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Hello people. The Trip was AWESOME, and so here are some pics, everyone I met was great, a lot of cool, car loving people.
Here is the schedule. Thursday, April 5, 2012 6pm - 10pm: Scion Welcome Reception (Located Poolside, Hyatt Long Beach) (Free alcohol, time to meet all the other 86ers! around 60 came) Friday, April 6, 2012 9am - 3pm: Scion HQ Activities, please meet in lobby promptly at 9am. (Met Jack, tour Scion and Toyota HQ, then headed over to Museum to drive FR-S) 3pm - 6pm: Free time 6pm - 7pm: Scion ****tail Hour (Beacon Rotunda, Hyatt Long Beach) 7pm - 10pm: Scion FR-S First 86 Dinner with Special Guests (Beacon Ballroom, Hyatt Long Beach) Saturday, April 7, 2012 11am - 5pm: Formula Drift VIP Event, please meet in lobby promptly at 11am. ![]() The Hyatt, nice hotel. ![]() Welcome reception, they had cool light projectors ![]() our wristbands and VIP lounge pass for Formula Drift ![]() ![]() ![]() Friday morning, getting on the buses ![]() Arrival at Scion HQ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They pulled a LFA around quick and revved it. awesome. ![]() Me and Jack! ![]() ![]() At the museum, 4 FR-S's to drive, two autos and two manuals, everyone got to drive. A short course around the block, we had some fun, also there were some iQ's we drove, some iQ drag racing ensued ![]() from what i saw, everyone had smiles on their faces after driving the FR-S. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() inside the museum ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Headed over to the FormulaD qualifiers at about 4 pm ![]() Maclaren just hanging out ![]() ![]() ![]() Martin with the ladies ![]() ![]() Scion FR-S booth ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I found a lady too :happy0180: ![]() Fredric Aasbos tC ![]() ![]() Scion FR-S Roadster. Looks like Speed Racer, we liked the black Scion badges ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Russ found some ladies :respect: ![]() Gran Turismo 5, contest to see who could get best lap time, top 3 times got free copy of the game. Steering was super difficult ![]() Friday night dinner with Jack and various important people ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Me with Scion drivers Ken Gushi, Fredric Aasbo, and Tony Angelo, some cool dudes. ![]() LOTS of SWAG. ![]() Scion VIP lounge at FormulaD ![]() ![]() Roadster lined up with other Scions ![]() The Gush! ![]() ![]() ![]() Working on the car during the break. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() double calipers on the rear rotors ![]() Me and Gushi ![]() ![]() ![]() Fredrick Aasbo ![]() 86ers swapping pics/videos Saturday night ![]() AWESOME event, Scion was great, and talking with Jack Hollis and the other 86ers was fantastic. Everyone loved driving the FR-S, everyone who drove it was impressed with the smooth automatic, the interior is nice, steering wheel is comfortable, quick acceleration, had a few people try drifts, but they forgot to turn of traction control :broken heart: i have yet to talk to someone who didn't love driving the car, we all want to drive it more. thats what the FR-S does..leaves you wanting more. Last edited by titusdrake; 04-09-2012 at 02:51 AM. |
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damn, nice
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thanks for the great pics. Looking forward to driving impressions.
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thanks for the pics man!!! can't wait to see what else the weekend holds for yah!!! i'll be down there tomorrow....can't wait!!!:happy0180:
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Great pics!!!! looks like a lot fun!! i'll be at the event tomorrow too
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look out for a tall dude w/ his drift japan tee shirt on.:happy0180:
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Judging from that crowd, the average age of the FR-S buyer will be way north of 25, should be good for insurance rates!
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Thanks for the pics! I was hoping somebody would do this for us. I've actually been to the Long Beach Grand Prix before. It was awesome.
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Looks like you guys are having a blast!
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Thanks OP for the pics. Seems like you guys are having a time of your life. Enjoy.
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The event looks like a blast. Thanks for the update! One question: which one of you knocked over the cone? Lol.
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Looks like fun Titus, thanks for the pics
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Great post. In my opinion the open top FR-86 looks amazing!!! Has some really classy lines. Its going my personal ''cool cars folder''
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Damn the FR-S roadster was crazy looking! Good pics. We saw stuff we never seen before!
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