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It's been a while since we have all gotten together for a weekend cruise and I think October 24 sounds as good as any. Here is ample time for you to mark it on your calendars so I don’t want to her any excuses. All are welcome to join… rookies and veterans, the young and old, the fast and the slow… wait, not the slow…

For the rookies: This is a fun event where we explore some of the local country side and great roads that Texas has to offer. This is a spirited drive where we really find out what ‘Zoom Zoom” means.


Contacts:

:cool:(Devin) 214.385.7011
:cool:(Doc) fmfcorpsman85@yahoo.com
DETAILS:

Who: RX-8 Club & Friends
What: Spirited Drive through the backroads Texas
Where: Texas Roadhouse, 3101 S Central Expy Mckinney, TX 75070-4501
When: 1:00 pm
Why: If you have to ask, you shouldn't come

987HYS... I used your Hot August Cruise as a template

1. DocBeach
2. dmedz8
3. 987HYS
4. KWarner04
5. WTBRotary!
6. Creto
7. m.morales84
8. Lord ET
9. seatownracer
10. Dboy8
11. jr.
12. D-RX8
13. renesisjim
14. Dalia
15. JTtheDude
16. Spirit of Bullitt (see dmedz8's glovebox)
17. Riley Craven
18. Angels8
19. AliceIsHerName
20. Jbritt
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23.
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Count me in!

im down, im always in the mckinney-allen area and need a cruise.

im down, im always in the mckinney-allen area and need a cruise.

cool

we also need to find a place to take another photo. if there is going to be 10 cars we will need a lot of room so I can back up and take the photo in HD

also is everyone ok with the texas roadhouse in mckinney? I havnt had a nice steak in a year or so?

I have a one hour cruise route picked out that will put us on a park at the lake close by too.

map removed for safety reasons

[QUOTE=DocBeech;3723377]I have a one hour cruise route picked out that will put us on a park at the lake close by too.


i like it

987hys has a 5 hr map that we did in august that we may do again

i only have a paper copy of it but pm him... i bet he has a digital

5 hours is probably exaggerating more like... 3 or 4

idk it was 140 miles

well that ones not done yet, its only half way, as you have to come back to dallas lol.

true true

Probably cant make this like I said but I will try...

probably cant? hmm looks like we will need plans for a kidnapping then

probably cant? hmm looks like we will need plans for a kidnapping then

i got all the supplies... rope, duct tape,... muddy shovel :evil_laug

looks like a good route, i know all those roads by heart. i live right there in lowry crossing.

i am going to create and exit route to get us to highway 75, but the backroads near the lakes are where I grew up as well so I know they arent well traveled.

All right so if everyone agrees with this or doesn't mind these pics.

We can meet at the Texas Roadhouse in Mckinney then from there take the first route to the park to take a photo, and I have a second route that takes us along ray hubbard via back roads to I 30. It says it should take about 2 hours but that depends on if we want to follow speed limits and laws or if we want to run it out?

We generally try to post as little route information as possible on the boards. While the probability is low, unregistered users (aka cops) could be monitoring the forums for stuff like that. Mostly paranoid I guess.

Aren't speed limits and stop signs optional ? ;)

aren't speed limits and stop signs optional ? ;)

no!

^^ hahahaha STOP= slow to observe police

hey if oklahoma 8's are welcome, ill make the drive down to my birth state.

hey if oklahoma 8's are welcome, ill make the drive down to my birth state.

You are always welcome to join us.

I don't mind it. If your in OK, LA, NM, CO all are welcome. I actually have a plan to do a texas meet for the surrounding areas, or a centralized meet one day, but currently im working on a DIY for the cars lighting system so one thing at a time lol.

hey if oklahoma 8's are welcome, ill make the drive down to my birth state.

personally... i dont car if your from Hawii.... if you wanna bring your 8 down to our meet ur welcome to:D:

I removed the maps for your paranoid convenience lol

I removed the maps for your paranoid convenience lol

thank you!!!!:suspect:

I'll try and be there the August cruise was a blast.

I'll try and be there the August cruise was a blast.

yes it was... shall i ad your name to the list? (just an approximate head count)

Hey guys also if you have them, bring a two way radio. Like the 14 channel Motorola ones. Its much easier for us to talk on a radio than to try to call all 10 cars in the link lol. If we could at least have 3 or 4 of them. I only have one. But someone at the back, and then one in the middle or even 4 spread out evenly to relay information would be great.

Hey guys also if you have them, bring a two way radio. Like the 14 channel Motorola ones. Its much easier for us to talk on a radio than to try to call all 10 cars in the link lol. If we could at least have 3 or 4 of them. I only have one. But someone at the back, and then one in the middle or even 4 spread out evenly to relay information would be great.
I'll bring my 2. We do this for the state meet down in Kerrville...helps a lot.

i like it

987hys has a 5 hr map that we did in august that we may do again

i only have a paper copy of it but pm him... i bet he has a digital

Will you edit your post to exclude the quote which contains the map?:mchase:

yeah 2 ways sound like a good idea i may buy some unless i can borrow

i also have a big 24 pack of waters that i got for free so i will bring a cooler with the water

i actually have like 8 or 10 of the two way radios, i just have to find them.

Well just like JR im going to try to come, just cash depending really and wife depending haha

Man, this is shaping up to be a good one. Sorry I have to miss it. Alice, ever heard of Guymon? Yeah, that's where I'll be.

i just bought 2 $20 15ch walkies so someone can borrow one of mine

how long is the cruise going to be since its on a sunday? i have work monday, and pick the kids back up that sunday evening haha

bullit your moving to guymon?

how long is the cruise going to be since its on a sunday? i have work monday, and pick the kids back up that sunday evening haha

most likely going to start at 1 and end no later than 5 ish???:dunno:

well as soon as im done with basic idk if ill be here going to try to get stasioned at tinker im going to be an air traffic controller, but we will see i have alot of places i can end up putting my list together, Noth carolina is top on my list though be by the tail of the dragon or at least closer haha, but id like to stay close as well who knows... bullit when you coming up?

well as soon as im done with basic idk if ill be here going to try to get stasioned at tinker im going to be an air traffic controller, but we will see i have alot of places i can end up putting my list together, Noth carolina is top on my list though be by the tail of the dragon or at least closer haha, but id like to stay close as well who knows... bullit when you coming up?

are you in the navy or something? my bro is in the navy stationed in viginia beach and ill prob be movin up there after christmas

ok so i could probably be back in stroud at 11ish or so... just gonna have to clear it with the wife i have a place in dallas i can stay so thats no big expense just gas and food i guess.

airforce going to be at lackland dec9 grad in feb then straight to biloxi miss for my schooling

ok so i could probably be back in stroud at 11ish or so... just gonna have to clear it with the wife i have a place in dallas i can stay so thats no big expense just gas and food i guess.

so... another name for the list? clear it with the wife man:ylsuper:

bullitt, you're moving to guymon?

No, my cousin is getting married there. Had to marry a panhandle girl.

Im still trying to go, Id like to be able for this day to be really hot so I can test out my new thermostat and water pump on my Cobb AP... Wait, lets not forget my new BHR ignition as well... Damn thats alot of new mods since last cruise... whew...

I planned it to be a 2 1/2 hour drive. Plus I believe at least 2 hours eating, and then 30 mins in the parking lot talking and "inspecting". I am going to be bringing a sheet with everyones emergency contact information on it just in case. If you want to get a head start I can type your information onto it. Its going to have:

Car Color, Trim Level, First 3 Letters/# of License Plate
Name, Birthday, Cell #
Emergency Name, Emergency #

Can't wait count me in. Let's Zoom Zoom.

Can't wait count me in. Let's Zoom Zoom.

alright cool

I'm going to try and make it. Depending on funds of course. I'll bring my 2 radios.

I cleared it. I'm in. See you guys in a few weeks. Looking forward to it.

Hey add Dalia to the list for me.

1. DocBeach
2. dmedz8
3. 987HYS
4. KWarner04
5. WTBRotary!
6. Creto
7. m.morales84
8. Lord ET
9. seatownracer
10. Dboy8
11. jr.
12. D-RX8
13. renesisjim

Hey add Dalia to the list for me.

updated

So, it's the Red River Romp, is it?

:wallbash: Worst month possible. :tear:

well there is always november lol. and dec. jan... just pick one and join us!

Man, I used to hate weddings, and now I really do. Who needs cousins, anyway?
Enh, okay, I do. Mine are pretty cool. But going back-to-back weekends? 8 hours away? Yargh.

1. DocBeach
2. dmedz8
3. 987HYS
4. KWarner04
5. WTBRotary!
6. Creto
7. m.morales84
8. Lord ET
9. seatownracer
10. Dboy8
11. jr.
12. D-RX8
13. renesisjim
14. Dalia
15. Spirit of Bullitt (see dmedz8's glovebox)

You can go ahead and add my name to the list too, this will be nice if everyone can make it.

Damn I really need to make this now... ugh

lol were up to 14, and hopefully more will join. Also information on each car will be nice. Cars get t-boned, tires blow, accidents happen. My 6 years in the military taught me to always have a briefing sheet. If you can at least send me partial information and I will leave the blanks for you to write in at texas road house.

Car Color, Trim Level, First 3 Letters/# of License Plate
Name, Birthday, Cell #
Emergency Name, Emergency #

Cars get t-boned, tires blow, accidents happen.

Dude, bite your fingers.

The first ever car club drive I went on. Was with a mustang club out in cali. One of the guys blew his clutch on an uphill and ended up getting rear ended because another club member was talking on a cell phone not paying attention. shit happens.

Yeah, you might as well add me to the list as well. I have a couple feelers out for struts, so should have them by the install party on the 10th, and then should be able to make it, already marked and on my cali. Think you just forgot about me :) (I did post in the other thread)

not forgotten just waiting for you to fall on the right side of the fence:P

Man, I used to hate weddings, and now I really do. Who needs cousins, anyway?
Enh, okay, I do. Mine are pretty cool. But going back-to-back weekends? 8 hours away? Yargh.

1. DocBeach
2. dmedz8
3. 987HYS
4. KWarner04
5. WTBRotary!
6. Creto
7. m.morales84
8. Lord ET
9. seatownracer
10. Dboy8
11. jr.
12. D-RX8
13. renesisjim
14. Dalia
15. Spirit of Bullitt (see dmedz8's glovebox)

number 15 almost made me piss myself i laughed so hard

Add me in!!!!

1. DocBeach
2. dmedz8
3. 987HYS
4. KWarner04
5. WTBRotary!
6. Creto
7. m.morales84
8. Lord ET
9. seatownracer
10. Dboy8
11. jr.
12. D-RX8
13. renesisjim
14. Dalia
15. JTtheDude
16. Spirit of Bullitt (see dmedz8's glovebox)
17. Riley Craven
18. Angels8

updated

Sunlight Silver, base, RTR,
Jimmy , Birthday, Cell #
Robert, Emergency #

What a popular weekend this is turning out to be.

What a popular weekend this is turning out to be.

i know itll be great:Eyecrazy:

I would like to have just 7 more people:P

Just posting an update. I have finished a map that includes about 50 turns over 47 miles. Trip time is approximately 2 hours following the laws mainly back roads. Devin if you get a hold of me we can meet up sunday or something and ill shoot you a copy. I have to break in my new hawks pads which requires a bit of driving at fast speeds and some brake slamming according to the box.

if you guys want it longer or shorter let me know. I have it ending on lake ray hubbard at a back woods park I know pretty well.

haha i just got back from cross roads yesterday, saw a shinka a vr and bb while down there, had to pick up a table for my boss table cost 10gs picked it up from rustic furniture so far idk yet but im trying, ill keep everyone posted

trying to make the meet?

yes im trying just depends on my funds i already have the weekend off

Should be able to come, requested off work...

Should be able to come, requested off work...

cool. looks like its going to be a big meet:grouphug:

go ahead and put my name on the list guys

1. DocBeach
2. dmedz8
3. 987HYS
4. KWarner04
5. WTBRotary!
6. Creto
7. m.morales84
8. Lord ET
9. seatownracer
10. Dboy8
11. jr.
12. D-RX8
13. renesisjim
14. Dalia
15. JTtheDude
16. Spirit of Bullitt (see dmedz8's glovebox)
17. Riley Craven
18. Angels8
19. AliceIsHerName

updated

Just a FYI, be prepared for people getting lost etc. 7+ people is alot, 14+ is a ton... Hopefully we we dont get stuck behind too many red lights like last cruise.

Also make sure you are TOPPED OFF on OIL & GAS before the cruise so we dont have to make a stop to fill up. Pretty much be ready to go before the cruise...

Were bringing radios, if people start to fall behind, I will stop the convoy. From what I understand there will be at least 5 radios which should cover the convoy. I already have two quarts of oil ready for the trip. I talked to the steak house and they have a section they can give us that will seat around 30.

You guys do need to know the section of highway where the steakhouse is at is under construction. Goto the next intersection where the fast food places are. Pull into the parking lot from there and drive the long way around. It will make sense when you see it.

Just a FYI, be prepared for people getting lost etc. 7+ people is alot, 14+ is a ton... Hopefully we we dont get stuck behind too many red lights like last cruise.

Also make sure you are TOPPED OFF on OIL & GAS before the cruise so we dont have to make a stop to fill up. Pretty much be ready to go before the cruise...

lol i bought a case for me..... my light came on last time

Were bringing radios, if people start to fall behind, I will stop the convoy. From what I understand there will be at least 5 radios which should cover the convoy. I already have two quarts of oil ready for the trip. I talked to the steak house and they have a section they can give us that will seat around 30.

You guys do need to know the section of highway where the steakhouse is at is under construction. Goto the next intersection where the fast food places are. Pull into the parking lot from there and drive the long way around. It will make sense when you see it.

GPS:rock: (calculating alternate route):mdrmed::icon_tup:

hey Doc...

I already have the route planed out. with this many people we are going to have 2 run groups, Creto has already agreed to lead the 2nd group.

ps. this is the route we ran back in August. Think you've already done it...try it backwards ;)

987 havnt heard from u in a while I thought we were going to give this new map a try

I already have the route planed out. with this many people we are going to have 2 run groups, Creto has already agreed to lead the 2nd group.
;)


*Hears Thomas in the background... "I want to be in A group"... :sadwavey::tear:

ummm.... a 47 mile drive sounds like a 30 min cruise, sounds like a waste of time for those OK guys... just saying..

yeh forgot about the ok guy

*Hears Thomas in the background... "I want to be in A group"... :sadwavey::tear:

Only to make sure I dont get stuck behind you again.

Only to make sure I dont get stuck behind you again.


Lol we all know I held my own Thomas... haha Im just giving ya crap...

from what I was told there was going to be no speeding which makes it two hours :P

the other thing was I had a park picked out half way that I know has enough room to line up 20 cars. I have a wide angle lens on my nikon camera.

There's moderate speeding

There's lotsa speeding.

Fixed.

lol^^^

if were running 2 groups we could do 2 maps if someone wanted to do a long cruise or a short one. maybe we could meet somewhere between the 2

I definitely want to be in the speeding group. Lol. I'm down for whatever on the course.

+1 for the speeding

personally the august cruise left me sore but the map doc made could be a little longer

personally the august cruise left me sore

explain yourself :suspect:

lol... well it did... i crashed when i got home. of course im not saying it was bad or too tiring... just sayin it was a little longer than i expected

lol... well it did... i crashed when i got home. of course im not saying it was bad or too tiring... just sayin it was a little longer than i expected
Wow...our DFW cruises are nothing compared to our Kerrville runs! These are just little warm-ups.

Im in. Count me in with the rest of the Oklahoma rotorhedz that are coming.

I can't wait for the 8 next year. If you guys do a Kerrville run before then please let me know

Nah dude we gotta make this cruise worth it. We got some fellas from Oklahoma coming. Im thinking the length of the august cruise or longer for this cruise. We don't want the cruise to be too short.

Wow...our DFW cruises are nothing compared to our Kerrville runs! These are just little warm-ups.

At the rate this one's going, its going to be TheTexas8: Dallas Edition.

EightStock in the making:P

At the rate this one's going, its going to be TheTexas8: Dallas Edition.

f'real. I'm supposed to get some engagement pictures taken that evening, hopefully this cruise doesn't get too long or I'm gonna have to bounce half way through:mad:

hopefully after basic and AIT when i figure where i get stasioned at ill be able to do a kerriville run if im close

Well this sucks, sounds like a cool meet. To bad I still can't drive, and I haven't gotten a new car yet. Hope you guys have a good meet though.

So after the long ardouious task of replacing the struts and getting the rear re aligned I am now back up to confidence in my car, and ready to drive it like I stole it on the 24th. Course now I'm starting to think I need new breaks...

In any case, I've got two decent walkies that I will bring as well as my camera (which will have its 120gig drive fully emptied this time)

Jim, did you figure out where you are staying?

brakes dammit! BRAKES BRAKES BRAKES!!!

dammit thomas i told you your brakes are fine, you have at least 50% left on your pads. you havn't even burned to the beveled edge yet.

if your brakes wear out... just open your door and slide your shoe on the ground to act as a brake... if it works on a bicycle... it should work on a car

if your brakes wear out... just open your door and slide your shoe on the ground to act as a brake... if it works on a bicycle... it should work on a car

The Flintstone's could do it so.......you're good.

dammit thomas i told you your brakes are fine, you have at least 50% left on your pads. you havn't even burned to the beveled edge yet.

I know they are fine, I was talking about an upgrade, aka more awesome brakes. Like when I press them I want to stop so hard the air bags deploy :)

awesomer. damnit thomas

awesomer. damnit thomas

You know at this point that I'm doing it just to get on "you're" nerves right? :P I'm going to start making gramar and speling mistackes on purpouse just to spit you!!!

You know at this point that I'm doing it just to get on "you're" nerves right? :P I'm going to start making gramar and speling mistackes on purpouse just to spit you!!!

:Eyecrazy::SHOCKED::eek::banghead::rollingla:lol: :boxing_sm: :knob::101384_l::dubs:::tool::whipping:
:stickpoke:pat::dammit:

:knob:

lol

well heres the logic behind brakes:P if you lock the wheel up, which we can, you can't stop any harder than that. once your tires slide you have exceeded your tires traction and braking capability.

I know they are fine, I was talking about an upgrade, aka more awesome brakes. Like when I press them I want to stop so hard the air bags deploy :)

Why the change of heart? When I asked about this a month or two ago in this thread (http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=199841), you replied:
No upgrade needed.

And then followed up with this gem of a post (http://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php?p=3612731&postcount=12).

Or there was this statement:

The RX8 brake system is one of those deals where you shouldn't fix what isn't broken.
Glad someone else in this thread had this opinion besides myself and one other.

And lastly...
My instructor at ECR raced an RX8 and Miata in Autocross and tracks across the country and he was asking me what I had done to the car. I told him about the HPS pads and he actually said he prefered stock pads because he felt that had more bite, which given the amount of dust they produced I could easily believe.

So which is it Thomas? Are upgraded brakes worth it or not? Because you were all about it being a waste of money and not helping the car at all when I asked, but now you want them?!

Owned....

Why the change of heart? When I asked about this a month or two ago in this thread (http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=199841), you replied:


And then followed up with this gem of a post (http://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php?p=3612731&postcount=12).

Or there was this statement:


And lastly...


So which is it Thomas? Are upgraded brakes worth it or not? Because you were all about it being a waste of money and not helping the car at all when I asked, but now you want them?!

Apparently I need to work on my sarcasm/joke/making fun of someone else delivery on the internet.

Aka, I was going back to the give a mouse a cookie syndrome joke.

EDIT: PS. man you musta been waiting awhile for something like that to do all that research lol. Do you have all my posts saved in a DB or something?

well heres the logic behind brakes:P if you lock the wheel up, which we can, you can't stop any harder than that. once your tires slide you have exceeded your tires traction and braking capability.

Yes, I know, in order to stop as hard as I was implying I'd need to have steal (thats for you nick) spikes come from the frame and embed into the ground or hit a wall. or another vehicle. *sigh* I need to work on my jokes cuse the smiley faces at the end of my posts dont seem to be cutting it anymore :(

Kyle I didnt read the end of your thread but for what its worth I got SS clutch and brake lines with some new pads (a tad better than stock) and ATE super blue brake fluid and im sold... thats all you really need.

I got SS clutch and brake lines with some new pads (a tad better than stock) and ATE super blue brake fluid

But you forgot the flux capacitor!!! You have to upgrade to the latest and greatest after doing all that.....

^ I could use one right now to get my car going. Hell a Flux Capacitor would last longer and be more realiable then these rotary engines... jeeze...

^ I could use one right now to get my car going. Hell a Flux Capacitor would last longer and be more realiable then these rotary engines... jeeze...

speaking of reliability i threw a CEL on the drive up here. got it pulled for cat efficiency. my supercat lasted like 20k. time to go back to stock

my rx7 made the drive with 0 problems. they should go back to 12a carbed. soo much easier to deal with.

^ I could use one right now to get my car going. ...

This how you should respond to all my comments!

:wiggle:7 dayzzz

Engine lost compression, 1 rotor is dead. CAT is gone as well, so looks like I'm sitting this one out

Engine lost compression, 1 rotor is dead. CAT is gone as well, so looks like I'm sitting this one out

damn dude. that BLOWS. whats your plan?

Engine lost compression, 1 rotor is dead. CAT is gone as well, so looks like I'm sitting this one out

if you post up signs and a reward... someone may find your cat.

nahh but in all seriousness that does suck...

he can ride bitch with someone.

maybe... we could be WB buddies WTB....

Lol if you want me to show you how to drive I'll ride with you :lol: if not I have the Automatic Miata, it sucks but it does handle better than the 8 (stock for stock) I'll just be lacking in the hp. It takes her forever to get to 100.

guys are gonna have to count me out, dont have the spare cash to run down there.

awww well I know the feeling man. Money is a little tight for everyone right now. Luckily there is always next month right? Or whenever you think you can make it. Sorry to see you can't but we hope you can someday.

Well i leave for basic in dec maybe a nov meet might be possible but ill have to see since i wotn be working in nov its crunch time for working out, and see and spending time with the family before i leave for5 months

Hmm well if you want any tips to make it through bootcamp I can shoot you my number. I do know its much easier since the new laws that were imposed. They used to and when I joined were allowed to physically beat you lol. Emotionally and mentally abuse you. Now its the kinder gentler military lol. I can though give you some really good success tips to help you make it through without being noticed. I also have some pretty good workout tips we developed in Iraq when we didn't have gym but had some down time and wanted to work out.

hey doc hit me with a pm and any tips you can would help im going to try my hardest not to get noticed thats my plan, my grandpa is giving me hell to about how its a gentler military. Tips and advice more then welcome.

well guys it looks like i have to work :( i need the money though. WTB i guess youll have to show me how to drive some other time :)

Well, great. Who's gonna take the Spirit of Bullitt now?

thomas will. he already has a smurf spirit permanently attached to his car

Well, great. Who's gonna take the Spirit of Bullitt now?

your spirit is always welcome to sit in my car in the parking lot while i make bank:p:

thomas will. he already has a smurf spirit permanently attached to his car

This man speaks truth :)

I'm heading out tomorrow around noon.

I am going to try to get there 30mins early to warn the staff. I already talked to them once but you know how easily people forget things.

Well wouldn't you know....yesterday our photographer calls us and says, "lets meet at the Arboretum at 3pm...":icon_no2:


Either I'm skipping the cruise, :banghead: , or leaving early, also :rant::banghead:....

well thats ok, the forecast calls for rain stopping at midnight tonight, then starting back up at 6pm tomorrow. If it does get nasty things will have to be slowed way down or cut off depending on how bad it gets. We all know what happens if you try to trek water in the 8 lol.

in our experience, the 8 does better than a z4 :D

I'm working on rescheduling the photoshot

in our experience, the 8 does better than a z4 :D

I'm working on rescheduling the photoshot

Now that's dedication. Let that be an example to all the slackers out there missing out on this cruise!

*cough* bullit *cough*

Im leaving ada pretty early to this meet woot wooot!!! btw ada is a town in ok

I have to miss :( its funny that my boss has an 8 but doesn't understand why I would want to go on a cruise instead of working...

I told you to call in sick, and not give away your true wants. All you had to do was say that you got your flu shot, and the next day you felt horrid.

We have partied but will be there ready to roll

We have partied but will be there ready to roll

You make it sound like we're meeting at 9am.

so is the plan to meet at Tx Roadhouse at 1, then eat for 2 hrs.? If so I'm not going to come. If we are meeting there and starting a drive then I'll be there for an hour...

plans im sure will change based on how long it takes people to show up and eat and converse. I plan to eat but I can put down a meal in 30min or less. Its really just up to how things would flow is my guess. Some people might show up early, some might show up late. I doubt this could actually flow with a time plan efficiently lol.

if you dont want to eat at all show up at 2. or try to guess around a drive time.

Well wouldn't you know....yesterday our photographer calls us and says, "lets meet at the Arboretum at 3pm...":icon_no2:


Either I'm skipping the cruise, :banghead: , or leaving early, also :rant::banghead:....
Just bring the photographer with you. We can make some stops for pictures.

heres the first load of images that have been cleaned up and edited. Theres about 25 here.

http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s155/docbeech/October%202010%20RX8%20Club%20Meet/

Hey Doc!
Great meetin you guys at the meetup, Your dad got some great pictures!
We should do this once a quarter.
Keep in touch!!

heres the first load of images that have been cleaned up and edited. Theres about 25 here.

http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s155/docbeech/October%20Club%20Meet/

Thanks indeed. Those look like some awesome pics. Any chance I could get them in all in a zip file? I can provide an ftp if needed.

On another note I will be posting the footage on the NTX site, but its going to take me awhile because 1. I recorded over 30 gigs worth due to the duration. Not all of it is great either due to the rain which caused issues with the autofocus. 2. Its going to take me awhile to even get the compressed files uploaded at 10x compression. (3.5-4gigs for each of the three files). Currently compressing the first of three. I may even put what footage I have of the august run we did just in case anyone wants it.

Thanks for posting pix, Doc. Seems like a good time, albeit wet. That give you much trouble?

not at all, im running michelin sport a/s plus. I can't speak for everyone but I was keeping a lot of distance between me and the guy in front of me so I could take the corners harder and faster without worrying about the guy in front of me braking.

There are over 250 photos, those 30 or so are just the first ones to be cleaned up. Of course over 100 of them were lost due to windshield wiper blades, or water debris covering the wind shield, or a bad focus lol. I'm still working on about another 25 of them.

btw if you click zoom in then you can get the full sized photo the photobucket allows.

Check out this storm image

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s155/docbeech/October%202010%20RX8%20Club%20Meet/DSC_0135f.jpg

I'm guessing that's a photoshop? It looks a lot like this one:
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s155/docbeech/October%20Club%20Meet/DSC_0143.jpg

BWHAHAHAHAH!!!!! owned. i thought it looked a little goofy.

on a more serious note, this one from the album is almost background worthy
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s155/docbeech/October%20Club%20Meet/DSC_0140.jpg

looks like a great time guys

the second photo is what adobe did when I had it do an auto image adjustment. Hence its one of the only photos without clouds. Look at the road in the second image and you can see cloud shadow on the ground but no clouds. I believe it was trying to cover up all the mist, but you can almost not see the clouds in the lighter picture just a hint of them. On a second note for those who love banners here is one with all the cars from the steak house.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s155/docbeech/Banners/banner.jpg

Trip looks awesome sucks i missed out glad it was a good time

well if you missed this one look at my charity thread:P

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=206797

How many OK guys showed up?

Check the photos if you have saved any. I have updated about 5 of them. Some of them like the photo with the dark clouds above I reverse edited. The photo with the clouds was edited on the nikon camera, the one without the clouds adobe decided the mist would be less obtrusive if it changed the sky. On 3 of them I have been able to edit out a vehicle so it looks like there are only 8's on the road. A couple of them I have instead of using the adobe edited photo, I used the nikon software built into the camera to adjust the lighting. A couple of the photos in cleaning them up I had to upload back to the camera because adobe makes them to bright, or makes one portion of them unrealistically bright compared to other areas of the photos. Double check what you have saved to see if your photo was updated or corrected again. I will probably be doing this over and over, and adding photos one at a time as well.

Also some of them won't be the full photograph. I will post an example below of one that had to be cropped out because 90% of the photo was windshield covered in water and debris.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s155/docbeech/October%20Club%20Meet/DSC_01562.jpg

There is also a banner thread here with two options for banners one of them with and one without the miata in it.

http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s155/docbeech/Banners/

hey thanks doc for the amazing pics!!!!!!
Sorry!!! for the guy behind me i was braking too much due to my cheap tires!!! lol...

deadpheonix I actually have 3 of that same photo. One of them has two cars in it. The only problem I am having which just so happens to be why the clouds are being deleted. The issue is that when I tell adobe to fix the photo for water spots, and mist to clean it up, it focuses on the car and road. Once it does that it turns the sky to look like they are clear skies. The only photos it leaves the clouds alone is ones where the clouds are pink. The ones like above where they are black or stormy it almost completely erases them. It tried to erase the rainbow on me too. I am currently trying to figure out a way to clean them without having to hand tool them. I will try to get the three rainbow photos up, darken them, and remove the water spots best I can without removing the gray sky.

Riley if you want to send me an ftp link I will get a zip to you. Keep in mind it might be a week or two. There are 30 more photos I want to salvage BUT and huge issue here. They are more damaged by the weather than these. Im waiting to see if I want to spend the time fixing them. Were talking about 20-30 mins of repairs a photo and thats just to salvage some of the photo.

BTW best I could get this one for now the rain took its toll on it:
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s155/docbeech/October%202010%20RX8%20Club%20Meet/dsed.jpg

Riley if you want to send me an ftp link I will get a zip to you.

As long as you don't completely forget to upload what you got when you decide your finished I'm cool with whenever. I like to get as many pictures and videos from people on the cruises as I can for archiving. I know I can come off as annoying in this vien, but sometimes having them can be really nice.

Also, on the off chance that anyone else took pictures of the meet, I'd like them as well. I'm going through a phase of updating the NTX site, so the more the merier.

Lastly, I've got parts 2 and 3 of this cruise uploaded, but they are a different compression standard, so if anyone that dls them has trouble playing them let me know.

I'm still working on other parts of the site however so just those videos are ready currently.

http://www.ntxrotary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:video-10-24-10&catid=35:videos&Itemid=57

Try this one:

^looks familiar.
part 2, 1:15:03 that is all.

updated thanks bullit maybe I will give you the second one I really want to save but I can't seem to get right.

Adobe kept trying to turn the rainbow photos this turquoise green color.

^Sure.

looks familiar.
part 2, 1:15:03 that is all.

Adam. Hunh?

I was referring to the raw footage video (part 2) at the time listed. Hit up Thomas if you want the footage. He's got an ftp to get if from.

or I guess you could use the link provided in Riley's post above.

Ahhhhhh. Aha.

^looks familiar.
part 2, 1:15:03 that is all.

Haha, I was trying to figure out what you were refering to, then when I saw the footage I was like oh yeah!, P.S. is more like 1:14:58 :)

Also wish I woulda got Jimmy's on camera cuse it looked pretty cool in the rear view.

The widest lense I have found is about 145 degree viewing angle, really you would need about 165 for great shots.

Haha, I was trying to figure out what you were refering to, then when I saw the footage I was like oh yeah!, P.S. is more like 1:14:58 :)

Also wish I woulda got Jimmy's on camera cuse it looked pretty cool in the rear view.

On my PC it said 1:15:03

On my PC it said 1:15:03

Probably the time difference because of the 5 second slide I added to the beginning of the compressed video. I tend to only view the footage in its orginal format.

In any case, all of the video from this meet, and the last (8-07-10) has been posted.

Note that the end of part 2 is where my camera died so that is only a fraction of the entire meet.

I had a blast guys. Was great to see everyone again and to meet new people. Look forward to the next time.

Im thinking we need a new pic on the front of the NTXRotary website... lol I have some pics of mine that will do... :lol2:

Also, we need someone to do some editing to these long as videos, because all of this footage Thomas is getting is somewhat a waste because noone wants to watch us sit at a stoplight etc. maybe Bullit can do some magic and spoof these videos up and make them exciting... Plus we need some good music and to cut out the noise of whats going on in the cabin, sorry Thomas but Id prefer to listen to badass videos of our cruise without your commentary haha