15th June 2008, 09:29
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| Senior - BHPian  | Report & Pics: California Team-BHP Meet Once again, I am writing a report of a Team-BHP meet that happened here in United States of America. This time, it is the west coast, California. Rehaan was on trip to California. Me(Stratos), Moralfibre, Rehaan plan to meet up at a Go-Karting Track in Burlingame, CA. Lovely race track, we do a qualifying session and 25 lap race session on a track called Monza. Results, Rehaan came second, Moralfibre came fourth, and me, fifth. (I will scan and post the race results soon). Later, we decide to check out the Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG belonging to Rehaan's uncle. Some insane acceleration runs we done. We wanted to try the Distronic (Radar guided cruise control) but there was too much trafic on freeway 101, so we didnt. Later, Rehaan dropped me and Moralfibre at Broadway Caltrain station. We took a few pictures and then headed home. It was a great way of spending saturday evening, on the karting track. The karts were good, the track was awesome, overall we felt that the money was well spent. Pictures: Moralfibre, Rehaan, Me, E55AMG  A nice Lotus Exige  The Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG  Ford HotRod at the station  Last edited by Stratos : 15th June 2008 at 09:38. |
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15th June 2008, 10:22
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| Senior - BHPian  | That is an AWESOME hot rod there. I want :drooool: Nice going guys - USA meets are rocking !!  EDIT - I see train tracks behind the E. Stratos, no train pictures ???? EDIT 2 - Kiran looks like he has put on some weight.  How did that happen ?Last edited by normally_crazy : 15th June 2008 at 10:26. |
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15th June 2008, 10:47
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| Senior - BHPian  | Good pics there and wow the hotrod is awesome in red. @Stratos: Is Burlingame in the San Mateo County as i visited once for a game of cricket in one of the high schools off EL Camino Real,long back during my Masters around 4 years back. I think it is known as the "city of trees". Definitely had seen a lot of trees around  Last edited by VJ_MAVRICK : 15th June 2008 at 10:48. |
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15th June 2008, 11:02
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15th June 2008, 11:43
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| It was a fun meet. I had been pestering Stratos to do a karting meet plan for quite some time now. Finally it happened today. The Go Kart track is one of the best around here and quite challenging as well. It has been quite some time since I drove a kart and my drifting skills are well known to Rehaan by now . Every corner I would be sideways to see Rehaan following me dead close. Overall it was a fun break from work and that E55 AMG experience was exhilarating. Edit NC: Train pics:   Off all nice things in this world you wanted to see a train??? May be you just saw a movie starring Vinod Khanna and Dharmendra.  Last edited by moralfibre : 15th June 2008 at 11:47. |
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15th June 2008, 11:46
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15th June 2008, 19:57
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| Team-BHP Support  | On a roll and I don't mean bread! Man, you guy're sure on a roll. East Coast to West Coast within a few weeks. Loving the alloys on the E55! Any pics of the karting? Which reminds me - there's a fairly new track come up around the NY/NJ area -> Velocity 17 ps. Stratos planning to be the next Armani model, what? Last edited by aah78 : 15th June 2008 at 20:00. |
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15th June 2008, 20:58
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I was thinking the same thing. Stratos, seriously go for it.@ Kiran - Nice pictures of the train. You have some more ? And no I haven't seen any movie starring Dharmendra & Vinod Khanna.  Last edited by normally_crazy : 15th June 2008 at 21:00. | |
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16th June 2008, 11:10
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| Indeed it was a super meet! We were put on the track with a bunch of other guys, some of whom had some prior experience and were really good - and some others who didnt know what the "let the guy behind you pass" flag meant! The track was the rubberised surface and even had a little bridge-like elevation change. I was stuck behind MoralFibre on the grid and for the next few laps he was glancing at me sideways as he skid around every turn. lol. It was a fairly long session and was totally enjoyable. After karting i dropped MF and Stratos to the train station, but along the way i caught them by suprise with a little 1st gear roll-on acceleration. The E55 had been filled up with some 100octane racing fuel + 91 octane to get the suggested 93* octane mix - so i guess she was at her best behaviour (which got even better when the weather got cooler that night!). *(RON + MON) / 2 Quote:
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cya R PS - Thanks for putting up the pics & report stratos. PS2 - I just noticed the flared jeans / bell-bottoms  Last edited by Rehaan : 16th June 2008 at 11:16. | ||||
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16th June 2008, 17:33
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18th June 2008, 06:23
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| Here is the picture of stratos later that night ....  cya R |
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