M Car Day at Griot's Garage, Sunday August 19, 2012

[larryn]

Originally Posted by Kalize

is there a pre-meet happening?
you guys have the exact address for Southcenter East Parking Lot by BJ's
im heading down from BC

Assume by BJ's @9-9:15:

BJ'S RESTAURANT & BREWHOUSE
1159 Southcenter Mall
Tukwila, WA 98188

[Transfer]

I'm so bummed I'm on the weekend shift this month. :sadpanda:
Everyone have fun!

[rentonrider]

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[FrenchBoy]

Thanks guys for the replies. This is shaping up to be a GREAT show!

[bruza]

Updated Pre-Meet location (right across the street/ same time) in the link below:

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...1#post12507999

[FrenchBoy]

Bump. M Car Day is this Sunday.

This is shaping up to be a MEMORABLE event. The weather forecast is perfect (high 70s, no rain) and as far as I can tell the turnout might just be record breaking.

A lot of cool and special cars will be there, some great raffle items and two yummy food options. Plus Griot's Garage facility is always a treat

Come out and enjoy this great day. Don't miss out!
See you all on Sunday.

ps: The entrance to Griot's Garage lot will be from South Lawrence Street

[PrimeBMW]

I am thinking about coming up from Portland.........hang out and see if anyone is interested in my car for sale:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=730585

[bruza]

^nice looking ///M there man. I say make the drive from PDX.

Supposed to be great weather.

I did ED on my LMB E90 also. Peope have asked if its a custom color.

[FrenchBoy]

Thanks to all who came out and made this event a HUGE success. We beat the record from last year with about 205 M Cars!!! People attended from as far as Portland and Vancouver, BC. Really cool.

Here is a great shot by one of our photographers. Looking forward to seeing a bunch more photos!

[Transfer]

^^That's a great shot. lol at the Tiguan in the front.

[mikentosh]

Originally Posted by FrenchBoy

People attended from as far as Portland and Vancouver, BC. Really cool.

We came all the way from San Jose, CA. I think I was the only one representing the Golden Gate chapter

Had a blast caravaning back to Portland with a very nice E30 M3 and a couple of E34 M5s. My E90 was in good company!

[mikentosh]

BTW FrenchBoy, I sure liked the look of your brake setup. If I was tracking mine more than 3 times a year I'd probably pull the trigger on something similar.

I also noticed that you and I were the only E9X cars without iDrive. People like their nav systems in the Pacific NW I guess Down in the Bay Area it's more like 50% I see with a single hump.

[bruza]

Originally Posted by mikentosh

We came all the way from San Jose, CA. I think I was the only one representing the Golden Gate chapter

Had a blast caravaning back to Portland with a very nice E30 M3 and a couple of E34 M5s. My E90 was in good company!

Nice roadtrip. Did you have the Lemans E90?

I saw the CA Plates and just assumed yall were moving to WA. Lol

[mikentosh]

Originally Posted by bruza

Nice roadtrip. Did you have the Lemans E90?

I saw the CA Plates and just assumed yall were moving to WA. Lol

Yup that was me. I took a long look at your E90 as fox red was the color we were going with before we decided on speedcloth.

I don't think we were the longest distance people...one of the guys directing traffic said there was somebody from Virginia there.

Today is the last day of our road trip. Should be back in San Jose this afternoon.

[FrenchBoy]

Originally Posted by Transfer

^^That's a great shot. lol at the Tiguan in the front.

Yes, we were not able to move it. It was apparently the car of Richard's niece and she was out of town :-(

Originally Posted by mikentosh

BTW FrenchBoy, I sure liked the look of your brake setup. If I was tracking mine more than 3 times a year I'd probably pull the trigger on something similar.

I also noticed that you and I were the only E9X cars without iDrive. People like their nav systems in the Pacific NW I guess Down in the Bay Area it's more like 50% I see with a single hump.

Thanks for the compliments. I track a lot - about 12 times a year - so this has been an awesome upgrade. I like the cleaner look of the non-iDrive as well.

I am sorry I didn't realize you came all the way from san Jose. CA. That's amazing and really cool. Did you come just for this event? I wish I had talked to you.
We need to have a Most Traveled award next year as this event is getting bigger and bigger. I was really pleased with the turnout and the quality of the cars.

Thanks much for coming. You made my day.

[bruza]

Originally Posted by mikentosh

Yup that was me. I took a long look at your E90 as fox red was the color we were going with before we decided on speedcloth.

I don't think we were the longest distance people...one of the guys directing traffic said there was somebody from Virginia there.

Today is the last day of our road trip. Should be back in San Jose this afternoon.

Yea man the LMB/ Fox Red really pops in person. Funny how BMW doesnt recommend that color combo.

[mikentosh]

Originally Posted by FrenchBoy

I am sorry I didn't realize you came all the way from san Jose. CA. That's amazing and really cool. Did you come just for this event? I wish I had talked to you.
We need to have a Most Traveled award next year as this event is getting bigger and bigger. I was really pleased with the turnout and the quality of the cars.

I'd love to say we came just for the event, but we were up visiting family across the border in Victoria. However I did schedule the trip so we'd be back in Seattle for this event

We always seem to be up in the NW around this time each year so I'm planning to make this a yearly thing now!

We finished off the roadtrip late this afternoon with 2604 miles showing on the trip odo. Its also showing -800 miles on the oil change service...good thing I've been doubling up the oil changes with old school maintenance schedule.