Visiting Kolkata

[viper]

Hi Guys,

Will be coming to Kolkata on Monday the 10th December for 2 days. If any of you guys are free on Monday night, or Tuesday for lunch would love to meet up with you guys.

Abhishek will be having my exact plans.

Viper

[planet_rocker]

i dont know whether i will be able to make it for lunch but monday night sounds great.

i am in 50:50

BTW, welcome to Kolkata

[BlackPearl]

welcome to Kolkata. so Phoenix's woes are coming to an end, party party

[ssjr0498]

Aww man! I just came back from Kolkata after a month long vacation! Anyway, its a nice place. Enjoy your stay.

[planet_rocker]

Originally Posted by ssjr0498

Aww man! I just came back from Kolkata after a month long vacation! Anyway, its a nice place. Enjoy your stay.

you should have let us know about your stay in Kolkata - we could have organised for a meet - even you could have come to this PARTY (Calcutta TeamBHP house meet (The "wettest" Calcutta meet till date))

anyways take care.

[Wimwian]

Oh shucks... been waiting so long for your visit, and it finally takes place just when I'm out of town!!

I'll be back on the 13th... no chance of delaying your departure by a couple of days, Viper?

[shuvd]

Viperji, I'm game for Monday night.

[1100D]

Originally Posted by viper

Hi Guys,

Will be coming to Kolkata on Monday the 10th December for 2 days. If any of you guys are free on Monday night, or Tuesday for lunch would love to meet up with you guys.

Abhishek will be having my exact plans.

Viper

Does this involve any new initiatives from your end in Kolkata. Kolkata seriously needs some. Beleive me there is a market. The Team Bhp kolkata chapter is a testimony to that. Some of us extend shaving and polishing to super heights. On top of it, there is that usual "jhinchak" demographics too, only most of them dont know where to stop. But, there is just one or two providers per se (which has a shop and workshop in kolkata). What we need is competition, infact a lot of it.

[razor4077]

Originally Posted by 1100D

But, there is just one or two providers per se (which has a shop and workshop in kolkata)

Kaun hai yeh? A lot of us are desparately searching for a professional setup with competent and knowledgeable mechanics.

[1100D]

Originally Posted by razor4077

Kaun hai yeh? A lot of us are desparately searching for a professional setup with competent and knowledgeable mechanics.

Competency and knowledgewise they shouldn't even come close to what is on offer on B'bay and B'lore, but I thought I heard Glix and AV were quite good. But the feedback actually came from the Jhinchak band.

But with the problems you faced in installing the struts on your car, should have been a pointer to where these guys belong.

[razor4077]

Originally Posted by 1100D

Competency and knowledgewise they shouldn't even come close to what is on offer on B'bay and B'lore, but I thought I heard Glix and AV were quite good. But the feedback actually came from the Jhinchak band.

But with the problems you faced in installing the struts on your car, should have been a pointer to where these guys belong.

Wouldn't vouch for their competency on all things mechanical. They are really good at the cosmetic and interior stuff - body kits, painting, ICE, accessories, HIDs etc. And good at taking apart and putting a car back together.
Tuning, performance parts and even other normal mechanical stuff, however, is not their forte.

So I guess that leaves us with zilch in Cal.

[1100D]

Originally Posted by razor4077

So I guess that leaves us with zilch in Cal.

What a shame, isn't it? However, it is upto resourceful people with mechanical inclination towards things automotive (infact even on the non-automotive sectors) to do things right.

Somebody doing a headers here and an End-can there can be tom-foolery but not serious performance modding. We need mechanical/automobile engineers interested in setting up a performance shop.

OT but this is kind of serious...Can we call Kolkata as either Kolkata or Calcutta and not Kolkatta. I have been observing this general mistake at many places without figuring out a real reason for it. Some even say Kolkota or Kolkotta. (I can understand the Kulkutta debacle arising out of replacing C with K, but mainly with people who cannot differentiate between the phonetics of those two alphabets)

[BlackPearl]

Originally Posted by 1100D

What a shame, isn't it? However, it is upto resourceful people with mechanical inclination towards things automotive (infact even on the non-automotive sectors) to do things right.

Somebody doing a headers here and an End-can there can be tom-foolery but not serious performance modding. We need mechanical/automobile engineers interested in setting up a performance shop.

and the person should have enough back up money so that he can run the shop even at a loss for a few years... preferably he should have another profut making business so that he support this.

[1100D]

Originally Posted by BlackPearl

and the person should have enough back up money so that he can run the shop even at a loss for a few years... preferably he should have another profut making business so that he support this.

Thats probably asking for the sun and moon underneath the same Calcutta sky. One thing that I have always wondered is, in our region, we dont have many interested engineers from established business background. Blame it on the the philosophy of the region. But this stands true.

[planet_rocker]

where are we going to?

my inputs:

1. pizza hut, camac street (no booz)
2. Indus Valley, Park Circus (no booz)
3. Corn n Kabab, Gariahat Mall (good food + booz)
4. Peter Cat / Mocambo, Park Street
5. China Town
6. BB'S, Sector V
7. Princeton Club, Prince Anwar Shah Rd - naah!
8. Soho, Minto Park - havent been there.
9. Aqua - The Park, Park Street.
10. Roxy
11. Some Place Else - The Park, Park Street

baki aapka choice.

confirmed heads as of now:

1. viper ji.
2. vrooooooom (Pushpak)
3. Karan
4. Shuvd
5. Razor ??
6 rocker (50:50)