[shuvd]

@ planet - I'll be there as long as I can hitch a ride in your vahan. But, what time??

[planet_rocker]

@shuvc - what time do we meet there?

@shuvd - yep i can / will pick you up. i will wait in front of Gariahat - Pantaloons

@suman - nice to speak to you. i guess you will be taking the gariahat - kasba connector if we are meeting in front of Nicco Park. i will have to pick up @shuvd from gariahat and you can hitch my ride as well.

but guys what time do we meet?

my input: lets make it around 11.30AM like last time and this time i wont be late (pakka promise). LOL

[shuvc]

11:30 is fine with me.

[sbasak]

My best wishes for the Kolkata meet. Damn, I can't make it this time.... hope to meet you guys next time

[planet_rocker]

@sbasak - your car's registration number shows that it belongs to WB. wow! 1.1 ltr alto. - where on earth are you now? yeah! next time when you are in Kolkata do PM any one of us and we can definitely meet.

[shuvc]

Checked with @indrajitrc .. he's out of town and won't be able to make it.

[planet_rocker]

@shuvc - yep....he called me as well...he wont be coming.

suman is in town and he said that he will be coming. 1100d will be there (only if he is able to wake up ... lol), shuvd will be coming.

[planet_rocker]

final head count as of now:
1. shuvc
2. shuvd
3. suman
4. 1100D
5. me

@guys - what do we do after we meet in front of Nicco Park?

@suman - like i said u can hitch my ride. But if you are going alone try to spot 2 fiats and a baleno vxi / indica. i will call u later today at around 7-8pm.


damn! only 3 rides this time...

[shuvc]

Originally Posted by planet_rocker

@guys - what do we do after we meet in front of Nicco Park?

I thought the options were a drive to Sher-e-Punjab (Airport or near Kolaghat)

Maybe we could also go to some car showroom and take test drives and scare some sales guys . A new HM showroom (read Cedia's) has opened near the VIP end of Rajarhat. The other showrooms are also thereabouts.

Anyway, let's decide once we reach ...

[planet_rocker]

@suman - i hope you are coming...why are you keeping so quite? any update on the 1100 you left back in Kol wid your friend??

[shuvd]

Nice meet. Head count was lower than the first meet though.
Participents: suman(Guest of honor), shuvc, 1100d, planet and me.
Met in front of Nicco Park and drove down Rajarhat (@ planet- no spins this time around!!).
@ shuvc - guess we did scare the sales people at the HM dealership.
Saw an amby with a bloody moonroof!!!!!!!
Did not get to test drive the Cedia though!
We test drove the Civic.
Had lunch at the Shere Punjab dhaba off airport.
And a nice semi off road photo shoot of the cars.
Overall, a nice day.
Wishing all of Team BHP a very Happy 2007. May all our car driving/buying/possessing fantasies come true!!
Waiting for the next meet..........

[planet_rocker]

@shuvd - thankx yaar for the initial write up. i was kinda surprized by the goodies which HM gave in the AMBY Grand 2.0 . the civic TD was fun @back seat. i could actually feel the whooosh! from the back seat better. but i guess you guys would be able to tell more about how it handled and felt like to be in the driver's seat.

guys i was just able to upload one pic. the network connection is so slow (i use a 56 kbps modem).

here is one pic. i will upload more pics from my work station. so i guess you will have to wait till 2nd morning.

Pic 1:

from left to right -> the rides

1. my Padmini.
2. shuvc's Baleno vxi.
3. shuvd'd Elantra crdi.
4. 1100D's Fiat 1100d.



and yeah wish all of you guys a very happy new year. god bless you all. take care and dont drink and drive. drive safe.

[1100D]

The Fiats look like escort cars...almost delimiters!! One at each end.

One more thing I noticed we have in common....all of us are unanimous in hating Honda...however I also sensed that all of us were infact Honda fans earlier....cos all of us were looking at the old Accord and the OHC with a lot of respect....

Oh yeah, how could someone forget the TRD done-up Porsche we saw

[akroy]

Originally Posted by 1100D

The Fiats look like escort cars...almost delimiters!! One at each end.

Exactly 1100D, i was about to write that.

@planet, Nice pic, sorry i couldnt make it although I did try but just changed job, hence not possible to get a leave immediately. Hopefully sometime in this year I can attend the Kol meet....

Happy New Year to the Kol gang
Drive Safe

Abhi

[suman]

It was a pleasure meeting four like-minded automotive buffs..........and it was a nostalgic trip down memory lane riding the two Fiats - the exhaust roar from Planet's black beauty & the speedo needle ripping past the 100kmph mark on 1100D's dark green fighting machine.

Not to forget the immaculately maintained Baleno (I think a silver VXI looks far better than a Black but that's just my opinion) & the WICKED black Elantra CRDI (it MOVES).

I think we had good fun checking out the showrooms & had a constructive test drive of the Civic as well - we were unanimous in our opinion at the end of it, it didn't have the drool factor we expected!

I think Sam will be disappointed to hear that this was another non-alchoholic meet (what is the world coming to these days lol!) But the food at Sher-e-punjab was EXCELLENT (as was the Lassi, we had two LARGE pegs each!!!!) & the conversation was of the extremely knowledgeable variety to say the least!

We missed a few outstation members who'd promised to join in & then just vanished & didn't respond to PMs lol! Hopefully, next time?

One common gripe - non availability (still!!!) of Team BHP stickers & T-shirts. Could the mods give us a REALISTIC time frame for the first one at least? Its been 15 months since I've become a member & the stickers still haven't materialised.........

By the way, I have a few snaps I'll only be able to upload once I head back to Delhi............till then, THANKS to the Kolkata members for an enjoyable day! Happy New Year guys!