NORCAL: 2nd Official Meet/Drive/BBQ Pics and Videos - November 10, 2012
 

Post pictures and videos here!

First i would like to thank everyone who came today! it was a good one!

Although some people got lost after stinson beach stop over. there was a left turn to go to the panoramic hway but i guess some went straight to hway1

Special Mention to @Mengsta, Tony and the rest of Meng Motorsports for doing the judging

Congratulations to the winners of the prizes and awards!

also to @frsguy707 's father in law for preparing and cooking the food. brisket was delicious

I would like to thank our sponsors who gave away parts/prizes for the raffle

@Mengsta @FA20Club.com @Ray@Carsmo @WheelDude.com @Beat-Sonic
ZetaProducts
Works
Visual Garage
Cusco (merchandise didn't come on time unfortunately)

I will mail people cusco lanyards and shirts when they arrive I have 8 Available to distribute

First 8 people to post pictures of the event gets them :)


Next event should be sometime in spring. thinking of doing Mines Road for the next drive

i was very busy and i didn't even get the chance to take one picture. lol!


Again post Photos, Videos or link to external albums here


these are photos from Ed @sid67jp (he cannot post pictures yet since he's account is still new)

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Thanks for setting everything up.. and having awesome amounts of food and prizes. So exhausted just participating in that for the day.

This.. has to make front page.. right? Haha


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And + 3 more BRZ/FRS's and a WRX were behind me.

Heh, really fun guys. I was following someone who got lost and I ended up going home after the stenson beach drive. Nice seeing all of you and I hope to see you guys at the next meet. Too bad I didn't get to say goodbye. I'll update this post with pictures after work.

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This event was tons of fun! Great food, great cars, great people, great driving!

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Thanks again for organizing. Was awesome. Also thanks again to the chefs... wish there was leftover brisket to bring home... hah

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Romie and JR, thank you guys very much for organizing this event. It was very fun and I'm sure everyone had a great time. Aside from the little mishap with some members going the wrong direction (incl. me), things went very well. I am definitely looking for the next one!

Thank you far taking some good pics..:thumbsup:

I had a blast today guys! It was worth not sleeping after doing graveyard shift and the drive.:D

that awkward moment when you're driving home from a car meet and your friend rear-ends you on the golden gate bridge

Dude, is your car cursed??

(I'm the guy you found on 101 on the way up.)

lol yeah it just might
were you using the Subaru GPS that was kool that I found you while driving up

Good thing it was nothing major.

yeah that was crazy. today was fun though even if a lot of people were lost at times and we made an epic u-turn

cant wait for bryan to upload that biiiiggggggg u-turn!! he got that all on video

hahahahaha! that u-turn was the highlight of the meet.:D

Great fun today, thank you to those who put this together.

I'd like to thank the judges and the pipz for the award. I forgot who won the people's choice award. I wanted to ask him about thos headlight swap. Pretty sweet.:D it sucks the only pic that i have is of me holding the plaque and smiling like a retard...

:thanks: Thanks to everyone who put this event together. It was great seeing everyone!:party0038:

Great pictures!

Did a bit of noob photoshop work to make this wallpaperable:

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JR & Romie . . . you guys are da bomb!! Thanks for starting, organizing & leading this meet. I was unable to attend the first Bay Area meet, but glad I made this one. Also a big thanks to the folks that bbq'ed & served up a mountain of delicious eats. Someone said it was Romies parents, but I wasn't sure. Regardless . . . big shout out to them. Thanks to the guys from Meng Motorsports and the other sponsors. I look forward to the next meet, greet & drive. It was great meeting all the folks from so many places in the bay area & beyond. Can't say enough good things about today.
Well done!!

Haha one if the best pics man. I'm glad you could make it out and congrats on the award
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This meet is "The Bomb"! Glad I made it through this meet! Thank you 86_ZN6 & frsguy707 for the setup and making it possible! Also the awesome chefs! Sponsors mostly Mengmotorsports for being there! Choice of the location (but what's up with the bugs and flies loving the whiteouts in there?!), the drive and stops were awesome! Crazy panoramic highway! My brother was like "slow down bruh!" lol! Fun guys and nice cars! Droooling all over. Haa! Pictures from camera soon be up! Until the next meet!

Just hit me up 86_ZN6 & frsguy707 of any news!

i uploaded same good pics from Ed @sid67jp

see first post!

anyone know how to upload high res photos? photobucket seems to downsize them all

Thanks guys... thanks... i have a feeling i won't hear the last of this, lol ;)

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Hmmn think this is a new thing on Photobucket that is shrinking the image, I am not liking it. I will look for a way to share the full size of this... somehow.

Attempt #1: Can someone try clicking on this link to Google+, and then see if by clicking on the panoramic pic you can view it full screen?
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Attempt #2: Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ip54ob9smc...ive%20Pano.jpg

To echo what others have said, a big BIG THANK YOU to J.R. and Romie for organizing this event. Great turnout, great cars, great scenery, all around a good time. And thanks to Romie for hooking me up with the painted tails and installing them to boot!

BTW I was part of the group that got lost, drove out to Muir Woods, turned back, and then drove Hwy 1 all the way back to 101. When I realized most of the group was just headed into SF via the GG Bridge, I turned back and went up to Sears Point to visit WORKS. Guess no one else made it up there after the drive (though I did see another 86 leaving the track, must have been at the NASA event today since it had racing numbers on it) but I spent a good amount of time chatting with Peter who even though they had "closed" and had some real racing R&D work to turn to, took the time to chat with me about all kinds of things, from the exhaust design on the FR-S/BRZ to Dyno/ECU tunes, to Audi TT-RS's ... he is very excited about our cars and has plans to roll out some new products very soon. He was very cool and I look forward to seeing what they put out. By the time I left there it was pitch black outside...

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It was a great meet.. thanks JR and Romie.. BTW Romie, where did you get your tails painted? oh and thanks for the number...lol

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Link to story album: http://s78.beta.photobucket.com/user...mr2/story/2445



I also managed to shoot some video during our drive, will try to get that uploaded asap.

-p.

The look on your face was classic! Can't wait to see the video of the infamous U-TUUUURN.

Did you make it in time to the hospital?

Btw, huge props to 86_ZN6 and Frsguy707 for organizing the event! Thank you Iron Chef for the awesome food and his lovely assistant. Can't wait for the next meet.

Bad news everyone! I think I pushed my car too hard. I just got the CEL :cry:

Edit: We should probably tag a mod if we want this to make it to the front page. @WingsofWar

Hey no problem I'm glad you made it out and in regards to the taiIs i do them myself if your interested just let me know.

Hey no problem I'm glad you like them. They look great on the brz especially with the wrb color.

Props to JR and Romie. You guys did great. By far the best meet i've attended. I was wishing it would rain a bit that day, my tires grip too much.

Hi Jacksmiley,

I got the headlights from specialized performance in Florida. Adrey will be happy to help you get any parts your need from Japan.

Here's my Hwy1 cruising video....
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWI0CDvX_Vk&hd=1"]Hwy 1 drive - FT86Club NorCal 86/BRZ owners club - YouTube[/ame]

sorry for the weird format, it's the way my cellphone holder mounts the phone. And due to the traffic on Hwy1 there's no dramatic chases, no awesome drift angles, etc. Just some solid scenery and chilled cruising mode. :happy0180:

welcome to the CEL club we have lemons
make sure you re-stock any engine parts you installed if any and add your car to the list of CELs. it's not that you pushed your car too much it's just the ECU not doing it's job properly they will likely replace it

Oh! Those are JDM's, not the euro specs? I heard the JDM headlights have a different angle of projection coz its RHD in Japan and they tend to blind incoming traffic.

btw I kept looking at this shot, and thinking wtf is that one blue BRZ so lifted??? Then I realized it was the Impreza. :bonk:

If the road wasnt too narrow, im pretty sure a couple of us would've done a 180.

Yes the JDM specs..they are angled to the right but not that much..the car is so low that it is not really an issue.