The Chennai T-BHP meet thread

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by nitrous

The day you get 185 tyres and that spoiler i talked about, you will be knighted here,SB.

Dont want to be knighted or anything, but when I replace the current set of tyres, it will not be the stock 165/80/R13 anyway. BTW, is 185/70/R13 the right upsize for the Baleno ? Whatever be the width/profile, it has to be an R13 tyre - am not changing rims anyway.

Originally Posted by nitrous

Give your tyres to Headers and watch the tread disappear with his "late braking" skills.

I gotta check this out one day soon - not on my car though.

Originally Posted by headers

Spoilers spoil the car dont go for it unless you have your rear lifting!!

No rear lift and all. LOL. But I saw a spoiler that was looking good on the Baleno - not sure if it is the stock Vxi one. Will go for spoiler only if I get that particular one.

Originally Posted by bottle

how about senji fort ?

Good idea, but that is atleast a couple of hours drive from here. Not sure how many will be interested for a long drive. I would be.

[MillionSwords]

Originally Posted by bottle

how about senji fort ?

Senji is a Nice place to go!
We may need to spend the whole day then!
2 hours or so ride, and the merciless sun will not spare us,
No place to hide in Senji/Jingi Fort !!

So lets keep it as a meet and not a drive! - wat say fellas?

Meet - just the outskirts of the city!

Whattabout " Thiruneermalai" - nice view, green surroundings, and just outside city? - but dunno how a kovil wud be treated as a meeting spot for us stags?

Originally Posted by mail4loys

Hey I'm new to this group and looking forward to meet Chennai tbhp members. I'm Ok for 5/6th weekend

Hi All,

Me too is a new Entrant in the TBHP Chennai group,
I just relocated from Mumbai, hope to see ya fellas!

[headers]

Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

Dont want to be knighted or anything, but when I replace the current set of tyres, it will not be the stock 165/80/R13 anyway. BTW, is 185/70/R13 the right upsize for the Baleno ? Whatever be the width/profile, it has to be an R13 tyre - am not changing rims anyway.

SB, gimme a call once you are in town.. One just needs to check that the tyre OD is same, else a difference in driving characteristics will occur.

I recently upsized from 175/70 R13 to 185/70 R13 and my OD has increased by 14mm. Hence the car has become taller! You could even try 196/60 R13 or 205/60s etc.. What do Baleno owners say..?

[MillionSwords]

Originally Posted by headers

SB, gimme a call once you are in town.. One just needs to check that the tyre OD is same, else a difference in driving characteristics will occur.

I recently upsized from 175/70 R13 to 185/70 R13 and my OD has increased by 14mm. Hence the car has become taller! You could even try 196/60 R13 or 205/60s etc.. What do Baleno owners say..?

Hey Header and SBaleno,

I guess you both forgot about the use of PM?
I thought this thread was about the Chennai meet! lol

[bottle]

Originally Posted by MillionSwords

Hey Header and SBaleno,

I guess you both forgot about the use of PM?
I thought this thread was about the Chennai meet! lol

thats alright they just started the meet early

[rjstyles69]

Biju would be nice if you post on the Baleno wheel thread regarding the tyre change .

Originally Posted by headers

I recently up sized from 175/70 R13 to 185/70 R13 and my OD has increased by 14mm. Hence the car has become taller! You could even try 196/60 R13 or 205/60s etc.. What do Baleno owners say..?

205/60/R13 is an overkill . I have a spare one lying with me. Check my gallery.
Also if you guys dint know the 185/70/R13 is expensive than the 195's.

Sorry for going OT and you chaps a fabulous meet .

[esteem_lover]

SB, refer to the The Car Maintenance Bibles site for your needs, there is a tyre calculator there which will let you know what you want.

St.Thomas Mount seems a good idea to me. Let's decide on the time & meeting place. Being a Sunday, I suggest we meet at 11.00 or 11.30 am somewhere around the Kathipara junction, what say ?

[mail4loys]

Originally Posted by esteem_lover

Ford Ikon 1.6 right ? That one word is enough man, a great crowd puller, please bring it on to the next drive, i wanna pit it against my old carb esteem. I do hope you are old enough to drive though.

Though i'm driving this car for past 3 years i'm not an expert driver as you might expect. Looking forward to meet all

[MillionSwords]

Originally Posted by bottle

thats alright they just started the meet early

Lolz man,
Yeah i guess so!

[I had a 4 point infraction because i had 3 smilies on the previous post! ]


St.Thomas mount is cool too!

[headers]

Originally Posted by rjstyles69

205/60/R13 is an overkill . I have a spare one lying with me. Check my gallery.
Also if you guys dint know the 185/70/R13 is expensive than the 195's.

Sorry for going OT and you chaps a fabulous meet .

You could join us to as our Cheap guest!..and share your tyre upsize tales!

Originally Posted by esteem_lover

SB, refer to the The Car Maintenance Bibles site for your needs, there is a tyre calculator there which will let you know what you want.

St.Thomas Mount seems a good idea to me. Let's decide on the time & meeting place. Being a Sunday, I suggest we meet at 11.00 or 11.30 am somewhere around the Kathipara junction, what say ?

OK, but when do we finish..the race starts at 17:00 hrs...Why not finish the meet at some Bar / Hotel with F1 on big screen and liquid diet

Originally Posted by MillionSwords

Hey Header and SBaleno,

I guess you both forgot about the use of PM?
I thought this thread was about the Chennai meet! lol

Sorry MS, for going OT..Looking to meet you in the next meet!

[2theMax]

Will watch this thread and try to make it ..Looking forward to meet you guys.

Drive..hmmm, maybe will join for the pint and F1 later.

[esteem_lover]

Originally Posted by 2theMax

Will watch this thread and try to make it ..Looking forward to meet you guys.

Drive..hmmm, maybe will join for the pint and F1 later.

Looking forward to meeting new faces. Please do come. Guys, there is a change in venue. Let's meet at Woodlands 2pm ?

[Mission_Safari]

Originally Posted by esteem_lover

Looking forward to meeting new faces. Please do come. Guys, there is a change in venue. Let's meet at Woodlands 2pm ?

Saturday or Sunday? We could try and meet inside IIT the next time if people have contacts inside it (just for getting the pass at the main gate) . We can have a peaceful discussion there. There is a cafe coffee day inside that and another restaurant close by if you wanna grab something during the meet.

[supremeBaleno]

Sorry guys for going OT with tyres.

Originally Posted by headers

the race starts at 17:00 hrs...Why not finish the meet at some Bar / Hotel with F1 on big screen and liquid diet

I likey. Do we need to reserve a table or something? If so, can someone plan for this based on confirmed numbers ? Count me in.

So, as of now, we have only the day confirmed - Sunday 6th April.
Let us come to a decision about the POA for the day too.

Maybe just make this an F1 meet - meet at Woodlands around 3-4PM, chat for some time and then move to the hotel/bar. The drive can be
some other time.

A suggestion : Instead of just meeting, drinking and driving off, can we have some useful sessions at our meets too, so that we come back with some knowledge ? Something on the lines of the JeepThrills guys - their meets are so well planned and informative.

We have so many experts who can give a session - eg. vikram can give a brief session about turbo-chargers or FFE or headers. Aditya, John etc can inform us about the pros and cons of their decision to mod their cars - installing FFE etc. I am sure there are more experts in our group.

I had raised this earlier too, but somehow, it did not happen yet.

Experts, are you game ?

Edit : John, just saw your post about meeting at WDI at 2PM. Sounds fine. What is the plan after that ?

[esteem_lover]

Originally Posted by Mission_Safari

Saturday or Sunday? We could try and meet inside IIT the next time if people have contacts inside it (just for getting the pass at the main gate) . We can have a peaceful discussion there. There is a cafe coffee day inside that and another restaurant close by if you wanna grab something during the meet.

Sunday April 6, 2.00 Pm.

SB, when we get there, there will be lots of things to discuss, please start whatever topic you feel like & we will proceed from there. Some people talk better over a drink, you know like a free flow.