Made it here about 2:15. Richard, I hope you can keep the booze ready until tomorrow as I am spending tonight with the inlaws. See y'all in the morning.
Hoss - Glad you're going to make it after all, even if the trip is a bit abbreviated.
Becky does not Pam exists or that you have inlaws you always seem to be by yourself.
Jan and I arrived Asheville this afternoon, got a room for the night at a Hampton Inn, figured to save a buck or two. We'll meet up at the Hilton in the morning. Had a slight boo boo and am facing some do-it-your self fiber glassing when I get home. I was backing out of an inclined driveway and turn my wheels sharply to keep from backing into a ditch when I heard the front passenger tire scrape against the fender then a heart rendering crack as the tire removed a section of my fender flare. Luckily it's only the lip section which was I able to save and threw it in the back. Should be able to trim the ragged edges and glass it back on, a little bondo, rattle can touchup and it should be good as new. I'll post a picture later tonight.
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Sometimes I wonder myself, Richard ;-)
Pam's mom may be joining us at the Biltmore on Sunday. She'll fit right in with this group and she can vouch for Pam's existence.
Pam's mom may be joining us at the Biltmore on Sunday. She'll fit right in with this group and she can vouch for Pam's existence.
Oh Boy! I'm sure there will be many pics, right?
~WB
~WB
I already took several pics and a video of our ride in butncannot figure out how to post off this I Pad.
What time are we meeting for the BMW tour? Call us 6012970351
Richard:
Upload from your pad to youtube using one of the basic apps, then link it from the "youtube" link at the bottom of the message window.
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Upload from your pad to youtube using one of the basic apps, then link it from the "youtube" link at the bottom of the message window.
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We'll see you guys tomorrow afternoon. So, how many cars showed up?
All of them......
Looks like nice weather for you folks down there. Enjoy!
Seven speedsters one Big Bird one Lexus and a Camery. We lost one Speedster yesterday Charles Gardner got hit on the interstate. Both are OK and they made it to dinner. Lane held the official toasts for all of our lost brothers.
tap...tap...tap....Patiently waiting for pics!
OK... maybe IMpatiently...
~WB
OK... maybe IMpatiently...
~WB
Ya, you tell 'em, Bill. They must be having too much fun.
Wow! Weather for Asheville is just like Carlisle. Sunny today (Saturday) and rainy for Sunday and Monday.
The East Coast can't catch a break.
The East Coast can't catch a break.
Yeah, one would think that the sky would be all rained out after what we just got!
~WB
~WB
Charles, I may have a tail-light assembly if you need one.
Maybe other bits also; keep us posted.
Sorry to hear about the Cr
Maybe other bits also; keep us posted.
Sorry to hear about the Cr
Ohhhh that about stinks! Rotten luck! Hope youse are ok and a Speedy recovery for the coupe!
~WB
~WB
Sorry to hear about your car, Charles! Hope it can all come back together as good as new! Hope the rest of your weekend goes without a hitch and continued fun with that motley SOC crew!!
Gents,
Charley took it better than I did! After a FULL LITER of REAL GERMAN BEER...I think the pain was beginning to pass! Lane has the photos. The German food at the Bavarian was great!
When are you left coasters coming this way?
Charley took it better than I did! After a FULL LITER of REAL GERMAN BEER...I think the pain was beginning to pass! Lane has the photos. The German food at the Bavarian was great!
When are you left coasters coming this way?
Nice job Cory with the diacritical marks!
Is this what they call 'self medicating'? It was so good to sit down with our 'Speedster' friends after the ordeal of the afternoon - wonderful long drive from Atlanta to Greer, SC, fantastic tour of the BMW plant, another nice drive to Asheville and exit, CRUNCH, firetruck, info exchange, highway patrol, rental car, Hilton, drive to Bavarian Dining, cheery welcome from friends, wienerschnitzel and finally Oktoberfest Doppelbock.
Thanks to all for the kind words and comments and "we'll be Bach!"
BTW, that shirt with logo is only a replica.
Thanks to all for the kind words and comments and "we'll be Bach!"
BTW, that shirt with logo is only a replica.
Try this, it is a facebook link to almost 1 gig of images from our trip this week.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.260631140635326.68030.100000653267763&l=c4d2b78a9b
Hopefully it will work there are about 180 images.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.260631140635326.68030.100000653267763&l=c4d2b78a9b
Hopefully it will work there are about 180 images.
Yep the link worked for me.
So all you West Coast guys need to plan a Jack Crosby and join us next year. Great Roads, food and company. Come on Down!!!
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Whew! Well THAT was fun! I am still in Asheville, and am too tired to post all of my pics on Phototbucket tonight. I'll do that when I get home tomorrow. Great time with great folks, great scenery, and great weather. We're already tossing around ideas for something different next year, possibly involving track time.
Ditto what Lane said, I will post my shots when I get back to Florida. We're still on the road, presently in Perry Georgia and planning to visit the Warner Robbins Air Museum then heading to Daytona expecting to get home sometime Tuesday. The Silver Spirit is battle scarred from a piece of road debris Lane's car threw at me to a busted out lip on my front flare from turning too sharp while backing up an incline, got to get rid of the 245 tires and drop down to around 205s or 215s with maybe a lower profile. Pictures will follow soon.
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This Asheville area sounds Speedster unfriendly from the damage reports. Sorry to hear of all these disasters.
Yeah, a lot of retirees, who can't drive. Bastards :-)
Good morning all. Alice and I left Asheville yesterday at 11 am after the great Biltmore tour and drove the 244 miles to Wilson to visit son Russ and his family.
The Asheville event was perfect in every way except for Charles paint swap with a pick up---so sorry about that, Charles and Dianne.
Wonderful to see old friends again and already looking forward to next year!
At the dinners at the German restaurant and the Italian place, both had private rooms
Which made a good time even better. Thanks to Lane for managing the details and to Tom for his expert help too.
I hope our friend from Miami made it to Charleston for the Porsche show there---he was using a quart of oil every 100 miles and making enormous clouds of thick black smoke up on the Blur Ridge Parkway. scary.
Alice and I have now driven slightly over 1,200 miles from Hot Springs . Best Tank
Was 27 MPG and one half quart of Brad Penn in 1,200 miles. Doing 75 -80 along I-40
---sweet engine.
The SAS cars were amazing especially Clint's 350 HP Subaru powered beast. I think 4 cars were SAS plus Becks, and my VS. Saw pix of Leon's project and it's goings be a great one! Good to see Richard and Becky as well as Leon join us in their
A regular cars--if you can call a 300+ HP Lexus Convert a regular car! Good to see lots of Speedsters but better to see others drive anything sto just be with us.
2 dollar drafts at happy hour---sweet.
Heading back home in the morning. Tired and happy.
The Asheville event was perfect in every way except for Charles paint swap with a pick up---so sorry about that, Charles and Dianne.
Wonderful to see old friends again and already looking forward to next year!
At the dinners at the German restaurant and the Italian place, both had private rooms
Which made a good time even better. Thanks to Lane for managing the details and to Tom for his expert help too.
I hope our friend from Miami made it to Charleston for the Porsche show there---he was using a quart of oil every 100 miles and making enormous clouds of thick black smoke up on the Blur Ridge Parkway. scary.
Alice and I have now driven slightly over 1,200 miles from Hot Springs . Best Tank
Was 27 MPG and one half quart of Brad Penn in 1,200 miles. Doing 75 -80 along I-40
---sweet engine.
The SAS cars were amazing especially Clint's 350 HP Subaru powered beast. I think 4 cars were SAS plus Becks, and my VS. Saw pix of Leon's project and it's goings be a great one! Good to see Richard and Becky as well as Leon join us in their
A regular cars--if you can call a 300+ HP Lexus Convert a regular car! Good to see lots of Speedsters but better to see others drive anything sto just be with us.
2 dollar drafts at happy hour---sweet.
Heading back home in the morning. Tired and happy.
Good to hear everyone had a great time. How could you NOT? One of these days...
Made it home from Asheville in 4 hours. Total miles travelled: 811.208. Fuel used: 30.985 gal. Mileage: 26.18.
Car died on my about 20 miles south of Asheville with symptoms similar to the incident on the Blue Ridge. Same fix (disconnect/reconnect ignition wires at coil). I crimped them a bit this time for a better connection, but will add dielectric grease. Felt a few misses and sputters once or twice, so I will check idle jets this weekend. I am thinking I have a coil about to fail, or a coil-to-distributer wire that is flakey. Thoughts, anyone?
Pictures to be posted shortly.
Car died on my about 20 miles south of Asheville with symptoms similar to the incident on the Blue Ridge. Same fix (disconnect/reconnect ignition wires at coil). I crimped them a bit this time for a better connection, but will add dielectric grease. Felt a few misses and sputters once or twice, so I will check idle jets this weekend. I am thinking I have a coil about to fail, or a coil-to-distributer wire that is flakey. Thoughts, anyone?
Pictures to be posted shortly.
Lane, better post this one to the technical area, this thread is just for tourists.
Ok, the slideshow is at http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g43/landerso/Mountain%20Madness%202011/?albumview=slideshow
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Great photo's...who says the west coast has all the fun?
very cool putting faces with the names, I like being able to see who I'm making fun of...
very cool putting faces with the names, I like being able to see who I'm making fun of...
Great Shots, Lane. Lookin' good everybody!
~WB
~WB
What an awesome trip you folks had. So hope to make it next year. Best to Charles and the Creme Brulee car. And Lane, yeah, you might want to change that coil. Had something similar happen in Bridget on the way to Bug Out last week.
WOW! Great pics of the group and cruise route. Good to place names with SOCers and ANY 1 of those car pics (mountains, Biltmore) could be calendar shots.