[megazoid]

Max Verstappen was going about his business in style and Kalle Rovanpera had already claimed this years WRC crown. What remained was for us to make our Sunday wee bit special. The city and nearby areas had got a fair bit of rain in the past few days and everything was looking pretty. Woke up to good weather and tried sneaking out of the apartment without disturbing anyone. Promptly dropped the water bottle, which bounced in numerous ways not only waking up folks at home but also the neighbour's dog. Cursing the water bottle, made my way into the car and saw the fuel needle resting on its side making no effort to wakeup. Realized I needed gas and that would make me further delayed. Drove into a neighbouring pump and filled regular petrol, rolled the windows down, made small sounds of happiness and drove to the meet point about 20kms away. The day looked lovely with the sun slowly popping out and the early morning folks were up and about, enjoying their day. Tried to fiddle around with the phone while driving and saw a board clearly stating "No mobile phones while driving", refrained from doing anything foolish and concentrated on getting to the location safely.

Low and Fast


One interesting thing with our bunch of driving buddies is that everyone is extremely punctual. Nothing gets more irritating than to see a friend turn up sipping orange juice with a smile while others are melting in the sun. Everyone wanted to quickly get on with the drive and we started moving quick. There was a 1.0L polo AT, a 530d, a 340i and a 330i. We kept a nice rhythm and picked up pace as we left the city behind. After an hours drive, got to our breakfast point where a BMW Z4 was gathering eyeballs along with a bunch of big bikes. Felt that our day had started on a good note. Had a quick breakfast and polished off a coffee before continuing with the drive.

It was mega fun to watch the Polo move. As a past Polo owner, I could imagine the fun Nerd1200 was having behind the wheel. The 530d was built to do this and it was perhaps the least exerted on the highway run. d3mon knows his car very very well techically and put all his buttons to good use and used his locomotive torque and set sail. The M340i has seen most roads around these parts and it likes fast action and robimahanta happily obliged.

We veered off the fast highway into an undulating curvy stretch which had lovely tree cover. Apart from the beautiful scenery , the car and its occupants were subjected to strong lateral forces that proved beyond doubt that our heads werent just freely mounted on our neck. Every now and then, we would park, jump out of the car gesticulating wildly about the beauty of the cars making the villager going about his life obvioulsy puzzled at these antics.

Reservoir


After being challenged by curvy two laned roads, we decided to make things more interesting and landed up on a single laned winding piece of road that turned out to be super fun. We gathered together at some nice spots for some photos and some relaxation before starting to drive again. At some point I lost my bearing and went deeper and deeper into some bylanes and finally reached a point of no progress. The big 5 series just would not be able to squeeze through this alley. This brought out another interesting aspect of the group. People are extremely accommodating even when something were to go wrong with the plan.

Fast and Furious


A short fuel break and we were on the move again. The pace picked up again once the small settlements were behind us and all the cars and its occupants had a great time. We got through a tight ghat that had the 530d tires squealing in protest. The 340i was clinically fast and the Polo was sitting pretty in the rear view mirror easily.

Robi had to drop his friend, who was with us on the drive, at the airport. The friend turned out to be a very good pilot and drove the 340i really well. They had to make it back and could not join for lunch. The rest of us had a late lunch and then parted ways making it a small yet happy driving day.

Men of honour


Credit for all the pictures to the rightful owners.

May the tribe grow!

[graaja]

Moving thread from Assembly Line to TeamBHP Meets section.

[d3mon]

Lovely writeup. You have a knack for writing as much as you do for finding beautiful tarmac for us to drive on.

BTW I just realized that our cars added up to a nice round number of 1001PS for the whole convoy - the same as the original Veyron!

110PS (GT TSi) + 252 PS (330i) + 265PS (530d) + 374PS (M340i) = 1001PS

[robimahanta]

Nice write up. It was a fun Sunday with some lovely tarmac and tasty Mulbagal Dosa. Thank you for figuring out such lovely routes. Sharing a picture of the BMW’s.

[megazoid]

Originally Posted by d3mon

BTW I just realized that our cars added up to a nice round number of 1001PS for the whole convoy - the same as the original Veyron!

110PS (GT TSi) + 252 PS (330i) + 265PS (530d) + 374PS (M340i) = 1001PS

And much faster than what a Veyron could ever be on those roads (90mm GC).

[Sreesh1009]

Really love these kind of posts!

Megazoid, your writing and photography are the perfect recipe for an enjoyable read! Really appreciate the way you guys fully utilise your Sundays as well as your machines.

If you don't mind, could you please share the route you guys took? The reservoir and the roads look very tempting

[batterylow]

Lovely narration and pics.

Shining cars look nice hidden in green foliage.

O.T
Is Robi's friend still complaining about lack of traction on his S drives.

[Tuisha110HP]

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Credit for all the pictures to the rightful owners.

May the tribe grow!

Originally Posted by robimahanta

Nice write up. It was a fun Sunday with some lovely tarmac and tasty Mulbagal Dosa. Thank you for figuring out such lovely routes. Sharing a picture of the BMW’s

Great Drive!!! Can you please share the road and location, looks like I can go there for my next breakfast drive. The roads looks fantastic. Having said that, would love to join the group with my Czech Skoda.

[karan561]

Great Story, Pics & Roads, keep up the spirit

Originally Posted by robimahanta

Nice write up. It was a fun Sunday with some lovely tarmac and tasty Mulbagal Dosa. Thank you for figuring out such lovely routes. Sharing a picture of the BMW’s

Will soon have to plan a trip to Bangalore and join you guys on one of your adventures.

Specially for the Dosas

[boniver]

Please share the route with the rest of us

[Kkumar]

I don’t think that there is any other better way to spend a beautiful day. A nice drive with friends to explore the unknown is always fantastic. Keep on munching miles.

[balenoed_]

Originally Posted by robimahanta

Nice write up. It was a fun Sunday with some lovely tarmac and tasty Mulbagal Dosa. Thank you for figuring out such lovely routes. Sharing a picture of the BMW’s.

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Could you please share this route that you took and the restaurant?