the BEST 911 weekend sofar! bay area oyster run!

[vash]

stated with me camping with friends in woodside. then me sneaking out at dark (pushed my car down a hill, to not wake the campsite) at 6:30 so i had the woodside roads all to myself to meet some pelicans for a great marin county run.
check out the photos.

slowly following gfriend in turbo forester up great roads







early morning rendezvous, waiting for pheads. no overheating today!


btw, flatblade screwdrives open oysters great.
all in all, almost 400 miles on my odometer this weekend, great camping, slept in a new forester, met buddies, drove fast, ate oysters, paid $3.20 for a gallon of superU. NICE!

[makaio]

Nice picks Cliff. I need to do a coastal drive like that, to beat this valley heat.

[Bill Verburg]

I still have fond memories of a trip up the Pacific Coast Highway, barbequed oysters yumm...

[86 911]

First meeting at Saulsalito:





Stopping along a mountain road to let the slower traffic pass.



A top view of some of the 911s. The white cabriolet is a Turbo.



Chris' (cantdrv55) '79 Targa and my cabriolet



Eating oysters at Tomales Bay (from left to right: Chris [cbeers], Sturdy, Ag, and Cliff [vash].



Thanks guys. That was an awesome ride, especially through the hills and along the coast. I got to learn some of the cars ultimate handling abilities and what to do and not to do. Sturdy was the leader of the pack. You guys are great! We need to do this again very soon. Chris (cantdrv55), thanks for letting me follow you from El Sobrante.

[Plecostomus]

Very nice photos and beautiful white SC. What is the color of the "blue" Porsche in the photos?

Curt

[87coupe]

Damn, wish I could have gone. After Coldplay at Shoreline on Friday, then Jack Johnson at the Greek on Saturday I was shot for any early morning adventures

[dagness]

Breakfast of Champions, oysters and Coors! (champagne would have been nice, but Toby wouldn't have stood for it).

Great hang fellas! sign me up anytime. Nice pics. Looking forward to seeing Beers' I brought the camera, just forgot the battery. Duh. Oh well, next time.

Curt, Blue '84 Carrera Coupe color code is 9999VX, "Color to Sample" $1,200 factory option (off original window sticker!) similar to "petrol blue" but not quite as green, although in certain lights...

ag

[vash]

best quote of the day = dagness's "i dont know if i will ever go back to street tires, they just aren't safe!"

i still laugh at that....

next time guys! the first annual bay area WINE run!

[cantdrv55]

Great fun guys. Why don't we do this more often? Had the best time with my clothes on. Used up 1/2 tank of supreme and my hair still won't lay down from driving 3 hrs with the targa off. Nine fast cars today: 3 coupes, 3 cabs and 3 targas. Weird.

Glad you were able to make it 86 911. Bring sunscreen, water and Advil next time. Just kidding! See you at autocross.

[cantdrv55]

Did anyone else's oil temp hit the 9:30 o'clock position? Outside temps hit mid '70s only except for the ride home which was maybe in the very low '80s. Does this mean I should hook up an oil cooler or should I try ducting and oil cooler air scoop first?

[86 911]

My temps stayed at around 8:00 throughout the whole drive. On the Mines Rd. run with the bimmer boyz, it hit at about 10:30 (although that was driving through town with temps of 100 + degres). I have the external oil cooler also. With the external oil cooler my temps never have exceeded 10:30. Usually the oil temps stay at around 8:30 on a good day.

[juanbenae]

great time guys, thanks sturdy for the lead. i shat whole oysters this morning. not a good way to start monday off.

[MichiganMat]

thanks for sharing Toby, Christ!

that is the last thing I needed to have read at 7:30 in the friggin morning!

[}{arlequin]

that's a lot of red cars LOL

[goat]

Great pics you guys looks like you guys had a blast.
Had to miss it to prep. for the first day back to school.
Will make the next one. tho.

[cbeers]

GREAT time!

Greg, you jumped ship too early, the end of the day after oysters was BY FAR the best, IMHO

High speed twisties and rollers and NO traffic!!!

I wil post pics when I can find my wire to download. It's in a box someplace.....

Toby, that pic of you "slanted" is so good that it is the first picture I have actually printed


Thanks again guys, that was a blast!


-Chris

[juanbenae]

yeah, its all artsy fartsy and i look forward to getting a copy to download. that one is frame material.

very good to have met matt, greg, and AG for the 1st time.

temps? not even an 1/8" past the warm up line. i was actually looking closely at temps because i just made the switch to a synthetic blend and it seems to have helped out quite a bit. even coming down 280 thru woodside where the air temps were higher i experienced lower temps than ever before. the true test will be my next track day and i will keep you guys posted. my temps at thunderhill last month were 10:30, easy. never had my car that hot before, but i hope for improvement with the syn-blend. i will look for oil leaks where i did not have them before this weekend.

thanks again guy, great turn out!

[vash]

my oil temps stayed "cool" right at the first white line. i guess my upgrade paid off.

cbeers i saw that photo. way kickinbutt! you keep shooting images like that and we will be jockeying for position right behind you. like a bunch of attention starved supermodel wannabees.

[ZLP]

NIce pics! Looks like a blast. I need to roll up in the 930 next time everybody meets up!

[ianc]

Sounds like fun; wish I could have been there, but I was headed down to Monterey on Sat... Maybe next time,

ianc