Puny virus booing the world

Hi,

Been a while since I have posted here. Sometimes it is hard to prioritize your day and the first things to get the beating are the ones we enjoy the most over the ones that stand a greater material obligation. Be it a favorite hobby, a personal goal that is held in back of your mind from a long time or anything that you derive pleasure from. Because one, our mind is too occupied for pleasure and two that our calenders are too crowded for leisure. That rhymes! :-)

I am running out of the words already! or say that running out of amusing words because lately it has mostly been life in general minus some comfort thanks to a puny little virus that has held all the medical streams in its stride since the beginning of the times. Be it Ayurveda, Homeopathy, or any of those hard to spell streams of medicine. Correct guess. it's common cold! I dare the whole medical fraternity to find a vaccine to this inconvenience. Although this little uneasiness is within my threshold of discomfort any day (except the irritable nose from constant wiping :-D). But when you have to live a larger than average day both at home and work, it's effects become all the more pronounced.

Of course this virus deserves a little credit for this post because I would have been busy elsewhere either Tweaking, or reading, was it not for an urge to relax triggered by this little bug.

I have coughed and sneezed quite a few times while typing this. But don't worry, it wont affect you across the net. Take care. Yes, I am taking care too. See I can read minds! =)

Ciao.

A little relief

Hello  after a long time!

I wonder if anyone cares at all but I was occupied with some self assigned tasks and some 'karmic' obligations. Finally as the challenges are over I am back to my old routine which is, not much of a routine though. :-)

Just to let you know what I am up to these days: The Tweaker is awake and causing me to spend on some tools and tackles. Thinking about things to do. Basically DIY stuff. Believe me DIY is cool and it is just an extension of our school-time craft and science projects deal. Keep an eye on my new blog http://MusingsOfATweaker.blogspot.com.

Well... You are also welcome to summon me for any ideas and if you are local, invitations for weekend home-fixes are welcome. :-)

Secondly, work is amazing by offering new challenges every now and then and that keeps you alert and do not let the brain catch any rust. So got to learn some stuff on the fly to deliver some expectations.


Thirdly, getting out of shape :(. Time for subscribing to pump some iron again this year around. That will happen soon.

And finally going to read some English literature, both classic and modern, and maybe Punjabi too (talking of Heer Varis Shah and so forth).

Those were the quick quick quick updates on the Vortexes of life.

See you soon.
Take care :-)

A drive to grand homes

Hi,

Back again. This week brought a visit to my maternal and paternal grand homes. Although the occasion was not an auspicious one but nostalgia took over after a while.

Met many relatives and cousins from the extended family. Caught up with the family 'current affairs' and recounted older times when we were able to live less formally and spend time as if we have got all of it in the world!

Humid weather reminded of how tough the weather is going on people out there who have to stay out in order to make a living or worse have to live in the open at the mercy of weather.

The best part was the 300 KM + drive up and down included. It was a first for me and much thankful that it went pretty well leaving me in good shape for the tomorrow's cricket match sponsored by some colleagues' collective effort. Good way to spend the (week and) weekend and stretch out for the coming week.

Take care!

My bike review published by an online Biking mag!

Hey!

Now this is exciting.

I have been following BikeAdvice.in for quite a while now as my source about the latest and hottest in biking world. They had started Bike Review Contests few months ago.

This time around, I also decided to participate in the contest. So took some photos with my cellphone camera and sat down on a journey through time to see what I went through with this bike right from purchase decision till date. I was barely able to make my submission on the last day of closing the submissions for contest.

Today, it was a surprise to find my submission published online, about 10 days after the submission was made. Also glad to find so many readers relate to the review and provide positive feedback as well.

Here is link to the publication on BikeAdvice.in:

"Honda CB Unicorn Dazzler Review by Akashdeep"

If you happen to go through it, which I would insist you do, please do not forget to leave a comment and provide feedback!

So? I will call it more than a day!

Take care and good night

Know your consumer rights

Although I am enjoying a very good relationship with my bike, but a little glitch in the pass-switch has been bothering me since last few months. Actually since second month of my purchase in June last year. Problem was that once pressed, the switch won't retract to its original 'off' state which is a bit inconvenient during night driving.

So what? I bought a product and it should work as designed. Since the thing is in its warranty period, I notified service guys not once but on each time I was at the service center but to no avail. The typical Indian "Chalta Hai" (Let-it-be) attitude is so prevalent that it has rubbed off even on one of the best in the world - Honda.

To my luck, some guys came from the Honda HQ-Gurgaon and I was invited for an inspection, probably because mine was one of the first bikes in the batch and they were up to some field reviews. I informed them this issue and they assured that switch is faulty and shall be replaced during my next service visit. Issued a job card and provided me with the Job card number to quote in future.

Leave alone the next service, the problem was still there after a few reminders, two services and almost an year into purchase! Each time they gave me an Component-is-on-order excuse. I was furious more because of repeated failure of the dealership to comply and less because of the minor inconvenience caused because of the fault.

I felt that it was very legitimate to escalate the issue to Honda HQ. So here is something I wrote to them (abridged for brevity):

Hi,

I purchased a CB Honda Unicorn Dazzler from on .

During the first service I notified the following faults in the vehicle:

1. Pass switch not retracting when pressed
2. Rust build up in the tank shroud fastening screws
3. Rust build up in muffler guard (Black)

These three defects were acknowledged and I was assured of a solution. None was provided. I repeated my complaints in subsequent visits but to no avail.

My vehicle was also inspected by the special staff from Gurgaon who visited the Dealership during Sept 2010. They also recognized the complaints and provided directions to replace all the faulty parts via Job Card Number 21297 Dated 23/09/2010 and assured that the faulty parts will be replaced during my subsequent visit for service.

In my next visit for service on 13/10/2010, I was told that the above components are on order and will be available soon. I am hearing this excuse till date and no parts are still available.

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Due to prolonged unavailability of components, false commitments, and procedures causing risk of injury on part of service department, I feel cheated and deceived by the dealership by promising excellent service during sales process but delivering none of what promised.

I wish that Honda takes corrective action to resolve my issues at the soonest and makes sure the dealership treats my vehicle as per promises and recommendations.

Thanks.

PS:Copy retained for personal record

And it worked magically. Within two days I had a call from the dealership and they seemed to know my issue and my problem like the back of their hands! An appointment was scheduled and the day I went there I was greeted by head of service department got VIP treatment. No queues,  No paperwork. They managed everything.

At the scheduled time of pick-up, I was told that the switch assembly containing the Pass-Switch was shipped exclusively for my complaint and that they had instructions to reply as soon as the problem was solved. The new switch works perfectly and I am glad it was fixed.