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| ![]() @Akshay1234 - Nice meeting you too!! This was my first Supercar show - Attached are lessons observed and to be kept in mind for the Supercar show in 2013 1. Arrive as early as possible - it gives you enough time with the cars 2. Arrange paddock passes beforehand - NO "at the left of the right in the centre, a guy in a red shirt will give you your passes" - 45 minutes and no red shirt - a big thank you for participating friends for the arrangement 3. Abuse/Swear at people who come in your way when they know you are taking a snap - being polite does not help 4. Do not park right at entrance - was one of the last to get out 5. Saw people pushing kids and women around - guys you do this normally - for them its entertainment - let them enjoy 6. Heard someone see an Abarth and say,"ae, dekh Mini Cooper" - do stop by and eduate people - they appreciate it 7. Meet the owners - they feel left out - talk to them and get some inspiration on how they are where they are - dont "kitna deti hai?" ever 8. Lastly, respect the cars - YES your denim rivets can dent/nick the cars. Overall, a funtastic event - Happy to see GS himself controlling the crowds while Mrs. GS was happily revving the yellow 458 Spoke for a couple of minutes with Mr. Balboni - discussing Mumbai roads ![]() Look forward to the photos / videos |
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BHPian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: New Delhi/Dhaka
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| ![]() wow must have been a thrilling experience.Any videos of the drive yet?How many Lp700's were there overall?? |
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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Navi Mumbai
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| ![]() Hope the Maserati GTS suffered minor damage, man it must hurt to get your pride rearended like that. Hope no one was hurt. It was an amazing day to say the least! It was a sight to see people including kids and ladies waiting armed with their cams waiting for the supercars. It was raining R8s and Z4s, i lost count of how many i saw. At one point i saw 2 whites R8s and a red R8 taking a u turn and the Red R8 pulled out a nice slide. An unforgetful day and cant wait to see the videos again even after seeing the action live ![]() ![]() Since everyone is going to post the pics of the cars which participated, let me post pics of some cars which did not participate and were parked and near the show. |
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The organizers should have strategically controlled the traffic. As in, momentarily stop traffic at a couple of intersections immediately ahead of the supercar leading the pack, and periodically filtering out other cars who manage to find their way into the pack. A hard and messy thing to do that may lead to small jams, but then how often do so many supercars parade in such a way? The public might as well be informed in advance about the route and timings so they can plan alternate routes for their personal commutes, knowing that they'll most certainly end up in a jam if they try to catch up with the supercars. | ||
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() Couldn't agree more about crowd control. This was the scene when i was driving the jag out after flag off and onto the road: |
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Was at the grounds. Later enjoyed the parade bystanding on the Worli Sea Face. But what a shame to the so called car enthus, deliberately blocking the supercars for the snapshots et all and choking these cars in the in-between lanes as you will see in some pics below. Felt extremely sorry for such attitudes and exhibitions. But what an amazing line-up. Worh the wait on the Worli Sea Face for about an hour for them to turn up from the Race Course. Having turned up late for the show and with the overwhelming crowds, it was virtually impossible to get a good glimpse of anything. So just stopped clicking after a few and tried getting glimpse of whatever we could. ![]() ![]() Some respect to the car please...dont brush along just for a snap with the beauty. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Last edited by parsh : 22nd January 2012 at 19:15. | |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() One very funny incident. THe focus RS was parked inside the arena. GS came and saw it and threw a fit! Couldn't trace the owner so he says: "Call the security and throw this trash out" And they literally try before they find the owner: ![]() And that's me ![]() ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Brilliant Pictures.Waiting for more. The Mase part is really sad.The WB Reg RS5 was in Calcutta till thursday. @Tejas thats a XJ Right?Congrats. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() A few more from the parade on Worli Seaface. It was sad to see these supercars limited to extremes with the overwhelming and rash traffic. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| ![]() ![]() The SAME Focus sneaked in to the display area of last year's supercar show as well. This year when i saw it i thought "cool, this time he's part of the gang" - but i guess not! Hilarious picture. I've got a bit of a video coming up, unfortunately there isn't too much action in it, but it'll add a new dimension to the pictures. cya R |
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| ![]() Not a pic from the show but somewhat related. A normal 1:18 Gallardo suddenly became priceless. Personally signed by the legend himself - Valentino Balboni for me and Dippy ![]() |
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Also - kids on laps. You just can't trust the over-excited fools on the road. Case in point - the rear ending you speak of. Hate to think of what would happen if there was a kid in that car. Quote:
The problem is with the spectators. For any public event, there's a right balance between good organization, security, event management, crowd control and common sense of the viewers. Sadly the latter is in such a deficit that no reasonable amount of anything else can help. ![]() cya R Last edited by Rehaan : 22nd January 2012 at 20:15. | ||
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| ![]() Jalsa, Rehaan, PPS and others, Fantastic set of pics! Missed the show this year as yesterday was quite hectic. Yellow is the best colour for the 458, white is possibly the most lack-lustre. The white one even has a "Limboo-Mirchi" just below the prancing horse upfront. Really ![]() The Lambo lineup was completely droolworthy. The Focus incident is hilarious. The Messerati crash is really unfortunate. There was a stunning copper coloured Audi R8 that participated last year. Couldn't spot it in this year's pics. From the TBHPians, Tejas and Rehaan seem to have participated in the actual drive. Anybody else? FlyingSpur? Akshay? Need a lot of snaps! A five star thread! ![]() PS: which one was the 1000+ BHP Lambo? The twin turbo one? Last edited by SDP : 22nd January 2012 at 20:58. |
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