The Boys at WCF and I are leaving Wednesday night for SEMA and heading home Friday after the show. Anyone else going are welcome to hook up with us. We are staying at the border (Whiskey Pete Hotel and Casino). It's cheaper and makes more sense.


What's the count down on our Coast run??? How many more days left before our shindig??? My count is 17 days.................

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quote Originally posted by Steven Snyder: What'd you do to your car?

sorry it took me so long to respond, pokey asked about how much coke I drank...really couldn't say, was mostly too busy on the car.

I finished up the car last week....mostly. After getting home from west fest, I drove the car about another week and was hesitant to check on it's condition. So mid june I pop the decklid...CV joint had let loose grease all over the engine bay and motor mounts were horrible, not to mention some issues with the rear brakes. Swapped the axle, installed some sway bars, poly mounts all around and poly through the rear suspension, take care of the brakes and get a realignment done.

Only remaining issue: new front sway bar (addco)
it just doesn't clear, if I do a 3 point turn, the wheels (not tire, wheel) hits the bar....which feels really awesome </sarcasm> in the corners bouncing off the wheel weights. I'm in contact with addco's technical department to resolve this, but probably won't happen before the coast run. Its very drivable, sway bars are awesome (as long as I take parking manuvers easy) planning to take it as is to the coast.

So I think that's everything other than *goes off to orders shirts now*


-James

quote Originally posted by kooljess: What's the count down on our Coast run??? How many more days left before our shindig??? My count is 17 days.................

Hmmmm... Let me post and see what the countdown in my sig says...

Here is the list of registrants that I have now.

1) Roy Welsh - Reservations Made
2) Dale Houston - Reservations Made
3) Andrew Villasenor - Reservations Made
4) Chet Adriano - Reservations Made
5) Rick Whiteside - Reservations MAde
6) Janell Fleenor - Reservations Made
7) Roy Benjamins - Reservations Made
8) Jess Roque - Reservations Made
9) Steven Snyder - Reservations pending
10) David Dean - Reservations Made
11) Michael Leavitt - Reservations Made
12) Neil Fischer - No Reservations.
13) Bart Woolsey - Reservations Made
14) John Spzara - Reservations Made
15) James Kendle - Reservations Made

I'm sure there will be a few more who just show up that aren't registered.It'll be a good run. With gas prices continuing to drop, it'll be a great run! More dollars left over for raffle tickets!

If there are any changes to the list above, please let me know. Anyone who hasn't registered on http://www.fiero-performance.com , there is still time.

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4th Annual California Coast Run
October 27-29, 2006
San Simeon, California

16 days and counting.........hopefully we have nice weather during our run......otherwise I might have to put back my windshield wiper.....doh!!!!

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quote Originally posted by Songman: 9) Steven Snyder - Reservations pending

I'm going to drive on to LA after the raffle, so I wont be staying at the hotel.

quote Originally posted by Steven Snyder: I'm going to drive on to LA after the raffle, so I wont be staying at the hotel.

Alright, I'll make the change to the list and add a couple more names.


**UPDATED**

1) Roy Welsh - Reservations Made
2) Dale Houston - Reservations Made
3) Andrew Villasenor - Reservations Made
4) Chet Adriano - Reservations Made
5) Rick Whiteside - Reservations MAde
6) Janell Fleenor - Reservations Made
7) Roy Benjamins - Reservations Made
8) Jess Roque - Reservations Made
9) Steven Snyder - No Reservations
10) David Dean - Reservations Made
11) Michael Leavitt - Reservations Made
12) Neil Fischer - No Reservations.
13) Bart Woolsey - Reservations Made
14) John Spzara - Reservations Made
15) James Kendle - Reservations Made
16) Brianna Leonard - Reservations Made
17) Daniel Traylor - Reservations Made
18) Ed Peralez - Reservations Made

The WCF bunch may come but they are still working on stuff.

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anyone still need a $5 off thing from cafepress.com? email me admin@drenyx.net (put something obvious in the subject) I got my order in and will see if I can still send the coupon

quote Originally posted by Steven Snyder: I'm going to drive on to LA after the raffle, so I wont be staying at the hotel.

You're a krazy man steve. Why not wait till morning?
Isn't that about a five hour drive from there?

Not a drive I would want to make that late, especially after being on the road all day.

For those who plan to meet us on the Northern end of the Run on Saturday...

We will be arriving at the Baja Cantina restuarant in Carmel Valley around 11:30. They have a great parking lot and are a car themed restaurant. Their contact info is below if you need to call or Mapquest to get there.

Baja Cantina
Valley Hills Center
7166 Carmel Valley Road
Carmel, CA 93923
Tel. 831-625-2252



To make things easier on both us and them, we will be selecting from the full menu, but we will be do 'table checks' instead of individual. They first offered us a buffet that would have been around $21 per person but I asked them about doing it this way so we can all get what we want and at the price we want. So... Sit with someone who you won't mind spltting the check with. And gratuity will be included in each check as if we were all on one check. We will have two servers that are assigned to our party. They will be working their @$$e$ off the entire time we are there trying to take care of close to 40 people so lets all understand that and be patient and polite. I told them that we had plenty of time and we could use the time to socialize so we wouldn't get upset over the food coming out at different times.

Now if I can only find time to work on my car! I hope it will even start!


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October 27-29, 2006
San Simeon, California

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Sounds Awesome!

We are working on ours today, so hopefully things will continue to go smoothly.

Jen

quote Originally posted by Songman: For those who plan to meet us on the Northern end of the Run on Saturday... We will be arriving at the Baja Cantina restuarant in Carmel Valley around 11:30. They have a great parking lot and are a car themed restaurant. Their contact info is below if you need to call or Mapquest to get there. Baja Cantina Valley Hills Center 7166 Carmel Valley Road Carmel, CA 93923 Tel. 831-625-2252 To make things easier on both us and them, we will be selecting from the full menu, but we will be do 'table checks' instead of individual. They first offered us a buffet that would have been around $21 per person but I asked them about doing it this way so we can all get what we want and at the price we want. So... Sit with someone who you won't mind spltting the check with. And gratuity will be included in each check as if we were all on one check. We will have two servers that are assigned to our party. They will be working their @$$e$ off the entire time we are there trying to take care of close to 40 people so lets all understand that and be patient and polite. I told them that we had plenty of time and we could use the time to socialize so we wouldn't get upset over the food coming out at different times. Now if I can only find time to work on my car! I hope it will even start!

I showed this picture to Marji. We had a big laugh because my last name is Gilmore and I collect Gilmore Gasoline stuff. We are going try and get over there for dinner one of these weekends. And of course have her take a few pics of me in front of the sign...

Kit

We're still pretty bummed that you aren't going to be able to make it over. You know, you're only about 3 hours from your house to San Simeon. Dinner and the raffle are not till about 7:30-8:00 Saturday night. Maybe you can leave straight from work and at least come down for Saturday night.

Come on... you know you want to... haha

OR... you can start feeling bad about noonish and have to go home.. Then you can still meet us at the Cantina for the Southern run!

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quote Originally posted by Songman: We're still pretty bummed that you aren't going to be able to make it over. You know, you're only about 3 hours from your house to San Simeon. Dinner and the raffle are not till about 7:30-8:00 Saturday night. Maybe you can leave straight from work and at least come down for Saturday night. Come on... you know you want to... haha OR... you can start feeling bad about noonish and have to go home.. Then you can still meet us at the Cantina for the Southern run!

I thought about trying to make it down there for dinner saturday evening but the reality is that we typically stay late into the evening
(on saturday for the "quarter end push") so that we dont have to work sunday.
On a lighter note (and a little off topic...) would you believe I finally got a windshield for the Reatta? Yep, and it was only $100 bucks!
The down side was that I had to drive practically to Mexico to get it! (And I'm not exaggerating here)

Kit (86 GT)

quote Originally posted by Kitskaboodle: I thought about trying to make it down there for dinner saturday evening but the reality is that we typically stay late into the evening (on saturday for the "quarter end push") so that we dont have to work sunday. On a lighter note (and a little off topic...) would you believe I finally got a windshield for the Reatta? Yep, and it was only $100 bucks! The down side was that I had to drive practically to Mexico to get it! (And I'm not exaggerating here) Kit (86 GT)

That really sucks man. Were going to miss you.
Maybe we can have another coast run redo after. It was fun last year.

quote Originally posted by Kitskaboodle: On a lighter note (and a little off topic...) would you believe I finally got a windshield for the Reatta? Yep, and it was only $100 bucks! The down side was that I had to drive practically to Mexico to get it! (And I'm not exaggerating here) Kit (86 GT)

As long as it cost you less than $1500 for gas to go get it you did good! Did they install if for you or did you have to take it somewhere to get it installed? Hope it was a nice drive at least.

No, I picked up the windshield in my Toyota. The glass guy (in Chula Vista) wasnt open saturday. Heck, the wrecking yard wasnt even open but they met me down there anyways since mine was a special case. (driving all the way down from San Jose)
As for the drive...all went well. Highway 5 all the way. Left 3:15 am and got there around 11:15 am. 8 hours up, 8 .5 hours back + plus $110-120 in gas. All in all not a bad haul, eh? Michael (Whuffo) recommended a glass guy here in San Jose but he wants $150-175 to install it. I might look around a bit more......

Kit (86 GT)

Well, I'm glad you found a deal on one anyway. If someone could reproduce Reatta windshields they could make a fortune!

I wanted to find out who was interested in starting a caravan that would be heading back to the bay area on Sunday that would like to stop off at the Cuffneys in King City for a break in the afternoon drive?

The Cuffneys are joining us Saturday in Monterey and coming down the coast for the Festivities in the evening.

We had a wonderful labor day bbq at their home and they are offering their hospitality to us again.

Start a list of caravaners to let me know so we can plan something.

quote Originally posted by MrsBear: I wanted to find out who was interested in starting a caravan that would be heading back to the bay area on Sunday that would like to stop off at the Cuffneys in King City for a break in the afternoon drive? The Cuffneys are joining us Saturday in Monterey and coming down the coast for the Festivities in the evening. We had a wonderful labor day bbq at their home and they are offering their hospitality to us again. Start a list of caravaners to let me know so we can plan something.

Hey Mary I had planned on staying into monday but this sounds like fun.

quote Originally posted by pokeyfiero: ...this sounds like fun.

ditto! lemme check with the passenger!

Janell

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to Pokey and Janell or anyone else interested:

Do you think we might want to go to the Breakfast first in Morro Bay and then head up to King City for a BBQ lunch?

quote Originally posted by pokeyfiero: You're a krazy man steve. Why not wait till morning? Isn't that about a five hour drive from there?

It's not too bad, I did it last year.. takes about 4 hours.

Oh man! Not much time left! I've really got to get busy!

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4th Annual California Coast Run
October 27-29, 2006
San Simeon, California

quote Originally posted by MrsBear: to Pokey and Janell or anyone else interested: Do you think we might want to go to the Breakfast first in Morro Bay and then head up to King City for a BBQ lunch?

But of course! Why mess with tradition? :P hehe.

Janell

quote Originally posted by MrsBear: to Pokey and Janell or anyone else interested: Do you think we might want to go to the Breakfast first in Morro Bay and then head up to King City for a BBQ lunch?

I would like to go the BBQ since I cannot make the Coast Run on saturday.
Dont forget though that I will be coming from the opposite direction. (San Jose)
Mary, let me know what I should bring food/drink wise. Also, what time to meet ya'all there...

Kit (86 GT)

quote Originally posted by Kitskaboodle: I would like to go the BBQ since I cannot make the Coast Run on saturday. Dont forget though that I will be coming from the opposite direction. (San Jose) Mary, let me know what I should bring food/drink wise. Also, what time to meet ya'all there... Kit (86 GT)

Good deal Kit!

Pokey, Janell and Kit,

We'll try to work out all the details and timing of the caravans to King City for the BBQ at our meeting tomorrow night.

If there is anyone else interested in joining us we will post all the information here once we work out all the details.

and Pokey, you'd better actually come this time!!! :P no bailing. that would be unacceptable.

hehe,
Janell

quote Originally posted by Songman: Well, I'm glad you found a deal on one anyway. If someone could reproduce Reatta windshields they could make a fortune!

Well, as you know, a company called Plinkerton does reproduce them. I dont know if they are "making" a fortune on them but they sure as heck are charging a fortune!!

Kit

quote Originally posted by MrsBear: Pokey, Janell and Kit, We'll try to work out all the details and timing of the caravans to King City for the BBQ at our meeting tomorrow night. If there is anyone else interested in joining us we will post all the information here once we work out all the details.

Hey tried calling you guys. No answer.
I doubt I will make the meeting now. Having some health probs and will be at the hospital.
I am supposed to be at your house tuesday but it looks like thursday now as long as all goes well. Sorry.

quote Originally posted by pokeyfiero: Hey tried calling you guys. No answer. I doubt I will make the meeting now. Having some health probs and will be at the hospital. I am supposed to be at your house tuesday but it looks like thursday now as long as all goes well. Sorry.

Pokkeeeyy! Get better!

quote Originally posted by Steven Snyder: Pokkeeeyy! Get better!

uh huh. what he said

Janell

So uh, since Pokey isn't gonna make it to the meeting tonight, we'll just make a plan and tell him what he's doing.

So what's the count before our run???

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I've got 18 registrations...Had 20 but two had to drop out.

Of course, there will be others who didn't register. Still waiting on Chris and anyone from the WCF bunch to decide if they are coming. You are the only one from their group to register (well, you and your buddies Roy and Chet). I hope they come anyway but it sure would make it easier on me if they would decide something.

I'm always a little let down by the WCF/L.A. area turnout. Most people we get come from the Bay Area even though L.A. is closer. I don't quite understand it. We normally only have one from San Diego and they aren't making it this year because of a schedule conflict.

Anyway... The ones who are there are going to have a great time! I think moving the schedule up is going to make for nicer weather. The food is all set up and I think is going to be the best yet. Vendor donations has been a little light this year but we've still got plenty of great raffle items! As always, we are going to have to bring two vehicles because all of the stuff won't fit in the Fiero.

There is still time if anyone else wants to register! I think ordering merchandise now would be very close, but hopefully it would still make it.

Thanks to everyone who is participating!

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October 27-29, 2006
San Simeon, California

I want to put this out there and maybe those interested can get together and we can talk about it next weekend. The gentleman who owns Michael Smith's '88

http://fiero.cc/fiero-tdc/members/mws/

lives in San Jose and is looking to sell the car.

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/034212.html

I can't justfy buying this whole car, but there's a number of parts there I'd dearly love to have. I'd be willing to part it if I get enough commitments on other parts. Let me know if you're interested.

Neil

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1988 GT, 5-speed, white, beechwood leather, 3.4 DOHC installation in process. Really. I am working on it.

For those that are interested in the Sunday Caravan back to the Bay Area we plan to go to the Morro Bay Breakfast and leave about 12 noon. This would bring us to King City about 2pm for a BBQ lunch break. The Cuffneys have a wonderful home up in the hills with a georgeous view and they have graciously offered their hospitality to anyone who wants to join the caravan or meet at their home at 2pm. If anyone needs directions or an address please send me an email or a PM. to: msbear@pacbell.net.

Sounds like a fun time. I wish it weren't so far in the wrong direction for us. With us bringing 3 vehicles to the Coast Run that would cost a chunk for the fuel to head up that way. We do want to make one of the gatherings at their place though.

Mary, do you know if Michael and Lorena are coming on the Run? They are not registered.

Songman,

Yes.. Michael and Lorena are meeting us in Monterey and coming down Saturday night for our festivities. Do you know if there are rooms still available at the Inn for Saturday night. I don't think they have made reservations yet. They were not sure if they needed to drive home and get ready for us on Sunday early or not. I told them that they needed to be there for the festivities first!