Attending Paso Robles?

Busting a hump on the spyder over the next few days. We had done some alterations on the rear suspension that involved welding. Need to touch up the DeDion tube. Also the engine is due for its first valve adjustment (actually a little overdue). Next one is 15,000 miles later. Lots of cleaning and polishing - don't want it to look shabby next to all your awesome cars!

One thing though...I'm a little concerned for Gerd...
angela

Angela, We are all a little concerned about Gerd.....
I'm saving a "fresh one" for him at Paso....

PASO IS GREAT RIGHT NOW
WHERE IS EVERYONE?

Gerd -

You must have NOT gotten the memo, we switched everything over to Monterey! Everyone is here and wondering where YOU are! See you next year! LOL!

WOW! 42 Speedsters/Spyders showing up at SOC Paso Robles 2007.

Looking forward to hanging out with our SOC friends next weekend!

WHERE IS MONTERY?

Are any of you guys washing your cars for this get together?

Gerd - I nearly spit out my beer when I read your reply. See ya Friday morning in Malibu!

Paul- I didn't do any great detailing on the car last year. I think there is a car wash close to the hotel, but I'm not exactly sure of it's location.

Paul,
I super-cleaned the engine (not really dirty anyway but I'm kind of anal) and am going to run a polisher over the little beastie before I go. Can't have YOUR black car making mine look like poo!!!

angela

JIM AND EVERYONE
IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND MY INSANITY ITS CALLED THE 5TH SEASON
TAX SEASON
ALMOST DONE AND THEN ILL GET BACK TO NORMAL

BYE VINCE

Oh GAHHHH the TAXESSSSS - I knew I forgot something. Excuse me while I go puke...
angela

ANGELA
U R TELLING ME

Oh NUTZ!!!! Now I'm completely stressed - TAXES - GAHHHH!!!! To make matters even worse, Steve is adamant that I get rid of the Christmas tree before I go.

I don't see what the big deal is, I put it in the front yard and the stand filled with water. It's still mostly green. Sometimes Steve is really picky.

angela

Angela...your cracking me up!!!!! Christmas is not that far away, I say keep the tree right where it is til then.

Gerd....this year we got a new accountant, friend of my daughter's, I think I drove him nutz over my HSA account. But glad got my taxes all paid and done last week....I HATE TAXESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!! ~Esther

aw esther taxes are awesome
its what makes the world go round

Anybody tracking the weather?

As I understand it, this Friday morning, 4/20/07 at around 8:30 a.m. several Speedster and Spyder replicas will begin to arrive at the Topanga Ranch Motel parking lot (just northwest of the intersection of Topanga Canyon Road and Pacific Coast Highway). Once the drivers, coming from several different directions, assemble at The TRM we will be driving northward through Malibu on PCH at about 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. and eventually join the 101 (Ventura) Freeway at Las Posas Road in Camarillo. The final destination of this caravan is Paso Robles, CA. I'm told we'll be stopping in Pismo Beach for a bladder break, stretching and & lunch.

Check the week-end weather at > http://www.weather.com < zip code for Paso is 93446

Topanga Ranch Motel
18711 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265

Showers possible Friday and Sunday....Sounds like last year....
If I was as accurate in my job as the weather people are in theirs, I'd be out of work....

I don't mind the showers, I just hate the rain.

I CANT MAKE IT

NO, SAY IT AINT SO!!!

You're right about the forecasters Vince. Last year Ann and I paniced because the forecast was for rain starting Thursday at midnight and all day Friday. So we bought a cute blue plastic tarp "car cover" for the spyder and raced out of Santa Rosa Thursday after work.
We froze our asses off somewhere outside King City at midnight under cloudless skies (no heaters in spyders). Shivered ourselves into Paso around 1:00 am, "tarped" the car for the imminent monsoon that was predicted, and burrowed-in under the blankets to weather the storm.
Of course, there never was any rain -- not even a sprinkle -- all weekend.

So much for forecasts. Buuut . . . the three forecasts I'm looking at right now are becomming more encouraging. None of them show much threat of rain in Paso for all 3 days. However the Friday morning forecast for us guys heading from Northern CA is a little bit iffy still.

Oh GAAAHHH!!! It is snowing on the Siskiyous...I'm leaving tomorrow, they are predicting a couple of inches. Do you guys have ANY idea of how unpleasant that is going to be for me...??? To say nothing of how much fun 260 hp is in a spyder in the snow.... Can you say sphincter clamping event of mortal terror?

You know what? I'm going to put the Christmas tree in the front yard not the side. I wonder what STeve will say when he comes home tonight...
angela

As you may have noticed above, posted by Esther, I think she jinxed our weather....
I will make a doll tonight in her like-ness and start fondleing it in weird places.....
Esther, if you are feeling a little violated sometime this evening,
that would be me.....

So, Vince, it sounds like Gerd is not the only one whose gonna get "a fresh one!" I drug the tree out in the front yard and took a picture. Should really piss my neighbors off who have their house for sale!!!
angela

...call it a hunch, Angela, but that may be one of the reasons why your neighbors are moving!

Here's the latest for Paso Robles weather forecast. Looks pretty much like the weather during last year's event, cloudy with no measurable precipitation.

http://weather.msn.com/local.aspx?wealocations=wc:USCA0842

Hey guys, quit worrying. I am NOT going to let it rain this weekend up here. Gerd: What do you mean, you can't make it? If Gerd doesn't make it, Vince will have no one to pick on.

WARREN SINCE TAX SEASON HAS STARTED I HAVENT SHOWERED
IM NOT ABOUT TO START NOW WITH SHOWERS EXPECTED IN PASO :)

Sorry you won't be there, Gerd. I was looking forward to meeting you.
I have this image of you shouting all the time.
Please try and make it.
Remember, JPS cars don't leak.:)

Gerd, no, no, say it ain't so. You've got to show off that bad boy blue bullet. And besides, I've heard Vince wants to kick your ass. I certainly don't want to miss that.

How about this, Karen and I will drive to Thousand Oaks, pick up your car and at least it will be there. Promise to send pics.

Hey Gerd,
It's no fair to your Tub, just because you have to work, my buddy will drive with care so she doesn't miss out. Cabanaboy - allways thinking of you!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I CANNNNNNNNNTTTTTTTT
SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Gerd...don't do it, your gonna get wet!!!!~Esther

OK... VINCE AND WHOMEVER ELSE... WHEN ALL GETS SETTLED DOWN AND YOU HAVE YOUR FINAL MEETING SPOT B4 GETTING ON THAT FINAL ROAD TO PASO WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE INFO. HAVE 3-CARS COMING OUT OF SUNSET BEACH AREA BUT WE PLAN ON HITTING THE ROAD BY 6:00A.M.(BUT SOMETIMES THINGS JUST DON'T HAPPEN AS PLANNED) ...IF I CAN GET YOUR FINAL MEETING SPOT AND APX TIME WOULD BE HELPFUL.THE OTHER 2-CARS MAY WANT TO BREAK OFF AND JOIN UP WITH YA ALL..!
VINCE IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A RING AT THE SHOP WOULD BE GREAT OR JUST EMAIL BACK..NEED A CELL PHONE CONTACT (LTLTUB1@AOL.COM)
THANKS
KIRK & MARY (V.S.)

How many folks are putting the covert-top on for the weekend? Just curious as a noob! -JA

Kurt -

I think the best bet for your group is to meet us at the Starbucks in South Bay (Artesia & Hawthorne) about a mile west of the 405 Fwy off the Artesia exit. We expect 4 or 5 SOC'ers to be at this location. It is on the left hand side of Artesia/Hawthorne (south-west corner).

Since you're going to be on the road at 06:00am, you could easily get to this location in plenty of time to grab a coffee and pastry for the road! The plan is to leave that location no later than 08:15am to make the 09:00 rendevous in Malibu at the Topanga Ranch Motel (Topanga Canyon & PCH). There should be a group of 4 or 5 more SOC'ers at this location. The plan is to leave Malibu no later than 09:30.

This group will then take Los Posas to get on the 101 (Oxnard/Camarillo). I guesstimate we should be at the 101/Los Posas junction around 10:00-10:15 am. Next stop would be Pismo Beach/Arroyo Grande for lunch.

Looking forward to hooking up with our SOC friends this Friday (morning).

Jason -

Since the weather forecast is cloudy (with possibility of sprinkles) our top will be up for the highway portion of our drive (I can also pack more luggage in the back seat with the top up). The top will come down in Paso.

See ya in Paso!

I concur with Jimbo here.. top up for highway trip, then off it comes in Paso.. maybe even by the time we hit Pismo.. (If the sun is out and warm) either way it's top's up for trip up!


P.S. funny thing is this,... I don't even ahve pix of my tub with top up! LOL.. too bad, it looks pretty cool with top up too!

Speedster "D"

Latest forecast for Paso Robles...

http://weather.msn.com/local.aspx?wealocations=wc:USCA0842

JIM
INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THE MORNING TOPANGA WORK TRAFFIC I THINK I WILL MEET U GUYS AT THE LOS POSAS/101 LOCATION.
WHERE SPECIFICALLY WOULD WE MEET?