Car India developed offering shower — that's far from basic! (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

acid rain

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'shower that's far from basic' is the definition.
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'car india developed' is the wordplay.
'developed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'car'+'india'='carindia'
'carindia' is an anagram of 'ACID-RAIN'.

'offering' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for acid rain that I've seen before include "Polluted water" , "that pollutes" , "environmental problem" , "Damaging precipitation" , "Destructive precipitation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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