Hyderabad 'India-drive' meetup (12-12-2015) - Report

[Gowtham]

Start point - Gachibowli (ORR)

End point - Hill Park Restaurant (Drive-In) - Bangalore Highway

Start time - 7:00 a.m.

Total Distance - ~140 kms

 

Objective - A platform to provide an introductory meet up with all the 'India-drive' men along with a short breakfast drive.

A full report with a few teaser photos have been rolled out in this report. Others who bought your cameras along are requested to post your pictures on this thread.

 

Participants:

1) Maruti Suzuki Ritz

2) Maruti Suzuki Swift

3) Hyundai i20

4) Volkswagen Polo

5) Hyundai Creta

6) Honda Civic

 

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[Gowtham]

Start point - ORR - Gachibowli

 

It was a typical Hyderabadi winter morning when we set out to the meetup point, cold and foggy.

 

As all the members had gathered, An introductory session and the rules to be followed by all participants during the drive have been

updated.

 

 

Accompanied by some spirited trance playing in the background, we soon steered on to the beautiful ORR at around 7:00 a.m.

 

This morning we had a wonderful weather which made our drive stand out

 

The chief hits the tarmac, and away we go..!!

 

Convoy in hindsight, literally!

 

Meanwhile the road got busy with traffic as we got ready to leave

 

 

[Gowtham]

The day gets brighter and the 'India-drive' men started to arrive one by one at the pit-stop

 

Time to hog some lip smacking south Indian delicacies for breakfast

 

 

Roughly an hour of time was spent at the breakfast point

 

 

As the cars line up at the meeting point for breakfast and meet-and-greet sessions

 

 

 

The group had a brief chit-chat session about the drives coming next year and the kind of activities to be hosted.

 

After a last few minutes of interaction before we resumed the journey, we had a photo session of all the participants.

 

 

Riding high on the success of our first meetup, we disperse..

 

 

[Gowtham]

Post breakfast, the cars line up to form the departure convoy and resume the journey back home.

 

The time was roughly 9:30 a.m. when we left this place.

 

 

 

We stopped by for a small photo session before some members took a deviation from continuing straight to the start point.

 

 

 

Thanks to all the participants who have attended this meet, it wouldn't have been as lively and complete without you all!

 

And away he darts..!!

 

 

 

[sagar]

From the start to the end, the meetup was so much fun. A big kudos to each and every attendee for making this event successful. Appreciate all the inputs given by the members during the discussion post breakfast and will be valued for the betterment of the community.

A huge thanks to all the members who have helped us arrange this meetup and looking forward for more of such meetups.

[etoor]

A great initiative and was actually looking for a thread like this... Looks like you guys had an awesome get-together! The convoy and pictures tell the story.. Waiting to see more!!

[Kumsi]

Saturday mornings cannot get better......A nice, long drive in your car......A bunch of good folks and a dream of a highway like NH7 make it even better.....looking forward to many more such awesome experiences...

[uday]

What a way to start over the weekend with people with like minded and cool going .... this type of stuff should be happened in way long back in Hyderabad .Thanks to India-drive team to make this happen .Kudos for the first meet. Looking forward for more meets .

[Naveen1]

Nice work guys. Hope to see more meetups.

Missed the meet as I was stuck with office work.

Will definitely join for the next meetup. Try to inform a bit early so that i can plan accordingly.

[Hari]

Good initiative friends, looking forward to meeting you all very soon......fabulous drives till then.... take care and be safe.............

[Gowtham]

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A great initiative :idea: and was actually looking for a thread like this... Looks like you guys had an awesome get-together! The convoy and pictures tell the story :.. Waiting to see more!! 

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 Saturday mornings cannot get better......A nice, long drive in your car......A bunch of good folks and a dream of a highway like NH7 make it even better.....looking forward to many more such awesome experiences...

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What a way to start over the weekend with people with like minded and cool going .... this type of stuff should be happened in way long back in Hyderabad .Thanks to India-drive team to make this happen .Kudos for the first meet. Looking forward for more meets .

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Nice work guys. Hope to see more meetups.

Missed the meet as I was stuck with office work.

Will definitely join for the next meetup. Try to inform a bit early so that i can plan accordingly.

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Good initiative friends, looking forward to meeting you all very soon......fabulous drives till then.... take care and be safe.............

 

Thank you all.

We are planning for the next drive in the last week of January.

We will keep you posted about the plan.

Hope we get to see some more new members and we are expecting more feedbacks and suggestions from you guys.

[Naveen1]

gowtham said:

Thank you all.

We are planning for the next drive in the last week of January.

We will keep you posted about the plan.

Hope we get to see some more new members and we are expecting more feedbacks and suggestions from you guys.

 

Please increase the travel distance to at least 100 kilometers. For me it is always about drive rather than destination.

 

[myth139]

Amazing pictures and some killer rides.Looking forward to ride with you guys in the next meet up.Please keep me posted.

[Gowtham]

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Please increase the travel distance to at least 100 kilometers. For me it is always about drive rather than destination.

 

yeah sure we will keep that in the mind for the next drive.

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Amazing pictures and some killer rides.Looking forward to ride with you guys in the next meet up.Please keep me posted.

 

Welcome aboard myth139.

Details of the next drive will be out soon. We will keep you updated about the plan.

Mean while you can go through the travel stories. Wish you a great time at india-drive.

[myth139]

 Thanks a ton bruh.Glad to be a part of this group. flag

[karthik]

Perfect pictures.

Specially early morning picture on the ORR.

I will join for next drive,good to see many new faces.

[RajG]

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(12-12-2015)

 

Looks like it is almost 3 years from your first meetup.

I remember the good old days.

10~15 members in WhatsApp group.  Now we maxed out. 

Keep hosting more. ?

 

Hope you guys will plan some local meetup to the WhatsApp group members.