| Author | Message | ||
| Ulf Modig (Ulf308qv)
New member Username: Ulf308qv Post Number: 34 Registered: 3-2001 |
Lung, good idea, let's try to get together for lunch some day. | ||
| Lung (Lung7707)
Junior Member Username: Lung7707 Post Number: 55 Registered: 1-2002 |
As promised the dinner photo of Tim (308GTB), Lung (TR) Bob Snow (250gte, 348), Mong Ee (Jag), Back row - Chin Tong (TVR)  | ||
| rick catalano (Tatcat)
New member Username: Tatcat Post Number: 17 Registered: 9-2001 |
tv coverage was poor. we had a chance to see MS make more passes in one race than he usally does in a season but malay tv feed chose to show RF driving on a empty track. zzz. we watched east coast 2am hard to stay awake. poor rubenito. had a chance at the usgp and now malaysian gp and the ride let him down. where are the '02s. at least let RB run one at brazil. | ||
| Lung (Lung7707)
Junior Member Username: Lung7707 Post Number: 54 Registered: 1-2002 |
Bill: I have to clarify a little, I was invited by Reuters BMW not by BMW Singapore. However, BMW Singapore's invitation was to 30 current M3 M5 owners, very good customers (reward loyalty) and potential owners (thru recommendations of course). I forgot to add they also sponsored the hotel rooms at Mandarin Oriental. It was a great schmooze (spelling??) job....like you, my opinion of the marque has gone up...would I buy a BMW from Performance in the future - OF COURSE! but thats because I am so weak!!! hahaha Manu: Let me tell you..after a few glasses of champagne, you could even sell me a Minardi ...hahaha Ulf: Yup thats my car...driving it everyday for the next two weeks and parking it at Nikko. But won't be long coz I just bot a second car...Hyundai Santa Fe!!! Shall we meet for lunch sometime soon? ALL: The big guy standing next to me in photo one is Bob Snow - Ferrari owner, Ferrarichat member and all round nice guy. We met thru Ferrarichat and we arranged to meet in KL - sounded real dodgy when I told people I was meeting someone I met on the net. "what if he is a serial killer?", "what if he is Al-Queda?- He's got a beard!" Turns out he is just a big teddy bear :-) Gotta post the dinner photo too... For dinner we had: Beef noodles, crispy prawn noodles, tow foo sauted in grounded pork gravy, pan fried squid in chalots/spring onions, chi pow kai (chicken wrapped in paper and deep fried in its own juice), pai kuat (spare ribs), baby kai lan stir fried with garlic. For desert: Mango loh...mango served in shaved ice and sago sauce. Yummy! | ||
| Ulf Modig (Ulf308qv)
New member Username: Ulf308qv Post Number: 32 Registered: 3-2001 |
Lung, I'm in Bukit Tunku/Kenny Hills area. I'll think I saw your TR outside Nikko Hotel a couple of weeks ago. | ||
| Bill Sawyer (Wsawyer)
New member Username: Wsawyer Post Number: 32 Registered: 2-2002 |
Lung: You mean you didn't have any connection to BMW at all? They just invited you because of the Ferrari in your garage? That seems like a pretty expensive promotion to me! I was a guest of Mercedes at Le Mans in 1998, but only because one of my friends is a former M-B employee and he is very close with the top M-B racing people. I road in on his coat tails. Even so, it was an amazing experience and it elevated my opinion of the marque. | ||
| Manu Sachdeva (Manu)
Junior Member Username: Manu Post Number: 80 Registered: 2-2002 |
Crucially though.... have they influenced your future buying behaviour? LOL! Perhaps an M3 to be the daily alongside your TR? | ||
| Lung (Lung7707)
Junior Member Username: Lung7707 Post Number: 53 Registered: 1-2002 |
Actually I think it was BMWs intention to invite owners of other marques to influence future buying behaviour. In fact the picture I posted (group photo with the pitlane girls) 3 of the 4 guys are Ferrari owners...all invited to the BMW paddock club. We were really well taken care of. Police escort to and from the hotel to the track, free flow of champagne, pit passes, interview with the drivers, etc. Let me tell you...it sure works! | ||
| Manu Sachdeva (Manu)
Junior Member Username: Manu Post Number: 79 Registered: 2-2002 |
Thanks Lung, Those are awesome pictures.....(Especially of the Ferrari from above). Do the BMW people that invited you know about your Ferrari ownership.....(Frank Williams made Jenson Button give back the F355 he bought when he was driving for Williams!) Poor Minardi - Well at least they've already achieved their ambitions for this season! | ||
| Lung (Lung7707)
Junior Member Username: Lung7707 Post Number: 52 Registered: 1-2002 |
more pics....check out the Minardi technology versus Ferrari...        | ||
| Lung (Lung7707)
Junior Member Username: Lung7707 Post Number: 51 Registered: 1-2002 |
Which part of KL are you staying? I am in the Ampang area. | ||
| Ulf Modig (Ulf308qv)
New member Username: Ulf308qv Post Number: 31 Registered: 3-2001 |
Yes I'm living in KL but my car is unfortunatley in Sweden. Please post som more pix. | ||
| Lung (Lung7707)
New member Username: Lung7707 Post Number: 49 Registered: 1-2002 |
That was the Singapore contingent...arranged by Performance Motors Singapore....super service by the Singapore BMW agent. BTW I am based in KL...you too? More photos to come... | ||
| Ulf Modig (Ulf308qv)
New member Username: Ulf308qv Post Number: 30 Registered: 3-2001 |
Lung, were you the (BMW) guys with the police escort on the way to KL after the race? | ||
| Lung (Lung7707)
New member Username: Lung7707 Post Number: 48 Registered: 1-2002 |
Manu, I was invited by Williams BMW during qualifying...pit pass and all...somemore pics. 1. Nearly got ran over by an Arrows. 2. Our group with the pitlane girls. 3. Rubens in the lane.    | ||
| Jack Stanley (Gilles27)
New member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 4 Registered: 3-2002 |
Sorry to see you gents had to suffer through the race in person! What a shame...I tried my damndest to stay awake (12:30 am Chicago time), but kept nodding off. Man, I MUST be getting old. Used to be we didn't go OUT until midnight! Guess I'll have to catch the replay tonight. God bless NASCAR, er, Speed Channel. | ||
| Manu Sachdeva (Manu)
Junior Member Username: Manu Post Number: 72 Registered: 2-2002 |
Wow! I wish I was there! Way to go to support our team! Cool pic. And is that a pit pass I see on your necks.... | ||
| Bill Sawyer (Wsawyer)
New member Username: Wsawyer Post Number: 27 Registered: 2-2002 |
Very cool! I wish I was there with you guys. | ||
| Lung (Lung7707)
New member Username: Lung7707 Post Number: 47 Registered: 1-2002 |
I was there with Fellow FerrariChat lister Bob Snow. Bob came in from Egypt for the race.  | ||
| Bill Sawyer (Wsawyer)
New member Username: Wsawyer Post Number: 26 Registered: 2-2002 |
I'm not sure he did get screwed. TV didn't show much, but I'm sure both of them were doing their usual intimidation tricks. When you pull tricks like that sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're the windshield. In any event, MS proved that he still has the most amazing luck in the world when Jenson Button's suspension collapsed, handing Schumi a podium finish on a platter. | ||
| Manu Sachdeva (Manu)
Junior Member Username: Manu Post Number: 71 Registered: 2-2002 |
Ralf wins. JPM 2nd. The Red Baron 3rd. What a joke - haven't watched the race, but heard that JPM ruined Schumis race by bashing his wing off! Engine Failure for Rubens....that's unusual... |