Solitaire
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FAAKKKKK its the 328i mann (i totally forgot this model
) ... In india also its a huge hit amongst the petrol lovers. Its around 42-44L on road in india.. not sure about the options though. And i really hope you have ordered it in red color with red interiors 
. When are you expecting the car Btw ??The base is kinda bare, that's why I added a lot of options. In India there's the 320d and then the 328i (both bare again as far as options go).
Yes, Melbourne Red metallic with Red leather interiors and black highlights plus the sport steering wheel with red stitching and the red highlight finishers for the dashboard alongside the red backlit instrument panels ... It's a red and black car - perfect for Tamilnadu's political landscape
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Thank you guys
@Somebody - I loaded it up, just gave you a rough figure. On a BMW base starts at a reasonable amount (for a BMW) but if you add a few options (especially packages like a Sport Line, Lighting, navigation etc.) it escalates rapidly. Also, that figure is with a 9.8% sale/use tax. Obviously that's off MSRP and I was able to get a good deal off it by dealing hard.
@Taz - 328i Sport with a number of extras. Now I'm counting days hoping I get it sooner rather than later. Itching to drive that car again.
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With tax, a direct conversion would be upwards of 30 Lakh INR (I really don't want to give the exact number) but that's hardly a fair conversion since prices differ a lot here and there. Also I've been bargaining hard and playing dealers against each other to get a better deal than the price I actually quoted
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3, yes.
Sport Line with the sport suspension, slight body mods, performance tires and what not. Plus added some cool sh*t like that automatic parking assistant and some custom leather colors to match the car's color and interior trim. Of course, navigation, rear view camera were added as extra options, as well as those signature Xenon headlamps as agains the base halogens.
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So it's my birthday today, and I was bored.... so I went out and bought (let it not be said that I only get stuff free
) myself this little gift:The ultimate driving machine
Custom ordered new as per my requirements, coming soon from Munich
This is gonna be my first car and my first BMW.
Yes, picture ain't mine (apologies) but will have to do until it gets here in a few weeks.
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So it's my birthday today, and I was bored.... so I went out and bought (let it not be said that I only get stuff free
) myself this little gift:The ultimate driving machine
Custom ordered new as per my requirements, coming soon from Munich
This is gonna be my first car and my first BMW.
Yes, picture ain't mine (apologies) but will have to do until it gets here in a few weeks.
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optical and RCA inputs.
Optical, stereo and wireless output.
Nice. Good purchase Shantz!
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you watching Indian budget in USA...does it really matters to u ?...just asking
Obviously I didn't capture this image. But yes, I do watch it and I follow the news on NDTV too. It does matter. I'm still Indian, even if I decide to settle here it'll take many many years.
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What an interesting budget
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what the *bleep*.... dude.... that girl's coming on to you so bad, you're single, she's hot...what else do you want? Hey even nice-guy-me says go for it
EDIT: Just don't do anything at work in case you get caught.
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Its the same as me saying usa as inbred red necks and swag spewing ghetto gang bangers. Stereotyping is so fun inn'it ?
after all, a stamp of approval from a firingi, where does one go after reaching that pinnacle
I lived in Georgia for 2 years. Made Redneck jokes (and met a good number who'd qualify) and black jokes plenty, still didn't get shot
Yeah, too many people look for foreign-approval. Heck, we didn't even take Swami Vivekananda seriously until he went to Chicago and the homeboys there were like... "He's the real deal yo!"
But then there's plenty of Indians here too that do their work, get on with their lives but try to stick to only other Indians all the time (not the best thing to do really) in their social circles and what not.
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Congrats Guavar
Gaurav, Akshay
congrats gaurav and alekh bro
Thank you
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Wow, more proof that we'll see Rescue!
I don't know about that being evidence of Rescue showing up.... nowhere does it show that she's in a suit or considering putting it on. It looks more like she's holding his helmet while he's in a sorry state of affairs as always.
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I just updated my n7000 with 4.1.2 jelly beans. I'm loving it
How many beans they gave you?
4.2.2 here.
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Thanks Ram, KJD, Alekh
Nice blurays - Argo and TSCC (loved the show, wanted to see what would have happened if they hadn't canceled it).
Also, Dad just called me and said he wanted to pick up the tab for the piano so this just turned into my birthday gift.
Good buy Gaurav.. But do you know how to play it?
No, please teach me
Just to clear things up, just cos I haven't played for 2 years it doesn't mean that I've forgotten everything from before
if what I think you mean to say is correct.Congrats Guavar
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It's the people who make the country backward don't they? You mention India to a foreigner, he still says traffic jams, cows on the roads, and snake charmers.
Elephants.. don't forget elephants
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@Razpor Yeah it's plenty loud but I solve that by turning the volume down a bit
or using headphones. Bought it for the loudness too since I don't want to have to use an external amp or speakers. Fortunately my apartment shares only one wall and I have no apartments below or above (it's a cottage next to the woods) and no roommate. I tried the P105, 150 and the DGX 640, but this is the first time I've actually happily bought a Casio (liked the tri sensor action on this and the piano-like keys better than the GHS), would never have thought they'd put this much in one device that weighed so little compared to the Yamahas.Thank you very much folks.
Youtube videos when I have had a bit more practice. Used to play for and manage the college light music band but haven't done anything music-oriented after IIT Saarang 2011. Practice first, videos by year end @sameuun "gauarav" ?? Et tu brutus?
@akshay77 - Car first, then 690
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This isn't a 'gaming' purchase but a tech one nonetheless. Have been playing the piano and keyboard for quite some time, atleast until I left for the US. So I wanted to get a professional instrument to get back to my hobby and not have to change instruments for atleast 6-7 years.
So got this - the Casio Privia PX-350 Digital Piano with the furniture stand and three pedal system. Should have gone up to 1050 after tax (9.5% in the state of Washington) but through an employee deal we have here I got it for $850 all-inclusive. This was bought after a LOT of research - the usual paralysis-by-analysis because I'm usually partial towards Yamaha and Korg but the great reviews and very realistic piano tone plus a bunch of other features like the keys' graded action sealed the deal.
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How do i go to US , the standard way of GRE & then study game journalism for a few years , or are there any other ways to go there ? anyone replying , don't come up with weird comedic answers , please suggest proper channels
Have you looked at any courses that actually teach that kind of stuff? If there are, you could probably do those (as in write the GRE or whatever is required to get into that course, then go to the US to study) as a way to get to the US and find a job by the time you graduate.
Unless you're some badass big-time game blogger or something in India and they so badly want you in the US I doubt anyone would directly sponsor you for a work visa there. I'm not aware of other channels but then I'm not into the journalism or blogging field at all.
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Why did you buy it gaurav? You must have got one free from office as well isn't it?
Oh, this is the one I got free from the office
, they let me configure whatever I wanted (and note that my work involves nothing at all that's graphically intensive )Majority of the girls in the world know there are better looking girls in the world and yet they their own pics a million times ( I know they don't acknowledge it but they know it
)Just like that we like to post pics of gadgets
Majority of the girls in the world know there are better looking girls in the world and yet they their own pics a million times ( I know they don't acknowledge it but they know it
)Just like that we like to post pics of gadgets
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Pics or GTFO.
Of the IP5 of course. No one is interested in seeing the hubby. Except you. Maybe.
What she meant was:
Oh BTW got this:
Dell Precision M4700.
Core i7 3740QM
16GB 1866Mhz DDR3
NVIDIA Quadro K2000M with 2GB GDDR3 dedicated memory
512gb SSD
Got the extended battery and dock too.
Came to around $2300 after discount. Seems to play Battlefield 3 at medium-high / high pretty well.
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Where is that forehead slap emoticon again.
Type : d o h : without the spaces.
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Okami better with dildo
Oh Okami! Thanks. Why Japanese Milo-san?
The Automobile Thread
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Posted · Edited by Gaurav - Solitaire
Dude, I don't pay any state income tax in WA
and with the amount MS pays me 
If I'd gone to that other place where there's all the tech jobs in my line of work I'd have been paying almost 10% on both sales tax AND state income tax 
Lane Departure in India would have been the LOLZ.... with the way we drive there. Also, the more expensive a car you get in India, the more careful you have to be that the auto driver waiting next to you at the signal doesn't scratch it when he's trying to get past you
Had an auto guy who tried to push past me once while I was driving my dad's Chevy Cruze. Dude told me that he'd easily scratch my car if I didn't let him through cos his auto-rickshaw doesn't take much to repair as against scratch on a pricey car 
Oh, I did leave out Insurance, so that will add a ton of money to the cost of the car especially given that it's my first car here. My credit history is kinda short thanks to my stupid on-campus university apartments not putting MY name on the lease (hence no record anywhere that I paid a lot more).
@Captain Fantastic - Don't worry man, comparing Indian costs to how much you pay for the same car here is a losing deal. I wouldn't have bought a BMW with an equivalent salary in India either.
@Babyzelda - What I meant is that the base car is kinda bare (atleast going by the configs listed on the Indian website) unless you add the Sport package (which you have on that 320d). Thanks man, I know what you mean about the best gift. I'm not rich or anything and when I finally signed on a car on my own salary (no input from the folks at home) and it's a BMW 3 series, I'm extremely excited!
BTW the surround camera is an option here but I also added the Parking Assistant which parks the car for you
(Honestly, I'm not bad at parallel parking, but I just thought it was way too cool to not have).