So, I had the pleasure of driving from Toronto, Canada to Poughkeepsie, NY to Middletown, PA to New Hope, PA and back, got to meet a great bunch of you and pay homage to our E38 'Guru', Edwin.
Here are some pics I took along the way, please feel free to add your own to this thread!
Tanker reflection shot!
The speed I was doing majority of the time while solo driving
I'd give the NY & PA roads a 4 out of 10
But the scenery was great!
Lots-O-Bugs
Ahh, some rolling shots of Harman (740fizza)
And here are a few of The AwesomeIsLuke
Can you say Connected?
Some 7/11 action
Dunkin Donut parking lot before heading out to New Hope
(Hardeep to Luke: We have to keep it Silver/Black/Silver OK? )
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We make it to the meet spot!
What's a meet with out tickets, right?
Atleast I'm not alone
Mmm, 750...
Das Shled
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The only one sporting 20" wheels and an Alpina lip at the meet!
Lunch!
and the group shot!
wait....wut?
and the last guys to leave the meet, thanks for sticking around! (and showing up again!)
wait.....wut?
Nevermind, back to...
Thanks for having me guys, it was a great experience and I hope to do this again
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Awesome pics, looks like a great time! Wish I had made it ... Next time!
WTF IS THAT!!!
I mean, please tell me that was on a E39 or a Honda that tried to sneak in or something.... I mean, man, really? Plastic Brembo Caliper covers? I know that someone thought it was a good idea, and I apologize in advance for thrashing on them, but dude... You own it, so you get to do what you want to it.... even if it makes me cry a little..
X
Wow! It makes me want to move back to the north east. I used to live near Poughkeepsie Well when Edwin comes to the west coast everyone should meet up like that!
Running on all 8 cylinders once again!
nice pics dude!
(when are the alpinas going on?)
excellent!
I wish i could get weekends off, then I'd BE THERE!
'98 BMW 740iL. Oxford Green Metallic/Tan leather, Bilstein B6s', Eibach Springs, 130,000 miles
Awesome pics, look like you guys had a great time! Wish I had made it
No close up of my baby? You skiped right pass it, my rims not worthy?
I didnt even bring a camera, wheres Nics' pics?
We were all clean though
live that life..
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Nice pics bud! glad you made it home with just mild issues!
Have a technical question, don't send me a PM but post it on the board so others can benefit from it!
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Good meeting you man and nice pics.
BTW - Almost everyone cruises at 80 mph in the US
03 745i, 01 740i
Good Pics! seems like you guys had good times, seven40il that must of been a sweet ride from Canada wont mind taking a road trip to Canada oh.. btw what's with the parking tickets? why did everyone get a parking ticket??
No BITCHASSEDNESS!!
Looks like a great time...Good to put a face top the names.....Cars loook great...I also dig the Brembo red covers over the stock calipers....
2000 740i Sport
Bad timing. Wish I was there.
Thanks for the pics. at least I can live vicariously through them.
NICE pics! Hopefully we can get a meet together in Texas soon.
haha I had too!
atleast I didn't post the actual trunk pics!
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"Secondly, there are plenty of realistic BMW owners in here posting that they lost. I don't see you asking asinine questions in their threads. What about the Ferrari kills Ingenere posts?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoTLr...e_gdata_player
Hey, the rest of the car is beautiful, I have seen plenty of pictures of it. And as I said, you can do anything you want to your own car, but those are plastic covers!!! I think the cheapen the look of your car myself.
I tell you what, I had Am3n powder coat some OEM calipers for me. This was before I started getting my powder coating rig up and running. If you like how mine came out, I will powder coat my current set and mail them to you if you will put them on. No cost, just send me back your old ones. Your car looks too good to have plastic covers IMHO.
I planned on starting a UVC (Ugly Valve Cover) Syndrome chain where I would exchange PCed valve covers for people, but I can see there is also a need for calipers. Seeings as I will have a spare set of calipers I can start there.. Luke would be lined up after you then I will start a private list.
Again, do what you like, I am offering because I want to see all the 7ers look nice on the road and I can help with this. You certainly have contributed well to the community so it's not charity, I just want to help us all look a little better.
X
Lol. In all actuality they don't look plastic at all, but IMO they have a more appealing look than the painted ones. I'm not into the painted look... It has a dull finish, and whenever I've seen them on people's cars I have ed.
My friend Richie owns a zo6 and has the same car/caliper color, and didn't even know they were covers until he squatted down and touched one. But that's besides the point... I'm just sayin' to each their own I guess.
If my car looks different than cool, I'm doing my job so by all means look a little better, but my car's gonna look a little different... Thanks for the compliment. And I will take you up on the valve cover swap, if you can work with pre-vanos covers.
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"Secondly, there are plenty of realistic BMW owners in here posting that they lost. I don't see you asking asinine questions in their threads. What about the Ferrari kills Ingenere posts?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoTLr...e_gdata_player
Absolutely. The UVC Syndrome program won't go into effect until I get an oven large enough to bake the VC's in. Also, I need to get a starter set of covers. That should not be too difficult. This weekend I am swamped, but I hope to have the PC rig done by next weekend. With any luck, Am3n will send my calipers by then as well.
Anybody seen him around? I know he was busy, but he has kinda disappeared...
Anyway, once I get everything setup I will solicit for a starter set of VC's and go from there. If you can find a spare set let me know.
And I am not painting, I am Powder Coating.. High Glossy finish. No dull finished unless that is what you want....
X
Yeah I have people, so I should come up with some spares.
And I am not painting, I am Powder Coating.. High Glossy finish. No dull finished unless that is what you want....
Ahhh ya, whatever looks like a nice finish... Then I really have to keep the bay clean. When Edwin saw my dirty engine bay, he gave me one demerit.
"Secondly, there are plenty of realistic BMW owners in here posting that they lost. I don't see you asking asinine questions in their threads. What about the Ferrari kills Ingenere posts?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoTLr...e_gdata_player
The ride was great! The E38 was solid the whole way to the States. My 8.5 hr journey to 740fizza's place truly felt like I was driving for 2 hours or so.
It was a damn good time!
I could have used a co-pilot, but it's all good. Theres always next time
Thanks!
X put me on that list after Luke, I am in!
Last edited by SEVEN40iL; 06-15-2010 at 09:22 PM.
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