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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by c0ldf1ame
went there at 8:20, parking lot was full of car, probably for the softball game or something, no rx8s in sight, checked all the other potential lots too, none, plus it was raining, so i went home -_-
we met behind the ralphs store across the street. parking structure in the back. some peeps showed up, i did go to the parking by the baseball field, but i saw three rx8s leaving so i just followed, i figured they were all going to the same place.
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 01:02 AM
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we hung out at the location until 8:25 at which point we moved to the structure behind the Ralph's because of the rain.

About 15-20 cars showed up. Great meet overall.
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
HAHAHAAHHA this meet will never be the same..hahah
i was just thinking the same.
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
HAHAHAAHHA this meet will never be the same..hahah
Originally Posted by RX OCHO
i was just thinking the same.
don't be so negative! we had a great turnout last time, and this meet was successful as well.

Originally Posted by c0ldf1ame
went there at 8:20, parking lot was full of car, probably for the softball game or something, no rx8s in sight, checked all the other potential lots too, none, plus it was raining, so i went home -_-
awww, i'm sorry to hear that. there was some confusion over where to meet, whether it was at the posted location or the parking structure across the way. since it rained, many of the 8's relocated at the structure, but me and rasp went back to the park around 9:30pm because one of the guys said he saw some cars there. when we arrived, there wasn't anyone there. i hope this didn't discourage you from meeting up with everyone and you should come to the next meet!
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 06:55 AM
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i drove by and hunked but did not stop.
i saw some cars there but i guess they were
there for the baseball or soccer
so you guys finally made it to the parking
structure. ralphs/ bowling alley
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 01:40 PM
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i'm gonna go have a brownie
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 02:54 PM
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I don't think you have the right to talk **** considering you never come.


Originally Posted by XDEEDUBBX
HAHAHAAHHA this meet will never be the same..hahah
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by scremn8
i drove by and hunked but did not stop.
i saw some cars there but i guess they were
there for the baseball or soccer
so you guys finally made it to the parking
structure. ralphs/ bowling alley
yea, it was actually pretty good in that structure. We didn't get bothered by anyone. Maybe we'll move it there from now on.
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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last night was bad...the only good thing was the pic of my car haha...



pics taken by my buddy fuji
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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what bulbs did you put in there?
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 05:04 PM
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i have 10k low beam, and BLUE LED all around
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 05:14 PM
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10K?! You can't see **** with 10K.
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotary Rasp
I don't think you have the right to talk **** considering you never come.
i could talk whatever shyt I want..LOL HAHAHAHA... FYI..I put in a shyt load of work to make the old LAX meet succesful.but I think it got a little too succesful. On a daily basis I used to bump 6 forums regularly to try and get people to come to the old meet..I just no longer have the time to do so...If I have time and energy I will start bumping other forums but until then someone else has to do it..


Forums that can be bumped that have LAX threads I created:

www.my350z.com
www.g35driver.com
www.infinitiscene.com
www.mazda3forums.com
www.s2ki.com (personal ban from the meets)

and there were others that I can't remember. Before I stopped coming to the meets I was working with porsche forums, and audi forums...anyone care to take over the load that I started?
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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**** that, I'm going straight to www.lambopower.com
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 05:41 PM
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Numbers != success
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 07:11 PM
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not really...i aimed them higher
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:27 PM
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You guys should consider yourself lucky you weren't with this crew http://thenewspaper.com/news/23/2302.asp
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:35 PM
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If you're not into street racing, why would you need that?" Riverside Police Traffic Sergeant Skip Showalter asked an enthusiast during a similar crackdown last year. "Why would you want more power going to your car?"
That is the stupidest ******* thing I've ever heard. Why don't you go ask the Mercedes owners why they need Twin Turbo V12's in their AMG S65's.

police accusing the owners of the parked vehicles of being street racers
stero typing much?
Despite labeling the parking lot raid as taking place at a "street racing venue," Riverside Police offered no evidence that any street racing actually took place
of course there was no street racing, they WERE SITTING IN A ******* PARKING LOT. (wow, stupidity has no bounds...)

Using $503,000 in federal and state gas tax revenue to pay for overtime
Police issued a total of forty-eight tickets for "engine modifications"
Another fifty tickets were issued for paperwork violations, dark window tinting and lack of a front license plate
The most revenue, however, will be generated from the fees imposed on twenty vehicles that were confiscated
call me crazy BUT... 95 misdemeanor tickets + 20 impounded cars (which they might NEVER collect anything from, if the kids can't afford to get the car) will not equal the $503,000 that it cost to pull this little stunt.
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:44 PM
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is that even legal for them to do? how can they prove that any of these people are street racers? and how can they preform a warrant-less search when the owners of the vehicles weren't doing anything suspicious in the first place? can't they just take them to court and battle it out?
Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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here's another report on the raid http://www.pe.com/localnews/riversid...1.4234d9b.html
Old Apr 4, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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my problen with this half the cops in the raid prpbably have modified cars....
Old Apr 4, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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isn't there something in the constitution about right to peaceably congregate? how can the cops get away with this without proof?
Old Apr 4, 2008 | 02:46 AM
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i don't think they can. and the fact that they searched them without a warrant or any reasonable cause. if being in a parking lot is reasonable cause, then our system's gone to hell
Old Apr 4, 2008 | 04:53 AM
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heh... the tix are nothing compared to what Texas & Utah cops did. they freaking TAZED ppl for asking them a simple question as to why they were being issued a tix. and, even worse is the internal police investigation of the incidents actually found the officers did nothing wrong.

WTF!!

check out this month's C&D editorial on the topic. (attachment) and, the videos of the incidents are on youtube.com

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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 11:18 AM
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when are they going to start showing up at the old car gatherings.
if i'm not mistaken alot of those cars are highly modified.
there maybe some thats stock, but then so are some of cars..
just because i'm a kid they want to pick on me...


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