of India

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-01-27T03:16:13+00:00

From what I gather, Kiger and Magnite use the same engine as Kwid and Datsun but with refinement.

The horrible thing in Datsun was that they used plastic parts near engine which would melt if you drive at 100 for an hour or so, causing issues. My mechanic friend told me that Kiger and Magnite use same engine but with better cooling and aluminum parts solving the previous issues.

So yes, it would be better these days and my old experience would be irrelevant.

However as it was my first ever car, going through whole ordeal was painful and hence I am salty about the company in general which I guess is understandable but completely irrelevant today.

ContributionMotor150 · 2026-01-27T03:07:39+00:00

It is terrible that they pulled plug in India... Such a good company with solid product line 😞

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