[Dr.AD]

Great cars, a nice drive, a sumptuous lunch, catching up with old friends and meeting new friends, and lovely weather for the whole day! This is how I would remember my last Sunday.

This was a leisurely lunch meet at a plush resort in the outskirts of Bangalore, on a casual Sunday afternoon.

Our good friend and BHPian @robimahanta (aka Robi) was the mastermind behind this meet. Nothing formal. Just a few "car guys" who had been informally chatting with each other in a few groups were brought together in this "car and lunch meet" thanks to the coordination by Robi. Most of the guys are good friends and it was great to meet then. In addition, I also met a few new friends, and that was a wonderful experience too.

We met somewhere in North Bangalore, and then drove together to a resort in the outskirts. The drive was just a short one, and thus, there is not much to describe about the drive itself.

However, the main attraction for me (and I am sure for most others too) was some of the most amazing cars that were part of this meet. We had a full fledged M car, the real "Ultimate Driving Machine", an M5 Competition! And then we had not just one but two full fledged AMGs - One AMG E63S and another AMG E63 (both forum members). And then we had a really beautiful, powerful and a rare car - a Volvo S60 Polestar! And as if these many beautiful and fast cars was not enough, we had two BMW M340i, which are great cars in their own rights! And then to round up the group, we had a few BMW 3 series (three F30s and two G20s), and one Octavia vRS. Finally, just when we were wondering if this was purely a sedan meet, an Audi Q3 joined us to complete the meet.

The TeamBHP members attending the meet included robimahanta (BMW M340i), RakishRam (BMW M340i), raz0r (AMG E63S), Nikhilb2008 (AMG E63), itwasntme (BMW 330i), Gaboonviper04 (BMW 330Li), zebo (Octavia vRS), and myself, driving my humble BMW 320d. We were privileged to have three moderators joining us too: Vid6639 (BMW 328i), Ajmat (Audi Q3), and suhaas307 (riding in the Q3).

In addition to these forum members, we had three gentlemen who are proper car guys but not forum members (yet). These gentlemen were driving the M5 Competition, the S60 Polestar, and a F30 BMW 320d respectively.

It was a great bunch of car guys, and we spent the afternoon enjoying the lunch and all sorts of car talks. I really had a great time meeting these guys and discussing cars. Thanks a lot everyone for your time and for the wonderful discussions.

Along with these friendly car guys, we had a fabulous group of fast, beautiful, and colorful cars! I just loved looking at the cars and clicking a few random pictures (for some reason I did not carry my DSLR, and thus all pictures are just casual mobile phone shots). The lunch itself was quite nice. It was a buffet with a massive spread covering multiple cuisines, but the cars were the stars of the day for me for sure!

Anyways, since cars is what connects us and since cars was the main attraction of the day, let me jump straight to sharing a few car pictures that I managed to click.

This is the whole convoy (before the Q3 joined us):



One of the star attractions, the M5C, parked next to Robi's M340i:



The other star attraction, the gorgeous red AMG E63s of BHPian raz0r parked next to the M5C (you can also partially see the white AMG E63 of Nikhilb2008):



The progression of BMW power in one frame (R to L): Vid6639's 328i, Robi's M340i, and the mighty M5C:



Wheels of the BMW progression:


After admiring the cars in the parking lot, walking around and chatting about the cars, we requested a few "special" cars to pose for the camera, and below is the output of that exercise.

The mighty powerhouses that can conquer the world, the AMG E63S (of raz0r) and the M5C:



The new and the old of AMG power, the two generations of E63 AMG (or raz0r and Nikhilb2008 respectively):



The M340i twins in the gang, no less fast and no less furious by any means:



The M340i always deserves a solo shot. This is RakishRam's machine:



And this is robimahanta's:



And finally, to wrap us the car shoot, the absolutely drop-dead gorgeous, blue S60 Polestar:


Did I mention we also had a good lunch? Yeah the lunch was great but it was overshadowed by the amazing machinery that was parked outside. For the sake of records, allow me to share a sole lunch photo.

Fresh hot and tasty chaat in that nice setting symbolizes the good lunch we had:



Well, that is all from my side. It was a great day made memorable by the lovely cars and the friendly owners that I met. Thanks a lot everyone for the great day!

I hope others add their pictures and their experiences too. Looking forward to those.

Thanks for reading!

[Vid6639]

This meet was epic. A Diwali weekend with different kinds of firecrackers! The main agenda for this meet was to help itwasntme decide and finalize on his 2nd car. lol.

We made that discussion into a full fledged meet over lunch thanks to Robimahanta. The group decided to go towards Nandi hills and stop for lunch enroute. We also were successful in our agenda

The lineup of sedans which included 2 generations of the 3 series and all engine options 320D, 328i, 330i, 330Li and the M340i. The vRS230 did not look out of place amongst its company.


The bright blue Polestar S60 was one of the highlights. A 2L supercharged and turbocharged engine with 362BHP.


The mighty M5C standing next to the M340i:


Diwali done right.....crackers with V8's, inline 6's and straight 4's.


My humble 328i:


Bottoms up:


Babies got back:


Nothing to see here....just 4 cars casually parked, flexing a combined power in excess of 2000bhp


At lunch there was a magic show where the magician tried to turn Suhaas’ Skoda into a 328i. Suhaas was unhappy because it didn't work:


Ajmat's next buy. You can see from the smile that the car suits him:


The gang from L to R: raz0r's friend, bgraja (not a bhpian), Ajmat, Suhaas307, Vid6639, itwasntme, Arvind (not a member yet), Dr.AD, Robimahanta, Nikhilb2008, raz0r, RakishRam, Zebo, Gaboonviper04


The E63S and M5C were the talking points:


The brilliant Polestar S60 posing:


Objects in mirror are "faster" than they appear:

[GTO]

Thread moved from the Assembly Line to the Team-BHP Meet section. Thanks for sharing!

Going to our homepage today

[jkrishnakj]

Fantastic AD and gang. Drool worthy pics of the cars. It’s only natural that there are fewer pics of food.

Eagerly waiting to see the one that ‘itwasntme’ picks up next.

And nice to see the group picture.

[Nair.V8]

What a lovely gathering of Germany's finest! Must've been quite a treat to see them rolling together.

[Jaisalmeriya]

Drool. Drool. And more Drool! Awesome!

[1.2TSI7DSG]

Such respite with pics of low bonnet cars in the otherwise high bonnet fake SUV trend

Sexy Cars!!!

[pavi]

Great cars out there. Out of all those cars, E63 AMG (old gen) and polestar S60 just made a direct entry to my heart. The wheels on that S60 looks so much proper in those wheel wells. Looks like they have a single die to cast those wheels and wheel wells!! The E63 alloys are painted I believe. There was something which struck me while going through the pics, that VRS does not look 'out of place' even a bit, wish it were in that 'grey' shade (and belonged to me).

Note: Those are some cars that are 'out of my league' as of now. I pray to god to bless me well in future so that our forum can be benefitted 'a lot'. I should add one more 'lot', may be one more 'lot'.

[JoshMachine]

Originally Posted by Dr.AD

full fledged M car, the real "Ultimate Driving Machine", an M5 Competition! And then we had not just one but two full fledged AMGs - One AMG E63S and another AMG E63 (both forum members). And then we had a really beautiful, powerful and a rare car - a Volvo S60 Polestar! And as if these many beautiful and fast cars was not enough, we had two BMW M340i, which are great cars in their own rights! And then to round up the group, we had a few BMW 3 series (three F30s and two G20s), and one Octavia vRS. Finally, just when we were wondering if this was purely a sedan meet, an Audi Q3 joined us to complete the meet.

Thanks for sharing. An incredible line-up indeed!
No wonder the sedans stole the thunder, cannot see a single pic of the Q3

Originally Posted by Vid6639

This meet was epic

Possibly the TBHP "understatement" of the year

The gang:
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Would love to see names tagged to pictures of the gang!

BTW, did you guys try & rev up the brute engines just to hear some audio notes flying around?

[SR-71]

So, the passport to this club is 200+BHP heh? . Drool worthy set of wheels, I must add!

Originally Posted by Vid6639

This meet was epic. The main agenda for this meet was to help itwasntme decide and finalize on his 2nd car. lol.
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We also were successful in our agenda

I am going to take a safe guess here, it's the Tucson? I see 'itwasntme' lurking on the thread off late... and no, I am not stalking , I have been actively following The 3, Tucson & Kodiaq threads for obvious reasons & he is active in two of them.

Originally Posted by Vid6639

The gang:

Some of the faces - Vid, Dr.AD, Ajmat, Nihikil - are recognizable from various posts, would be nice to tag names to other faces too, subject to each individual's privacy concerns.

[Puneet0051]

That's a feat to see all these together. That AMG E63S has the best looking alloys, the matt red wrap and with hidden chrome bits is absolute beauty.

Alloys and wrap only have changed the look of the car so much.

Keep it up guys.

[RakishRam]

Thanks Robi for bringing us all together and thanks to AD and Vid for the wonderful writeup.

Originally Posted by JoshMachine

BTW, did you guys try & rev up the brute engines just to hear some audio notes flying around?

No we didn't, we were polite. The place we met, the staff had asked Vid not to distract their "normal" guests having sumptuous Brunch with our Donuts

[iliketurtles]

Amazing pics guys, this made for a serious dose of adrenaline early in the day. What a way to spend a Diwali!

That frozen red E63s is jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and pure automotive viagra. Makes for some serious life goals, but all I am is poor-sche. Such is life.

BRB, going to rewrite my bucket list.

[Air_Kerala]

What a lovely write up, an absolute peach of an excuse to drive on some lovely tarmac and follow it up some sumptuous grub. The M5 is such a Jason Statham of a car, on the outside, barely any hints of what mayhem it is capable of. Cheers

[Sen]

I could barely stop drooling while reading this entire thread. Some absolute works of art were captured in this thread, including that M5C and that Polestar (one of my all time favorite cars)

What car did itwasntme finalize on?