1st March 2010, 11:06
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|  Good pics yzfrj, looks like lotsa fun. how did the gypsy's fare ? can't see a short sweet white one around ?? |
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1st March 2010, 11:50
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1st March 2010, 14:13
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| Chennai offroaders, Terrain looks inviting and fun. Good photo depiction. |
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1st March 2010, 14:38
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| Nice report and pics! You guys have got some great offroad machines and locations. cheers Jaggu |
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1st March 2010, 17:35
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Pictures say a 1000 words but, not in this case. The sheer madness, the brutal terrain and how easily the Jeeps do it. The loads of torque tearing up the ground sending stones and dust everywhere. The scrapes in the under-body/skid plates. After all this madness you just drive away as if nothing happened. You have to be there to really "experience" it. So here is the rest of the stuff. I hope this will give some kind of "perspective". See the angle these things are able to climb  4x4addict's machine doing its stuff, see the left front (wrt driver) in the air. The thing is doing maybe 5 km/hr. Sheer madness. Headers in frame giving the thumbs up.  Vinod "cooling" off  Arka's Jeep, Vijay driving. This machine makes it look all very easy.  Vinod going "into the unknown"  Vinod : Stone eh ? Arka giving I told you not to do it look.  If you can't go over the thing, go around it.  Ooook, I had enough.  Jeep saying "I make this look good."  Ram's Bro, gunning it. Here the mantra is "keep it slow" gunning it is a beginner thing. Slow and steady and the entire thing has to have a flow.  Vinod : All right... I had enough  Ram: See this, ain't I smooth  Well not quiet, I guess  Gypsy came  Got up there  And went  The 2'nd obstacle. Man you have to be on all 4's to climb this.  This is just after the climb as you will see later on there is enough space to turn around, after that its the deep water hole. Looks like a crater if you ask me.  Vinod gunning it. He has the first go and literally paved the way for the rest, getting rid of all the loose soil and rocks.  Ali's Jeep the quietest of the lot.  | ||
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1st March 2010, 17:53
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| Senior - BHPian  | YZFrj, I appoint you as our official photographer of Chennai OTR's!  You have tried your best to do justice to the terrain and your pics are closer to reality.  |
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1st March 2010, 18:01
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1st March 2010, 20:33
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| More pics. These things do get stuck.  How exactly it got stuck  The "rocking" motion to the rescue.  On the way back down  Stuck again  Rocking gang again.  Un-stuck and down we go  Another one to show the "bigger" picture  Arka making sure if it 2 "low"  Stop...!  I think I had enough  Arka in the "turn around" point  Turning around  Going down  A view from the "top"  Vinod into the "pit"  On the way down after a bit of "rocking"  Between a rock and an "incline"  Reverse gear  Around we go then.  4x4addict up  4x4addict up down  Another "stuck" case.  Taking a breather and some wise "Jeeper" jokes in between . Vinod (near the Jeep), headers (in the jeep), arka, 4x4addict (red T)  Packing up for the day  I've got more pics, but to tell you the truth all looks more or less same. So I'm not gonna upload them. If anyone needs any of the pics of their rides please pm me I'll mail them to you. Its been a really nice experience. Looking forward for the next one and a brave volunteer who'd "loan" me a Jeep , you know to have a go. |
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2nd March 2010, 10:48
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| Senior - BHPian  | Excellent pics/captions !!! Excellent pics, yzfrj, and nice captions too !Just curious...what focal length were you mostly shooting with? Most of the pics have come out quite realistic : usually, the offroading pics make the terrain look much simpler than it actually is, but you have managed to capture the terrain with all its reality in most of the pics. Hopefully I will be able to upload the couple of videos that I have taken, over the week-end. Last edited by Blue Thunder : 2nd March 2010 at 10:50. |
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2nd March 2010, 11:02
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| this OTR i feel has stressed the importance of ADR angles, the pictures say so. |
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2nd March 2010, 12:21
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2nd March 2010, 12:42
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2nd March 2010, 12:58
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2nd March 2010, 13:40
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| Distinguished - BHPian   | Approach and Departure is fine for the MM540. The rampover is a pain due the silly gearbox cross member that hangs down. Every jeep except Arka's due to his 31" inch tires got stuck on the hump !! |
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2nd March 2010, 13:53
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