Subject: DFW7: Cars & Coffee, TX Motor Speedway, Edwin Coding Consolidated Thread, 9/26& Author: JL (moderator) : member since December, 2003 : 2257 posts Posted on: 2009-09-28 03:53:23

We packed three great events into one weekend. Saturday morning began with Cars and Coffee at Classic BMW in Plano. Over 500 cars participated. 15 E38 from DFW7 were present, special thanks to D.McBee for securing the difficult to come by reserved space for us. Afterward we had a delicious lunch at Razzoo's Cajun Cafe and took refuge at Bjames38's hotel before heading out to Texas Motor Speedway for the Laps for Charity event (Laps @ TMS).

19 DFW7 cars (17 E38, 1 E90, 1 E39) made the 3 laps run at the big oval. Weather was nice and companies were super. Only one setback, we were assigned a slow pace car that drove slower than event speed limit (75mph) most of the time. This is opposite of our past experience where we were allowed to "test" the abilities of our cars. I will send an cordial email to the event staff and hope to see improvement next year. After the laps we stopped by Bone Daddy's Grapevine for our usual post TMS dinner and celebrated Edwin's "Birthday" there. Bone Daddy's staff appeared petite and underweight as Edwin was able to lift all 4 of them at once with his thighs. After dinner Big E wasted no time to code DFW7 members cars as Continental Airline had finally delivered his luggage.

Dave (dblunder) graciously opened his house to us on Sunday for Edwin's coding and programming. It was originally scheduled from 11 ~ 2. However, 14 E38, 1 E39 and 1 E60 showed up and the event did not end until after 5 PM. Let’s just say that Dave has a lot to make up to his wife as they had a separate party that was going on inside the house from 2 ~ 5 while Dave was outside chilling with the car guys n' gals... Kudos to Big E, he worked non-stop the entire time to get everyone's car programmed.

DavidC and his better half Maru drove from Kentucky, Bjames38 from Kansas, Claudio from Austin. DFW7 welcomes new members: Wolf & Jeannie, inconsistant's son Charles Ford & wife, Messan & Jaya, Rudy & his bros, Robert, Trey and Al. Many thanks to the DFW7 old timers for helping out with the events and making the newbies feel welcomed. We also created a Premier Newbie membership category for Wolf, whom filled a large cooler full of Shiner Bock to help everyone fight the heat.

Edwin has already post many excellent Pics & Vids. I am able to focus on the people and selected highlights of the three events. Pics below, enjoy!


9/26/09 - CARS AND COFFEE AT CLASSIC BMW (held every last Saturday 8 - 12)


Alfa Romeo 8c












JL's Car and David's 14K miles Imola Red Dinan7


Edwin, David, Bill(Bjames38), Michael(Lurcher), Steve(aunechiropractic), James(JL), David(DavidC), Roger(TxDarth)




Messan, Jaya, Edwin


Lunch at Razzoo's Cajun Cafe in Plano, yummy!








9/26/09 - LAPS FOR CHARITY II AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY


Group Cruise






Ladies of DFW7 :-)








Wolf & Jeannie


Messan & Jaya


Bregan & Charles


DavidC & Maru


Trey & his father






Dinner at Bone Daddy's in Grapevine


Happy "Birthday" Big E! Strong thighs you have supporting 4 BD staff ;-)


Edwin started his coding/programming right after dinner


Boys having a good time :-)




9/27/09 - EDWIN'S CODING AT DAVE'S (dblunder) HOUSE








Claudio and DavidC


Judi, JP, Shikar, Rudy


Wolf, Rudy, Robert


America's Top Model Competition...




JL





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• DFW7: Cars & Coffee, TX Motor Speedway, Edwin Coding Consolidated Thread, 9/26& (pic) - JL 2009-09-28 03:53:23 (631 views)
  • Great pics, I was there.....vicariously! - 740ilDuke 2009-10-01 00:24:20 (76 views)
  • Made it back from Dallas. What a great trip! (100 photos) (pic) - DavidC 2009-09-30 16:04:12 (216 views)
    • Thanks for the pictures... and meeting too (nt) - Claudio 2009-09-30 23:56:06 (67 views)
    • Nice! Thanks for sharing (nt) - sdmike 2009-09-30 23:21:53 (80 views)
    • Wow! Love the Pics! You know, I remain impressed as heck that guys like you, - JL 2009-09-30 23:03:24 (87 views)
    • GREAT pics Maru! Glad you took pics, those are some great shots! (nt) - Edwin™ 2009-09-30 17:23:16 (85 views)
      • +1 excellent job Maru. Wish i could have made it on Sat. (nt) - rudye38 2009-10-01 14:45:17 (77 views)
  • Damn I feel lonely, tracing oil leaks all on my own on the far side of the sea! - RobinK 2009-09-30 07:02:01 (86 views)
  • Re: DFW7: Cars & Coffee, TX Motor Speedway, Edwin Coding Consolidated Thread, 9 - pyramids111 2009-09-30 01:41:06 (86 views)
    • Windows up with remote, high beams and fogs, fasten seatbelts off key in - Edwin™ 2009-09-30 09:30:22 (85 views)
      • Re: Windows up with remote, high beams and fogs, fasten seatbelts off key in - pyramids111 2009-09-30 13:34:40 (73 views)
  • many thanks and tidings to all ! - steeltag 2009-09-30 01:22:48 (90 views)
  • Jeannie and I had a blast! We still talk about the weekend. I would like to... - _wolf 2009-09-29 22:01:01 (88 views)
  • Any idea why I can't see pictures on JL's post? - alexe 2009-09-29 17:49:28 (81 views)
    • Some are pretty big. Try scrolling down and see if they appear. (nt) - DavidC 2009-09-30 16:22:44 (71 views)
  • Great Pics JL..Man what a display of 7`s!!Nice t-shirts too (pic) - Snitch740i 2009-09-29 15:01:56 (179 views)
    • Snith... don't worry the pace care was too slow... (nt) - Claudio 2009-09-30 23:54:26 (78 views)
  • OUTSTANDING WEEKEND!!!! - aunechiropractic 2009-09-29 11:49:35 (74 views)
  • Need to say thanks to some people that I missed on original post. - JL 2009-09-29 02:39:03 (107 views)
    • Certainly no bimmer driver pulled you away from miss orange mountains! (nt) - sdmike 2009-09-29 11:53:23 (85 views)
      • I blame the out-of-towners.... ;-) j/k I think they were trying to - JL 2009-09-30 23:04:48 (67 views)
      • Ehhh yeah they did..................... delicate matter ;-) (nt) - Edwin™ 2009-09-29 15:54:27 (89 views)
  • Friggin great pics! I love that shot approaching the speedway. It's massive! - sdmike 2009-09-29 01:30:35 (116 views)
  • Superb Pics! Kudos to Trey for having his Father along. Very special times. (nt) - Rogue7 2009-09-29 01:08:28 (90 views)
  • James, I think this is one of your best meets so far! I was very - sealbeach740 2009-09-29 00:56:16 (87 views)
  • sorry I missed out - inconsistent 2009-09-28 22:35:49 (87 views)
    • Would be great to have met up with you. Sorry that I did not check my email - JL 2009-09-30 23:06:11 (86 views)
    • It was great to meet your son. (nt) - DavidC 2009-09-30 22:04:31 (80 views)
  • Re: DFW7: Cars & Coffee, TX Motor Speedway, Edwin Coding Consolidated Thread, 9/26& (vid) - brewen 2009-09-28 16:05:35 (147 views)
  • Re: DFW7: Cars & Coffee, TX Motor Speedway, Edwin Coding Consolidated Thread, 9/26& - brewen 2009-09-28 15:56:54 (112 views)
  • DFW7 hospitality was superb... thanks to all!! (nt) - Claudio 2009-09-28 13:35:41 (76 views)
  • Edwin with the GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS - Blue740i 2009-09-28 12:13:57 (109 views)
  • Excellent stuff! Cheers JL. (nt) - J A M E S. 2009-09-28 11:54:23 (95 views)
  • Re: DFW7: Cars & Coffee, TX Motor Speedway, Edwin Coding Consolidated Thread, 9/26& - rudye38 2009-09-28 11:26:37 (125 views)
  • Man, looks like you guys had a blast!! (nt) - white740 2009-09-28 10:54:28 (86 views)
  • Gotta love the horns in the 4th photo :-) Looks like a great time! (nt) - cody3 2009-09-28 10:53:00 (91 views)
  • Oh a Great time indeed - BJames38 2009-09-28 09:50:21 (98 views)
  • Great pics James! TNX to ALL the DFW members it was an AWESOME time!!! C U soon! (nt) - Edwin™ 2009-09-28 07:36:20 (95 views)