Orange County (LA welcomed too) Night Meet 6:30pm,Cruise,Dinner

[PiNoYBaLLeR]

alright guys heres the deal....this was mainly planned out by TimeFor

we dont know the location yet but we promise to post one up before saturday.
we are going to meet up somewhere at 6:30pm and talk,do photography and all that. Then whenever we are all ready we will
cruise on the PCH. After the cruise we will grab some dinner that
would be around 8-8:30pm and then thats the meet.


Date: August 23 (saturday)

This will be a very big european car meet...

I'll be posting it on socaleuro,bimmerforums,dtmpower,and mbworld

[chrz330i]

I am most likely down. Post up details when you can :thumbup:

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

im in. anyone from SD wanna do a caravan? we can meet in carlsbad. :thumbup:

[infamouz_ice]

im down ill try and bring some other e46's

[rockshox]

Hey dude....what part of PCH?

[TimeFor]

I am going to go tomorrow and plan a route. I'll have details up as soon as I can. PCH is a plan but we are thinking more of a Tour of OC. So we are going to be going all over. And I am going to try and fit a Cannon in somewhere. So I'll keep you posted.

[rockshox]

Have you thought about Ortega Hwy. as one of the routes?

[fob1530]

where you guys going to stop at pch. im in!

[PiNoYBaLLeR]

hey timefor.......can you register at the other forums i posted this on so they can know whats up

mbworld
dtmpower
socaleuro
bnzsport
bimmerforums

and if im missing one i'll edit this post...thanks alot

[TimeFor]

Ok, I drive the route we will most likely take tonight. I had planed to take the 133 but I just found out its a toll road. :( But there is a way around that is much funnier. We are going to be around Ortega Hwy but not on it. I was told there are too many cops and well, just not worth it.

We are going to start in Tustin Market Place. The Ikea went out of business so security and parking won't be a problem. There is however one problem. No lights. But it won't effect us because we should roll before it gets dark. Around 7:30-8pm. The trip takes us down to PCH, Then Laguna Canyon witch from there we make our way to the back side of Santiago Canyon witch leads just right back to Tustin Market place. I wasn't able to get a good time estimate because there was some film/ actor thing tonight down off PCH and traffic was a mess. Looks like some light traffic down PCH but generally a pretty good ride. And Santiago Canyon was totally empty. So I just hope it stays that way. :)

When we get back to Tustin we will park in a lot with lights. By that time most stores will be closed and we should have any problems.

[TimeFor]

Ok. well here is the best image I could find. It's not 100% of it but it works. Only thing not listed is you take the 405N to Beach Bl, Drive down Beach to PCH. Turn left on to PCH and fallow the map.

[str8spd2001]

wow sounds like a fun trip...abut what time will u be leavng the paking lot ....... if its around 8:00 i can make it but anything sooner than that probably won't be able to due to work. keep me posted and also we should post this up in m3forum.com also.

[TimeFor]

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Old Ikea Parking Lot in Tustin Market Place

Dinner: 6:30pm - There are various restaurants around Tustin Market place, I'll take a poll to find out where the majority wants to eat. If your not looking for a sit down place there is a Taco Bell and In & Out next to the old IKEA building.

Cruise: Rolling out at 8:00pm Sharp, Make sure to get gas and be back by then. I moved the cruise to after dinner so there will be less traffic. The Route is about 1 Hour and 10 Mins of Driving and we will have 3 Stops along the way to let people catch up. I don't have those address let so I will post them as soon as I get it.
We are planning on doing a small photo shoot for anyone who wants High Quality Pictures of there cars. This will take place right at 6:00pm for best light.

Since there are no lights in the Tustin Parking lot we will not be coming back there. Instead we will end our cruise about 2 miles away at the Chevron Station off Jamboree Rd.

And that's about it. This Meet will be huge, Last meet of the summer so lets make it count.

-TimeFor

[FrankW]

might go...might not

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

any SD people interested in going?

[94is]

I may be interested. We should set up a Caravan. Carlsbad Company Stores is where we always leave from.

[infamouz_ice]

sweet thats close by to my house...

[Dan951Man]

I'm there...Timefor...I sent an email about a suggestion for the canyon route...if ya need to talk...email me

[chrz330i]

if i still have my license at the time i'll be there :sad:

[PfCxM3]

Originally posted by chrz330i
if i still have my license at the time i'll be there :sad:

im in if i dont go to LV.
what??? i thought u just got ur license back like a month ago....wow that really sucks!

[Pkorkis]

Originally posted by TimeFor
Ok. well here is the best image I could find. It's not 100% of it but it works. Only thing not listed is you take the 405N to Beach Bl, Drive down Beach to PCH. Turn left on to PCH and fallow the map.
hehe, the Mobil off of the Beach Blvd. exit is owned by my dad. Haha, sweet place for me to get some free gas. BTW, MOST LIKELY I'm IN!!! That's a week before I start school, so its perfect. And yeah, stay AWAY from the Ortega HWY, its nothing but trouble (cops cops cops). And we have to be careful in Irvine, cops are car molesters there, they'll ticket you for anything. But yeah, I can't wait to get some quality pics of my car...see ya guys there!

BTW...make sure to post an update a week or two before...

[infamouz_ice]

phil im going to your dads place i better get some free gas damn it!

[chrz330i]

im in if i dont go to LV.
what??? i thought u just got ur license back like a month ago....wow that really sucks!

i know :sad: :banghead: :cry:

[Pkorkis]

Originally posted by infamouz_ice
phil im going to your dads place i better get some free gas damn it!
Haha, sorry man, I'd love to, if it were my choice, I'd let everyone in the meet get free gas, but its just not possible. I don't think it would go over too well with my dad...sorry man...
BTW, where in SoCal are you from? And what h.s. did you grad. from/go to?

[infamouz_ice]

dude its amir.. you better hook me up..im not everyone else

[Pkorkis]

Originally posted by infamouz_ice
dude its amir.. you better hook me up..im not everyone else
Haha, what's up. What happened to your integra?

[jtecnik]

im down

[mr_ziggy711]

hmmmm, my brand new M3(cic) will arrive, my wife drive the 300ci and I drive the M3. Sounds perfect. I'll make it for sure.

[PiNoYBaLLeR]

im not gonna go LOL

[TimeFor]

Thats cool, I am going for sure. I was going to write a list of who is going soon. I'll have it up in a few days.

[Beowoulf]

I'm also in S.D. and the Carlsbad company stores location is perfect. How about meeting at 5 P.M. by the starbuck?

[dallasbboy]

Originally posted by Beowoulf
I'm also in S.D. and the Carlsbad company stores location is perfect. How about meeting at 5 P.M. by the starbuck?

Hey sounds good pm me so we can iron out more details for a San Diego caravan.

Brian

[nismo skyline]

Originally posted by PiNoYBaLLeR
im not gonna go LOL


y not?

[Monopolist]

I'm coming.

[Pkorkis]

Originally posted by nismo skyline



y not?
I don't think he can drive...I think he's still not 16

[nismo skyline]

Originally posted by Pkorkis

I don't think he can drive...I think he's still not 16

hes 13, but hes bro has a M3 and he should come with him too

[M3PinoyDriver]

Originally posted by Pkorkis

I don't think he can drive...I think he's still not 16
this is PiNoYBaLLeR under my bros name...

thanks for answering for me :tongue:
we are having a party at our house thats why i cant go....
why dont we have the meet here? jk

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

Originally posted by Beowoulf
I'm also in S.D. and the Carlsbad company stores location is perfect. How about meeting at 5 P.M. by the starbuck?

thats where we meet for BimmerFest. good spot to meet up. :thumbup: cya there.

[Pkorkis]

Originally posted by M3PinoyDriver

this is PiNoYBaLLeR under my bros name...

thanks for answering for me :tongue:
we are having a party at our house thats why i cant go....
why dont we have the meet here? jk
Haha, I'm down to meet at your house! Hey, Pinoy's...you guys live in OC right? You guys know Bruce Chui and Weber Chuang? And where in OC do you live?

[TimeFor]

:) I registered my classes at Fullerton today and when I was done I thought of something.

"ooo ****, I hope that my golf class isn't on the day of the meet"
Lucky for me it doesn't start until 2 weeks after all my other classes start.

[ConMoto Style]

i can probably go. but i'm definitely interested! get more peeple to go!

[M3PinoyDriver]

Originally posted by Pkorkis

Haha, I'm down to meet at your house! Hey, Pinoy's...you guys live in OC right? You guys know Bruce Chui and Weber Chuang? And where in OC do you live?
yup this is pinoyballer....we know them,my brother and sister made a car video with them,i dont know if you ever heard of it but its called "OC Autobahn" and they also made an "OC Autobahn 2." we are hoping to make 3 this summer :D

[Pkorkis]

Originally posted by M3PinoyDriver

yup this is pinoyballer....we know them,my brother and sister made a car video with them,i dont know if you ever heard of it but its called "OC Autobahn" and they also made an "OC Autobahn 2." we are hoping to make 3 this summer :D
Yeah, I've seen both of the OC Autobahn's...did your brother or sister goto Laguna Hills H.S.?

[M3PinoyDriver]

Originally posted by Pkorkis

Yeah, I've seen both of the OC Autobahn's...did your brother or sister goto Laguna Hills H.S.?
nah

[Bimmerman330]

i can probably go.

[TimeFor]

Here is the List so far. If I excluded anyone please PM or email me. I will take a dinner poll for the in a few days time.

It looks like we have quite a few people coming. My DTM power account is all messed up. So if someone wouldn't mind posting this info over there that would help.

Thanks,

3THREE7 - socaleuro.com
94is - dtmpower.net
94is/250SE - bnzsport.com
AMGDood - bnzsport.com
beowoulf - bimmerforums.com
Beowoulf - e46fanatics.com
Bimmerman330 - e46fanatics.com
Bobdole - bnzsport.com
chrz330i - e46fanatics.com
ConMoto Style - e46fanatics.com
dallasbboy - e46fanatics.com
Dan951Man - dtmpower.net
Dr. ///AMG - bnzsport.com
E36M3 - bimmerforums.com
Echo - dtmpower.net
fob1530 - e46fanatics.com
FrankW - e46fanatics.com
g2pinoy - bimmerforums.com
infamouz_ice - e46fanatics.com
jettpack - dtmpower.net
jimmydagreek - bnzsport.com
jtecnik - e46fanatics.com
kartman - bimmerforums.com
krk230 - bnzsport.com
Luwin1026 - bnzsport.com
M3boarder - bimmerforums.com
MAD328 - dtmpower.net
MB300E87 - bnzsport.com
Monopolist - e46fanatics.com
mr_ziggy711 - e46fanatics.com
PfCxM3 - e46fanatics.com
Pkorkis - e46fanatics.com
PourkyM3 - bimmerforums.com
rockshox - e46fanatics.com
sacred_318ti - bimmerforums.com
str8spd2001 - e46fanatics.com
TimeFor - e46fanatics.com
Turbo][ - bnzsport.com
vader13 - bnzsport.com

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

hey im an e46fanatic!! lol np. cya guys at the meet.

SD peepz: still meeting in carlsbad right?

[FrankW]

haha...I see myself under e46fanatics.com...jason, better make mine e46fanatics.com/mbworld.org...:D

don't even know if i'm going for sure:eeps:

[str8spd2001]

awww......:sad: pictures only at 6:00pm.....so that mean i won't have any "professional"shot of my car.....guess i'll have to do with my cheap camera as usual.....:confused:

[TimeFor]

guys, I just put the fourm down that I saw your post at.

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

Originally posted by TimeFor
guys, I just put the fourm down that I saw your post at.

:thumbup:

[FRANCO]

hey, count me in....iono if imma take the ZHP cause there's already 4000 miles on it, but i'm definately in no matter what....good way to end the summer (school starts 25th)

[M3PinoyDriver]

dude u dumbass thats when my bday party is....we gotta change the date

[TimeFor]

Originally posted by M3PinoyDriver
dude u dumbass thats when my bday party is....we gotta change the date

Can't change the date, everyone is already in. :tongue:
You change your date. Have your party the day after. or in the afternoon, then come to the meet at night. :thumbup:

*also, I should have my phone my the day of the meet, What size MMC card do you have? I bought a 128MB.

[p0tpie]

ill probably ahve my car then. so yea

[David328Ci]

Potty is gonna grace us with his presence!

[TimeFor]

Originally posted by p0tpie
ill probably ahve my car then. so yea


????????? New car? What happened to the 330ci?

[str8spd2001]

U guys really rolling out at 8:00 sharp....it would greatly be appreciated if u held off for about 15 min or so ...........:D

[TimeFor]

Originally posted by str8spd2001
U guys really rolling out at 8:00 sharp....it would greatly be appreciated if u held off for about 15 min or so ...........:D

we'll see what we can do. :thumbup:

[TimeFor]

Ok guys, down to almost 1 week. I'll try to get this event posted as a sticky topic. We are look at already around 45-50 cars so we should be pretty good.

[LaosboyE46]

Hey you can count me in, Its sounds like fun.

[DJSQIIGLES]

Oh man I haven't tagged along on a meet since J&J, COUNT ME IN!:D

[chrz330i]

good news.. im not getting my license suspended [again] so i'll be there for sure :thumbup:

[TimeFor]

Originally posted by chrz330i
good news.. im not getting my license suspended [again] so i'll be there for sure :thumbup:

lol, thats nice to know. :thumbup: What did you do you almost get it suspended, again?

[PiNoYBaLLeR]

omfg the meet i planned and where theres gonna be a crap load of cars i cant go,gosh im so pissed

[chrz330i]

lol, thats nice to know. What did you do you almost get it suspended, again?

got a speeding ticket :banghead:

[W420]

New member here.

I think I can make it.

[TimeFor]

Tustin Market Place
2982 El Camino Real
Tustin, CA 92782

The old Ikea Building is now Yellow and Brown, there are quite a few places to eat there;


Black Angus
Carl's Jr
El Pollo Loco
IN-N-OUT
Macaroni Grill
Taco Bell


Click Here for Map Quest Directions (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?addtohistory=&country=US&address=2982+el+camino+real&city=Tustin&state=CA&zipcode=&historyid=&submit.x=22&submit.y=9)

[BrabusC]

new on the Board but i have been a long time reader :) i see that none of the mbworld.org names are posted on whos going... so i decided to post here saying ill be joining too....

[TimeFor]

Well we are less than one week away and we have a pretty good amount of people going. Even thought there are only about 50 names listed many people have said they will be bringing others. Please fill free to post this event on other boards, everyone is welcome. We would like to try and get as many people as possible for this last big event of the summer.

01rdGOLF - socaleuro.com
3THREE7 - socaleuro.com
94is - dtmpower.net
beowoulf - bimmerforums.com
Bimmerman330 - e46fanatics.com
Bobdole - bnzsport.com
brabus c - mbworld.org
charliev68 - mbworld.org
chrz330i - e46fanatics.com
ConMoto Style - e46fanatics.com
dallasbboy - e46fanatics.com
Dan951Man - dtmpower.net
Dr. ///AMG - bnzsport.com
E36M3 - bimmerforums.com
Echo - dtmpower.net
estorilM - dtmpower.net
fob1530 - e46fanatics.com
FrankW - bnzsport.com
g2pinoy - bimmerforums.com
infamouz_ice - e46fanatics.com
jettpack - dtmpower.net
Josh K - mbworld.org
jtecnik - e46fanatics.com
kartman - bimmerforums.com
krk230 - bnzsport.com
Luwin1026 - bnzsport.com
m_specs - bimmerforums.com
M3boarder - bimmerforums.com
MAD328 - dtmpower.net
Matt Day - bnzsport.com
MB300E87 - bnzsport.com
Monopolist - e46fanatics.com
mr_ziggy711 - e46fanatics.com
PfCxM3 - e46fanatics.com
Pkorkis - e46fanatics.com
PourkyM3 - bimmerforums.com
rockshox - e46fanatics.com
RollinInGreenz - socaleuro.com
s2kpunisher - mbworld.org
sacred_318ti - bimmerforums.com
Scorp965 - dtmpower.net
sergs99m3 - bimmerforums.com
Sportline93 - 190Revolution.net
str8spd2001 - e46fanatics.com
TimeFor - e46fanatics.com
Turbo][ - bnzsport.com
vader13 - bnzsport.com

The address of the meeting spot is;
Tustin Market Place
2982 El Camino Real
Tustin, CA 92782

The old Ikea Building is now Yellow and Brown, and there are quite a few places to eat there;Black Angus, Carl's Jr, El Pollo Loco, IN-N-OUT, Macaroni Grill, Taco Bell

I checked last night at 6pm and the parking lot is totally empty. We should have no problem at all holding all these cars. The only other business that uses this parking lot is Black Angus and that is all the way on the opposite side of what we are using.

For those of you who have Radios please bring them. We will be passing out maps of our route at the meet but in case you get lost, it's a good idea to have them. I also have CB in my car, but I don't know how many of you have that. We will be rolling around 8pm. We can't wait too long because the lights in our lot will not be on. It's ok because there is plenty enough light to see and take pics all the way upto 8:45.

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If you didn't get this info before;
Time: This Saturday the 23rd at 6:00pm

Location: Old Ikea Parking Lot in Tustin Market Place

Dinner: 6:30pm - There are various restaurants around Tustin Market place, I'll take a poll to find out where the majority wants to eat. If your not looking for a sit down place there is a Taco Bell and In & Out next to the old IKEA building.

Cruise: Rolling out at 8:00pm Sharp, Make sure to get gas and be back by then. I moved the cruise to after dinner so there will be less traffic. The Route is about 1 Hour and 10 Mins of Driving and we will have 3 Stops along the way to let people catch up. I don't have those address let so I will post them as soon as I get it.
We are planning on doing a small photo shoot for anyone who wants High Quality Pictures of there cars. This will take place right at 6:00pm for best light.

Since there are no lights in the Tustin Parking lot we will not be coming back there. Instead we will end our cruise about 2 miles away at the Chevron Station off Jamboree Rd.

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As always, check this thread for the most up-to-date info;
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=99844&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

And I hope to see you all there this Saturday.
-Jayson

[TimeFor]

Originally posted by BrabusC
new on the Board but i have been a long time reader :) i see that none of the mbworld.org names are posted on whos going... so i decided to post here saying ill be joining too....

Yea, that was a mistake I made when I first posted the list. the most recent list I posted has them

[str8spd2001]

:confused: hmmm....8..ish???????? don't wanna be rolling into an empty parking lot...........

[titanium330]

count me in, this would be my first BMW meet.

Amir

[VALMONT]

I'm pretty sure i'll be there, might bring a few friends, a widebody Jetta and an S4, i haven't been to a meeting in ages because i haven't lowered my sh1t yet, too busy tooling around with hidden sh1t and the jetta.

[Dalton]

damn, this meet is gonna be HUGE, i wish i was in Cali

[charz1130]

k.. i am most likely down to go :thumbup:

[FrankW]

Originally posted by BrabusC
new on the Board but i have been a long time reader :) i see that none of the mbworld.org names are posted on whos going... so i decided to post here saying ill be joining too....

sup Jim.

bahha...I'm on all three e46fanatics, bnzsport, and mbworld. Yet I only get to list as bnzsport. lol

[titanium330]

Do I have to sign up to attend?

[BrabusC]

Originally posted by FrankW


sup Jim.

bahha...I'm on all three e46fanatics, bnzsport, and mbworld. Yet I only get to list as bnzsport. lol sup frank... now im on 2....bnzsport seems kinda dead..:eeps: and this site has all these cool faces :thumbup:

[W420]

Originally posted by BrabusC
sup frank... now im on 2....bnzsport seems kinda dead..:eeps: and this site has all these cool faces :thumbup:

BNZSport kinda dead? hehe, nah it might not have as much posts going on as the other forums but it's very active! :)

Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'll make it to this meet. :thumbup:

[M3Inline6]

Damn, looks like another cruise is in the works! Hmmm.....I'll know for sure if I can go by Friday. I'll keep ya posted!

[xxcosmicxx]

im down for sure...see you guys there :) :)

[Dan951Man]

So who is bringin the females for the pictures with our cars? lol...I hope to see all you guys there...Its gunna be sweet (anyone be intrested in running back through Santiago afterwards? I know of an awesome canyon that splits off.

[TimeFor]

you don't need to sign up to go. Everyone is welcome. It just to tell us how many we are expecting.

[BluE46]

Does someone wanna come pick me up??

I'm in LA for the week

[David328Ci]

Originally posted by BluE46
Does someone wanna come pick me up??

I'm in LA for the week

Where in LA?

[chrz330i]

Does someone wanna come pick me up??

I'm in LA for the week

you should've driven your car!! :lmao:

[FredH]

Originally posted by M3Inline6
Damn, looks like another cruise is in the works! Hmmm.....I'll know for sure if I can go by Friday. I'll keep ya posted!

wassup steve.. hahahah haven't been keeping up with e46 lately. i'll know if i cna go on friday.... this time, i think i know who will be leading the pack:eeps: :eeps: !!:lmao:

frank are you goin for sure??

hey JASON, what rims did you get for your car ? looks like the sport package rims on E39

see you all there if i go

[e46revspeed]

i'm in.

[M3Inline6]

Originally posted by FredH


wassup steve.. hahahah haven't been keeping up with e46 lately. i'll know if i cna go on friday.... this time, i think i know who will be leading the pack:eeps: :eeps: !!:lmao:

frank are you goin for sure??

hey JASON, what rims did you get for your car ? looks like the sport package rims on E39

see you all there if i go

Freddddddd what up bro? Funny thing.....I was searching my digicam the other day, and came across the pics I took of you and your girl. I was thinking, "look at Fred...pimpin the ///M3"! :lmao: In either case, how's the M running? Any new mods? How are you and the girl? I should be able to roll, gotta hit up my girl about it. You know....! :D


Frankkkkkkkk what's up? Who did your new Sig man? Good shiet! :thumbup:

My fellow E46er's ....sorry for my hiatus, but worth is plentiful, and school started, so you know.....a brotha's on a mission! How's everyone doing? Keeping the peace I hope. See ya at the meet (most likely)! ONE!

[FredH]

anyone from 909 or 626 doing a caravan?
let me know if you guys are doing a caravan

thanks

[FredH]

btw, steve, no new mods for me yet... still inte process of saving up some money hehehehe. what about you?
me and my girl is koo, hope you are the same with ur girl too. keep it real bro!

[94is]

So what's the final plan for tomorrow night? What time are you guys meeting at Carlsbad Compnay stores and what time are you going to be in Tustin? I need to know because I am planning on going to the race track tomorrow and would like to be able to make this if I can. :D

[tim j]

Originally posted by FredH
anyone from 909 or 626 doing a caravan?
let me know if you guys are doing a caravan

thanks
start the caravan fred:tongue:

[Bimmer4life2000]

Originally posted by tim j

start the caravan fred:tongue: Watch out for the curse of the "Caravan starter". If you don't know what I mean, ask Tim or Teddy...:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[ConMoto Style]

nooooooooooooo it's this sat. alrite me and Bimmerman330 will prolly just swing by, can't stay for the dinner and cruise sorry guys.

btw who's goin to LA HIN next week?

[FredH]

Originally posted by tim j

start the caravan fred:tongue:

are you going tim??

[chrz330i]

Originally posted by FredH
anyone from 909 or 626 doing a caravan?
let me know if you guys are doing a caravan

thanks
i'm down for a caravan... somebody set this up!!

[Ci FLY]

lets get some of the crew people to show up. EP, TW, where are you guys?!

im down to show up with a few cars. i just made a few phone calls, and we all seem down. i just want all those nice crew cars to be there too!!

[FrankW]

wassup Steve, didn't check back for a while, my network's been down. some virus attacked the network provider Adelphia. I don't know if i'm going or not. If Tim and Fred are going then I'll probably go.

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

im not sure if i can make this anymore. my dog is sick. ill go if he feels better, if not then maybe next time.

[Ole1.6]

...look for you on Beach Blvd. @ about 8:20

[fob1530]

so whats gonna go down.who?what?when?where?

[Black Majik]

i'll stop by for a lil' bit.

[TimeFor]

I'll have print out of this for anyone who needs it at the meet.


PART 1 – OC Freeways

1. Turn Right on to Jamboree RD and stay in the Right Lane, This will merge on to the 5 North.
2. Again, Stay in the Right Lanes and you will merge into the 55 South in about 2 Miles.
3. Take the 55 South to the 405 North

Because of traffic we will not be exiting on Beach Bl. Instead, Exit Warner Ave, Exit toward Magnolia S. There are 2 exits here on the same off ramp so make sure you exit the right one.

4. Merge onto Warner Ave and continue down for 1 ½ miles. As soon as you pass Beach Bl you will see the Large State Farm Building. We are parking near the top of the parking structure behind the building to wait for people. We won’t be here long and there isn’t another stop for quite a long time so please try to keep up with us on the first part.


PART 2 - PCH

1. Fallow us out of the Parking structure and we will end up on Beach Bl. Continue down Beach until you reach PCH. And turn left.
2. We will be traveling down PCH for a whale. Note, there will be slight amount of traffic at first but it should clear up ones we get down past Fashion Island. Also, be aware, every time I have driven down past this point I have seen cops. So keep the speed down.
3. We will be making a Left on Broadway St. Again, this is a very busy area so traffic may be a problem.
4. Keep going up Broadway until you reach an stop light Intersection. This is El Toro Rd. but it’s not very well labeled. You want to make a right. If you keep going down Broadway it will turn in the 133 Toll Road. Witch you don’t want. After we make the turn will we start looking for a place to stop. There is no address for this location.

PART 3 – Canyon Run

1. We will now be in the start of the Canyons. I am expecting there to be light traffic at night. This road will take up straight back to Jamboree RD and Tustin Market Place. Note also, ones we pass the 73 we will be back in a little Business District, there will be stop lights for about a mile or 2.
2. Ones you see Jamboree RD keep going straight. There is a Chevron Gas station right ahead. We will be ending our trip here because there are no lights on in the Ikea parking lot at Tustin Market Place. And that’s It.


Total Time: 2 Hours
Total Miles: 65
If you have radios, Channel 3.
If you need to call someone, My cell number is (909)-743-9229

[TimeFor]

Originally posted by fob1530
so whats gonna go down.who?what?when?where?

ummm, read my sig and the 1st page of the thread.

[ConMoto Style]

sweet meet, nice meeting you guys. haha teckademics is pimp got a vid from em. it's like gumball starting from LA. crazy met so many peeple and the benz and audi fanatics came too.

did mr ziggy go? i wanted to check out his ride but i didnt see him.

jason, jtecnik- awesome ICE setup

[E55]

i'm so bummed that i missed this meet :( everyone post pics! how many people went? how was the cruise, etc...

[ConMoto Style]

insane. such a big meet, my frend has all the pics. a M5 went, so many m3's, a sl55 came, couple brabus (other's just with kits), new range came, random IS300 came, audi's, E36 M3's came, an old but nicely restored m6 or 7, i forgot good stuff. i couldn't attend the cruise or dinner, but it was sweet.

[E55]

:cry:

stupid family re-unions!

[chrz330i]

Originally posted by ConMoto Style
sweet meet, nice meeting you guys. haha teckademics is pimp got a vid from em. it's like gumball starting from LA. crazy met so many peeple and the benz and audi fanatics came too.

did mr ziggy go? i wanted to check out his ride but i didnt see him.

jason, jtecnik- awesome ICE setup
yeah he got there right before they started the cruise like around 8... but we decided to grab dinner instead and ditched the cruise haha :lmao:

[charz1130]

hahah..yea..meet was tight.. me chrz, ziggy, and them ditched the cruise and went to eat dinner.. funn stuff.. hahaa..

the blue e36 m3 was insane.. trying to drift or do some donuts on the side..hahaha..

[PfCxM3]

DAMN i couldnt make it....plz post some pics!!!:D

[Bimmerman330]

Originally posted by chrz330i

yeah he got there right before they started the cruise like around 8... but we decided to grab dinner instead and ditched the cruise haha :lmao: u were there? i din't see ur car.

[Bimmer4life2000]

Originally posted by PfCxM3
DAMN i couldnt make it....plz post some pics!!!:D :werd:

[chrz330i]

Originally posted by Bimmerman330
u were there? i din't see ur car.
yeah i got there late also, about 5 mins before ziggy and his crew rolled in

[FredH]

can someone please post some pics???
thanks

[chrz330i]

sorry i didn't take many pics (maybe like 3) but i'll upload the ones i have tomorrow, i don't have the usb link right now.

[CLK430Grl]

There are some posted on MBWorld.org

http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49502

[WarSong]

man, it really sucks i wasn't able to make it to this one :banghead: i'm definetly going to have to get my arse to the next one

[str8spd2001]

:bawling: man i always miss these great meets. parents had to ruin my geat evening plan. :banghead: guess i'll have to wait til next meet whenever that is.....:cry:

[scorp965]

http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_01.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_03.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_06.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_07.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_08.Jpg

I managed to get lost on the second stage (my co-pilot told me to turn right onto the toll road, after paying $1.50 I got off at la paz, and tried to double back to el toro)... after getting to el toro I drove down, figuring I had missed the second stop, and caught up with the red 1600 that was there... I tried to play catch up but got stuck behind a mini van on the canyon run... when I hit the chevron there was nobody there :(

On the way home a group of Honda S2000 owners passed me (like 30 of the damn things) so that was fun to an extent... I think it would be better next time if we could pass out location addresses for the various stops, as the directions were wrong in some places (specified a left out of the garage, should have been a right, the 4-way stop for el toro road was a 4-way light, etc.)... it was fairly enjoyable though ;)

[scorp965]

http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_10.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_11.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_13.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_14.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_15.Jpg

[scorp965]

http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_16.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_17.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_18.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_19.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_21.Jpg

[scorp965]

http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_24.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_25.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_26.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_29.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_30.Jpg

[scorp965]

http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_33.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_34.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_35.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_36.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_37.Jpg

[scorp965]

http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_38.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_39.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_40.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_41.Jpg
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_42.Jpg

[FrankW]

sorry about standing right in the middle of your pic with TIM J next to me. I'm in blue...:eeps:
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_42.Jpg

[Phil C.]

Originally posted by FrankW
sorry about standing right in the middle of your pic with TIM J next to me. I'm in blue...:eeps:
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_42.Jpg
holding hands?

[FrankW]

Originally posted by Phil C.

holding hands?

I had my arm across the chest :flipoff: :flipoff:

[scorp965]

Originally posted by ConMoto Style
an old but nicely restored m6 or 7, i forgot good stuff. i couldn't attend the cruise or dinner, but it was sweet.

The red e23 was a 745i with 'M7' badging... there never has been any such thing as an 'M7', although there is a VERY rare (249 produced, total) M745i that was only produced/marketed in South Africa - this car has the S38 out of the M5/M6.

The 745i is a 3.5L engine with a factory turbocharger, they retail for somewhere around $4000-$4500, although the one at the meet was for sale for the 'bargain' price of $7800 (due to it not being fully restored)... this car was also an automatic, although an E23 745i in Miami just sold with the rarest of rare *5spd* manual transmission and 80K orig. (1982 euro spec)... for $4900...

The car at the meet had new paint, a cone air intake, damage to its front air dam, scuffed wheels, and a rough interior... although it is certainly an interesting piece of history it is worth about half of what he is asking for it... For more info on the 745i check out this URL... I was greatly considering purchasing one for use as a beater, until I found out how unreliable the automatic transmission can be.

http://745i.scottiesharpe.com/discussion/
http://745i.scottiesharpe.com/bmw/745/default.asp

[David328Ci]

your links don't work

[scorp965]

They seem to work when you go here first...

http://wwwi.scottiesharpe.com

then click on the 'turbo discussion' or 'my 745i' links... the site used to be http://www.745i.com but it no longer is, and there appears to be someone working on the domain right now...

[ConMoto Style]

Originally posted by scorp965


The red e23 was a 745i with 'M7' badging... there never has been any such thing as an 'M7', although there is a VERY rare (249 produced, total) M745i that was only produced/marketed in South Africa - this car has the S38 out of the M5/M6.

The 745i is a 3.5L engine with a factory turbocharger, they retail for somewhere around $4000-$4500, although the one at the meet was for sale for the 'bargain' price of $7800 (due to it not being fully restored)... this car was also an automatic, although an E23 745i in Miami just sold with the rarest of rare *5spd* manual transmission and 80K orig. (1982 euro spec)... for $4900...

The car at the meet had new paint, a cone air intake, damage to its front air dam, scuffed wheels, and a rough interior... although it is certainly an interesting piece of history it is worth about half of what he is asking for it... For more info on the 745i check out this URL... I was greatly considering purchasing one for use as a beater, until I found out how unreliable the automatic transmission can be.

http://745i.scottiesharpe.com/discussion/
http://745i.scottiesharpe.com/bmw/745/default.asp

whoa that's a lot of info. very interesting, is that thing fast? even though it was old it still gained lots of attention, until everyone started to show off their ice or engine.

[BrabusC]

Originally posted by FrankW
sorry about standing right in the middle of your pic with TIM J next to me. I'm in blue...:eeps:
http://www.scorpionsearch.com/m3/OC_8-23/OC_8-23_42.Jpg did not know you were going on the cruise frank... overall the meet was nice.... a nice bigg turnout...also a lot of nice cars..... hope we have a meet like this again before the summer ends and school starts...

[E55]

Originally posted by FrankW


I had my arm across his chest :flipoff: :flipoff:

:eek:

[scorp965]

Originally posted by ConMoto Style


whoa that's a lot of info. very interesting, is that thing fast? even though it was old it still gained lots of attention, until everyone started to show off their ice or engine.

if you don't care about the engine (such as if the car were a $4K beater) you can do a series of modifications to the turbo wastegate resulting in far greater performance, here is a URL regarding this procedure...

http://www.viinikellari.com/745/intro.htm

I believe people are getting up to 400hp or more with the stock turbo... but I have only seen (2) of them with 5spd manual transmissions, if there was a local 5spd I would probably purchase it, the automatic in those cars is supposed to be really bad (ie rebuild it every 50K miles)... it does sound like the ideal beater doesn't it?

There are some cool options on the 745i, such as a rear seat radio (executive option), rear power seats, etc. - but remember every 745i turbo you see is a grey market car, these were never brought into the US, so when you are getting ready to make your purchase check the car out accordingly (ie make sure conversion work was done properly)... the car also has the self-leveling system, so your best bet is to look around for a car with the spring conversion already done and with a recently rebuilt trans/turbo (so you can abuse the turbo)...

here is one of them on autotrader
http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/vdetail.jtmpl?car_id=140320744&dealer_id=&car_year=1985&make=BMW&distance=any&max_price=&model=745I&advcd_on=n&end_year=1987&min_price=&certified=n&address=92653&search_type=used&advanced=n&start_year=1983&color=&cardist=2301

they also will occasionally crop up on eBay...

[M_SpeCs]

hey wassup.. i feel kinda weird posting in an e46 forum.. but whatevers~
first off.. i appoligize for my behavior in the parking lot.. i was feeling really REALLY antsy.. it was my understanding that "TIMEFOR" wanted people to arrive at 6 and then take off like in an hour or something.. but we didnt take off for the cruise until 830 or something.. so you can understand my boredom after the first hour..(no offense TIMEFOR).. infact.. some people actually left the meet. if I knew that we werent leaving until 8 or so.. i wouldnt have come so early..

BUT.. when the four e46's rolled up.. that kinda made it worth the wait.. (that and my in'n'out.. jk) those blue DDE's looked sick.. and one of the girls had mini dde's on her fogs.. anywaz~ as many of us all can agree..a girl driving a fixed up car (esp. a bimmer) is immediately 10x's hotter.. hehhe..

soOoo~ all in all.. the meet was fun when it got down to the canyon run.. unfortunately, many of the cars were lost in between parts of the cruise.. perhaps better communication would have been the key to a more successful turn out/participation..

as for me.. my dumb ass had to make a pit stop.. and i played most of the second part catching up.. id say the best part was racing with the head of the pack up el toro towards the canyons.. i was looking forward to cruisin with those e46's too.. but oh well.. (maybe i should have made a pit stop for dinner too.. heheh.. )

all in all.. good fun.. and a good effort by TIMEFOR.. the meet was a success~

OH.. and did anybody see those s2k's roll at the end of the night.. i was goin back up jamboree towards home and i saw those dudes racing down.. i flipped a ***** to go look for them but they were long gone.. =T

[M_SpeCs]

also~! not to start anything.. but some people were talkin sh*t about my actions.. and ive apploigized.. BUT in my defense.. there were countless others peeling out all over the parking lot as well.. i rest my case =)

oh yea~ and i saw a lot of really cool cars at the meet.. all of which have been mentioned already.. so ill save my breath. props though! =)

[scorp965]

Originally posted by M_SpeCs
also~! not to start anything.. but some people were talkin sh*t about my actions.. and ive apploigized.. BUT in my defense.. there were countless others peeling out all over the parking lot as well.. i rest my case =)

I didn't see a huge issue with it (there is a reason my rear tires are nearly bald, while the fronts are at 50%), but I think the main problem people have with it has to do with...

1. It can cause un-needed attention, this leads to police hanging out over the 'cruise' route, etc. and it leads to less fun for everyone at the meet...

2. It is dangerous, if you don't know what you're doing you will hit a pole or someone else's car, and this is not something anyone needs

3. If you do it and everyone is impressed, then a brand new driver tries to do it and ends up wrecking his/her car and perhaps someone else's it is also a bad situation.

Basically it comes down to: if you wan't to go for it, but not at a cruise... if you are with several friends in an empty parking lot and you are willing to take the risks involved more power to you... at least that is my take on it.

As far as the S2K's go... I came away from the chevron (after finding nobody there) and went down Jamboree, when I was near the ikea parking lot I was passed by about 30 of the damn things, I rev'd the M and went onto the 5 south and (5) of the S2K's broke off behind me, the rest continued down past the freeway, after a quick 120mph run I was at my exit, we flashed hazards & went our seperate ways...

Next time I would appreciate perhaps additional planning (ie addresses for all 3 meets), and better communication, the directions that were posted were wrong on two places - I know it is a pain to get perfect directions, but when I am behind 8 cars making a left at a unfamiliar garage and my directions say to make that left I do not want to be going the wrong way...

irregardless I think it was a fairly good meet, the most fun I had was at the start before the cruise, and at the first stop during... I left the ikea parking lot at about quarter after and was going 55mph down the freeway waiting for people to catchup, and when nobody did it got kind of boring... although I was passed by (2) police cars going at least 90+mph and there was a police helicopter with its search light on ahead... next time (hopefully not too far off?) I will try to double check the directions and maybe even run the route prior, it was a great place to have a meet (they usually are an hour away in LA, etc.) and the turnout was better than I thought it would be... btw M_specs, you have a very nice E36 - what color is it? It doesn't look quite like estoril?

[Crazyyman]

Has anybody noticed those 3 E46 M3 (Red, Silver and White) and yellow S2000 are missing after the 1st stop?

This group missed a right turn and got lost in the middle of nowhere, but they had extra fun because there are 3 lanes in the road, no other cars so this group of 4 cars revved to like 120 MPH I believe. Great extra fun and a beautiful scene. :P

[ConMoto Style]

Originally posted by scorp965


if you don't care about the engine (such as if the car were a $4K beater) you can do a series of modifications to the turbo wastegate resulting in far greater performance, here is a URL regarding this procedure...

http://www.viinikellari.com/745/intro.htm

I believe people are getting up to 400hp or more with the stock turbo... but I have only seen (2) of them with 5spd manual transmissions, if there was a local 5spd I would probably purchase it, the automatic in those cars is supposed to be really bad (ie rebuild it every 50K miles)... it does sound like the ideal beater doesn't it?

There are some cool options on the 745i, such as a rear seat radio (executive option), rear power seats, etc. - but remember every 745i turbo you see is a grey market car, these were never brought into the US, so when you are getting ready to make your purchase check the car out accordingly (ie make sure conversion work was done properly)... the car also has the self-leveling system, so your best bet is to look around for a car with the spring conversion already done and with a recently rebuilt trans/turbo (so you can abuse the turbo)...

here is one of them on autotrader
http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/vdetail.jtmpl?car_id=140320744&dealer_id=&car_year=1985&make=BMW&distance=any&max_price=&model=745I&advcd_on=n&end_year=1987&min_price=&certified=n&address=92653&search_type=used&advanced=n&start_year=1983&color=&cardist=2301

they also will occasionally crop up on eBay...

what's the purpose of a wastegate? does it act like a BOV/pop off valve reducing pressure and easing the lag? sorry i don't know too much about turbos. sorry for threadjacking. i apologize in adavance.

[Phil C.]

OMG LOOK IT DA CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh yea the exhaust on the dinan m3 was pretty ghetto

[scorp965]

Originally posted by Phil C.
OMG LOOK IT DA CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh yea the exhaust on the dinan m3 was pretty ghetto

There were (2) Dinan M3's - do you mean the E46 or the E36?

[FredH]

Thanks to TIMEFOR for making this great meet, even though i couldn't make it. gotta have one of this meet again before school starts on 9/25. Any other good route for US jason?

thanks

[Phil C.]

Originally posted by scorp965


There were (2) Dinan M3's - do you mean the E46 or the E36?


the e46 m3. The right tips dont work so they were all clean and the left ones were all dirty. And i thought it was supposed to get rid of the rasp? and when he drove off it was like :RASP: :yikes:

[FrankW]

Originally posted by E55


:eek:

whatever dude!! :flipoff: why would you change what other people wrote when you QUOTE'em...:confused: :tsk:

[FrankW]

Originally posted by BrabusC
did not know you were going on the cruise frank... overall the meet was nice.... a nice bigg turnout...also a lot of nice cars..... hope we have a meet like this again before the summer ends and school starts...

I waited till the last car almost left the parking then decided to join. I was just doing the following behind Tim's car.

[FrankW]

Originally posted by Phil C.



the e46 m3. The right tips dont work so they were all clean and the left ones were all dirty. And i thought it was supposed to get rid of the rasp? and when he drove off it was like :RASP: :yikes:

the right tips didn't work? :yikes: ... when he left the parking lot, I was like wtf :confused: is that sound suppose to come from a M3. lol

[VALMONT]

Originally posted by M_SpeCs
hey wassup.. i feel kinda weird posting in an e46 forum.. but whatevers~
first off.. i appoligize for my behavior in the parking lot.. i was feeling really REALLY antsy.. it was my understanding that "TIMEFOR" wanted people to arrive at 6 and then take off like in an hour or something.. but we didnt take off for the cruise until 830 or something.. so you can understand my boredom after the first hour..(no offense TIMEFOR).. infact.. some people actually left the meet. if I knew that we werent leaving until 8 or so.. i wouldnt have come so early..

BUT.. when the four e46's rolled up.. that kinda made it worth the wait.. (that and my in'n'out.. jk) those blue DDE's looked sick.. and one of the girls had mini dde's on her fogs.. anywaz~ as many of us all can agree..a girl driving a fixed up car (esp. a bimmer) is immediately 10x's hotter.. hehhe..

soOoo~ all in all.. the meet was fun when it got down to the canyon run.. unfortunately, many of the cars were lost in between parts of the cruise.. perhaps better communication would have been the key to a more successful turn out/participation..

as for me.. my dumb ass had to make a pit stop.. and i played most of the second part catching up.. id say the best part was racing with the head of the pack up el toro towards the canyons.. i was looking forward to cruisin with those e46's too.. but oh well.. (maybe i should have made a pit stop for dinner too.. heheh.. )

all in all.. good fun.. and a good effort by TIMEFOR.. the meet was a success~

OH.. and did anybody see those s2k's roll at the end of the night.. i was goin back up jamboree towards home and i saw those dudes racing down.. i flipped a ***** to go look for them but they were long gone.. =T

earlier that day i saw a sh1t load of S2K's going north on the freeway and i thought hey their having a meet i wonder if they are going to join this meet, but i guess not only one showed up.

about the parking lot antics, back at tustin after, there was a porsche doing the same thing, you guys were far enough away from everyone so its cool by me.

[tim j]

great meet everyone:thumbup:

[mr_ziggy711]

those blue DDE's looked sick.. and one of the girls had mini dde's on her fogs.. anywaz~ as many of us all can agree..a girl driving a fixed up car (esp. a bimmer) is immediately 10x's hotter.. hehhe..

That's my wife driving my 330ci man!!
:D I was just letting her drive my car while I was in my brand new M3cic:lmao: :lmao: j/k! It's her car now:sad: Anyways, I love her to death because she's into the E46 as much as I am also.:socal: :jawknee:

[M_SpeCs]

valmont.. yea.. i went all the way over there for a reason... im also big on safety..

mr_ziggy... youre a luck man.. not a lot of girls will appreciate a car as much as a guy does.. (and i wasnt checking out your wife man.. hahhaha.. im just stating the situational facts) =P

and as for those s2ks... i would have really liked to race some of them.. even though im sure my ass would have been kicked by more than a few of them.

[driftqueen]

Hey m spec....
got DRIFT?? :)

As for mr_ziggy.... you can just try and catch up with your granny driving skills... that may have been your 330, but that's MY M3 that your driving!!!!!!!

[ConMoto Style]

so u did show up huh mr ziggy? dang it i wanted to see yur car, those angel eyes look hella sweet and those angel eyes on yur fogs... dang i hate leaving early, oh well mb i'll catch u at some other meet.

[M_SpeCs]

whoa mr ziggy.. sounds like driftqueen owns you.. hahaha

[Dan951Man]

Ahh!! It appears Valmont has caught me... I too had an urge for some slight reckless driving at the end, but i made sure i went off by myself completely isolated...although i did figure afterwards that i might have stirred unwanted attention for the people still there, and felt bad. Great event guys...I HAD FUN either way. I say good job Timefor. It must be hard to organize an event that large. It was nice seeing so many nice cars there...its a shame some of the members at socaleuro didn't like the event. All I can say is you bimmer guys are a lot more fun to hang out with than most the Porsche groups.:confused:

[scorp965]

I just love how there are several people complaining in the socaleuro thread's last page about how nobody is aware of older euros when they refer to the (before mentioned) E23 745i as a 'euro spec L7'...

Everyone I was around seemed to have a good idea of the role the E30 M3 has, and a great number of us got into the 1600 at the first stop; It kind of puts the entire socaleuro complaint(s) into perspective...

[Monopolist]

Originally posted by Crazyyman
Has anybody noticed those 3 E46 M3 (Red, Silver and White) and yellow S2000 are missing after the 1st stop?

This group missed a right turn and got lost in the middle of nowhere, but they had extra fun because there are 3 lanes in the road, no other cars so this group of 4 cars revved to like 120 MPH I believe. Great extra fun and a beautiful scene. :P

LOL yah that was me, Socalm3, and another guy, Achen, all from M3forum.com (and me on here occasionally), along with our friend with his S2k.

We didn't have a map, and we somehow got lost from the pack, and missed the 2nd stop, and nobody knew you guys weren't going back to the Ikea lot, so we waited there for a while, then headed to Cheesecake at Fashioni Island.

It was a fun ride with you guys, and we can't wait for the next one. Yes we got lost out there, and we went up to 135 (myself) actually, and repeatedly raped our friend in the S2k over and over and over ;).

Thanks for setting this thing up.

[Ole1.6]

That was a blast! Unfortunatly I got stuck at repeated red lites at the 5 and El toro (Then got thirsty) and headed home. If I had the map w/me I may (I say may) have tried to catch up you thourogh breds. Mostly I am still feelin' this 36 year old out. And I know she can't do 120...But we do dream!

Next time! Thanks for makin' room for me in the lot.

...and someone tell me how to get this sig to work.

[draleu]

Originally posted by scorp965


The red e23 was a 745i with 'M7' badging... there never has been any such thing as an 'M7', although there is a VERY rare (249 produced, total) M745i that was only produced/marketed in South Africa - this car has the S38 out of the M5/M6.

The 745i is a 3.5L engine with a factory turbocharger, they retail for somewhere around $4000-$4500, although the one at the meet was for sale for the 'bargain' price of $7800 (due to it not being fully restored)... this car was also an automatic, although an E23 745i in Miami just sold with the rarest of rare *5spd* manual transmission and 80K orig. (1982 euro spec)... for $4900...

The car at the meet had new paint, a cone air intake, damage to its front air dam, scuffed wheels, and a rough interior... although it is certainly an interesting piece of history it is worth about half of what he is asking for it... For more info on the 745i check out this URL... I was greatly considering purchasing one for use as a beater, until I found out how unreliable the automatic transmission can be.

http://745i.scottiesharpe.com/discussion/
http://745i.scottiesharpe.com/bmw/745/default.asp

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if you don't care about the engine (such as if the car were a $4K beater) you can do a series of modifications to the turbo wastegate resulting in far greater performance, here is a URL regarding this procedure...

http://www.viinikellari.com/745/intro.htm

I believe people are getting up to 400hp or more with the stock turbo... but I have only seen (2) of them with 5spd manual transmissions, if there was a local 5spd I would probably purchase it, the automatic in those cars is supposed to be really bad (ie rebuild it every 50K miles)... it does sound like the ideal beater doesn't it?

There are some cool options on the 745i, such as a rear seat radio (executive option), rear power seats, etc. - but remember every 745i turbo you see is a grey market car, these were never brought into the US, so when you are getting ready to make your purchase check the car out accordingly (ie make sure conversion work was done properly)... the car also has the self-leveling system, so your best bet is to look around for a car with the spring conversion already done and with a recently rebuilt trans/turbo (so you can abuse the turbo)...

here is one of them on autotrader
http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/...r=&cardist=2301

they also will occasionally crop up on eBay...

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I just love how there are several people complaining in the socaleuro thread's last page about how nobody is aware of older euros when they refer to the (before mentioned) E23 745i as a 'euro spec L7'...




That is very funny, I just love it when someone who does not know much about 745i can trash talked about my car and then trash talked about someone else who does not know about 745i but at least have the courtesy to not trash talk about something they don't know.
Sorry this is going to be long but someone else refer me to this thread because of the trash talk and misinformation.

I suggest that next time when you do your research for posting please gather all your facts. My M7 is badged as an M7 because it was imported from Germany as an M7 and the title and registration reflects that.
Now here's some facts for you so you won't go off self righteously about someone else's car that you don't know anything about.

The 745i comes with 3 different engine configuration - 1980-1983 M102 3.2L turbocharged L-Jet engine, 1983-1987 M106 3.4L turbocharged Motronic engine and 1984-1986 M88 3.4L 24 valve L-Jet engine. Only 192 units of M88 right hand drive 745i were made. The M106 Motronic is the choice of tuners because it is easier to raise the boost.
The main reason the M88 is not widely used is because the engine's setup only have room for the right hand drive configuration. Also because the M88 produced much less torque it is the only 745i that comes with stock manual 5 speed transmission or auto transmission. So, all the other 5 speed 745i out there are converted and not factory stock. Since the Motronic M106 has the auto tranny ECU built-in on the main ECU, it is harder to do the manual transmission conversion. Most of the 5 speed conversion out there are poorly done and have a lot of drivability problems. They also go through M5 clutches rather quickly because a boosted engine can produce 400 to 500 ft lb of torque.
Going back to the so call troubled auto transmission that you claimed, I guess all the E23, E24, E28, E32 and E34 owners out there that uses the same ZF 4HP22 transmission are all rebuilding their transmission every 50K miles. The problem that you heard are based on improper idling procedure during smog test or other high idle tests. You can get more info on it here - http://members.aol.com/turbo745i/trans.html
Now as for the comments about my car, I wonder how you came up with - "they retail for somewhere around $4000-$4500" and "worth about half of what he is asking for it" in the first post and then in the second post you changed your tune a little to - "if you don't care about the engine (such as if the car were a $4K beater)" and then refer to an Autotrader ad of $6900 for a 745i that needs paint job. Also I wonder why you did not include the other 745i ads that were asking $10000 and $8500.
FYI, my car has a new ported and polished head, custom rebuilt transmission for boosting to 500 ft lb of torque, all new plumbing for boosting to 15PSI from the stock 6PSI, custom Sebring exhaust, like new powered seats from E32 740iL and reworked suspension among other things. I would hope that your car will be as nice when it is 10 years old let alone 20 years old.

[TimeFor]

well I am glad to see that almost everyone had fun. I took tons of pics and I'll post a few later. Our only problem was not having enough maps. Sorry, my fault for underestimating the amount of people going on the cruise. Well for those who where asking about doing it again, I am planning on doing one coming up in mid December. Hopefully we can make it even bigger. Great meet guys. I look forward to seeing what all new mods you guys add to your cars in the months to come.

[FrankW]

jason, you should post up all the pictures you have.:D

[W420]

My first BMW meet and I had a great time (man, M3's are everywhere. lol). Thanks to Timfor again for organizing the meet. Much bigger than I expected. Hope to see you guys again next time.

[FrankW]

Originally posted by W420
My first BMW meet and I had a great time (man, M3's are everywhere. lol). Thanks to Timfor again for organizing the meet. Much bigger than I expected. Hope to see you guys again next time.

if you went to Bimmerfest in Santa Barbara, you'll know what is like to have the M3 OVERLOAD. It was just too much. :D

[W420]

haha. Yah I'm gonna have to go check out Bimmerfest next time.

BTW Frank, I think I saw your C32 (at the meet) but didn't see you (not like I know how you look like anyway lol) . I'll try to pinpoint you next time. :D

[cypheristikal]

couple pics from the meet...

http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/15603dscn1542.jpg

http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/15603dscn1545.jpg

http://photos.e46fanatics.com/data/500/15603dscn1547.jpg

[FrankW]

Originally posted by cypheristikal
couple pics from the meet...



those really are only couple pics :eeps: :thumbup: two of the hottest 3-coupe there. Tim J's blk 330ci and Mack's topaz 325ci (?). They totally over shadowed my car when we were on they way there. lol