Hey, I'm Vedant.
I got into hacking in school because it made me feel like I’d unlocked a cheat code for reality. It wasn’t noble at the start — it was curiosity, ego, and the thrill of doing things other people around me didn’t know were possible. That same mindset slowly shifted from breaking things for fun to understanding systems so I could rebuild them better.
Cars were the other constant. I’ve always been that guy who could talk about engines, exhausts, setups, and car culture for hours. That obsession turned into RPM15, a Nashik‑based car club that pulled together enthusiasts, garages, and a small but serious community around performance and modified cars.
rpmtalks was my attempt to try my hands at auto journalism — a podcast where I used content as an excuse to sit across the table from people I looked up to in the car world and learn from them directly. The show isn’t active anymore, but it did exactly what I wanted it to: it opened doors, helped me understand the industry from the inside, and even led to a brief stint working with Aston Martin India, which was surreal for a kid who grew up idolizing brands like that.
Today, most of my energy goes into Carigar, an auto‑tech startup built to handle the unglamorous parts of owning and running cars in India — breakdowns, repairs, maintenance, and fleets. Under the hood it’s a serious operations and software problem; on the surface, I just want car ownership to feel boring in a good way: predictable, reliable, handled. I still think like a hacker, I’ve just moved the target from school networks to broken real‑world systems.
This blog is where all of that comes together: the hacker who started because it felt cool, the car nerd who accidentally built a community, and the founder trying to turn all of that into durable infrastructure around cars.
Text I Live By
"We attract a different type of person—a person who doesn't want to wait five or ten years to have someone take a giant risk on him or her. Someone who really wants to get in a little over his head and make a little dent in the universe."
It's easy to get distracted. Everyone thinks we are much better than we actually are. Be humble and honest about the fact that more is left to do than has already been done. Keep moving quickly, don't get bogged down in things that don't matter.
Be afraid of the company you don't know. There is someone out there lurking with a small idea that will grow into a giant. Don't ignore that which you don't immediately understand.
Speak the truth. It's too easy to "manage" - upwards, sideways, downwards and be rewarded for it. This is death. Speak candidly especially when it means it won't be well received.
There is more valor in failure than success. Take enough risks that you continue to fail...and celebrate those so that it becomes the battle scars you talk about when you do eventually succeed.
Procrastinating kills creativity and positive vibes. It's a loser's move to compare. The sooner you realize, the more time you save.
Life is too short to take everything seriously. Do what makes you happy. Work hard, chill harder.
I can type more but this website is already full of text so please find my instagram at @thevedantsuryawanshi
Let's chat? vedant@getcarigar.com