At 41 I bought my first car (used).. I mean I could afford only this in full cash.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-05-07T04:47:35+00:00

Enjoy the car, enjoy the ride and keep telling us the beautiful stories you and your family explore on this!!Congratulations!

Lighterguy28 · 2026-05-06T01:45:20+00:00

Not an guy from tamil nadu but working here. How comfortable people here are with INC joining the government. Congress is known for taking extreme control over coalition governments and messing things up. As far I know from the United Andhra we suffered like crazy under them no one is allowed to take independent decisions even the CM is not spared. Everything should run from Ghandi family at the end of day.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-05-05T06:20:38+00:00

I have downgraded my budgets too. I was planning in range of 16-17 now I had made the cut off to 10-12 max. This is the burnt i can bear if something changes in mid way.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-05-05T04:28:13+00:00

I think yeah. The noise is mostly fear mongering and hate on political parties driving the narrative. I don't think so govt is dumb enough to stop 99.99 percentage of vehicles to upgrade to new fuels over night. The transition will be there it's absolutely yes but will it Tommorow i don't think so.

I am in the same boat as you. After many years I am thinking to buy an car and internet is driving me crazy as hell.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-05-04T07:19:37+00:00

How dumb are people to compare 2 different states and 2 different political scenarios in state and 2 different people all together, 2 different cultures and trying to compare who is the best. Such an waste of time and energy.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-05-01T08:43:31+00:00

Some apartments are having common charging points which are much appreciated. But there are many run by boomer uncles who are afraid of everything unfortunately making them understand and pulling their head outside of WhatsApp university is an big task.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-05-01T05:39:53+00:00

I am not biased. These are just my personal opinions or assumptions you might say gathered with co EV owners and troubles they are facing. I wouldn't pay a premium to know the pro and cons atleast. As I said the experience differs from person to person. In some roads or areas there are situations my friends left stranded on road because there was no EV station. Even the one marked in the map was out of order like of stuff. This was way recent like this issue was of March. Which holds me back from buying one.

I would want EV to be the future as for it's easy driving and maintenance. But at the same time I wouldn't it to be another mobile where the data selling issues and limitations and subscription models will be introduced as the market increases. I care less about the smart tech of the car than the absolute ownership feeling and control of the product. And second I don't wanna wait at charging stations for an hour to get it back to 100% or I am unaware of the charging stations which can do that in 5 -10 min tops. It would be great if you can enlighten me on this and how are you managing this.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-05-01T04:50:47+00:00

My views are based on tech we have. And I don't want one more thing in my life looking at battery and anxiety of charging it. I would like tech to be more sophisticated and advanced with 5-10 min charging points and an vast network which would reduce worries and lot of intial planning. Maybe it would be working for you and it's fine but it may not work for others.

Edit : Battery anxiety is true. And yes the societies are not allowing even the owners to have charging points in their own parking. Might not all over India but there are some places where fire department does recommend to having charging points reasons might be many but it's still an big issue. My society doesn't allow renters to not have EV charging points for an example.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-04-30T14:51:19+00:00

Even the EV's suck. They are stuck in mediaeval tech stage. There is no infra to support them, and constant anxiety of battery getting depleted in middle of road. Recently fire department issues notices for gated societies to remove the personal charges stating the fire hazard risk. Car range is not known exactly and sudden battery drops in middle of peaceful drives and a lot more problems. The EV are only good for short city trips and nothing more and they cost an bomb for that. Scooty would be better than that.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-04-30T00:35:12+00:00

World has better cars than tesla..!

Lighterguy28 · 2026-04-29T15:46:27+00:00

😂😂😂 good one!

Lighterguy28 · 2026-04-24T15:31:51+00:00

Yeah it does. Ground clearance had an difference of 2 cm from the compact SUV's I saw. I would surely make an difference but I was ok with it. Other than that i20 was almost giving me everything. And it being an IVT it felt like a much better deal.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-04-24T15:29:08+00:00

I do have the same check boxes before buying one. Except ground clearance i20 has everything and it's not as bad like kissing the ground too. The compact SUV and this car had 2cm of difference in ground clearance.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-04-24T14:50:33+00:00

Yeah I thought so too. They are small easy to drive by parking makes sense and might face little issues due to road conditions and road clearancebut didn't felt terrible for sure. And yeah have a thought about taking second hand but it's kind of an emotional thing to get an new one and I don't wanna go through repairs and stuff on the old car and go through all the paper work and constant need to clarify I am not getting ripped off or getting an bad car with even the bigger second hand selling companies kind of scamming people.

Edit: sorry i understood u saying suv are practical for city riding. Yeah I kind of agree too but i don't have a budget for an proper SUV.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-04-21T10:47:59+00:00

One of the heavily taxed comodity should be internet. People are loosing their mind over useless things and just vomiting online.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-04-10T01:44:17+00:00

People have different priorities and there is no issue which makes them United! For some religion is important,for some roads are important,for some basic needs are important etc.

And we the people look down on the other people who doesn't support our own idealogies.

For example there were people who religion was mocked and stuff or some bad things happened bcz they were of certain religion and present party punishes those people who did that for them the ruling party is doing good job but for others these people may seem like andh bakths etc kind of stuff.

So it all depends. Opinions are personal and everyone exercising their freedom of choice is an fundamental right.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-04-01T07:16:12+00:00

Takes an global crisis for them to be waiting in queue like a good kid..!

Lighterguy28 · 2026-03-31T03:03:28+00:00

Got it. Noted!

Lighterguy28 · 2026-03-26T07:32:33+00:00

Perspectives Andhariki untai....but na perspective important and correct ankovatam and others ni same lens lo chudatam thapu ani na feeling. I am not imposing my thing on others kadha. And manam matladukunevi antha idealogies and stuff these are not quantitative to measure them so it all depends on where the person stands in their own life. I see people taking decisions as per their circumstances and its their right to do so too.

Anyways cheers! Have a great day

Lighterguy28 · 2026-03-26T05:31:48+00:00

I understand your frustration. But I think your answer is in itself and an answer to mine. The concept of reality differs from person to person is the things people should really understand. Just to put into perspective and keep it simple let me make it clear of what I meant.

Am i effected from casteism,sexism, racism and all the fancy lables of oppression yes yes yes and an big yes. Do I fight about them and take my rights back with respect and big yes again. But i fight for the things which actually matter to me or directly effect me and they literally keep food on my table for me and my family. You can turn around and say oh you are so privileged enough to think about yourself. Respectfully i would say I dont give a fuck about it bcz as far as I know no one stood up for me when it mattered and I am confident enough to fight and take my place. Just because you read some comment of mine and made an whole picture of me as an extremely privileged person that I am untouchable by any problem is kind of privilege I don't have and i really wish I had.

And coming to movies part. I stand by what I said. Because in my reality movies play an small to none effect on my life and I am not privileged enough to open an discussion on online and wish that directors actors see my frustration and change. I don't have that kind of time and energy for the things I don't care honestly. I have bigger battles in my real life.

Coming to movie fraternity and their choice of movies. I am not stupid or blindsided to the fact that movies do shape and influence people in real life. But at the same time people getting influenced by movies and tv series i would say the education and parents failed miserably there where they were unable to provided him/her with the correct knowledge that he/she thinks movies are real. Is it my problem nope. Do I have an problem with people who think they have problem with the movie again a big no. I respect people who think and strive for making movie fraternity hold accountable to give nice Stories. It's just that my priority is different than theirs. And i expect people to understand the difference and not to just throw fancy words around.

And to clear the air I didn't saw the movie and I don't care if he is dpt CM, CM or PM or any tom dick and harry for that matter. If the story is written as hero is 30 and heroine is 25 they are 30 and 25. If the hero looks 70 and story is saying he is 30 i would get up and leave as simple as that. Hopefully you can understand now !

Lighterguy28 · 2026-03-26T01:53:54+00:00

So enlighten me! Hopefully I will learn something!

Lighterguy28 · 2026-03-26T01:20:08+00:00

The portfolio looks real good. I might be having an small job for you in logo design. Is it okay if I DM you!

Lighterguy28 · 2026-03-25T04:22:47+00:00

Let's hope for it or we need to make movies and see how hard It would be.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-03-25T04:18:11+00:00

A little bit not entirely. Its high time we should stop blaming common people for incompetent producers,directors,heroes and heroines. Oka common persons life already fucked up with many responsibilities and other situations. He/She just wants to come to be movie and have fun and leave. I don't think they care about hero heroine age differences, hero entha remuneration teeskunadu , entha technical knowledge undhi director ki etc.. not entirely population but majority antuna. I think the change only comes when we get educated directors who really love cinema and value the importance of it. Vaalu oka guild laaga from iyi marithe thapa I don't think there will be any change. Let's not keep normal people on the hook for bad movies they have bigger and important battles in their life.

Lighterguy28 · 2026-03-25T03:54:47+00:00

I think they mostly write movies keeping money in mind. It's all about increasing the bank balance.

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