I agree with Dhanraj.. Please join us for the meet. We will wait for you in Krishnagiri.. I'm sure other will join in up coming meets or may plan to join this meet during rest of this week..
Here is my plan.. I'll be joining the drive from chennai until salem / yercaud on my 1.2 NV and planned to go to my native ( Perundurai ) on saturday night.. And join the drive from coimby group on sunday morning back to yercaud.. Why are you dropping out, if you and rohan have confirmed then come down, lets have a whale of a time. U still have time to convince the others.
Only the Bangalore leg is cancelled due to poor turn outs (only myself & Rohan had confirmed). Those willing to join this trip from Blore, please get in touch with Dhanraj, since I've now dropped out from this meet. the event has not cancelled, chennai and CBe PUG members planned to meet as per the schedule.
However CBE members willbe reachingyerkaud on sunday early mornig i beleive. from chennai myself along with chithambaram,sreenivas Thiyagarajan will be leaving Chennai on saturday early morning and will be there for two days. however sreenivas may be visitinghis native erode on saturday and join with CBE members on sunday early morning. LEts make this event happen eventhough less number osmembers attending.
I am a recent joinee of PUG and was very much looking forward to this meet as it would have been my first brush with palio enthusiasts. You are one of the strong pillars of the Bangalore Gang for PUG and I have also seen your posts on Team-bhp.. was really looking forward to meeting you all. But I am to leave to the US the following week and have some jobs I need to finish before that which is preventing me from joining the meet. Please don't abandon the meet. I have been through situations where I have organised some stuff and ppl hav ditched at the last moment.. but still its ok. Those who make it will be the people who will really matter anyways.
So plz.. go ahead and have some fun. Will hopefully catch up once I am back.
Can we plan some dress code for the meet? May be blue jeans and red/black T-shirts. Wanted to request one more thing, if possible we will not use horn during the meet. A small tribute to Dr.TRRK. Its just a suggestion.
Thank you for your enthusiasm, we hope that others are as enthused as you in context of this meet. I have been exchanging several rounds of communication on the venue. In fact Rudrah was at Panshet last week at the same spot as shared by Ashish some weeks ago. Though this place is scenic the road leading to this place is narrow & there could an issue with parking so many cars in this area. Also, the hotel itself is very basic & food is nothing to rave about.In summary, this place looks to be good for a family outing where you get food from home but doesn't look very exciting when we have guys meeting.
We are working on other leads which sound like good options & we welcome any suggestions from people here for places which are convinient for both Mumbai & Pune members. We should be able to share the final venue details by the end of this week.
All those who want to come for this meet, just need to block their calendars for Sunday, 22nd Aug. The other pieces will fall in place by end of this week. Thats a fantastic idea to pay tribute to our dear friend Dr. TRRK.
Regarding the dress code, a blue jeans with black Tshirt (whatever design) would be fine thou. But that should be agreeable with everyone who are attending the meet.
I'm still surprise no newbies have shown interest for this meet. I hope we get large nos if compared with the frequency of new members joining each day.
This destination looks very interesting indeed. I am badly looking forward to this break and a refreshing drive down the coast. We need to drum up some interesting stuff to get more partiticapation from the puggers here.
Any suggestions, freebies, PUG stickers etc?
I was wondering if we could get some keychains made with the PUG logo, as it is something that goes with the car all the time. I have some PUG stickers with me which I plan to give out at the Mumbai-Pune meet.
Also, let's see what magic Harshad is able to come up with the key-chains.
BTW, I feel very tempted not to part with the PUG stickers that I have with me because they are Dr. Rajesh's memories but if the good Doc himself wanted to pass his goodness around to other people, who am I to hold onto these. Couple of ideas. Both outcome of the driver seat positions. Need your opinions on these.
The driver seat position, I feel, is not perfect. When I go closer to the dash, my knee brushes on the well and don't feel comfortable. When I push back, I find myself stretched to reach the gear lever, particularly in the
1st gear and a little bit on the 3rd gear. I find myself leaning to change the gears. I am 5'10". Also, when I push back the passenger (when present) knee is hitting my back (of the seat).
1. Can I get an alternate gear lever that is bent back, so it is easy to reach lever at 1st position. Recently, I drove a friend's Getz. The gear lever is better positioned than in Adventure. No need to lean forward. So, can bent gear lever be used? I know the reverse gear tab is going to be a problem and a simple trick of bending won't work.
2. With so much of space available in the rear (being a wagon), it is a pity that the rear leg room is awful. I feel, it is lesser than that of Palio or Petra. Any chance of pushing the rear seat a bit back?
We have a recommendation of a place called Doctor's Farm (http://www.doctorsfarm.com/index.html) at Kolad for our Mumbai-Pune meet. This place is about 75 kms from Panvel(via Mumbai-Goa highway) & 100 kms from Pune(via Mulshi). I spoke to the owner of this place & here are the highlights:
1) This place is a farmhouse which is close to the Kundalika river & has a big garden. It is surrounded by hills & has a lot of green cover with a serene atmosphere.
2) It serves veg/non-veg unlimited buffet meals @ 300 bucks per head. Veg/non-veg starters are charged extra
3) They serve Kingfisher mild beer @ 150 bucks but the owner said that we can get our own beers & hard drinks if we wan to. Soft-drinks will be available there at prices which is slightly over the MRP but not too expensive as well
4) They have the option of boating, fishing in the river & swimming in their pool for those who want to undertake these activities
5) Plenty of parking available
6) If it doesn't rain that day, the owner said that he can give us seating on the terrace with tables. The terrace has a good view of the Kundalika river.
Let me know what you think. If anyone has visited this place, let us know your feedback. If you have any other recommendations, do let us know.
We are just 10 days away from our meet. Those who have not yet confirmed their presence, kindly send your confirmations to Rudrah(for Mumbai) & me(for Pune).
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