Chennai Team BHP meet - Report added

nitrous · 9th July 2006, 22:27

Nice pics,bro.
Islero is right now working on the report.

islero · 9th July 2006, 22:34

9:45 A.M: Called Nitrous and told him I'd be coming along shortly. Hotrod turns up at my place, all ready and raring to go. I finish my lunch, and we set off at a brisk pace.

10:15 A.M: We arrive to find Nitrous, headers, and mail4ajo doing what TBHP-ians do best: peeking into a car's engine (in this case it was Nitrous's Ikon)
Anyways, we introduced ourselves, and the members started pouring in!! slipstream, hianoo, supremebaleno, manx, 5u3zero, ksethuram, neoranjit, madan, venkatesh, and jakesride. 15 people had turned up!!! Awesome!!

So we hang around for a while, check out 5u3zero's awesome Palio. Its got a super ice setup (I dont know ANYTHING about ICE, but it sounded damn good, and looked pretty nice too!! And it seems to have won awards too......respect). His car also had engine mods, and when he blipped the throttle, the sound coming out of that custom-made freeflow was bliss!!!

Then there was headers's Gypsy, slipstream's superbly-maintained Maruti 1000 ( Someone spent a tiresome morning scrubbing away, I think, lol), and Manx's really cool-looking 800, not to forget hianoo's purple Zen with black-painted metal wheels.

Anyways, so after some banter, we troop off to the nearby Coffee day, find out they dont have enough place in the air-conditioned part for all of us, so settle for the open back-side, roasting nicely in the mid-afternoon sun!!

And so we chat on about Yamaha RD's, drag cars, upgrades, the 'worst crashes ever' thread, and about what we should do for the next meet. The time flies, and we head back to the beach after an ejoyable chatting (yapping?) session.

Headers wants to try out a handbrake turn, the idea which he had suggested to slipstream in the previous meet, so he sets off in the 1000.
he passes by us, and I'm wondering 'why hasnt he done it yet?' and suddenly the car turns hard to the right, and theres a loud noise as the tyres wail in protest to the 1000's rather sudden change in direction. But it dosent stop moving, it moved towards the pavement, and didnt stop at all........until it was inches away from it. By that time, slipstream had his hands on his head in distress, and the look on his face was memorable. Apparently, the fornt brake force is not distibuted between the two wheels properly in his car. That was a REALLY close one. An amazing handbrake turn, and a startling display of car control, but close nevertheless.

By then, people were starting to take the vehicles for a spin, and we spent some more time enjoyably (the only jarring factor being the sun beating down upon us!!!).

Almost too soon, it was time to leave. Manx and Nitrous doing the customary burnouts to mark their exit, while the sticky rubber on 5u3zero's simply refused to let go, when he tried a burnout!!

So it was a great meet, so much fun, and so aweosme meeting like-minded car people from hometown!!!
And I must say I learnt a lot today from the other members, all of them much senior and with a whole lot more experience than me!!!

A big thanks to everyone who attended and made this meet a success, and, most of all, A BIG THANK YOU TO NITROUS for taking so much pains to organise this meet. We all owe it to that guy.

Cheers to all!!!

Islero

PS: Guys, I think at least one other person has to post a report, I may have missed some details etc

venkatesh_t3 · 9th July 2006, 22:57

hi guys,

It was a great meet, i missed the previous meet thanks to mail4ajo for sending a PM else i would have missed this meet

nice write up islero

and great pics mail4ajo

nitrous · 10th July 2006, 11:43

Now, why haven't anyone posted the "guest appearance" at the meet??

harmon_bro · 10th July 2006, 11:58

Looks like I missed a ery good meet. I got tied up at home with a surprise guest visit.

Any pictures of the cars and their interiors. I saw someone mentioning the ICE in one of the cars was cool. It would be great if one of you can post pictires of the cars and also an introduction of the guys in the photo with arrows showing who is who.

Thanks.

supremeBaleno · 10th July 2006, 12:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by nitrous

Now, why haven't anyone posted the "guest appearance" at the meet??

Sounds more like "Who will bell the cat ?"

All I would say on this is that one tbhp-ian was spotted on a bike (Avenger ?), cruising along the beach road, possibly to checkout how the meet's coming up. Hint - it's a member who is currently banned.

Actually, islero, there were 17 tbhp-ians at the meet - I might be wrong.

I have some more pics taken on my cam (including one rare snap by islero - I could not figure out what he photographed. Will put it up for you guys to decipher).

supremeBaleno · 10th July 2006, 12:42

Here come the snaps of the members at Cafe Coffee Day. I am not good at remembering names. So, it would be great if someone could put names to the faces.
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33622.jpg
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33623.jpg
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33624.jpg
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33625.jpg
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33626.jpg
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33627.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4293/dscf11852ze.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3251/dscf11864nt.jpg

supremeBaleno · 10th July 2006, 13:11

Some more pics (including group snaps at the beach)
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5224/dscf11870wq.jpg
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6995/dscf11885cx.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7897/dscf11896io.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4169/dscf11909gu.jpg

And here come the cars. Could not get all the cars that were present for the meet though (missed the super-ICEd Palio, an Esteem, a Swift, nitrous' Ikon, an M800 with a nice exhaust note and a couple of bikes).
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/524...rsgypsy1ty.jpg
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/822...msm10001md.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1442/dscf11925se.jpg

And finally here is islero's mystery snap.
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7...erosnap3js.jpg

nitrous · 10th July 2006, 13:42

Quote:

Here come the snaps of the members at Cafe Coffee Day. I am not good at remembering names. So, it would be great if someone could put names to the faces.

They are 5u3zero,madan and headers (from L to R)

Quote:

Actually, islero, there were 17 tbhp-ians at the meet - I might be wrong.

15 members and 2 guests.

slipstream · 10th July 2006, 13:51

neat pics supreme....and islero, what on earth were u tryin while clicking that mysterious pic, man ?

A great meet, really bubbly and cheerful members......all in all.....one helluva Sunday morning !

Whew ! I'm looking forward to the next meet already !!!!

Cheers,

J

hianooo · 10th July 2006, 14:40

Hi guyz..
had a wonderful time..!
nice meet !
thnkx nitrous 4 organising one like tat..

cheers
aNu

islero · 10th July 2006, 14:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

And finally here is islero's mystery snap.
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7...erosnap3js.jpg

It seems many people are confused by my 'mystery snap', as they prefer to call it.....this snap, I must say, was the toughest to take, and involved a complicated change in camera settings and ambient light conditions in order to obtain the optimum gamma correction, giving us this truly moving picture of a roof.......LOL

The truth was, I was figuring out where the camera 'shoot' button was, after grabbing the camera from supreme, and ended up clicking this and forgetting to delete it!! LOL

I promise to bring my camera to my next meet and take better pics.......

harmon_bro · 10th July 2006, 14:51

Nice pictures xtreme... Can someone post pictures of the cars that were missed out....

supremeBaleno · 10th July 2006, 18:08

It was a pretty good time at the meet. However, one problem with meeting up at the beach in the morning is the intense Chennai heat - how long can you discuss cars under the hot sun ?

I have an idea for the next meet - don't know how much feasible, though.
We usually have our office day-outs at one of those beachhouses along ECR, which can be rented out for 12/24 hours. Apart from the beachhouse itself, these usually have a nice, big yard with trees to provide shade - helpful to park the cars and check them out. Some of them also have a swimming pool to chill out and volleyball court etc. The beach would also be a few metres away.
Will it be a nice idea to rent out one of these for our meet ? Don't have any idea about the rental cost - will check with our office admin dept. on this. We could order food from one of the many restaurants on ECR and for those that like their drink, could get some booze too. Ofcourse, quite some planning / co-ordination is involved.

Any Chennai tbhp-ians that own a beachhouse ?

5u3zEr0 · 10th July 2006, 18:55

Good meet. Except for the darn heat.

Nice pics SupremeBaleno & Mail4ajo. Thanks for taking out time and posting the report, Islero.

THANKS VERY MUCH Nitrous for making this happen!

9th July 2006, 22:27	#106
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Nice pics,bro. Islero is right now working on the report.
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9th July 2006, 22:34	#107
islero Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,574 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	9:45 A.M: Called Nitrous and told him I'd be coming along shortly. Hotrod turns up at my place, all ready and raring to go. I finish my lunch, and we set off at a brisk pace. 10:15 A.M: We arrive to find Nitrous, headers, and mail4ajo doing what TBHP-ians do best: peeking into a car's engine (in this case it was Nitrous's Ikon) Anyways, we introduced ourselves, and the members started pouring in!! slipstream, hianoo, supremebaleno, manx, 5u3zero, ksethuram, neoranjit, madan, venkatesh, and jakesride. 15 people had turned up!!! Awesome!! So we hang around for a while, check out 5u3zero's awesome Palio. Its got a super ice setup (I dont know ANYTHING about ICE, but it sounded damn good, and looked pretty nice too!! And it seems to have won awards too......respect). His car also had engine mods, and when he blipped the throttle, the sound coming out of that custom-made freeflow was bliss!!! Then there was headers's Gypsy, slipstream's superbly-maintained Maruti 1000 ( Someone spent a tiresome morning scrubbing away, I think, lol), and Manx's really cool-looking 800, not to forget hianoo's purple Zen with black-painted metal wheels. Anyways, so after some banter, we troop off to the nearby Coffee day, find out they dont have enough place in the air-conditioned part for all of us, so settle for the open back-side, roasting nicely in the mid-afternoon sun!! And so we chat on about Yamaha RD's, drag cars, upgrades, the 'worst crashes ever' thread, and about what we should do for the next meet. The time flies, and we head back to the beach after an ejoyable chatting (yapping?) session. Headers wants to try out a handbrake turn, the idea which he had suggested to slipstream in the previous meet, so he sets off in the 1000. he passes by us, and I'm wondering 'why hasnt he done it yet?' and suddenly the car turns hard to the right, and theres a loud noise as the tyres wail in protest to the 1000's rather sudden change in direction. But it dosent stop moving, it moved towards the pavement, and didnt stop at all........until it was inches away from it. By that time, slipstream had his hands on his head in distress, and the look on his face was memorable. Apparently, the fornt brake force is not distibuted between the two wheels properly in his car. That was a REALLY close one. An amazing handbrake turn, and a startling display of car control, but close nevertheless. By then, people were starting to take the vehicles for a spin, and we spent some more time enjoyably (the only jarring factor being the sun beating down upon us!!!). Almost too soon, it was time to leave. Manx and Nitrous doing the customary burnouts to mark their exit, while the sticky rubber on 5u3zero's simply refused to let go, when he tried a burnout!! So it was a great meet, so much fun, and so aweosme meeting like-minded car people from hometown!!! And I must say I learnt a lot today from the other members, all of them much senior and with a whole lot more experience than me!!! A big thanks to everyone who attended and made this meet a success, and, most of all, A BIG THANK YOU TO NITROUS for taking so much pains to organise this meet. We all owe it to that guy. Cheers to all!!! Islero PS: Guys, I think at least one other person has to post a report, I may have missed some details etc Last edited by islero : 9th July 2006 at 22:42.
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9th July 2006, 22:57	#108
venkatesh_t3 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: chennai Posts: 50 Thanked: 0 Times	hi guys, It was a great meet, i missed the previous meet thanks to mail4ajo for sending a PM else i would have missed this meet nice write up islero and great pics mail4ajo
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10th July 2006, 11:43	#109
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Now, why haven't anyone posted the "guest appearance" at the meet??
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10th July 2006, 11:58	#110
harmon_bro BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Madras Posts: 542 Thanked: 14 Times	Looks like I missed a ery good meet. I got tied up at home with a surprise guest visit. Any pictures of the cars and their interiors. I saw someone mentioning the ICE in one of the cars was cool. It would be great if one of you can post pictires of the cars and also an introduction of the guys in the photo with arrows showing who is who. Thanks.
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10th July 2006, 12:42	#112
supremeBaleno Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chennai / Kochi Posts: 5,547 Thanked: 2,700 Times View My Garage	Here come the snaps of the members at Cafe Coffee Day. I am not good at remembering names. So, it would be great if someone could put names to the faces. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33622.jpg http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33623.jpg http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33624.jpg http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33625.jpg http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33626.jpg http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/iipcache/33627.jpg http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4293/dscf11852ze.jpg http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3251/dscf11864nt.jpg Last edited by supremeBaleno : 10th July 2006 at 13:00.
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10th July 2006, 13:11	#113
supremeBaleno Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chennai / Kochi Posts: 5,547 Thanked: 2,700 Times View My Garage	Some more pics (including group snaps at the beach) http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5224/dscf11870wq.jpg http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6995/dscf11885cx.jpg http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7897/dscf11896io.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4169/dscf11909gu.jpg And here come the cars. Could not get all the cars that were present for the meet though (missed the super-ICEd Palio, an Esteem, a Swift, nitrous' Ikon, an M800 with a nice exhaust note and a couple of bikes). http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/524...rsgypsy1ty.jpg http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/822...msm10001md.jpg http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1442/dscf11925se.jpg And finally here is islero's mystery snap. http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7...erosnap3js.jpg
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10th July 2006, 13:51	#115
slipstream BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 149 Thanked: 17 Times	neat pics supreme....and islero, what on earth were u tryin while clicking that mysterious pic, man ? A great meet, really bubbly and cheerful members......all in all.....one helluva Sunday morning ! Whew ! I'm looking forward to the next meet already !!!! Cheers, J
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10th July 2006, 14:40	#116
hianooo BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kochi, nw in Bangalore... Posts: 66 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	Hi guyz.. had a wonderful time..! nice meet ! thnkx nitrous 4 organising one like tat.. cheers aNu
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10th July 2006, 14:51	#118
harmon_bro BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Madras Posts: 542 Thanked: 14 Times	Nice pictures xtreme... Can someone post pictures of the cars that were missed out....
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10th July 2006, 18:08	#119
supremeBaleno Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chennai / Kochi Posts: 5,547 Thanked: 2,700 Times View My Garage	It was a pretty good time at the meet. However, one problem with meeting up at the beach in the morning is the intense Chennai heat - how long can you discuss cars under the hot sun ? I have an idea for the next meet - don't know how much feasible, though. We usually have our office day-outs at one of those beachhouses along ECR, which can be rented out for 12/24 hours. Apart from the beachhouse itself, these usually have a nice, big yard with trees to provide shade - helpful to park the cars and check them out. Some of them also have a swimming pool to chill out and volleyball court etc. The beach would also be a few metres away. Will it be a nice idea to rent out one of these for our meet ? Don't have any idea about the rental cost - will check with our office admin dept. on this. We could order food from one of the many restaurants on ECR and for those that like their drink, could get some booze too. Ofcourse, quite some planning / co-ordination is involved. Any Chennai tbhp-ians that own a beachhouse ? Last edited by supremeBaleno : 10th July 2006 at 18:24.
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10th July 2006, 18:55	#120
5u3zEr0 BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Madras Posts: 379 Thanked: 3 Times	Good meet. Except for the darn heat. Nice pics SupremeBaleno & Mail4ajo. Thanks for taking out time and posting the report, Islero. THANKS VERY MUCH Nitrous for making this happen!
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