[wabbster]

Hello everyone!

Thanks for adding me on here, I'm mighty pleased!

My name is Pradeep and I'm from Bangalore (or Bengaluru) as it is called now. I'm a biker turned car-monger. I had to give up riding Birdy (my 2006 R.E Thunderbird) due to spondylosis.

I currently own a Tata Zest XT (Revotron) which I purchased about six months ago after selling my 2006 Wagon R LXi.

As the title says, I'm a road-trip enthusiast. I often say that if someone could just pay my rent, EMIs and for fuel, I'd just drive and get lost. When I am on the open highway, going at speeds that I wouldn’t dream of going in the city on weekdays, I feel free – the freest man in the world. I make it a point to do one long drive every month.

My idea of the road-trip of a lifetime would be covering the circumference of our country. I will probably start from Chennai (my native city) and head north, hopefully riding along the coastline and then the border regions while circumferencing our country.

I will try and capture my rides in words and images and post them on this forum and maybe I can give some tips (based on whatever little I know).

Again, thanks for having me here!

Ride safe, amigos!

[ssambyal1980]

Welcome aboard buddy. Greetings from a fellow BHPian.

For a travelling freak like me its always nice to link up with someone having similar interests. Sincerely hoping for some valuable exchange of travel information with you on this forum. Keep posting.

GODSPEED

[ampere]

Nice to see folks with wanderlust. You have lots of places and terrains to take off around Bangalore. You should not let any weekend go waste!

And do get a good GPS (A Garmin) to track your drives and keep a log of them.

Welcome again

[Jaggu]

Welcome Pradeep, looking forward to you sharing your roadtrip logs on Teambhp.

Just curious what's wabbster?

[wabbster]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

Originally Posted by Jaggu

Just curious what's wabbster?

It's a long story. My nick on IRC (about 15 years ago) used to be silly_wabbit. That became Wabbster and has stuck with me ever since. Doesn't mean anything.

[Shadowspy]

Welcome Pradeep! Glad to hear you enjoy road trips. Even I enjoy highway driving so do let me know when you have a trip planned out and I'll join you in my i20.

Cheers

[amitoj]

Welcome aboard!

Originally Posted by wabbster

I often say that if someone could just pay my rent, EMIs and for fuel, I'd just drive and get lost.

Reminds me of a line I read recently. If travelling was free, you'd never see me again!

Looking forward to your trip reports.

[wabbster]

Originally Posted by Shadowspy

Welcome Pradeep! Glad to hear you enjoy road trips. Even I enjoy highway driving so do let me know when you have a trip planned out and I'll join you in my i20.

Cheers

Hey there! I'm off to Mysore this weekend. Care to join?

[Shadowspy]

Originally Posted by wabbster

Hey there! I'm off to Mysore this weekend. Care to join?

Thanks for the offer. Family commitments this weekend. Sorry. Let me know if you are going for another trip in September