Thinking that it was a Saturday and that too before lunch-time, a brave gal pal and I decided to venture out and get a dekko at the Auto Expo.
Bad idea, it turned out to be.
Thousands of other like-minded auto-enthusiasts also decided to add their share to the already-bursting-at-the-seams-traffic at Pragati Maidan.
The cars more than made up for it, though.
Despite not being able to gawp and gape at all the cars, we still managed, within an hour well-spent, to see most of the four-wheeled hot wheels we wanted to see (read Daimler Chrysler / Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi, Chevrolet, Fiat, etc). After a lot of huff-puffing and valiant pushing, we also managed a peek at the four specimens of Nano, the much-awaited offering from TATA Motors, unveiled just a couple of days back, and already being touted as a stiff competitor for its closest rival – Maruti 800. Much elbowing later, when we finally came close upfront with it, we couldn’t help but draw out a sigh of disappointment. Now the statistics looked impressive enough – 21 % more spacious from the interior, and 8 % smaller from the exterior as compared to its already named rival, it scored zilch in the looks department, according to our girlie tastes.
Moving on, we managed glimpses of some other cars, after deciding to give the bikes a miss. We had the impressin that there were no superbikes - no Harley-Davidsons, Ducatis, Hayabusas, Ninjas, or Honda CBR1000RRs – to up the oomph quotient, and cause our hearts to flutter. Upon returning to our respective homes, we found out, to our utter dismay, that the bikes were all on display. @#$%^&
We would have stayed longer at the expo, except that all the jostling, shoving, and elbowing started getting on our nerves. Add to that the huge sea of surging people who believed that sweat was man’s greatest gift to humankind, and the hordes who believed in groping anything that remotely resembled a woman’s form, and you get the drift why we decided to cut our visit short. Believe me, being trussed like sardines in a jar inside claustrophobic exhibition halls with the likes of such people was hardly pleasant – an ordeal was more like it.
A good amount of elbowing – and we were finally out in the open. Whew! And made our way to our favorite coffee place, one that had been closed down some months back, much to our dismay, but which, last month, had reopened, much o our exhilaration.
I go to the Auto Expo again this Tuesday, this time on business passes. So I’m hoping to get some more snaps. And a lot less of shoves in my faces.
But till then, make-do with this pic that I clicked of the Audi TT TDI– a stunning beauty, one that made my jaw drop.
Vroooooooooooom....
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