Autobacs & Lil Tokyo ppl
 

At the request of Trochoidmagic, I'm posting this one-time meet idea. I had an entire write up on the location but my computer crashed and lost everything so this'll be short. I actually wanted Rich and some others to cruise with me there on some off night so I could show them and then get a feel if this is something the 8's would like. But Rich just said to run with it. I've been around long enough to get a feel by what has been done, and this idea is along those lines with a twist.

But in short, Del Amo Fashion Center the Promonade section has an upbeat Sushi Bar/Club with a live DJ that I think you all would enjoy.(the links to a map and venue info are below) Lots of different places to hang-out, lots of parking space, lots of things to do (it even has a bowling place, but not sure of pool tables tho). You don't have to dress up but the ladies there will be so it's your choice. It's in Torrance on Carson Street and Hawthorne Blvd being the closest intersection.

As far as when? This coming Saturday the 16th....or next Friday or Saturday(22/23)

And again, if just a couple ppl would like to try it first, that would work.

Where? 3525 W. Carson St, Torrance, CA
When? Pls vote(Saturday the 16th) or (Friday the 22nd) or (Saturday the 23rd)


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...02,-118.347409

http://www.delamorevitalization.com/static/node1452.jsp

^^actually, i messed up on my vote. saturday is fine with me. this friday is the autobacs meet, and i love the pre-meet at the lounge. but i'd like to see something new and see what u got goin on there in hawthorne for us.

i can go with the concensus, let me know or PM me.

^^oops, i guess i didn't. the vote is right...now lets see what we come up with.

did leon mention GIRLS and BEER? it'll be a girls gone wild rotary edition...i'm in!

fyi torrance pd are dicks...i grew up in the 310 south long enough to know.

That is true, it's also why I always go to OC and other cities for there meets. But I feel since the rotary's don't have a negative reputation and the fact the 8's is a modern good looking sports car, it also doesn't attract negative attention. This one place is alright tho. As always, no burn-outs and crap.

Last month the Rx7's had a meet in Torrance In & Out with 50+ turn-out. I thought for sure the cops would set up mod checks, but they made one pass through the parking lot and left. I'm sure if there were burn-outs and stuff, there would have been problems.

I'll do up a better map soon.

I'm assuming that the club is 21 and over only? If so... that means they serve alcohol! And if there's alcohol then that means I'll be there. :)

No..yes..and cool

Since it is classified as a "resturant" it's all ages so your carded as you order alcohol. But you don't see families there or anything. With the live DJ you do see occasional dancing but no dance floor. As we get closer, I'll post up a map of the meeting point since the parking lot is so huge and it can seem confusing.

+1 im with john on this...

Blah Blah Blah Atilla's gonna be there with smile and a camera :)

i'm down if you guys decided on saturday...

K, the votes are pretty close but Saturday the 23rd has a slight lead in the polls =) But it seems all the key playas checked in except Apocalypto. I plan on checking out RA after autobacs this Friday and I'll cruise by this Saturday as well to see what it looks like at about midnight. Also to find a good meet up spot.

as far as im concerned..the 23rd is excellent for me...hey rich..u wanna have a little pre-meet and do another caravan to the meet?

what is Autobacs?

LOL!!^^^^:lol: :lol:.....ahahahhahaha are you serious???? j/k im not flamin you....Autobacs is a car store, they got all types of crap there, from stereos to aftermarket parts and everything inbetween...just like they guys out in japan we got one here and lucky for us its in our neighborhood....so we can be like those guys in japan and have meets in front of Autobacs, and take pics that look totally JDM

ring me up. we'll see...

aren't yellow and someone else around our area (626) goin as well?

let me check

calling all east siders (626)
 

who like to caravan around the alhambra 626 area to this joint?
1)TrochoidMagic
2)apocalypse
3) <<<---ur name here

held at his pockets, aiming up following behind 2 skirt wearing jdm hotties.:boink: :boink:

K, the plan is next, next Saturday the 23rd. Here's an image of the actual site pointing out the Pavillion where RA is at and also pointing out the meet up spot. We may or may not stay parked there but just a place to meet up. On the very corner of Carson St and Madrona is a Black Angus, I'll prolly be the first one there so look for my red SA or other 8's somewhere behind Black Angus.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...acs/RAMeet.jpg



Here is a larger view to give you all an idea of the routes everyone will be taking. It's pretty simple, which ever way your coming from, get to either the 405 (South) or the 110 (South) freeways. If your headed south on the 405 your exit will be Hawthorne Blvd. Go south on Hawthorne Blvd til you reach Carson St(about 4 miles) then make a left till you see the Black Angus, but you'll need to turn into the parking lot prior to reaching Black Angus.

If your coming down the 110 your exit will be Carson St then turn right from the off ramp and it's a straight shot all the way till you see Black Angus (about 5 miles) This direction you'll make your first right into the parking lot once you pass Black Angus.

Redondo Beach is circled for a cruise option after.(lots of photo ops there)

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...cs/RAmeet2.jpg

I feel obligated to make sure you guys have a good time so I am buying the first pitchers to get you guys wearing those beer goggles, haha, but seriously, the first pitcher is on me.

cool deal.

see u next saturday.

Hi guys,

I'm totally new here, just found this web few days ago and really interested in next saturday's meet up as well as the monthly little tokyo meet up. Where do you guys meet at little tokyo?

Thx in advance~

Never been to a meet before and i don't really want to be the odd kid out.

plus i have traffic school.

sounds like fun though!

^^ to the 2 new forum members. welcome to the club!
-as far as the lil tokyo meet... we meet at the actual location, and do things(eat, drink, play, goof off afterwards)
-as far as this one in delamo mall, its gonna be up for the first run... and guaranteed to have enough fun as much as the first tokyo run's crowd goes as what SA rx7 suggested.

i suggest coming to both of them. its convenient for those interested in L.A. meets... there should be something brewed up for the east-sider's. that crowd is more laid back and subtle, and a new location is still in discussion. try to feel them both out and see what you like and what suits you.
personally, i know both crowds. and there's times when i like the crowd i organized, and i also like what the east sider's have in mind... they just need to work out a better location for activities to do.

so meanwhile, this is whats happening right now.

where are you the 2 of you located?

Richard! Do you still want this?
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3...Photo-0164.jpg
I'll give it to you at the next meet if you still want it. :)

Oh yeah, check out my new gauges. :)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3...Photo-0161.jpg

what's up!Renises, nice looking gauges....I like.:)

Thanks, the new gauges are awesome! It was a pain to install though... I literally had to take the entire dash apart in order to route all the cable/hoses in the back...

That bad? but it was worth it...just yesterday I was tring to take the dash apart to intstall an ipod adapter wire, but I couldn't find a way:dunno:

There is a very very hidden "security bolt" underneath the panels of the steering wheel holding the radio in place... It's a bitch to get to. I had to use an extension just to get in and there's barely any room to maneuver the ratchet around.... I'll try to find a picture with the security bolt holding the radio in place.

Go here: http://www.whatsmyip.org/ipodrx8/1.php
This should help show you how to remove the radio.

This is probably where you're stuck at:
http://www.whatsmyip.org/ipodrx8/pictures/9.jpg

When you remove the cover underneath your steering wheel, you'll see two bolts and further down, you'll see another bolt. Do not remove the two bolts but remove the bolt all the way down inside, it's a bit tricky to get to... and DO NOT DROP THE BOLT! If you drop it, you're screwed.... oh, by the way, I didn't reinstall the bolt when I put everything together. The bolt is only for security reasons so that if people were to break into your car and try to steal the radio, the security bolt will hold it in place. We all have an alarm so we don't have to worry about no security bolt holding the radio in place. I hope this helps :)

^ thanks bro for the info. Ill try it again.
by the way, I washed & waxed my 8 sat. and this morning(sun.) found my car
dirty...someone had thrown eggs at it over night...f#cken assholes!!!:rant:

^Thats fu#ked up man, some piston is jealous cause an RX8 won the Rolex 24 at Daytona. But I was parked at my mom's house today and some fricken bird had diarrea'd on 2/3rds of my freshly washed and polished sa.

But about this coming Saturdays meet in Torrance. I noticed that I gave directions based on ppl coming from the upper part of socal. Obvioiusly if your coming from the south, then your going north on the 405 and so on.

To be safe, here is the address so you can set your GPS or map quest the place.

3525 W Carson St
Torrance, CA 90503

Time: 9pm this Saturday the 23rd

If you guys wanna see a list, I'll start one:

1. SA_RX7
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^don't you guys hate that shit!!!jealous f#cks.
but anyways I'll see you guys in torrance sat.:Peace:

I'm sorry to hear that man! That totally sucks ass! Well, I'll be in Torrance on Saturday too then. :)

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Lets hope the PD will be cool..

TrochoidMagic thx for the heads up~ yeah, i'll definitely be there for both meets :D

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3. ShinkaEvo
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looks like rain in our forecast...

^Dozer are you going to this meet?

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3. RX OCHO
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^^Yeah, but if you pull up the weather for Torrance 90503, there's no rain all week and if you pull autobacs 90680, it's raining all week. We'll wait and see what really happens, this close to the ocean is always off the forecast. I will do the rain or shine thing, it's up to ya'll, but it'll be mostly indoors anyway. I'm looking forward to hanging at the club with loud music and ladies that aren't paid to be there. Except single ladies do get their drinks for free.

[QUOTE=RX OCHO;2303710]^Dozer are you going to this meet?

1. SA_RX7
2. XDEEDUBBX
3. RX OCHO
4.shiinkaevo
5.TrochoidMagic
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i hope it doesn't rain...
damn, i'm gonna have to wax again. it sucks wanting to never have a dirty car...
someone please engineer an anti-environment paint...

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i didnt read the first post very well and thought this was just a rx8 meet...not to interested in the club..so ixnay on me..

^ Oh pooh...

^^wow, that was a grand exit! But no straight sausage fest was intended for this meet, thats true. But also I used the word "club" it's far from that as it is a restaurant/bar geared toward the younger crowd. And this is an "8" thing, no 7's are coming except me that I know of. And nothin is etched in stone, do whatever you'd like...that place as you'll see has a variety of shit to do. I'm pretty sure there's a bowling alley too, maybe play a frame. If hanging with the cars is better than the promenade then so be it but I know the autobac 8's, they like diversity. Or chill have some drinks for a bit then go back out, whatever.

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^^ double that.

i really don't have any problems with people whatever they drive.
i'm in it from the mechanics perspective.and cars are whats kept me outta trouble thru my younger years...

too bad ignorant ppl can't feel the same way.

SA, you know i'm a honda head right?
see, not all honda heads are ignorant fucks or ricers. just the new ones:lol2:

c'mon guys...

did you forget to add your name in here or what?

i see ur posting, i see ur curiosity... we've already met SA 7, and he doesn't bite.

you know which ones i'm talkin about...

i didnt mean anything about certain cars attending the meet. I dont have a problem with that at all. It was the club part that did it for me.

yeah... i got tired of the club scene as well.

BUT, its different when you get to go wit the guys... and drink, play, mess around, flirt wit girls, and basically just acts a fool.

yooou knnoooow!

oh i hear ya..i just got tired of getting kicked out of clubs for getting in too many fights.. =( hahah

^sounds like my kinda club-goer haha

Well, the Greddy thing is this Saturday as well... I guess I'm going to both this and the Greddy thing. This is going to be a fun Saturday. :)

Yeah, me too! But i'm in the early rotary club entry at 7am. 2 hours before general public so it'll be a long day for me. I'll prolly leave Greddy at 1pm or so and take a nap for the next round of fun in the evening.

I just bought another FC but it's still red so look out for that at the Black Angus.

And thats cool Rich, I want an EVO myself.

So you guys got the caravan to Torrance together?

^^ohhhh...didn't get what you mean at first.
but yeah... rotary's are nice. its definitely outta the ordinary. but if i were to get a honda again... it'll prolly be a honda FIT just being because the way gas is nowadays. and it looks cool and versatile too... nah... it could be that i am just tempted to have a sleeper with the posibility to use some K series motor in the future...hehe.

the wifey will prolly kill me... but we'll see.