Hc 2004

[bob lindquist]

THE END

A good time was had by all!

I am still here, and to the best I can see THE LAST ONE>

I am waiting a little extra time for the hurricane and the exodius back to florida to calm a little.

I will leavce in real early in the AM.

Meet new friends and enjoyed old ones. Bought new mod parts, ate too much, sleep too little, had lots of fun, and above all ENJOYED THE Z3 PEOPLE!

Some are home, some are still on the road (max?) like Ron. He's minutes from home.

We looked under hoods under bumpers, ( not everyone had a carpet to do so like Randy!) inside and out. We hope the Z4 people get the mod bug, they don't seem to yet!

Our local ambassador Dwayne went above and beyond to be a gracious host and TRUE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN.

Leather Z pulled out all the stops and had the BEST VENDOR representation ,IMO, for the weekend. They had realy thoughtout Z4 parts and equally thoughtful z3 old reliable parts. Their quality is above all I have experienced.

Every home comming I try the Leather Z arm rest Mark 1 and 2. every year I can't decide. This year I scored and have the Mark 1 and LOVE IT! (already)

See you next year!

p.s. sorry no pic's, I switched to APPLE and my camera doesn't plug in yet.

[alpina22]

Dwayne really is a great bloke and Randy's personal roadside assistant :rolleyes:

[dwm]

Dwayne really is a great bloke and Randy's personal roadside assistant :rolleyes:

:)

Dwayne, thanks for being the ever-gracious local escort, good eats guide, pit crew for Randy's car, cone provisions, etc. We couldn't ask for a more accomodating local gentleman.

Max, thanks for the company and everything else from Tapoco onward. Too much to thank you for here, but I'm already looking forward to doing it again next year.

Ron, thanks for everything (wheel pins, Koni small tab adjuster tool, clutch pedal, and the ever-useful wisdom).

Andy, Jon and Ken... thanks for the T-shirt and the pile of business cards (I was fresh out). Not to mention the Euro triangle. As usual, you guys are the best. You'll be hearing from me soon for SS exhaust. Of course I'm looking forward to seeing the Rogue diff covers arrive. I'm about full on everything else you've got for the M roadster. :) I'll keep passing out cards to other potential customers at my local dealer.

Randy and Terry, thanks for the run up 276. Not often I get to eat up asphalt with other M roadster drivers that know what they're doing. Much less mountain roads.

Randy and Sue, thanks for the company on the drive home and the tolerance of my semi-frequent stops to stretch my back. I made it home w/o needing to hit the meds, which is a good thing in my book. You know how I feel about you folks... I'm looking forward to the lasting friendship.

Bob, thanks for the usual good spirits and stories. Next year, I'm buying the beer at the tent. Hope the hurricane shutters held and that all is well at home.

Fred, nice to meet you and share the ProjectorZ pain. Loved the get-up on Saturday night. :)

Dale, very nice to meet you, and I hope your CompuStar works out well. Didn't mean to scare you, and I don't think you'll have trouble. It's only the spread-spectrum models that have been flaky... the FM units work fine. You should be good to go indefinitely.

Count, nice to meet you, however brief. Next year, plan ahead a little bit or just ask... Max and I would gladly have let you crash on the couch in our room.

Brent, I hope all keeps going well with the 6-speed and that Paul gets you set up with the right car cover. :)

Minsoo, Nick, Arslan, Bob Margolis, nice to meet you and hope to see you next year.

RedJen, nice to meet you and hope the clutch stays healthy (long enough to trade up to an M coupe? :)).

Al, I vote you sell the condo... you weren't around enough!

I know I'm missing some people, but I have to work tomorrow and I haven't even finished unpacking. In any event, I hope you all make it next year! For the Florida gang, I hope you all make it through this hurricane season intact!

[angel03]

I am home in Jacksonville after driving through the storm. Gordon and Brent were on their way back down to Orlando, not sure if they made it yet.

This weekend was phenomenal. Although Brent is the one with the car and I just kinda rode along, I still had a wonderful time and was amazed at how welcoming everyone was. Everyone seemed to at least try to include me in things which was great and helped out a lot. Hopefully I will be able to see many of you again. I greatly enjoyed your company. I have to admit thinking you all to be a little crazy at first when I heard about this trip, but now that I have experienced it myself, I can see why you want to go back each year, because I would like to be a part of this event again as well.

Again, everyone thanks for everything, I had a blast. With me not being so big of a car enthusiast, I never dreamed I would have so much fun at a car event such as this. Hope to see you all next year! :thumbup:

[dwm]

I am home in Jacksonville after driving through the storm. Gordon and Brent were on their way back down to Orlando, not sure if they made it yet.

This weekend was phenomenal. Although Brent is the one with the car and I just kinda rode along, I still had a wonderful time and was amazed at how welcoming everyone was. Everyone seemed to at least try to include me in things which was great and helped out a lot. Hopefully I will be able to see many of you again. I greatly enjoyed your company. I have to admit thinking you all to be a little crazy at first when I heard about this trip, but now that I have experienced it myself, I can see why you want to go back each year, because I would like to be a part of this event again as well.

Again, everyone thanks for everything, I had a blast. With me not being so big of a car enthusiast, I never dreamed I would have so much fun at a car event such as this. Hope to see you all next year! :thumbup:

Tiffany's first post? Welcome aboard!

We are all crazy, but in a constructive way. Could be worse. :)

[angel03]

Tiffany's first post? Welcome aboard!

We are all crazy, but in a constructive way. Could be worse. :)

The "could be worse" part is sometimes what I have to keep reminding myself! :rofl:

[Randy Forbes]

:)

Dwayne, thanks for being the ever-gracious local escort, good eats guide, pit crew for Randy's car, cone provisions, etc. We couldn't ask for a more accomodating local gentleman.

Max, thanks for the company and everything else from Tapoco onward. Too much to thank you for here, but I'm already looking forward to doing it again next year.

Ron, thanks for everything (wheel pins, Koni small tab adjuster tool, clutch pedal, and the ever-useful wisdom).

Andy, Jon and Ken... thanks for the T-shirt and the pile of business cards (I was fresh out). Not to mention the Euro triangle. As usual, you guys are the best. You'll be hearing from me soon for SS exhaust. Of course I'm looking forward to seeing the Rogue diff covers arrive. I'm about full on everything else you've got for the M roadster. :) I'll keep passing out cards to other potential customers at my local dealer.

Randy and Terry, thanks for the run up 276. Not often I get to eat up asphalt with other M roadster drivers that know what they're doing. Much less mountain roads.

Randy and Sue, thanks for the company on the drive home and the tolerance of my semi-frequent stops to stretch my back. I made it home w/o needing to hit the meds, which is a good thing in my book. You know how I feel about you folks... I'm looking forward to the lasting friendship.

Bob, thanks for the usual good spirits and stories. Next year, I'm buying the beer at the tent. Hope the hurricane shutters held and that all is well at home.

Fred, nice to meet you and share the ProjectorZ pain. Loved the get-up on Saturday night. :)

Dale, very nice to meet you, and I hope your CompuStar works out well. Didn't mean to scare you, and I don't think you'll have trouble. It's only the spread-spectrum models that have been flaky... the FM units work fine. You should be good to go indefinitely.

Count, nice to meet you, however brief. Next year, plan ahead a little bit or just ask... Max and I would gladly have let you crash on the couch in our room.

Brent, I hope all keeps going well with the 6-speed and that Paul gets you set up with the right car cover. :)

Minsoo, Nick, Arslan, Bob Margolis, nice to meet you and hope to see you next year.

RedJen, nice to meet you and hope the clutch stays healthy (long enough to trade up to an M coupe? :)).

Al, I vote you sell the condo... you weren't around enough!

I know I'm missing some people, but I have to work tomorrow and I haven't even finished unpacking. In any event, I hope you all make it next year! For the Florida gang, I hope you all make it through this hurricane season intact!


Yes, what he said goes double for Sue & I.

Only fifty (50) weeks until we do it again...

[Randy Forbes]

The "could be worse" part is sometimes what I have to keep reminding myself! :rofl:

That is the exact reason why it was it was so important to get Sue to the 2001 Event (well, that and she's the title holder of the gray car we took delivery of the day before HC at the PDC ;) ).

I felt it was important for her to know that there are much worse cases than myself(fortunately, she met Ron & Al the night we arrived and that proved my point :) ).

It was nice to see some fresh faces this year, looking forward to seeing you & Brent again next year (even if you have to come in separate Z3s/M-Coupes).

[01silber]

All that Daniel said
It was great getting to see everyone, the only bad thing is having to wait another year we need a mini meet:)

Daniel: I owe you big time for all the help, hope there is not to much crap on your comp now :p You made my trip so much better by us meeting at the dragon, other then Randy scaring the hell out of me that night it was awesome :thumbup: good call
It was great catching up with you and shooting the ****tttt
glad you made it home safe
thanks again for the euro module install help :thumbup: you saved me big time

Randy and Sue: It was a pleasure getting to see you two again, good to hear all is well and you made it home safe and sound, next time we need to all grab dinner more then once and catch up more randy

Ron: As always a pleasure, what would it be without you there. Thank you for all the help and the parts I really appreciate it. Getting to chat and hang out with you was great
thanks for everything you do for us here. Ill check the trunk next time for keys ;)

Bob L : It was great seeing you and hearing your stories over a beer, I'm glad you were able to make it down, the car was looking awesome. hope your house in FL is ok and your family as well

Dale: It was great getting to know you and shoot the bull, thanks again for the windscreen, I owe you now :thumbup:

Al and Vinny: Would it be the same without you, NO.. you always add to the fun and tech advise, it was great seeing you both there, hope you get home safe
AL keep us up to date on the O2 sensor stuff and Vinny you to on the rest of your mods

Viper: It was great to finally meet you and your wife, The cookies were awesome
Next time you need to get in a day early to hang out and shoot the bull
Did you ever figure out about that wire??

Brent I mean MPIRE :p
Was great to put a face to the name, enjoyed the company and tech talk hope you make it home safe. keep me informed on the switches

Dwayne: What a kick ass guy, Thanks for setting everything up and taking care of us there, you made the time so much better, dinner were great and the waiters really seem to love Ron and AL :rofl: :p
thanks again Dwayne, does anyone know how many cars he has, I saw him in a different one each day :)

Phrider: was great to meet you and here your tech talks and stories, If you ever in san antonio look me up, we will grab dinner

Jon and Andy: as always great to see you two, Hope all went well at the tent
thanks again for the stuff, the euro module is installed now
On to my next item from you, Hope you both made it home safe. Andy thanks for the tools and Jon thanks for the leather help I know you were busy as hell so thank you

If i forgot anyone, Im sorry. Im tired as hell will catch up soon

[Mpire]

I just walked through the door. Its been a rough day and a half of driving down back roads and avoiding the interstates that I hear are clogged or washed out in places. The driving was fun, if not tedious. Gordon, Sharon, his boys, and Fabian and I all blasted down varoius back woods georgia highways. It was great fun. No one seemed to be heading south on these roads except for national guard convoys. And they were all doing 55 mph. But other than the blinding rain for hours and hours it seemed to clear up when we got far enough east. Orlando actually seems to be quite OK after the storm. Parts north of Orlando seem to have no gas and no power, but everything here appears to be ok.

As far as homecoming. I had so much fun, I passed out every night with my clothes on. It was wonderful meeting everyone. I cant wait till next year, and if there is anything I can do for anyone, please feel free to ask.

[angel03]

Gordon, Sharon, his boys, and Fabian and I all blasted down varoius back woods georgia highways.

geez...guess i wasn't important enough to include! :cry:

[mng]

:)
:thumbup:

it was good to meet you, too. i meant to tell u thanks...the tip on the circlip u gave me last week worked like a charm. if i were smart, i would've waited a few days and let the master install the kit for me :mad:


BTW, you got a sweet shot of my car leaving the pano - thanks!

[01silber]

:thumbup:

it was good to meet you, too. i meant to tell u thanks...the tip on the circlip u gave me last week worked like a charm. if i were smart, i would've waited a few days and let the master install the kit for me :mad:


BTW, you got a sweet shot of my car leaving the pano - thanks!

see i was tired

Nick: was great getting to see you there, next time we need to hang out more, but was good seeing you
Thanks again for guarding my wallet :p , glad you are home safe
the car looks awesome and the seats are very very nice

[mng]

see i was tired

Nick: was great getting to see you there, next time we need to hang out more, but was good seeing you
Thanks again for guarding my wallet :p , glad you are home safe
the car looks awesome and the seats are very very nice
you too, man....oh, and i'll pay u back those 20 bucks next yr :rofl:

[01silber]

you too, man....oh, and i'll pay u back those 20 bucks next yr :rofl:


:eeps: :eeps: ;)

[dwm]

:thumbup:

it was good to meet you, too. i meant to tell u thanks...the tip on the circlip u gave me last week worked like a charm. if i were smart, i would've waited a few days and let the master install the kit for me :mad:


Yeah, he can do it w/o the fishing line. :)


BTW, you got a sweet shot of my car leaving the pano - thanks!

No problem, and grab whatever you'd like. That's why they're on the site. I'll link them in to the main page soon. Hopefully I won't have to watch all my outbound bandwidth consumed for a week. :)

[Randy Forbes]

if i were smart, i would've waited a few days and let the master install the kit for me :mad:


At least I got to put on the rubber boot ;) Did it make a difference in cockpit noise?

[01silber]

geez...guess i wasn't important enough to include! :cry:

Damn I must be tired, I read all the posts and now realize who angel is :D
Glad everyone is home safe

[Ron Stygar]

see i was tired


Max,
Let me know what you want engraved on the air cleaner cover and I'll order the part and send you some font samples in different sizes.

[01silber]

M54 please :thumbup:

[Ron Stygar]

M54 please :thumbup:
You could also do M54B30 which shows the displacement.
I'll send you some of both when I get settled.

[mng]

At least I got to put on the rubber boot ;) Did it make a difference in cockpit noise?
thanks for that :thumbup:

it's quieter now (but still there). i am going to take out everything down to the rubber boot (don't wanna touch that)...and drive around with only the shift knob, should help me determine the source. not sure if the noise is coming from the center console or under the rubber boot.

the only thing under the boot it could be is the selector rod isn't all the way through the shift lever and it's vibrating. doubt it, though, b/c i checked and double checked that.

don't know if you looked at the selector rod/circlip? anyway, i'll figure it out...

[Randy Forbes]

don't know if you looked at the selector rod/circlip? anyway, i'll figure it out...

Yes, it looked fine. If the selector rod wasn't all the way in, you couldn't even get the circlip started.

[mng]

Yes, it looked fine. If the selector rod wasn't all the way in, you couldn't even get the circlip started.
good!! i remember you mentioning the pin was all the way in - just wanted to make sure i wasn't imagining it.

that means it's probably wires moving around in there (my illum. shift knob maybe). thanks again.

:bow:

[Mpire]

Well, guess what...

My office is totalled again...

This is absolutely unbelieveable.

Back to square one...

[angel03]

Damn I must be tired, I read all the posts and now realize who angel is :D
Glad everyone is home safe

haha I guess you were tired huh? But at least you figured it out...I guess you get some credit for that :p

[Pinecone]

We made it back yesterday. We ended up stopping in Richmond rather than push things and get home LATE on Sunday.

As always, it was great seeing everyone, and meeting some for the first time.

A good time.

Hope those last few (Bob) made it home safely.

And BTW the striaght line (well same highway at least) to Brevard up 276 is an AWESOME drive. :)

[Mpire]

I loved that drive up the mountain. Gordon is a hard act to follow...

[01silber]

You could also do M54B30 which shows the displacement.
I'll send you some of both when I get settled.

Sounds good Ron, take your time and get some rest :)

[viper501]

Viper: It was great to finally meet you and your wife, The cookies were awesome
Next time you need to get in a day early to hang out and shoot the bull
Did you ever figure out about that wire??



Glad you enjoyed the cookies. They were great currency around the tech tent too. :D I think I had about 10 guys and gals working on my car at one time. Gotta bring more cookies next year ...

Made it home safe and sound Sunday evening. Nice thing about living an hour away.

The wire thing ... well, I think Ron's initial supposition may be correct. I was under the dash Sunday evening working on the glovebox and discovered that the wires leading to the passenger airbag look very much like the twisted pair leading into the connector ... glad I didn't cut the wires or pull the plug before figuring out what they go to :yikes: Still haven't confirmed that is what they are but it looks very suspicious to me. Wondering if its the vestigal side airbag connections ... :dunno:

[MGRMLN]

Ditto the sentiments!

I'm already looking forward to next year.
Perhaps I could make it up there earlier and join you guys for more of the coupe festivities.

Minsoo

[phrider]

Fred, nice to meet you and share the ProjectorZ pain. Loved the get-up on Saturday night. :)I hope no one has pictures of that.... I wonder how many understood the campaign button.

It was a pleasure to meet you'all in person. It's good to hear everyone has had an uneventful return -- so far.

Bob Lindquist, those fuel shortages appeared just as we discussed. Have you made it back home yet? Mpire, sorry to hear about your office.

I'm already working on a plan for next year -- maybe even driving, one way.

[Ben Carufel]

Brent, your company going to come through OK?

[ARC///M]

We had a ball,,I wish only Jon did not ask me to park next to the tent as I did not realize Ron needed that space!I ratther park eles were less hands on my car!I burned a half tank of racing fuel,ps I found 95 octane close to home fell in lust with A Cherokee Girl..Played golf,smoked to many cigars,drunk way to much wine thursday night! Learned some more things about the new line.Found my next dealer,caught up with some good old freinds,Dwayne truley is special!Ron has life wisdom beyond words,Randy has more passion then most,the young and the restless,Max,Dan,ect party play live,Audios till next year,ps Bob your a blast hope you solve the flying issue.We enjoy having your second half around.Sue study and your great to be around as long as were not racing you!

[///M-Bark]

Bob, how's the fish tank?

[Ron Stygar]

The wire thing ... well, I think Ron's initial supposition may be correct. I was under the dash Sunday evening working on the glovebox and discovered that the wires leading to the passenger airbag look very much like the twisted pair leading into the connector ... glad I didn't cut the wires or pull the plug before figuring out what they go to :yikes: Still haven't confirmed that is what they are but it looks very suspicious to me. Wondering if its the vestigal side airbag connections ... :dunno:
It's for adding the passenger air bag disconnect switch.

[viper501]

It's for adding the passenger air bag disconnect switch.

very interesting! any possibility you've got the pdf for that? one I'd like to file away in case the wife ever puts me in a position where I need to be able to disable it ... :eeps:

[bob lindquist]

Bob, how's the fish tank?

well I made it home
.
I waited until tue am (4:30) to depart for florida. Glad I did. Except the rain and wind in georgia. Very tiring to drive focused so intently on the road in the dark gripping the wheel tightly to counter act the hydroplaning. Gas was difficult in northern florida. Glad I brought 10 extra with me.

Car is filthy.

My 90 gal salt water tank was a disaster when I got here. No Power for 5 days to run the filter. My biggest and most expensive fish died and all the living coral. bummer.

But....My favorite pair were there looking out from a cave. My Tomato Clowns were alive!

Two days of cleaning and water changes.

My house survived despite the sandblasting it took. Across from me is the next phase of my town. the sand filled the pool and stripped the leaves off the shrubs.

Many of the traffic lights are missing as well as all the stop and warning signs. wonder where they all went? anyone find about a 100 stop signs?

gas lines are back and the food store looks like those pictures were saw of russian stores during the cold war! EMPTY. anyone for sourkraut?

I'm keeping the storm shutters up because Ivan is on the way.

How did you do this time shawn?

[01silber]

Bob, Glad you are ok and its not worse then it is
stay safe

[Randy Forbes]

Bob,

Glad you're in.

[///M-Bark]

Bob, sorry to hear about your fish tank but at least you had some survivors!

I'm looking at this tracking map of Ivan, and guess whose house it is currently coming over? That's right...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0904W5+GIF/051733W5.gif

We have more trees down. Areas that we thought we were done cleaning up now need to be cleaned up again. We lost more panels out of our screen enclosure around the pool. There is standing water in the back acreage from all the rain. Our down tree count is now close to 100. But, the house is OK and the dogs are OK.

And yes, we have the drill down now, but we really, really don't need another one, any of us.

[Mpire]

Not sure if the company is going to be ok. We will survive, but we may leave florida. We arent even going to try to rebuild till after Ivan.

[Ben Carufel]

Brent, come to San Diego! You'll love it here! And it'll make it super easy for me to copy your 6 speed swap :).

[angel03]

Brent, come to San Diego! You'll love it here! And it'll make it super easy for me to copy your 6 speed swap :).

noooooo! you are not allowed to coax him across the country! :mad:

[Mpire]

Ha! I might have to put together a kit for installing 6 speed trannys.

[ARC///M]

Bob how many times did we speak about florida and how I will end up there!This is a prime example why I never will dwell in Florida..But I am glas you ok,fishless and dirty,sounds like a song.

[bob lindquist]

Bob how many times did we speak about florida and how I will end up there!This is a prime example why I never will dwell in Florida..But I am glas you ok,fishless and dirty,sounds like a song.
Talk to me this winter.

[Mpire]

Yeah, florida has its tradeoffs.... But we still get 7 months of paradise...

[phrider]

Brent, come to San Diego! You'll love it here! And it'll make it super easy for me to copy your 6 speed swap :).You should do full disclosure here... this is the map of California/Nevada quakes in the last week. Plenty to chose from:

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

[CORONET]

Angel, did you ever get over that sunburn?

[angel03]

Angel, did you ever get over that sunburn?

yes my sunburn healed nicely, no peeling or anything :thumbup: haha I tend to get red pretty easily so ya know, nothing new...thanks for the concern though! ;) By the way...Im not sure who you are haha