Subject: First pictures from the SoCal Mega Meet Author: sdmike1 as SDmike : member since December, 2005 : 18380 posts Posted on: 2008-01-19 22:08:01

At one point I counted 42 cars. My guess is that at least a few more came and went without my noticing, so I would guess the total was likely 45 or better. What a turnout! A couple of noted absentees were Zapperjoe and Beechy (where were you, dammit?), but it was still awesome. I don't think I have met a better group of guys and gals anywhere. It was great having Jerry, Dwight and Ed come in from out of state too! All just great guys! As expected, Edwin was busy the entire time. In fact, I think he spent about 6 hours coding cars. Poor guy!

You will see in these pictures the following things:

1) The San Diego folks meeting up at McDonalds in Del Mar (including the Mike the Midget shot)
2) The San Diego folks driving up to "get" Robert from the dealership as he was trying to purchase a replacement bumper piece. Surprise!
3) The road trip up to Irvine. I won't discuss this now, but let's just say it was an adventure...and fast. And yes, my ABS works fine at 100mph!
4) Pictures of the meet!
5) Pictures of the PCH cruise!

I'm still uploading pictures, but here is the link. NOTE: Click on the link under the pictures to get the full size, uncompress photo (1600x1200).

Enjoy!!

http://public.fotki.com/ritchiefamily/san_diego_family/socal-bimmerboard-m/

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• First pictures from the SoCal Mega Meet (url) - SDmike 2008-01-19 22:08:01 (347 views)
  • The 7 So Cal Meet __Thanks s to everyone Biggups to EDWIN - 20to8 2008-01-20 17:53:44 (49 views)
  • Thank you to all. It was great putting names and faces together. A particular - JerrytheK 2008-01-20 17:45:21 (57 views)
    • Jerry, thanks for comming out and sorry I didn't pickup my name tag - 04SSHD 2008-01-20 18:00:42 (46 views)
    • Awesome meeting you, Jerry! (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 17:58:39 (45 views)
    • Jerry - thanks again for the name tags - they worked great! - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 17:53:20 (55 views)
  • Very nice, looks like a lot of fun! (nt) - JL 2008-01-20 14:43:05 (50 views)
  • Nice pics guys, Edwin's head has almost the same color as the red E38..... - kawabmw7 2008-01-20 06:25:13 (61 views)
  • Here are a few of my pics (pic) - 04sshd 2008-01-20 04:49:03 (315 views)
    • Colin - your new front plate is a great idea! I wonder if it - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 12:15:36 (58 views)
      • No idea, I could always drive the 99 down there, Thanks Keith! (nt) - 04sshd 2008-01-20 13:01:44 (55 views)
    • Nice pics, Colin. I love the side view mirror one! - SDmike 2008-01-20 10:35:16 (46 views)
  • Nice seeing a lot of you again and meeting new people. Thx Edwin & Mani. - visionbmw7 2008-01-20 03:30:24 (56 views)
  • AWESOME day today guys. We were there almost 11 hours! - Ed 2008-01-20 03:08:54 (53 views)
    • You stayed till around 9pm? That's gotta be the longest meet yet! (nt) - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 03:32:35 (49 views)
      • Edwin, IBHenry, SDBimmer, Luis, Hypercritic, Colin, Dwight, ED, Fabian - IBHenry 2008-01-20 03:44:36 (57 views)
        • I'm assuming now you won't be at my house by 8am. LOL (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 10:40:56 (45 views)
          • Slave driver- LOL (nt) - bmw635 2008-01-20 10:50:38 (51 views)
            • haha..well, Henry was the one that wanted to come early (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 11:05:25 (47 views)
              • Hey I wanted to be there at 8, 8:45 wasn't too bad! - IBHenry 2008-01-20 17:05:55 (54 views)
        • whiteil Too! (nt) - IBHenry 2008-01-20 03:53:18 (46 views)
  • GREAT time today at the meet and tonight at Dave and Busters - dwightf 2008-01-20 02:52:19 (87 views)
  • Even more great pics - courtesy of JT///M3 on BF. (url) - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 02:32:51 (136 views)
    • That is one bad ass camera, Great pics (nt) - 04sshd 2008-01-20 02:44:55 (58 views)
    • Keith, Great pics man! Thanks for sharing! It was a great meet! (nt) - IBHenry 2008-01-20 02:37:46 (52 views)
      • Henry - glad we got the chance to 'officially' meet today. - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 02:49:18 (56 views)
        • Keith it was fantastic to meet you in person! - IBHenry 2008-01-20 02:59:08 (64 views)
  • GUYS THANK YOU ALL FOR THE AWSOME TIME AND WARM WELKOM INTO THE FAMILY! - Edwin 2008-01-20 02:31:44 (53 views)
  • This is awesome. IT's like one big FAMILY reunion - kingdom7 2008-01-20 01:53:34 (56 views)
  • Before I forget - we all should give a big shout out to Mr. Edwin! - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 01:48:48 (79 views)
    • +1, and I'll add a few more. There are a lot of folks that really stepped up - SDmike 2008-01-20 02:10:42 (81 views)
      • Yeah, Jerry's idea of the name tags was great! To see the names - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 13:08:56 (50 views)
      • Mike, you're too modest to mention your own role...a big thumbs up to you - Peter 2008-01-20 09:46:02 (51 views)
        • awwww...thanks Peter. You know we'd do the same for you if you came down (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 10:30:09 (47 views)
      • Kudos to Edwin, we ned to bring him back again for the 2nd Annual WhaleFest, - bmw635 2008-01-20 02:39:33 (45 views)
  • I was there in spirit : ( in person would have been much better. - Lexicon 740il 2008-01-20 01:39:04 (58 views)
  • Awesome pics, Mike! I love how our cars shone today... and so many of them (nt) - wiggi 2008-01-20 01:33:40 (59 views)
    • Thanks, Thomas! Great meeting you today! Thanks for the donuts! (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 01:44:28 (44 views)
  • Mike, thanks for getting everyone to do thumbs up for me! It felt like I was - Buck 99 750iL 2008-01-20 00:46:43 (65 views)
    • I only got a few 'Buck who?' comments. Most were from Ed and Dwight. LOL (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 00:48:37 (51 views)
  • That frickin' rocked seeing those pics. Our cars look so hot driving down the rd - Steve R 2008-01-20 00:30:25 (56 views)
  • Nice meet! We on the right coast should have rented a couple car carriers!! (nt) - Mitch 2008-01-20 00:15:03 (49 views)
  • We Atlanta folks freezing in the snow and cold envy y'all....awesome pics, Mike! (nt) - pj740il 2008-01-19 23:55:15 (57 views)
  • If I missed any names or got info wrong, please let me know guys! (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-19 23:47:06 (55 views)
    • Mike - you did an EXCELLENT job!! How your remember - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 00:15:06 (70 views)
      • They were still there? LOL! Keith, your car was belle of the ball - SDmike 2008-01-20 00:20:38 (55 views)
        • Thanks, Mike. I had a lot of fun. Edwin was very cool under - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 01:15:37 (56 views)
          • Smaaaaaaal correction. It was PlastX, not ScratchX. It works surprisingly well! (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-20 01:25:50 (57 views)
            • Dohhhh! ScratchX? What was I thinking? How to ADD scratches?? Dohhh. (nt) - sealbeach740 2008-01-20 01:44:30 (50 views)
  • Thanks Mike. Great weather too. - ibew 595 / Annalisa Dingolfing 2008-01-19 23:45:10 (54 views)
    • Once we got off that access road and onto PCH it was better (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-19 23:46:44 (50 views)
  • Great Pics Mike! Any idea who's Sorrent Blue E38 that is in IMG_2762? (nt) - absessler 2008-01-19 23:03:51 (60 views)
    • The Blue Sorrent was 'WIGGI 'car - 20to8 2008-01-20 17:59:23 (43 views)
    • No man...people weren't by their cars. By the way, sorry about your AE stuff - SDmike 2008-01-19 23:48:49 (43 views)
  • Re: First pictures from the SoCal Mega Meet - audiavant 2008-01-19 22:41:12 (61 views)
  • Great pics Mike! I am sure we will have more up once we finish dinner (nt) - 04sshd 2008-01-19 22:32:47 (55 views)
  • Wow! What a great turnout! Did Edwin get everyone coded? (nt) - ian 2008-01-19 22:10:40 (51 views)
    • I think so. For all I know he's still coding. LOL (nt) - SDmike 2008-01-19 22:35:34 (45 views)