The Great Driving Challenge : Great

So long, TGDC
Posted by TGDC on Monday, August 17, 2009 on 08/17 at 11:02 AM	(26) Comments • Read more

Thank you all, for being with us, every day, on this amazing journey.

It is a very emotional moment for all of us at Team EC. Here are the folks who have worked back breaking hours to keep the website up and running and humming, over the past two months. My deepest appreciation for this amazing team who gave up their weekends, holidays, days & nights - just to ensure that everything worked like clockwork. Yes we slipped at times, but we got up and started running again. Thanks to your words of support, we never gave up.

Of course no project can be complete without the help of partners. So a big Thank You to Encompass team (led by Zarav@Mumbai) for helping run the on-ground events; Thank you Contract Team (led by Srreram@Chennai) for all your help on creatives, e-mailers et. al., Thank you ‘God’ for giving Team EC a complete free hand to run this property till date. Without all your help this would not have been possible.

Signing off with one of my favorites from The Beatles..

You say yes, I say no.
You say stop and I say go go go, oh no.
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello

Yours truly,

Sandip.

Hi Sandip and team,

Thanks a lot for all the hard work you guys did for creating and running TGDC wonderfully. It was a great journey and I am glad I followed it from beginning to end.

From the time this contest started, it had kept me hooked. I am going to miss this entire buzz from tomorrow. I guess I need to find something else now to keep me hooked.

Looking forward to the winner announcements!!

Cheers and thanks again,
Neelesh

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/17 at 11:41 AM

Sharing a few lines written and posted on a blog entry by Namrata:

You’ve experienced miles
piling up in thousands
and we’ve experienced smiles
through your blog files
and these moments
will live for a long time
in the poetry of your shots
and the words in your rhymes!

Lets hope we meet again
in season two, where
you will read and smile
on the miles that I will share!!

Arvind Passey

Posted by Arvind Passey on 08/17 at 11:42 AM

Congratulations for this great achievement to all the Team members of TDGC. I know when this was started many sceptics were around saying this wouldn’t even pull through till end. But, the way the entire GDC snowballed into the forefront, would not have been possible without incredible amount of efforts put in by this team.
The most creative site, to the smallest detail, with the entire theme of Passion for Driving in mind, the site has set excellent standards to be emulated by any one who dares.

Well Done Team-DGC….
Love you all and Love Cedia…

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/17 at 11:45 AM

A Big thanks! for this opportunity to meet new people, make new friends, learn something about blogging ! You pulled few FROGS out of the well ! ..you kept us hooked to the screen with immense patience! ....never ever got irritated, your replies were the accurate example of -power to pitch! ....You kept us amused while you were sleeping and kept us occupied even when you were away ......This blogger had the symptoms of Swine Flu but you never accepted the Mask i sent you ! I thank you again for the “Tribute” you posted for me in TGDC Blog ! ....and then you kept the “Doc up” ! with your next post ...when i was thinking of leaving quietly !! ....thanks for the learning experience !! ....I am smiling now ! knowing that -each smile i throw towards TGDC, it will boomerang back on me only !!!..
Thanks to all in TGDC Team !
Hoping to witness a wonderful wild evening !!
Regards
ks

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/17 at 12:04 PM

hello team EC,
very good job done
my good wishies

tapender kapur

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/17 at 12:07 PM

hEY fRIENDS !!!!
lODS OF LOVE to all of you !!!
You guys r the real heroes !!!
It wasn’t an easy task at all… but u guys made it smoothest possible!!!!
3 cheers for you !!! Hip hip hurrray !!!
And when in Chandigarh ...you know where to stop by !!!
im just a mail away !!:)
peace n joy
dr gaurav
chandigarh

Posted by DR GAurav Chhabra on 08/17 at 12:11 PM

Seems like a chapter of my life is going to end in a few hours.

Posted by Amit Sharma on 08/17 at 12:23 PM

You guys have done a fantastic job. Congratulations to every member of Team EC.

Posted by Thomas & Shilpy on 08/17 at 12:25 PM

It’s sad that TGDC is coming to an end today. My heart refuses to say good bye. My browser refuses to stay away from TGDC’s url. My mind every now and then wants to hit TGDC.

Participating in TGDC has not only helped us make good friends, but has re-kindled that lost spirit of travel and adventure.

From all the lovely participating couples to the top 100 applicants to the impressive top 12 ones to the lucky top 3, TGDC has inspired, ignited and delighted us all.

There is a quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose. Under the charismatic leadership of Sandip, Team GDC has has done a brilliant job.

Lets stand up for the champions. Lets salute Experience Commerce. Sandip, you’re da man!

Posted by Aadil Bandukwala on 08/17 at 12:36 PM

I am here again with a suggestion.
Please, please, do not close this website. please convert it into a Blogging and Networking website for Cedia owners and Cedia Lovers… To share all that they want to about DRIVING here…
Hope it would be possible..

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/17 at 12:52 PM

Thanks team EC and team TGDC for bringing out such good contest.

Also keeping the activities interesting so that we kept glued to the blog and contestants updates throughout 10 days.

I also learned a lot from interacting with others via excvhanges through blog and facebook.

thanks again.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/17 at 01:14 PM

The blogging aspect of this challenge was one of the main reasons we decided to participate and we were fortunate enough to meet Sandip, Rajeev, Rajesh, Jayshree and many more of the team in person in Mumbai earlier this month.
You are winners everyone of you, thank you for making the interaction on the net via blogging, facebook, twitter etc such an enriching experience.
I think Shanmuganathan’s idea of keeping this blog going beyond today is a wonderful idea. It would be a great platform to share everyone’s personal driving experiences.
Cheers! and we hope the entire team will now get some well deserved time off to catch up on some R&R.

Posted by Maya & Ramesh on 08/17 at 01:19 PM

Thank you so much all of you for this amazing effort!! you were absolutely great!!
There were brickbats from our side also but hope you understood the reasons and above all, you guys came back and cleared it all.
You should do something else in this line to keep us all going…..we’ve all formed a wonderful community here, on facebook and orkut and it would be really sad to see that fade away…...
i sincerely hope it doesnt.
And yes, if you are passing by Bangalore sometime, do let us know…..would love to meet you
Leena

Posted by Leena on 08/17 at 01:35 PM

Kudos to the entire team for giving us one of the most innovative and well managed contests in our times!

Here’s to the future and more things to come from this team…...Cheers!

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/17 at 01:39 PM

TGDC, definitely was a great platform for travel-freaks, photographers and people living life!

TGDC was one platform that got me around 100 new friends that are like minded. My humble thanks for everyone for being part of my life’s journey. Hope to see you guys in person as time allows.

TGDC was a platform of emotions. Happiness, anger, sadness, cheer, pain, relief, and several more.

TGDC was one damn good marketing campaign.

TGDC was one team work that proved “unity” among everyone to keep it going. Technical teams doing their best to get over the hurdles while every one else in the team (read contestants, followers, fans) holding their faith and eagerly waiting for the next surprize.

TGDC was one awesome jury. So experienced in their skills that it was an honor for me to be just part of the the entire event.

TGDC was one million blast that rules the heart and minds of several Indians.

TGDC was the one who united us one and made us one proud dot in the big picture.

TGDC inspired several to pick up their cameras again, puff the dust off their bikes and cars, go for the road again, explore more and share with others.

TGDC made everyone gain, this way or that.

TGDC will be in our hearts to remember as everyone moves on in their lives with more enthusiasm than ever.

TGDC made me tolerate “hai alla, jab dekho TGDC. Iske baad tumhara kya hoga?”

Thanks TGDC, Jury, Mitsubishi and awesome Sandip and team.
Regards, Ram

Posted by Ram on 08/17 at 02:25 PM

My hats off to team TGDC for pulling off this great challenge. I guess they were then one facing the C in TGDC. All the best to you all…

I second the suggestion by Mr Shanmuga that we should try and keep this site alive and convert into a Cedia fan / travel freak blogging site.

May be this itself can become a basis for TGDC-2. Let people keep blogging onto their application pages and make the quality of blogs a criteria for next years wild card entries. This may give all us Cedia fans some reason to keep coming back to this site and keep contributing.

Hope this saga continues…

Rajat

Posted by Rajat on 08/17 at 05:23 PM

Hi Sandip and team,

Great Show!!

You guys rock!!!

I was away due to some personal exigency and logged just in time today. Thanks for giving an oppurtunity to know so many like minded couples who share passion for driving.

I would connect back with lots of travelogues from my Rally, till then all the best! and keep in touch.

Thanks and warm regards,
-Rishi

Posted by Rishi & Poonam Kapoor on 08/17 at 05:40 PM

Thank You - Thank you all. Your recognition means a lot more to us than anything else. ‘You’ are our raison d’etre.

Posted by Sandip on 08/17 at 05:52 PM

hey blogger

woh kahate hai na

KABHI ALVIDA NA KAHENA

great job:-)) hats off to u guys

u gave us a chance 2 b with u thru the journey ............

virrtual journey but it was a mind blowing

i was never hooked 2 net 4 so long ang constant

well congrates to the winners

LUV U HAMESHA

WISH 2 C U IN SEASON -2

DEEPAK AND PRITI

Posted by deepak on 08/18 at 02:20 AM

A little late… But just want to say Thank You… And Congrats on the superb show put up…..

It was a tough job well done :D Kudos team….

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/18 at 04:45 AM

Hey TGDC Team,

Job well done.
As some one rightly said from where will we get our daily dose…..

Hats off to you guys…..

I know how tough it is to be on toes for more than almost two months….

Yesterday we were there at ‘Blue Frog’ for the finale…....I made it sure that I finish everything and enjoy the evening but as always happenes I had to rush to my office to meet the deadline and was there till the wee hours…..

Anyways, Hope to see some more events like this….

Thank you all…...Mitsubishi…...HM motors…..associate partners and every member of the event who made this possible…....and gave us the opportunitiy and excitement in the routine life…..

Thanks once again….

Rahul Manjiri

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/18 at 05:34 AM

Dear Sandeep & team,
Great job done…hold some more contests like this and congratulations to the winners…Radhika and Bharat

cheers

Posted by chandrani chaudhuri on 08/18 at 06:57 AM

Hi Sandeep and team EC,

We are sure that it would have been atleast 2 months of sleepless nights for all of you.

Hats off to you guys for the fantastic work done.

Cheers

Posted by Unny & Bindhu on 08/18 at 04:24 PM

Hi,

Congrats to the winners One Foot Wild

Congrats and Thanks to TGDC team for having such a contest and hope to see some more interesting contests in the future, had a great time following it, very glad the team I was following won aswell.. great competition for the fans also..
next time i hope to participate in one of ur contests..

PS: thanks for the Nike Gloves..

Cheers Guys..

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/18 at 07:15 PM

Dear Sandip & Co.

Great show guys!

I missed the last few days of the action as I was traveling and had no internet connectivity but I made sure that Pawan provided me my daily dose of TGDC updates. This was the kind of heady mix u folks have brewed and I must say u did a commendable job!!

Thanks to all of u for giving us this platform for bringing out the creative best in all of us. The bonhomie we shared over the last two months will last for a long , long time and so will the memories..

Anamika & Pawan

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/19 at 05:18 AM

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