[the_trooper]

Hi Jeroen and everyone else,

Would be great to meet all of you! I won't be able to stay, but would love to meet you guys and will come to the meeting you guys in the morning at De Schildkamp in Asperen.

I will be on a motorcycle. Cheers.

[govindremesh]

Originally Posted by carthick1000

Now you should be able to get turn-by-turn navigations from your phone for our trip.

Works like a charm. Thanks for this! Only bummer is that apparently it does not work with Android Auto, and I do not have a phone holder (since I'm renting a car)

Here's what the final attendees list looks like. Hope to see most of you tomorrow!

Confirmed

1. Jeroen- Jaguar
2. Carthick1000 - Tesla Model 3
3. govindremesh - Nissan Leaf e+ (will join at Buren)
4. Stratos +1 - BMW 5 Series
5. Up!!!- BMW 3 series
6. the_real_slager + 1 - Mercedes C300


Joining for a part of the drive

Kraftwagen - Plans to leave after lunch (will drive from Asperen to Buren)
sindabad.sailor- Meeting only at the starting point.
the_trooper - Meeting only at the starting point.


Tentative

avinash_clt + 1
SuperBee

[avinash_clt]

Adding myself to confirmed list. Have been exempted from quarantine

Originally Posted by govindremesh

Here's what the final attendees list looks like. Hope to see most of you tomorrow!

Confirmed

1. Jeroen- Jaguar
2. Carthick1000 - Tesla Model 3
3. govindremesh - Nissan Leaf e+ (will join at Buren)
4. Stratos +1 - BMW 5 Series
5. Up!!!- BMW 3 series
6. the_real_slager + 1 - Mercedes C300
7. avinash_clt + 1

Joining for a part of the drive

Kraftwagen - Plans to leave after lunch (will drive from Asperen to Buren)
sindabad.sailor- Meeting only at the starting point.
the_trooper - Meeting only at the starting point.


Tentative

SuperBee

[Stratos]

A great day in Netherlands, thanks to a very sophisticated agenda setup by by Jeroen.

Another successful "international" meet, far away from home, shows how Team-BHP keeps everyone linked together irrespective of location or country of origin.

Time to plan the next meet...

Posting some pictures from today.
(Sorry for the, strictly OK, photos from cell-phone quality)

Beginning the day with some coffee as Jeroen briefs us all on whats ahead.


A group photo in Asperen.


At the Minidome with an absolutely fantastic collection of gazillion scale models.


The Indian section


A "token" of thanks to Berndt, the founder of Minidome.


Sadly we did not find enough space to park all the cars together for a group photo (I know, how is that possible in a fully flat Netherlands right?)
So here is a "make-shift" one


Time for some tasty food in Buren


Another group photo, this time in Buren


Since I did not continue further to E.R Classics, lets wait for some others to post pictures from that location.

Cheers!

[govindremesh]

Originally Posted by Stratos

A great day in Netherlands, thanks to a very sophisticated agenda setup by by Jeroen.

Thanks for the photos Stratos! It was nice to meet fellow bhpians, this was my first T-BHP meet. To the Bhipians I missed meeting in Asperen, I hope we can catch up the next time.

4 cars continued to E.R. classics via the beautiful Dutch countryside. Some of the sights were breathtaking. The route planned by Jeroen, is best enjoyed in a cabriolet! Since avinash_clt had his partner in the car, I'm hoping he can share a few photos of the drive route.

We reached E.R. classics 15 minutes before they closed. Since I was going ga-ga over the cars on display, most of which were built before I was born, I forgot to take photos.

The town of Buren, where we stopped for Lunch




Waiting for the ferry


EV adoption level: 50%


On the Team-BHP ferry, featuring Jeroen and carthick1000


Until next time!

[vigsom]

Originally Posted by Stratos

Posting some pictures from today (Sorry for the, strictly OK, photos from cell-phone quality)

I've been eagerly waiting for pics from this meet, and am delighted to see the first pics - great they are ! If possible, would love to see names(handles) to the faces.

Originally Posted by govindremesh

Some of the sights were breathtaking

Those few pics look absolutely picture postcard perfect; would love to see more. Now, a noob question - why is the Mitsubishi sporting a white license plate while the others are sporting yellow?

[carthick1000]

Originally Posted by vigsom

If possible, would love to see names(handles) to the faces.

Here is the photo updated with handles (Stratos, I hope you don't mind me nicking your photo to add handles ). Only one missing in this pic is govindremesh, who joined us for lunch. You will see him sporting a horizontal striped tee's in the lunch@Buren pic from previous posts.

Originally Posted by vigsom

why is the Mitsubishi sporting a white license plate while the others are sporting yellow?

Well, it is not the Mitsubishi colt (of avinash_clt) alone, but IIRC, 2 other cars in the meet (BMW 520i of Stratos & MB C300 of the_real_slager) are also white plates. These bhp-ians are from Belgium and hence the white plates. NL uses yellow plates for most vehicles.

More info: Number plates - NL & BE

[SuperBee]

It was really nice to meet everyone yesterday ! Thanks Jeroen for making a nice schedule, had a really good time driving through Gelderland. Some of the roads were really beautiful!

The one photo that I managed to click -



We should definitely do this more frequently.

Maybe next time we can plan something during one of the track days at Zandvoort ? We will also have the option to do some fast laps on a Grand Prix track if we want
Info about track days at https://www.vrijrijden.nl/

Alternatively, we can plan a drifting day(if people are into it) at one of the drifting schools. I’ve been to one before in Lelystad and it’s quite fun.
Info at https://www.driftsport.nl/


Also I understand some of us are interested in plane spotting. The McDonald’s outside Schiphol, with the spottersplaats, has been recently renovated and has a big enough parking space for cars.

[Stratos]

Originally Posted by govindremesh

I don't know why NL uses yellow for their number plates though!

One reason used to be the reduced glare from the yellow colour compared to white. For example, UK license plates which are yellow only at the rear.

[Jeroen]

Great meeting everybody yesterday!! So good to be able to put some faces to the “forum handles”. I am glad everybody enjoyed themselves and enjoyed the route.

Another suggestion for a next meeting: The Louwman museum in The Hague.
Absolutely stunning car museum!

See https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/beyon...therlands.html (Louwman Car Museum @ Hague, Netherlands)

Jeroen

[avinash_clt]

Absolutely delighted to have met everyone yesterday and we enjoyed the drive/food/company and conversations. Amid the pandemic, it was by all means, a breath of fresh air.

Dear Jeroen,

Thank you for your meticulously curated trip, your choice of stops and a very beautiful driving route. Humbled to meet you in person and your attention to detail in everything.

Originally Posted by govindremesh

The route planned by Jeroen, is best enjoyed in a cabriolet! Since avinash_clt had his partner in the car, I'm hoping he can share a few photos of the drive route.

Pictures don’t do justice to the amazing choice of route Jeroen had drawn up, along some landscape that is unique to Netherlands. Someone should bring a drone next time.

Just so happened that my cabrio hard-top decided not to open yesterday. Symptoms suggest a confused window position sensor on one side, oh well, another thing to ponder on. A Mitsu built partially in NL, sharing platform with a German (Smart), with a JDM engine (4G15T) and roof system designed and built by Italians (Pininfarina). No surprise which of them fail first

Some pictures from our side, all taken by my partner. She is not happy with the roof not opening and therefore the quality of pictures she could manage

Your fellow river/canal user alongside


The company and the landscape


The company and the landscape, one more..


Wonderfully laid tarmac, makes our rattle bucket sound pristine


Often relatable to roads back home in KL/TN


It's a Jaaaaaaaaagg


Our humble little Colt CZC 1.5 Turbo

We reached E.R. classics 15 minutes before they closed. Since I was going ga-ga over the cars on display, most of which were built before I was born, I forgot to take photos.

Same at our side, so many cars and just 15min, will visit the place once again for sure. Only adding this cute Fiat 500 that I have on my phone.

Originally Posted by SuperBee

Maybe next time we can plan something during one of the track days at Zandvoort ?
Info about track days at https://www.vrijrijden.nl/

Alternatively, we can plan a drifting day(if people are into it) at one of the drifting schools. I’ve been to one before in Lelystad and it’s quite fun.
Info at https://www.driftsport.nl/

That will be fun, have been to Zandvoort as a visitor for a DTM/Touring car round (cannot recall the event correctly). It was fun and would love to have the opportunity to drive there, as well as the drifting school.

[UP!!!!]

Hi Jeroen,

Thank you for planning this drive. It was fun to drive on these rural roads with beautiful scenery.

I agree that we should do it more often. This is the one of the very few drives where I clicked less pictures but enjoyed to the fullest.

I’ll try to upload some videos from my dashcam as well. Till the time enjoy some of the pictures from my gallery -























British Railways













A token of appreciation to founder of Minidome from Jeroen



A sunny and beautiful day

[GTO]

Great meet, guys! Lots of happy faces and some really nice cars .

Request: Whenever there is a good meet report, please do use the report link (Report Posts : Contribute in Maintaining Team-BHP's post quality) and let us know, so it goes to the homepage. Of course, your meet is going to our homepage today .

[VJ05]

Lovely Meet and great pictures. So good to see people without Masks there. Hopefully, we would also be lucky to roam without Masks in a few month's time.

Cheers!

[the_real_slager]

It was a lovely event and me and my partner loved the drive and meeting you all.

Hopefully see you all again at the next meet-up.

Regards,
Kiron