So as many described here we had a really good meet and a drive to Lavasa. It was one of the first T Bhp meets for me and as expected it was really good. When people of similar interest meet, you needn't really search topics for conversation. You become the part of the group really fast. Chit chats, checking out each others cars, whats good and whats not in the new cars - there are just so much to talk about.
Hey Etchemkay, Thank you so much for sharing your number and guiding me to the meeting point. If you hadn't given me the details and the PM I would not have even known about this.
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Originally Posted by asit.kulkarni93 Thanks to all!
The meet as well as drive was superb. Hope to have a similar meet at a different location soon!
Attaching 2 pics that I had clicked while everyone was checking out etchemkay's gt tdi. |
It was nice meeting you Asit.
Thank you for sharing the pics. First time I saw another GT TDi in Pune.
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Originally Posted by jdr But anyhoo, we'd planned a trip to Mahableshwar on 15th (office folk) and we took my new i20. The road was good and the trip was great fun. But no auto enthusiasts with me... (I talk about cars and no one listens).
Went to Lavasa last weekend. The road wasn't as much fun, one of my friends got car-sick. :-(
But please let's have another team-bhp meet soon... preferably before summer starts in earnest.
-jdr |
Yes indeed we need to plan one more as many mentioned here. May be we can drive a bit more longer to say a destination like Lonavala? Or may be some other interesting one ?
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Originally Posted by sukiwa Good to meet new folks & see different cars. We had 2 Polo GT TDi, a 320d and Laura TSI being a only petrol car. It was good that 'etchemkay' was able to come over to other CCD at chandani chowk, 'rejoycjohn' joined later and we left for Lavasa little after 8am.
By the time we reached Lavasa base, some of us were in need of food. Subway was closed, had to settle for CCD. Most of us were well informed about CCD menu & chose only those items which would allow us to concentrate on our talk, not food.
It was pleasant to have rejoycjohn with us & etchemkay reminded about his London-Mangolia trip. Rejoy shared some of his other travel incidents.
I had a good ride in the_skyliner's 320d & rejoy's GT TDi.
Mystery of meet: How a car that started 3rd from Lavasa parking ended up being first to reach chandani chowk without ever overtaking first 2 cars? |
Sukiwa, it was such a pleasure meeting and having discussions with you on our way back. Thanks for listening out my travel experiences. Honestly its really hard for me to not talk about it - I need a deaddiction pill may be.
I am sure in the next meet we will be able to see your ride and possibly a longer drive.
Well that was really mystery one of its kinds.
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Originally Posted by etchemkay
Guess what, I realized later that day that the front-right speaker was not working. Went to Car Cupid and they opened 'er up and found that one of the speaker wires had come off.
Thanks for the tips about the speaker running period, TA and other features of my JVC 900BT etc. Much appreciated. After fixing the speaker wiring and some subsequent TA tuning, I've started to get the feeling the Dotech Ovations are opening up already. Loving it.
Looking forward to meeting up later with you and fine-tuning the system. Thanks.
Rejoy's GT got a lot of well-deserved admiration. Those S-Drives looked delicious. Would like to take it around some twisties to experience the effect of that extra 10mm tread all around. Hopefully next time. |
We will be really looking forward to listen to the ICE set up next time and enjoy the whole set up truly and completely.
Thank you so much for those nice words for my tyre upgrade. Yes Indeed a good twisted road with less traffic be a place to test the handling.
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Originally Posted by SKODA_RS Hey guys we really had a great time. It was great to meet all the teambhp members. Had a good chat and everybody shared their experiances about the rides made so far.
Yokohama s drives looks too good on the polo gt tdi! Cheers rejoy bro.
One thing i realized that i seriously need to upgrade the rubber on my laura tsi.
Any suggestions? Without changing the 15inch rims.
Attaching some pics i clicked. |
Hey Skoda_Rs, thank you for your comments. Heard it gets noisy after 10,000 Km, Need to wait and see how the tyres react after that. But for a 1.6 TDi engine, which itself is noisy I hope I wont hear that much of a tyre noise.
Skoda Tsi stock run on 195 / 60 R15 ? May be the stock size can give us an idea on what would be the ideal upsize.
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Originally Posted by the_skyliner Perfect way of spending Saturday morning - a long drive and a TBHP meet!
Had a great time talking with fellow petrol-heads. Look forward to next meet with even more attendance and longer drive. Loved the idea of Mabhy drive from sukiwa.
Some pictures from my side: |
Oh yea indeed the perfect way to spend a Saturday morning. Your ride looks absolutely fantastic, well I dont think anyone should mention how good a 320 D sport look anyway. May be a Jopasu duster a bit of detailing can remove the swirls and I am sure your ride will look gleaming on the roads.
I had a couple of photos, but I think others have already covered most of drive. Special thanks to Skyliner for grabbing most of the moments with his phone camera.