So? How was Mt Hammy? Scott?, Tyson?

[MattR]

How'd it go guys, looks like a ton of cars made it...I hope you took some pictures...

[Nick Koan]

omg, there were so many cars. The official count was 154 Subarus and probably 200-300 people. So many cars. The Dave&Busters parking lot was crazy, a cop showed up at one point, parked, got out and asked who was in charge, then followed it up with "Don't worry, I don't have my ticket book."

And the caravan from Sac was insane. By the time we left Stockton, we had over 30 cars, which was a pain in the ass keeping everyone together (with one 'shortcut' that ended up getting me lost for a few minutes)

One minor crash where a 16 year old kid with a custom painted STi (and some wacky ass body kit) slid into a guard rail, destroying his passenger side. He's fine except for maybe his pride.

Overall I had a good time, despite the few minor problems.

People are posting their pics in this thread
http://www.i-club.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15

Scott, Tyson and JC ended up going all the way to the observatory before heading home, so I have no clue when they'll be back in Reno. Hope they drive safe.

[MikeK]

Originally Posted by nKoan

One minor crash where a 16 year old kid with a custom painted STi (and some wacky ass body kit) slid into a guard rail, killing his passenger side. He's fine except for maybe his pride.

When I first read this I saw "Killing his passenger". I'm glad no one was hurt.

[Nick Koan]

Originally Posted by MikeK

When I first read this I saw "Killing his passenger". I'm glad no one was hurt.

yeah, I'm gonna edit that. that sounds much worse then it really was.

[Kostamojen]

I just got back. Scott, JC, Kevin and I ended up going up the mountain around 3pm to check out the observitory. Made it back down around 5pm, scott and jc stayed while kevin, me and the 3 legacy guys ate in Livermore before coming back to the sac area. Fun stuff, I video taped Scott going up mt hammy, should be neat

[Kevin M]

Actually Scott, Tyson, and JC left for danville when we ate dinner. Or left to eat dinner anyway. All in all a good day.

[sperry]

Phew, it's just about 1am, and I'm finally back to post!

My summary of the trip:

Saturday around 10:30am me and Tyson and JC who didn't drive, left Reno for Sac. We hit up my sister's place so I could fix her laptop (and I've never seen such a virus riddled, busted-ass, POS evAr.... well except that hooker in Mexico, but that's another story...) I got done reinstalling windows for her around 3 or 4 pm. Then after some "extraneous" driving around Sac we hit up the Sac Hilton for a bit, then headed out to the Sac meet.

The Sac meet actually had a pretty decent turnout, I'd guess about 10 to 15 cars! I guess someone told them the Reno crew was coming! After Round Table for dinner we hit the over-crowded go-karts. Then back to Natomas to watch illegal DVDs at the house.

It got late, so Tyson headed off to crash at Nicole's and JC and I hit up my sister's place, due to the killer cats at the house. (6 cats between 3 guys.... if that doesn't put the 'anus' back in 'gayness' I don't know what does!)

So I guess Tyson was up at the ass-crack of dawn to caravan with the rest of the Sace peeps, while JC and I (Team Procrastination) got up at 9 and didn't leave Sac till 10:30. JC and I took the 680 route, stopping in Danville for free Togo's at my parent's house (w00t!) and got down to Hammy at around 2pm IIRC. Getting to the mountain, we skipped Mt. Hamilton Rd, and took Quimby instead, on the way in. That's a pretty cool road, and it even cuts down to a single lane at one point!

At the meet, we missed some of the people due to our late arrival, but there were still a ton of sick cars there. I put my ride in the line for dent removal since Alex's roommate (I think someone said that it was his roommate) was there pounding out dents. Homeboy pulled those stupid dents I put in the fenders out in just a few minutes of prodding and tapping.

We tired to get Daniel (brucelee) to jump some stuff, but he wasn't having it, so we took a run up to the top of the mountain to Lick Observatory. I followed Steve (Kostamojen) up, he filmed out the rear of his car at the group, and I filmed towards him, so we should have some cool footage to splice together. Steve set a great pace... not too fast (it's a friggen dangerous road, 5 ft wide lanes, rediculous inclines, blind corners, and no guardrails) but quick enough to be fun.

We checked out the views from the top, and hit up the mini-tour of the 100+ yr old 36in refractor telescope. Being a bit of an astronomy buff, I really enjoyed checking out the scope: it was built in the 1870's and is the 2nd largest in the world (there's plenty of larger reflector scopes, but you simply can't make a refractor over 40in in diameter because the glass will distort under its own weight). Anyway, I thought it was cool.

On the drive back down the mountain, I followed Kevin, and filmed the whole ride. Then we took a few awesome pictures of my and Tyson's cars at the bottom before heading out Mt. Hamilton Rd. where we had to follow some TOOL in a Jetta who insisted on going 15mph and not using the turnouts. JC had a nice shouting match with him once we got to the bottom.

We took 680 back to Danville where my parents fed up BBQ chicken (w00t.... again). We left thier place at about 9pm and blasted to Reno, picking up a C5 Vette and an Impreza RS along the way to attack the mountains after Auburn at like 90mph , to get home at about 12:30am.

So, while it looks like the AutoX was a bunch of fun this weekend, this trip was totally worth it IMO. I had a blast kicking it with the Sac folks, checking out the biggest West Coast meet evAr, and bombing around some sweet roads!

[JC]

Originally Posted by sperry

We left thier place at about 9pm and blasted to Reno, picking up a C5 Vette and an Impreza RS along the way to attack the mountains after Auburn at like 90mph , to get home at about 12:30am.

So, while it looks like the AutoX was a bunch of fun this weekend, this trip was totally worth it IMO. I had a blast kicking it with the Sac folks, checking out the biggest West Coast meet evAr, and bombing around some sweet roads!

I'd like to point out I had the pleasure of risking my ass to drive Tyson's car back at 90mph. Also it was the lasrgest gathering of Subies in the US ever for sure, and I believe maybe anywhere. It was a good time riding in the Kidney Punisher aka "the Easy Street car w/ $25k in mods" and the Ball Crushers. It was a fun meet, but there should have been more RS'.

[Nick Koan]

scott, tyson, you guys get your pictures uploaded yet?

[Dean]

Originally Posted by JC

It was a fun meet, but there should have been more RS'.

I'd like to point out that here would have been at least one more RS if someone had driven their own car instead of riding in "Kidney Punisher[s]", and driving cool black WRXes...

[sperry]

Originally Posted by nKoan

scott, tyson, you guys get your pictures uploaded yet?

Nope, still on das camera...

[U53D]

Damnit... thats my cue.... Sounds like a blast. I have to try to head places with you guys... PM me when you guys get another opportunity like this

[Nick Koan]

Originally Posted by sperry

Nope, still on das camera...

slackAr

[Nick Koan]

you know, I think one of my favorite parts of the caravan is when we passed the Mopar plant in Stockton and instantly everyone jumped on the talkabouts to for wisecracks

[U53D]

Anyone with a non-stock'd subee wanna come over to go over their modifications? Just a thought. I'm a bored 17 year old kid with no life... someone come save me!!!!

[Kevin M]

I'll be happy to do so at the meet this week. Or maybe this weekend.

[U53D]

coolness. PM me if you have some free time this weekend if i dont make it to the meet

[AtomicLabMonkey]

Originally Posted by nKoan

scott, tyson, you guys get your pictures uploaded yet?

Haven't you heard? Scott never uploads anything off his camera.

[MikeSTI]

Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

Haven't you heard? Scott never uploads anything off his camera.

truuuuee that!!!!

[MattR]

Originally Posted by MikeSTI

truuuuee that!!!!

They are for his own personal enjoyment only...not for our eyes

[tysonK]

->>> Hamilton Picture Gallery Thread..

http://www.seccs.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1686

[Kostamojen]

Kevin, the legacy crew and I drove past the Arlen Ness shop in Danville, I had no idea it was there! Just looked over and was WTF there it is! LOL!

Anyway, the footage turned out really good Scott, you can REALLY tell how freakin narrow the road was! :shock: I do have an issue with the beige carpet reflecting in the window, so I need a non-reflective black surface back there for camera work for sure, but its not hindering visibility just color.

[Kevin M]

Originally Posted by Kostamojen

Kevin, the legacy crew and I drove past the Arlen Ness shop in Danville, I had no idea it was there! Just looked over and was WTF there it is! LOL!

Anyway, the footage turned out really good Scott, you can REALLY tell how freakin narrow the road was! :shock: I do have an issue with the beige carpet reflecting in the window, so I need a non-reflective black surface back there for camera work for sure, but its not hindering visibility just color.

That's not even the coolest thing on that block. There's a car dealer that specializes in rare, hard to find, and just plain cool cars. They have ridiculous prices, but compared to an Arlen-Ness bike, they are bargains. I almost bought a cherry '79 Trans-Am from them...

[THAWA]

wooooo, had fun with ya guys. Good to finally meet some of ya. Reno people are cool! :wink:

[AtomicLabMonkey]

Originally Posted by sperry

(it's a friggen dangerous road, 5 ft wide lanes, rediculous inclines, blind corners, and no guardrails)

Usually with gravel spilled out across the blind corners. I used to go bombing up that road at lunchtime for fun when I worked at Therma in east SJ.