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31/07/05

PuGGeR nOw !!!

I am officially a PUGGER now...

hehehe.. sounds funny.... well.. its not.. its kinda interesting... Pugger comes from a word PUG, which is the short form for Palio Users Group... this is a group about 800 people strong... and as clear from the name is of ppl who own palios and are passionate about them too...

Why am i an official pugger... because i have a sticker which says PUG on my car now... it also says Not Drivers, Only Lovers... and that is so bloddy true... we all are in love with our palios.. be it a 1.2 OV, or a 1.2 NV or the superb 1.6 GTX or the damn sexy s10 or the 1.6 Adventure...

Today was PUG Delhi Meet Chapter -II... we were expecting more.. but.. 6 people manage to turn up...


ME with my 1.2 NV Sport


Shobhit with his 1.2 Galaxy Black Sport


Ashwani with his 1.6 GTX



Deb with his 1.2 ELMS, he also had a friend with him who has a palio but could not bring it...


Shobhit with Anirban's 1.6 Adventure...

I was not late... and managed to reach there at 1000 hrs sharp shortly followed by Ashwani, who is an editor with The Times of India, and then by Shobhit, who works for Sapient in their HR Arm... i managed to talk to Ashwani before Shobhit came in about some of the things that i did not have a clue about.. the air filter, fuel filter... servicing knick knacks... and then came Deb, who i guess is still studying... and then Anirban came in... he works for Wipro in Marketing...

Took a good number of fotos..






and talked a lot about the cars.. the good the better and the best of Palios...the dealers.. the things to take care of ... technology.. and 100s of other things... which told me how passionate ppl could be about the vehicles they own... its rare to see in india... most of us just buy a car.. to take us from point A to point B... in comfort and the least amont of Fuel... anyway... this was a group which was different..

moved to the Great Kabab Factory in sector-18 after a good 2 hours of convos in the parking lot in sector-18... and the appetite for conversation about the cars was taken care of along with the excellent food served...


came back at 1600 hours, happy and excited about the new set of stickers pasted on mycar.. which DECLARE it as a member of the PUG and me as a PUGGER :) I had a great time with the rest of the gang.. and am really looking forward to a lot of such meets....

oh and yes... I forgot to mention... we are getting the cars serviced together at the Dynamic Auto, in NOIDA next sunday... might just be a good move to tell the service centre that there is a strong customer force behind Palios and they cannot affort to take anyone lightly anymore !!!

Happy driving everyone... and wear your seat belts...

12 comments:

  1. 'Radha' surely stand out in the crowd...a gud choice i must say :-)

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  2. @ Bharti : yeah.... even i am really happy with this colour... grabs a lot of attention !!! How u doin' Hope things are good at your end...

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  3. Yo Fellow Delhi PUG'ers,

    This is Fantastic, Its really good that the Love of an machine is bringing US all together.....

    Great Coverage....

    Fellow Bangalore PUG'er
    Ashish

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  4. Great report on the meet! Had a great time out there :D Just a couple of corrections, mine is an ELMS and I think that's Shobhit with Anirban's car. :)

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  5. Wow !!!
    Some ppl are crazy abt their Car's :-)
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    is there any Zen User Group also ?

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  6. @ Ashish : Thanks... hope to see you around... Driving your Palio...

    @ Deb : oops... ELMS it is... i heard it wrong i guess when you were telling about your car... yeah.. i realised that it was not Anirban, i remember he was wearing a yellow check shirt... and not white... will do the correction rightaway...

    @ Ankur : Crazy... yes... we all love our cars a lot... about the Zen Users... ummm I am not sure buddy... you might like to check yahoogroups if there are any ppl as crazy as PUGGERS about their cars... though i doubt it big time...

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  7. Thats a neat bolg of PUG'ers Delhi meet. Enjoyed reading it... :-)

    Cheers,
    -VJ

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  8. @ Vijay : It was a great meet too... I am sure with the PUGgers increasing in number... things would get better and better... Thanks for coming by...

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  9. Hey, nice to see your photos! Found this link from your post on the PalioUsersIndia yahoogroups. I have a Galaxy Black 1.2 Sport NV and it rocks! Its just a tad underpowered and I wish I had bought the 1.6 GTX instead, but the waiting period for that was 10 weeks!!!

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  10. @ Scrapstuffs : It sure does.. i agree to that underpowered thing... rev it up to over 2K on the tacho and you will how it reacts.... but yes... 1.6 GTX... no match.. that is RAW power anyday !!!

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  11. nice writeup Prashant! I would try to make it to the meet next time and show my 'lal pari' more of her clan...

    punk

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  12. @ pankaj : Try to join us @ Dynamic Automobiles, NOIDA... we are meeting there next sunday to get our cars serviced....

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