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*** Official Bimmerfest 2009 Pictures / Video Thread ***

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#1 ·
Bimmerfest 2009 Sponsored by HorsepowerFreaks - The Ultimate BMW Show
May 2, 2009 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club

I'm sure everyone is still there, on their way back or sleeping by now. I'll kick off the pics and everyone can add theirs in this thread.

I thought the venue nice, but a bit boring compared with years past.

Three complaints are:

• $40 entry before 9AM, without ANY priority on parking
• ALL cars are ALL over the place, there is NO organization between Series and if you're looking for a particular car or model, you can wander for an hour aimlessly to no avail.
• I heard the food sucked, but I couldn't attest to that. I went to get a hot dog for $4.50 at 11:30AM and they were already out, and hocking beef sandwiches for $8.00. No thanks.

It seems as though it is turning into more of a money grubbing cult than a car meet, since all they seem to be worried about is if they can collect $20, $40, or $60 from you as you enter. If you want to leave with your car and come back, good luck getting your same spot, as someone who paid half what you paid and showed up 2 hours later has taken your spot.

It's always a fun gig with lots of beautiful cars, women and nice people to chat with. I've definitely seen better, and I hope they clean up their act for years to come.

Anyone spot my car? I saw southpaw, and a few others but didn't recognize many faces. I've had better luck with that in previous years as well.

Enough ranting, the show was great and I have pics to prove it. Hope you all had a fun time, and a safe trip home. :hi:


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#157 ·

Just found this LOL
There was a layer of dust on my car when I came back after the show:tsk:

Didn't have to worry this year just wiped my car after the dusty road and it's all good,


But it's all the fun of being there anyway. Our colors are both horrible at hiding dirt and dust is everywhere lol Plus you a lot of you guys come from OC/SD, and it was almost raining on our way there! Stop complaing hieu! :p
 
#160 ·
But it's all the fun of being there anyway. Our colors are both horrible at hiding dirt and dust is everywhere lol Plus you a lot of you guys come from OC/SD, and it was almost raining on our way there! Stop complaing hieu! :p
uh it was raining when we were rolling up too lol. i don't really care about the dust, i wasn't even going to wash my car to go there ahah. just complaining, since that's one of the complaints of last year, and it just got worst this year ahah. plus it got in my car cause it was rolled down. i wasn't in the dirt yet, it came from the cars in front
 
#159 ·
Hieu is very hard to impress..lol


for the first time at the location, I thought it went really well..


one thing I would like to see, is maybe seperate areas for the different models.. (e30 area, e36 area, e46 etc..) It would definitely make for good pictures..!
 
#161 ·
I can tell LOL

The differentiation would be good in most cases. But I'm sure it's not necessarily what everyone else wanted or cared for. At one point, the guy that told people where to park mentioned that there's a large group of e30s on the other side and that he can park there if he wanted to, the guy decided not to. Also, someone might want to park with friends that have different cars. Some might even feel segregated from the whole community lol

And also, with the number of different models there is, it would be really hard to coordinate everyone

But I def see where you're coming from, and I'm all for it!
 
#164 ·
Sick pics! Someday I hope to attend this event. :)
 
#168 ·
See Shinobi's post in this thread (post #67). ;)
 
#173 ·
Ideally the $20 should get you something other than a spot. This was my first time going and I thought it was great. The $40 before 9 thing is kinda sh1tty. But, IMO, $20 should get you a raffle ticket or 2, parking with same model cars, and a free lunch per car. Small changes would be good.

Other than that...it's $20 guys. You'd waste that picking up 2 drinks at a bar + tip....this was a whole day of something we're passionate about.
 
#178 ·
LeontiyZHP gf i suppose
 
#183 ·
You chill... I didn't even say anything disrespectful. In fact, I specifically said I HAVEN'T passed judgment. :neener: Everything was non-objective.
just $tfu
 
#180 ·
I had a blast this year... couldn't really put faces to cars because when I recognized a car the owner was obviously no where near it haha. I have a few pics I'll post up when I get back to my place.. wish I would've had a sharpie to write on brandon's bumper though :( also saw my old RH's on that black coupe :drool: I'm hoping to make the 3k+ mile drive over there next year too :eeps:
 
#208 ·
Leo, as hot as your gf is, she has some competition.

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I don't know if she would look good doing that! But it sure fits you very well though! :craig:

Bring it, Benjo's car got some loving too..
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