[docfreak]

guys lets meet over this saturday, we can again do ot on the 10th.
its cafe style if i remember correctly not cafe 18 as some one mentioned. thats a different joint.
i never knew there were so many people on bhp from noida, seems we number upto 300

[sheetumanu]

@Kandisa; BANDHAV; Bumble Beast:

We'll miss you folks.

Originally Posted by Supercool

Dear sheetumanu,

Thanks for the invite. I have a small suggestion. If we are planning a dinner can we explore possibility of including family in the get together? It would give an opportunity to our better halfs to socialise and make new friends and at the same time people like me would be able to join.

Friends, on weekdays I start quiet early in the morning and return back bit late. For last many weekends, I am working and not been able to give time to family.

I promised my family for an outing on this extended weekend. I am new to team bhp and would not like to miss this opportunity of meeting you all as well. Really confused? Will let you know by tomorrow.

Looking forward,

Supercool

Hi Supercool, as already posted I am very much in for the idea of bringing along family or a friend even if it just a coffee and not lunch/dinner. I look forward to your confirmation.

Originally Posted by Sumain

Hi All,

Great Initiative. Please count me in.

I live in sector 93A. Will be there.

Please finalise the location and time soon.

Just a suggestion: Why not lunch on Sunday? A daytime affair would mean that we can admire each others rides too and talk cars. Stellar club sounds good, so that we can put in that drive on the Greater Noida expressway to and fro. Maybe all can drive back together - what say!

Cheers

Sumain

Indeed a nice thought; however, postponement is a little difficult now. Moreover, a lot of us including myself would be meeting/talking for the first time. My idea of this meet was to make it as an ice-breaker so as to make subsequent meets bigger and more enjoyable.

[lilMonSter]

Well i'm game...dont mind driving down to noida..it's just that i had a slight fender bender in the morning and i'm getting my bby back in shape... if she is back in shape by saturday then definately...otherwise will have to get the plane jane swift. not as much fun though.. where is the exact venue we are going to be meeting up at? i don't know that much about noida..

[sheetumanu]

Originally Posted by docfreak

i would be unable to join on sunday.
sm , did you check out cafe style?

Hi Doc, Yes I did, will post the experience in the next thread.

Originally Posted by Sumain

Folks,

Regarding Stellar Club as a venue.

Depending on size of group, we can also simply eat at the restaurant (a la carte). Since I too am a member there, we club members can sign in the others as guests. The bill can then be split up or whatever.

It can work out much cheaper than the their rates quoted for an "official" dinner.

Of course, this would be possible only for a group size upto say 10 or 12 people.

For those who have not been to Stellar Club earlier - the food is good, and the prices most reasonable. Highly recommended.

Also, its location at the end of one of the finest roads in NCR really warms the heart of this petrolhead. Group drive after?

Cheers

Sumain

In for the thought Sumain; however, delhi bhpians coming to the meet are finding it difficult to drive down to Gr Noida. Stellar indeed is a great venue, I propose our next meet at Stellar and a group drive after would be an icing on the cake

Originally Posted by Pro-Idiot

Dear Sheetumanu,

Pleasure speaking to you! Great initiative! and would like to confirm I'll love to meet everyone on the 3rd.
I do believe you'll need to fix up the time and location soon. Most banquette facilities are booked on long weekends!

I know I just told you that cafe 18 would be nice, but seeing some other posts I am tilting towards Stellar.

Advantage of Stellar:

-We can all park in the same spot and check out the vehicles!
-It will be a bigger more "natural" place.


Any Idea on how many people can sign in as guests? I do believe booking the place seperately might or might not work with the numbers? but a buffet snack/ tea would be nice.

Advantage of cafe 18:

-more central location, but its a relative comment, probably if we have more people coming in from noida than greater noida.

-Smaller hall hence cozy for conversation.

-Good quality snack food, Was voted highly in some times food guide awards. The owners are there to attend to you and are interesting people. (space has character, if you know what I mean. not that stellar doesnt, but it is different)

Disadvantage: Parking in the huge sector 18 parking, will probably not be able to chat around the cars.

Anyways, I do believe it should be your call, since its your initiative

Cheers and look forward to meeting everyone.

Also guys.. carry a bunch on visiting cards.


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Thanks buddy, pleasure was all mine. I have already expressed my opinion on Stellar whereas Cafe Style comes in next thread (the hall has been closed BTW); carrying business cards is a great idea.

Originally Posted by Sorcererenator

Ramneek, it seems a lot of people already have plans because of the long weekend. Do you think its a good idea to push it to next weekend, and meet on the 10th instead? Maybe we will have more participation that way - Just a thought guys!

Originally Posted by harishnayak

+1^ as most of the people will be out this weekend.

Originally Posted by naman07

Thanks for the invite SM.

I am out of this as I am out of NCR during that weekend.

Maybe if we shift to next week many like me can join in.

Originally Posted by naru

I'm in Patparganj and would love to come....but please, shift to 10th! Have plans this weekend.

Does it call for a poll between 3rd and 10th?

Originally Posted by Sorcererenator

guys, i just got back from a nice stroll of about two hrs on the expressway. We were three of us in our gypsys and it was really fun and defintely a stress buster. I think this is a great initiative and we guys at noida should meet often, and take our rides for a spin late nights - it will be awesome.

+1 to it, we should meet more often, if some of us cannot make it to this meet, let's fix up the next meet little sooner.

Originally Posted by saintsinner

Will hop in i am bit occupied this weekend as my sub enclosure is making weird noises and i am building a new one over the weekend.

I hope you can squeeze a bit of a time (may just be half an hour) for us.

Originally Posted by Nishant B

I would concur with these guys and propose the shifting of date from 3rd to 10th. I dont have any problem as such on meeting on 3rd ( will just have to reschedule a meeting but thats fine) however if not many people are able to attend then it just doesnt serve the purpose of organizing a meet.

Dont get me wrong, I am all for '2 is company and 3 is crowd' :-) but that just doesnt seem right in this scenario.

I am going to post the updated list of attendees along with the locations so we can decide whether to:

1. shift from 3rd to 10th.
2. Call for a poll
3. Keep it as it is.

Originally Posted by mustang89

so whats the final scene guys,i can only see people proposing dates!
i am in for weekends if anything sudden doesnt pop up.will get some fellow bhpians alongwith.

Mustang: Please do post the final status by tomorrow (Friday) along with the names or count of the fellow bhpians for arrangements sake.

Originally Posted by Switch

@sheetumanu... Are you by any chance in B-Block of sector-71 Noida... If yes then do yo have a modded Accent IIRC and your house is in a corner plot... If yes then i am in 10 houses down the lane :P

I will try to make it if the venue is nearby and i am not very occupied

you in sec-71, that's great. No I'm not in B block, I put up at Metro Apartments (block A-5). Would you mind PMing me your number and I'd more than happy to catch up?

As for the meet, please do post the final status by Friday.

MODS: Please excuse me for the back to back posts but I need to split them up for clarity's sake.

[khan75]

Nice suggestions by some folks here. Even if some guys can't attend the meet, a fortnightly/monthly meet to drive to some place would be nice.

Back in the US, my friends (not really friends but lots of acquaintances) and I would drive some roadside shack out of town (like a dhaba), have tons of great food and then head back home. Sometimes we'd have over 50 cars of all shapes and sizes rolling along in a group. Sometimes a cop car would drive alongside to see if we were up to any mischief but we usually knew better.

[better4worse]

Originally Posted by khan75

Nice suggestions by some folks here. Even if some guys can't attend the meet, a fortnightly/monthly meet to drive to some place would be nice.

Monthly meets...wherein one gets to drive to a new place every time is a damn good idea !

[sheetumanu]

Hi Friends,

I paid a quick visit to Cafe Style sec-18 last evening and it turned out to be a pleasurable experience. I happened to meet the owner of the cafe, Chetan. He's a nice guy and has quite a liking towards cars; he himself drives a vintage Beetle (I managed to sneak a peek at his red Beetle).

The cafe has indoor as well as outdoor seating space and its own parking which can easily accommodate 15 cars roughly. He was thrilled to know that we are thinking of having a TBHP (he's familiar with this name) meet at his cafe. He said he could seize the outer parking space as well if required. The cafe bill board has some nice thoughts on it; I remember the following two:

Music has seven letters, Wiring has 26 notes.
The person you love is 72% water.

Overall, looked to me as a nice place for our evening coffee meet with some snacks. He said he'd make some arrangements in the outer seating space and ready to offer us Team-BHP discount special rates.

We can easily line-up our cars together in its parking compound and check them out.

MODS: Please excuse me for the back to back posts but I need to split them up for clarity's sake.

[naru]

Originally Posted by khan75

Nice suggestions by some folks here. Even if some guys can't attend the meet, a fortnightly/monthly meet to drive to some place would be nice.

I'm all for it.
Though i don't have chutti on Sundays. Can come only on Friday/Saturdays.

[Nishant B]

Originally Posted by Sorcererenator

Paras, you can hop in with me buddy.

Ramneek, it seems a lot of people already have plans because of the long weekend. Do you think its a good idea to push it to next weekend, and meet on the 10th instead? Maybe we will have more participation that way - Just a thought guys!

Originally Posted by harishnayak

+1^ as most of the people will be out this weekend.

Originally Posted by naman07

Thanks for the invite SM.

I am out of this as I am out of NCR during that weekend.

Maybe if we shift to next week many like me can join in.

Originally Posted by sheetumanu

Hi Friends,

I paid a quick visit to Cafe Style sec-18 last evening and it turned out to be a pleasurable experience. I happened to meet the owner of the cafe, Chetan. He's a nice guy and has quite a liking towards cars; he himself drives a vintage Beetle (I managed to sneak a peek at his red Beetle).
.[/b]

Hi

I am a little confused as to whether we are planning a lunch, dinner or simple evening tea/coffee . We have had proposal for all these and nothing very clear has emerged.

Cafe style will be good only for a evening tea/coffee and light snacks so that rules out meeting for dinner or lunch. Reason for asking is that I will have to see my availability based on prior info on timing as I will be rescheduling my meeting accordingly. So if someone is taking the onus of putting up a list of confirmed members then preference for lunch / evening snack or dinner can also be put up

Let me know what you think

[sheetumanu]

Hi Fellas,

The countdown has begun. Here are the updated details:

Date: 3rd April (Almost Final)
Time: 5-7 or 6-8 PM (Suggestions welcome)
What To Do: Meeting, Talking, Coffee, Snacks
Family/Friends: Welcome
Venue Options (in order of priority): Cafe Style, Golf Club, Stellar
Accessories (optional): DigiCams/VideoCam, Business Cards

CONFIRMED LIST:
Abeer
aKrain
anupam00
Born 2 Be Wild
Captain
docfreak
forbhaskarm
harjeev
khan75
lilmonster
mustang89
nick17s
Nishant B
Pro-Idiot
rhandle
rishi_kapoor
sanjaykaul
sidindica
sheetumanu
Sumain

TENTATIVE LIST:
akaushik
better4worse
car_crazy1400
noidaboy
roy_libran
saintsinner
Sorcererenator
Supercool
Switch
tanwaramit

Request to Tentative Members: Please do post the final status by Friday (tomorrow).

Request to Confirmed Members: Please let me know through post/sms/call the number of guests (Family/Friends/Fellow BHPians) accompanying you.

Looking forward to the meet,

Regards,
SM

[docfreak]

i and my wife would be there.
6-8 seems a better idea, specially when we plan a sit out arrangement.

[sheetumanu]

Originally Posted by Nishant B

Hi

I am a little confused as to whether we are planning a lunch, dinner or simple evening tea/coffee . We have had proposal for all these and nothing very clear has emerged.

Cafe style will be good only for a evening tea/coffee and light snacks so that rules out meeting for dinner or lunch. Reason for asking is that I will have to see my availability based on prior info on timing as I will be rescheduling my meeting accordingly. So if someone is taking the onus of putting up a list of confirmed members then preference for lunch / evening snack or dinner can also be put up

Let me know what you think

Hi Nishant,

When I posted last, your post wasn't there and now I see yours before mine. Please let me know if your concerns have been addressed or not?

[Abeer]

I need to go to Gurgoan for some urgent work on Saturday. I will try my best to be back by 6-7pm for the meet.

[Nishant B]

Originally Posted by sheetumanu

Hi Nishant,

When I posted last, your post wasn't there and now I see yours before mine. Please let me know if your concerns have been addressed or not?

Hi Sheetumanu

I will let you know by friday EOD about my availability ( 99% confirmed on 3rd) . I will try my best to be there as its a great chance to meet fellow like minded folks.

Nishant Bhatnagar

[amitku]

Hi Noida BHPians,

Happy to confirm my participation. Already communicated to Ramneek on my inclusion in the event.
Looking forward to meet all attending BHPians. Cheers..!!