ugh... you cant give the background to the convo.... you have to let people just go with it


the statement "you gotta pound it, pound my shit fool" leaves much more to the imagination

Btw does anyone have any good videos of the twisties because my friends dont believe anything i say about how most cars wouldnt be able to keep up in the turns... my friend said a Audi S5 could of handled it better and i just laughed... so i need some good footage to shove it in his face...

Yes, there is some decent footage of the roads. I dont think it will fully convey the speeds we were traveling (as insane as they were in some cases) However, I dont think it will be ready for some time. If you want I can post the switch backs from the last run, but the quality wont be great.

you've got time... i just want the hairpin turns or the switchbacks from either year... preferably this year though... decent quality if you can but take your time... if some videos are ready load em' up on Youtube and send me the link. Heh i just laugh at these guys that think they know alot about cars, shit what i find really amusing is the fact that the 2 guys that are telling me this stuff they know a fair amount of knowledge about cars but the first guy doesnt even know how to drive that good, he was the one that totalled the 370Z lol... What i didnt tell you is he was stupid enough and tried to play it off that he could of regained control of it if the traction control was off and he was a better driver LOL. Tell me one thing, if your going 100-110 and you see a bunny and try to dodge it and lose control and swerve into some grass how are you going to regain traction??? once you hit the grass its over... LOL sorry for minor thread jack...

Kyle... where are those pictures you said you'd have compounded??? and I hate Vodka right now, ugh... no bueno...

heres my video from following travis after i cut his inner fender out on the side of the road


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvcJtQ9JVnU

Usually I would but I mean, come on...matching boxers before that comment doesn't make it even better? I figured it would give even MORE to think about...boxers...leading to a pound my shit fool comment?

No? Too far? Hmmm...my bad...

if i would've known this i could have took off.. looks fun ,anymore cruises or meets coming up?

Where are you at in TX? The DFW group usually gets together 3-4 times a month, and I believe the groups in the other big cities (Houston, SA, Austin) usually meet at least once a month.

Just keep checking the forum. Events will be posted when they're scheduled.

Here are my pics... The videos are uploading now, so they should be done before the end of the day.

http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/j...de%20meet%202/

ah i gotcha im located in garland yea i kinda figure you guys meet up a lot around dfw. i usually go to the wednesday night meet off coit and ricekiller meet on mondays off 635, pretty huge turn out yesterday night

Here's a link to most of the shots I got.

Ok...sorry for the delay. Here's a zip file of all the pictures I got collected on Saturday night. All told, it's about 500 images.

I did go through and resize all the pictures down to 800x600 so the zip file would be smaller. If I left them at their original size, it was over 3 gigabytes of data. No way I'm gonna upload all that and let people download it.

If you do want the originals, let me know and I can burn a DVD for you. For those not in DFW, I would ask for $2 to cover shipping and stuff.

Anyways, enjoy the pictures and thanks to everyone who let me get their pictures!

http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX8-StateMeet.zip

I've got a short working draft of the promo video (about a min in length at this point) thats on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y29tj9abx1U&fmt=18

Questions and or comments are welcome.

I will post the video WTBrotary wants sometime tom. Its about 5 times the size of the draft and is gonna take most of the night to upload. (mainly just because its about 3 times longer)

a URL would be good thomas

I'm getting there. I've never used youtube before and didnt realize they had to actually process the video once I uploaded it, so waiting on that :(

Try it now. I've restricted it to not show to the world so I may have to change some settings somehow.

yeah...says it's private and I can't view it. my username on youtube is the same as here if it will allow certain members to view it.

Ok I changed it to normal, wish there was a way that you could set it only viewable by linky (ie doesnt show in searchs or anything like that)

I viewed the initial quality and its shite... hopefully when its completely done processing it will be better.

I got it to pull up now. Apparently it's still processing, because it's taking a while to show.

Well done Thomas, it's going to turn out great! Only comment I have would be add more of the hairpin turns, just to really show what we put the cars through.

Click the little HD button. Clears it up quite a bit.

Looking good! Footage is good, but I might suggest a different font and color...but that's just me being picky.

Ohh...and change the link to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y29tj9abx1U&fmt=18

It defaults the viewer to the HQ version of the video.

Looks good for a rough draft.. I'd suggest that the intro of the cars coming down also be fairly well in sync with a song build... Kinda build some excitement ya know.

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Hey guys wanted to thank everyone once again for letting the subbie tag along, can't wait till next year!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvef829QBQo

Here's pretty much a straight 3 minute vid of just the switchbacks. Def needs to be watched in HD. Actually kinda sad the quality isn't better cuse it looks really good on my computer.

Thanks for all the comments.

Here is a link to the best of my pictures.... enjoy!!!!!!

TEXAS 8 STATE MEET

Thanks again to all of our organizers, leaders, and sponsors!!! We had a blast with everyone over the weekend and it was great meeting new rotor heads. The roads were amazing and I can’t wait for the next one.

Here are some of my favorites...

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00485.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00504.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00541.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00580.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00582.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00594.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00641.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00678.jpg

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00683.jpg

my flashlight doesn't work :tear: i thought it was the batteries but i changed those and still nothing :( :( :(

Speaking of "Second Chance Prom Pics", here's a little write-up for everyone.

After dinner on Saturday night, some of us decided to head out to Stonehenge to get some dusk pictures of the 8's out at Stonehenge. Unfortunately, we took a little too long at dinner and wound up taking pictures at night out at stonehenge. Actually turned out really well!

Anyways, when we got back, a group of us decided to sit out on the patio area by our room and have a few drinks and just talk and tell some good stories. Cornholio, RowlettRX8er, myself, and Deadphoenix, WTBRotary, and AgCutie where all in rooms towards the back of the hotel complex next to the onsite convention center. Turns on, Saturday night, the convention center was hosting a local highschool prom.

Well, after a while sitting out there and watching some of these highschool kids go walking back and discussing how "if they were my kid, they would have never gotten out of the house wearing that", I decided I needed to document some of this. I went and grabbed my camera and decided I would take pictures of all the highschoolers leaving prom. Below are some of the photos and the background story for each picture.

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This is a picture of two gals we saw when we stopped at Sonic on the way back from Stonehenge. Obviously, having 9 or 10 8's in the Sonic parking lot draws some attention. Cornholio dropped his wife off at the hotel before joining us, and when he got to Sonic, told us about how the prom had taken up all the parking spots. So of course we were bitching about the prom when two gals pulled up who were obviously dressed to go to prom. So we pointed at them while they were getting drinks - obviously to put alcohol in - and said hi and spoke to them for a few minutes. Actually pretty cool. Anyways, when we were sitting out on the patio area and I began taking pictures, they walked by and were like "Hey, aren't yall the RX8 people? We love that car!!" So I took the picture and they were pretty cool. Talked to them for a bit before the took off
http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX-...st-prom-02.jpg


This is a picture of the next group that walked out. As they were walking by, I yelled "Get ready! Time to take after prom pictures!" and took the picture. As soon as they walked by, the girl in the GINORMOUS black and white dress said "I can't believe he just did that!" We all had a good laugh about it.
http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX-...st-prom-03.jpg

The next two pics are of a couple that was "getting it on" on the playground close to where we were sitting. I never saw them walk out, but doesn't really matter. Someone said I need to take a picture of the couple sitting over on the playground making out. So what did I do, I turned the camera and took a picture. You can't see anything, but I made sure the flash was on so they could see that I was trying to take a picture. It obviously caught their attention because they soon were standing like 10 feet from each other. Then about 5 minutes later, they came walking up to the patio area to smoke. As they were walking up, I took the second picture. She wasn't happy with me at all cause she was shaking her head when I held the camera up and said "After Prom Pictures!" I'm pretty sure they ended up drunk and in bed with each other by the end of the night, but that's just a guess on my part.
http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX-...st-prom-04.jpg http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX-...st-prom-05.jpg

There aren't any real good stories for the rest of them, but most of the kids were pretty cool with it. When I told them I was taking their picture, they posed and and had a good time with it. I had a good time with it giving the highschoolers crap and I think everyone at the table thought it was pretty funny. So, enjoy the rest of the pictures!

http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX-...st-prom-08.jpg http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX-...st-prom-09.jpg http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX-...st-prom-11.jpg http://images.kyleinprogress.com/RX-...st-prom-12.jpg

I'm starting to think I went to the wrong party Kyle :P

P.S.

Draft 2 is processing on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd85nTnYcAY

Great Pics scott!!

and you wouldn't have drank nearly as much vodka *snicker*

I have no idea how much Tom drank...but I'm pretty sure Brandon could have given him a run for his money! LOL!!

Tom was playing hi/lo by himself, and lost frequently.

Wow...that takes talent! Too bad we couldn't have put both of them together...cause Brandon deciding he wanted to partake in prom was pretty funny!

No comments on draft 2?

Draft 2 looks good. I like this photo too. Kyle what bulbs are you using in the fogs?
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...t/DSC00582.jpg

Not necessarily on draft 2, but I am kinda curious about your username now! If you search for "RileyCraven" on youtube, you get a "did you mean to search for Riley Raven the pornstar?"

I do like the second draft. I would suggest adding something towards the end about checking the website for information. I mean, we are trying to use it as a promotional tool.

Here's what I'm using for my lights.

Fogs:
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...10634-1-2.html

Parking Lights:
http://www.v-leds.com/Interior-LED/D...68269-1-2.html

The fogs take a little work because the reflector in the housing is too short to allow those bulbs. You have to pull the metal reflector out. Kind of a pain, but definitely worth it. Also, V-Leds is apparently working on a new H11 bulb for the fogs that has alot more light output and will work much better as a fog. The ones I have right now look fine during the day, but aren't real useful as fog lights.

Lol, yes I am aware of the porn star, but that has nothing to do with my name and I am not sure why that search doesnt show my name, I'm guessing because its so new and is not properly indexed yet.

Good idea about the end.

I love the vids! I am sorry I could not make it, It looks like agreat time. When will the next one be?

I'm thinking about trying to have another in Oct. If not then, then sometime next year.

October?? IM IN!!!!:)


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OK everyone, this is the final draft:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS0GdNGpu4o&fmt=18

The only changes from the draft before were that I sightly speed up the last clip of turns and then added our website info at the end. If everyone is ok with it, I will start using this is our promo for the next meet until a better video is/can be made.

really tom, couldn't you find a better picture of me????

Whats the matter with the picture?!? I like that picture!

To be honest, I was thinking the same thing.

Seriously?! Those pics have been in there since at least draft 2! I'm not even in the video!!!!! I personally liked the picture, it shows our fun zainy side... really what is wrong with it?

Now I'm curious, what does Jordan think?

Zainy side? And to think, I thought this to be a better representation of that...

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i cant put that on a promo video!