the whole process was set off by 2 very enthusiastic verna CRDI owners who wanted to meet the regular cochin gang.
Sameel and binoy b22.
since they were both in town, and hydra needed to buy us pizza,
I SMSed zak about having the meet on saturday evening.
pat came the reply- Why not tonight? I thought-Why not indeed?
that thought got re inforced when A S H V I N texted me saying why not today?
Fine- changed plans, sent out another round of texts to everyone I was in touch with, about the evening meet near vallarpadom.
there was an enthusiastic response from the usual suspects.
The unfortunate few
1.Binoy b22 had to pull out, because the meet was a day early
2.muneemmk was stuck in coimby due to the hartal
3.etrnlwanderer was out of station
4.Hydra's plans were washed away
5.mansidea was out of range(work harder man!)
6.govigov was switched off
7.vivekji05 needed a longer warning than 2hrs(its always sudden at TBHP cochin)
8.wischu- stuck with exams
9.ram hyundai- macchuuuuu!!!! what happened?
the usual suspects and other assorted nuts
rippergeo
speedzak
nikkibike
jayD
drpullockaran
A S H V I N
aaha
drpullockaran
sameel
planned to meet at 6.00 pm at the usual place near goshree bridges
zak was 5 minutes away when i called him.
but surprisingly- he was actually only 5 mins away this time.
I got there 7 mins after i called him.
we didnt meet till 20 mins later though.
ASHVIN(tired of typing the spaces man-please forgive me) pulled up in a 2.4 litre accord with his friend.
the accord is getting modded and the owner needed ideas. we have given him an earful. i suppose he'll join the forum soon when his head clears up after the modding 101 lessons.
got a call from zak asking me where I was. i was thinking this was some sort of game to make us think that he was on time. after letting him know our location, we sat down and waited thinking it would be another 1/2 hr before he calls us again saying he's 5 mins away.
WRONG! there was this rumble a few metres down the road, and a lot of dust, as soon as i hung up the phone.
it's a bird! its a plane! no! its superzak in a seriously muddied qualis!!!
he launched rally style off the bridge that was, till then, obscuring him from our view and came sliding and drifting towards us.
people then arrived in quick succession.
after being attacked by an unruly gang of mosquitoes, we decided to go karting.
we(atleast I) crawled through traffic till edapally, then let loose till the airport.
each of us has our own story from his point on, and it would be best to tell them individually.
drpullockaran and nikkibike were already there.
sameel had overtaken me near kalamassery and had disappeared down the horizon a long time ago- but he was still not to be found at the karting track!(he got lost)
chatted longer than I karted. raced with JayD for 12 laps. watched zak spinning out every 25 metres.
supervised drpullockaran and nikkibike to ensure they did a good job bleeding the brakes of on of the karts.
Guys! work was far from satisfactory! I'm sure zak, who was spinning out constantly on that kart will agree with me. next time, be sincere!
split early,9.30pm with nikkibike.
he was minding his own business and driving rather decently when I overtook him after aluva. few minutes later, he showed me why even steeroid in his safari worries when nikki is in his swift.
putting his extra wide tyres to good use,he was cornering at speeds i wouldnt dare do in a straight line. kept up with him till palarivattom jn on the NH byepass, from where we went our separate ways.
it was a great evening. and thanks everyone for showing up on such short notice!