Detrich

Oceanside...

The scenic, ocean view attracted a lot of motorists to stop by and have a look as well. I think the sheer presence of all our cars parked together along side the road also drew a lot of curious on-lookers, who decided to stop by to see what was going on...

One curiously amused elderly couple rolled up on a motorcycle and were instantly fascinated by our line-up and had to come by to ask, "So which one's [car] the fastest?" Upon which, a short but friendly color-debate ensued, which finally ended when Keith & Cesar objectively pointed out that it would've been Fanman, since he has the Greddy turbo... Except Fanman took off after lunch and didn't join us at this stop...

Detrich

And, the RX-8 salesman of the year award goes to...

After the "which color is the fastest" debate cheerfully subsided, the elderly gentleman then proceeded to ask 50 questions about the RX-8 and rotary engines... Seemingly unphased by his sudden burst of interest, Cesar gracefully entertained all his clouds of curiousity, leaving no stone unturned or room for doubt for the sudden jolt of excitement over this uniquely amazing sports car. I think they stopped off at their local Mazda dealer on the way home...

Next item on the agenda, how to get all our cars lined up for a nice group photo.

Detrich

Say CHEESE...

Oh wait, cars can't speak... LOL Well, after a great job by Jesse & his girlfriend- directing traffic and shooing incoming cars away from parking in our "spots," we finally managed to get all 12 remaining cars lined up in a row.

Hmm... Is it just me, or are there a LOT of whites today... Hey, just an observation about the CARS. No one's being racist miss Erica...

After that, it was back down PCH, through a tunnel, and back to McDonald's off Las Virginas Road to conclude the day. We also were lucky enough to see an Apache helicopter fly overhead during this last leg of the drive today...

Detrich

ok... Those are the pix I took... Waiting on everyone else's now...

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

Sweet pics Detrich!!! Damn, I REALLY wish I could have been there today.

(goes off into the corner to pout)

hondasr4kids

yeah Jorge I was wondering what happen to you.

Detrich

We need to make Jorge a T-shirt that says:

8 Coats of Zaino or Bust Baby...

kekekeke

hondasr4kids

^ lol, Jorge you need to get out more often

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

Tell me about it....been stuck in the the office far too much lately.

hondasr4kids

hey Alex I remember what I was supposed to link you too now, here it is give them a call to get more info. Oh BTW it was not 390 HP is was 490 HP that they are rated at.

http://www.turboengineering.com/upgr...ort/mazda.html

kwescott

Put some pics from our cruise up on the San Bernardino thread

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...93#post1473193

I'll post some more hear, just got to resize them.

scremn8

hey jedi someone said the reason you could not make it, was because you were applying zaino to your luggage so they would slide on the ramps better...

kwescott

oh, how I hate the way this forum changes the image requirements all the time...sometimes they are 200, sometimes 90, now they are 146....

kwescott

another page

kwescott

last page.....please check the other thread for more pics

x-ped

Guys I'm almost done with the video, expect it to be up tommorrow night.

Heres a proposition, I'll come to the san bernardino meets every month if we have a malibu cruz like this 4 times a year. What do you say?

Detrich

Cool beans... I'm definitely up for Malibu whenever everyone can make it.

Also, I added some journal entries on the photos I uploaded. So, rewind and go thru them again if you'd like to follow along...

lesper4

iTrader: (3)

I like thi spic but keith i am ashimed, you have enough photoshop skill do get rid of what ever is in the corner. I agree i hate that new photo size it too small can we petition a moderator or are we up **** creek because that are other file sharing possibilities.

AS for x-peds propition i would say 3 times a year? but then again you dont have to come to every meet just a few. Cant wait to see the video, how about you cesar how is it coming?

kwescott

Just being lazy ...getting the pics up for people to see. I have the original versions of everything if anyone is interested.

Detrich

i agree w/ what keith said. i had to re-size all my photos twice too, because i didn't know the file size dropped from 280 down to 146. (what a pain.)

x-ped

Guys just finished the video, just need to see if my host can take my video. Lot of good footage including my wipeout, fanman showing off in front of the rock store by letting his bov go off and keith has the closing shot.

Detrich

wipeout?!! hmm... did i miss something?

RX8SaxMan

Yeah, when was that? You were in front of me most of the cruz and I didn't see anything like that.

Also, just let me know if your host wont take the video and I'll host it for you like last time.

x-ped

Yes a wipeout, it was towards the beginning of the cruz when we were heading up stunt. I was making a left turn when my back end caught the dirt and kept on going streight instead of turning and thankfully my car snapped back toward the otherway, if not i could have fallen off. I creamed my pants, lol but this wasn't the first time I wiped out on stunt.

RX8SaxMan

Wow I totally missed that. I guess I was concentrating too much on keeping myself from wiping out to notice