Ustad: asking in your own words

Ustad is the experienced hand. Ask about any truck or bus, new or used, about the auctions, dealers and tyres, about the money arithmetic, or about your own account when you are signed in. Speak or type, in English, Hindi or Tamil, in whatever mixture you actually speak.

Every figure it gives you comes from the register, and it says where. When it does not know, it says so rather than filling the gap, which is the whole reason to trust the times it does answer.

It is not advice on a loan and it is not a substitute for a dealer's quote or a mechanic's eye. It is the person who has seen a thousand of these and can tell you which three questions to ask next.