I always loved chasing sweet exhaust notes across Mumbai for which many of my friends think i'm a petrosexual, but i never thought there will be whole bunch of people whom with I share the passion. I thanked my friend tons of times who directed me to TeamBHP. As he told me that the membership is very limited & he is trying since last few months without luck, so I thought it must be a elitist club of owners rather than enthusiast. But when i logged in i submitted my form within half an hour as i found tons & tons & tons of people whom with i share my passion. MODs approved my membership in 6 days from registration. It wont be a hyperbole if i say that i check countless times for the approval mail during the time frame. I had no reactions when i saw the confirmation mail. i Just didn't know how to respond.
I lost my primary weapon to chase the hotties in town; my Honda Activa in an accident. A few broken teeth & bones but i'm sure i'll be up n running in few days. I guess i'll have to chase on MTB cycle now.... LoLzzz
Enough chatter ! ! ! Now lets head to the story of a beast sighting in Mumbai.
Model
Audi.R8.V8 Coupe' [4.2 FSI Quatrro, Manual Transmission]
Color
Customized Golden Trim, CF Sideblades, Beige Upholstery.
Location & the Joyride
-> Spotted at Tilak Bridge, Dadar with an escort of Audi Q7
-> Ohh my ! ! those roars on the bridge . . A definite head turner . . (i Struggle to take out my camera at the signal so settle on my cell camera)
-> R8 starts cutting through the crowd with angry roars of V8. The beast tamer was pretty used to the car's might & crowd cutting as he directly went to kabutar-khana which is like the most hardest place to drive in u cant even ride a bike without tons of honking as its the hub of one of the most crowded market in Mumbai (Dadar)
-> Salute to the owner not a single mis-shift or a slightest touch to anything/anyone in area where u'll find 4-6 people each Sq/Meter.
-> Reached Senapati Bapat Road, there the beast started showing its might. My Activa was too punny to follow the German excellence but the traffic was in my favor. The escort Q7 was a 4.2 Quattro which looked like a mighty elephant chasing a tiger. Q7's driver was pretty skilled as he kept on the tail of Beast even when R8 was furiously cutting lanes & speeding. It was magical to see such awesome driving by both.
-> R8 took a U-turn for Pheonix mills (Mall), donno how but i managed to get an eye contact with R8 owner & asked him for snaps. He signed at the mall.
-> I was awesomely delighted.
-> The mall has very distant & different parking for 2 wheelers & 4 wheeler so I went to park by scooter. Rushed my camera setup & went to car parking, Searched all the 3 floors of parking & asked loads of attendants about the car. Gosh I had to explain the car's appearance in such a way that they could understand. It was hilarious.
-> Couldn't find the car anywhere, so started cursing myself for a missed chance & thought where can a 95,000 GBP(Excluding Duties & Tax) car just vanish in thin air ?
-> At the same juncture heard a loud roar of a V8 i was pretty sure about the origin of such melody.
-> I started running towards the origin with my 90KG+ body mass & wet cloths cause of sweat.
-> It took me 2-3 minutes to reach the Palladium Entrance where from I heard the beast.
-> Totally exhausted me looks around with no signs of the beast around.
-> After catching my breath I asked the manager of valet parking about the R8 he nods positive & tells me that yeah he was here but never entered the parking.
-> Now I'm totally upset on myself for the decision of hunting the car in parking. Actually it was common sense.
-> I go home & check out the pictures (All blurry, Skewed, boring)
Disappointed.
Camera
Samsung Corby Pro (3.2 mp) which I had bought just 15 minutes before spotting so couldn't fiddle with it & had no idea where the camera Application was. So it Failed the test on first day as it couldn't capture in low light & movement.
The skills of R8 tamer didn't allow me to take out my primary camera (Sony DSC HX1) out of my backpack. Even after taking out the camera I had to push in the battery as it was removed. (My Habit). Did put up the camera in a jiffy at mall but cldn't click a single picture as i missed the beast.
Other spottings of the same Audi
1) Near Lilawati Hospital, Bandra - R8 was in opposite lane & i had no camera.
2) I was clicking pictures of a Bimmer 750Li near 'On Toes' when the hottie zoomed past me without giving me a chance to click.
3) Zoomed passed Barista, Shivaji Park - I was on my cycle just roaming around without my camera.
Registration
Mumbai - VIP single digit number
(The number which i love the most & its kind of my lucky number)
I'm really excited about the response guys. Chasing for more than 4-5 years made me buy a camera few months back which couldn't catch a single beauty cause of my accident. I would love to share my such experiences & huntings here. I did track down lots of these girls in last few years & guess what i made detailed reports of the same (Many people think I am stupid cause of this but i'm sure i wont get the same response here). There are tons of Exotics & Muscles in town but the ownership is very elite thus hard to spot. I'm sure ill do whatever in my capability to contribute to the forum. Thanks a lot to the MODs for the membership.
.GodSpeed.