me n my old rusty n trusty car hi
my first thread in this section..
well, i was getting bored sitting at home and so i thought why not go on a drive. but where to go? then i remembered a woody's restaurant on the way to chennai.. on the kolar bypass... on old madras road. so i decided to pay it a visit this afnoon.
It took one hour to leave the traffic behind. suddenly after hoskote the traffic disappeared and wot lay in front of me was a sight for soar eyes. it seemed like ages since i last drove in fifth! anyways... the trip to woody's was pleasant... occasionally slowing down to overtake if the road wasnt clear... jus before hoskote, a chauffeur driven elantra overtook me from left when i was looking to overtake another truck... and that made me wonder how much time this guy will save by overtaking from left on the highway? anyways... so after hoskote, i was cruising at 120 most of the way.
reached woodys which is i think 70 kms from blore but i wasnt really looking at the odo. had sambar vada, rava dosa and coffee. half an hour break and then time to start back coz i wanted to be in blore before dark. when i was having coffee, saw a padmini and a maroon octy leave the place around 5 mins before me.
So... time to start back.... and i am driving in my usual passive aggressive way... dropping to third when overtaking and all.. anyways, soon i see a maroon thingy ahead of me... as i get closer i realise that its the same octy that had left some time back....jus when i got close to it, it took off. soon the gap between us widened.. there were 4 or 5 cars between us. as soon as the road cleared, i overtook them and started gaining on the octy... i was in 4th when i happened to look at the needle... it was hovering at 130... and i had not floored it yet.. so i thot... wot r we waiting for? 4th gear and i hit 140. straight road, not a soul in sight.... nothing coming from the front... nothing ahead of us... and before i knew it... i was overtakin the octy!! well, we had to hit traffic eventually... and this time it was my turn to widen the gap. once i reached hoskote, it was bumper to bumper traffic all the way back home*sigh*
anyways, reached home safe n sound.
tomorrow am thinking of kanakpura road...
cheers
amitoj |