antman_x

Moderator Appreciate if you could make this sticky.


Hi everyone in Northern Cali. Wouldn't it be great to form a Club up here too. Not sure if any exist and from the posts in this Forum a few folks have already gotten together.

What do you say?

sponster

I'm in! Just picked up my RX-8 yesterday, and would love the chance to break it in with some other locals...

rxphink

Ah you beat me to it. Good.


Yep I'm in, a few of us owners have already met once, and now more should have their cars so we should have more ready to play.

I propose we take a page out of the Southern RX-8 owners book and have a B-BQ or something of that sort.

Unfortunately I'm not from here so I'm not sure where would be a good place to meet so that all the people in the bay area could come easily, so maybe someone else can make a sugestion.

I'v only seen one other RX-8 on the road so far (a yellow near Rengstorf & 101) and I would love to see more colors in person.

So what's everyone say?

madhaus

I don't see any difference between this thread and the one I started except that we put some pictures on after we met. Still waiting for MVCalypso to post his.

Except this one got the sticky!!!!

Dunno about a BBQ but we'd enjoy another get-together and a cruise. Sorry rxphink, we're soooo Californian that we're vegetarian.

rxphink

Veggies can be grilled too. :D

mantisflie

If I have advanced warning I'll come up for a day. Just give me an address and my honey in the car will guide me...:D

Sputnik

Hey guys,

Please keep this thread clear for club business, and create another thread for planning a meet (which is why the other one wasn't stickied, it was just for a meet). Thanks.

---jps

antman_x

thx jps. doesn't seem like there's huge interest. perhaps there's just not a large enough group out there of owners to have critcal mass for formation. but even if this thread caused an informal get together which led to the formation of a club still would be kewl.

I don't mind if you unstick this after a week or two if no one shows interest.

wanker

jps, could you let us know what we need to form a norcalrx club?
I thought the meets were a beginning, but apparently that isn't
appropriate for this thread.

Thanks

Sputnik

I have no experience or knowledge on creating a formal club (maybe seek out the fellow in So.Cal. who has?).

Keep in mind that people are just now getting their cars. It will probably take some time before there is enough people to start anything more than a couple of meets. We'll keep this sticky here so when new people and lurkers come to see if there is any information, this will be easy to see. With that in mind, you wouldn't want to make this a 10 page thread on previous meets that a new member would have to wade through just to find a little information on the local RX8 organization.

While meets are where informal and formal clubs begin, meets come and go.

---jps

madhaus

OK folks!!! this could be it for real, let's get the Northern CA RX-8 club going!!


The owner of Oak Tree & Almaden Mazda, Shaun Del Grande, has graciously offered to host the first meeting of the Northern California RX-8 club.


Mark your calendars, the kick-off meeting will be held at Oak Tree Mazda, this Wednesday, August 27, 7:00 PM.

(Oak Tree Mazda is at 4250 Stevens Creek Blvd., near Kiely, San Jose, CA 95129)


Shaun says: "Please pass the word that we will have our Launch Meeting on Wednesday, August 27th at 7pm at Oak Tree Mazda. We will have snacks and refreshments for everyone in attendance - and should have plenty of ideas to bounce around!"


some ideas for club meeting topics:

- of course, some rallys and tours

- talks by factory people on tuning, driving technique, RX-8 special stuff.

- maybe some autocrossing, "track days", other special driving.

- ??? your idea here ???


EVERYONE !!! mark your calendars and show up this Wednesday at Oak Tree Mazda, 7:00 PM.


Any club is only as good as what we put in to it. all we have to do to get this started is show up - bring your RX-8 and your enthsiasm and let's make it happen!


Cliff Sojourner

ZoominRex

I'm down but I am finishing school down here in Irvine but will be back mid September. When's the next meet?

antman_x

I've been too busy getting prep'ed to get hitched. how was the turn out?

Would love to join next one.

madhaus

hey Antman & everyone,

(sorry for the delay in posting this, been busy.)

we had 9 people last wednesday evening. for the kick-off meeting of the N CA RX-8 club we decided:


- the emphasis would be mostly social but with some technical content: RX-8 support & news, tuning, driving tips, etc.


- keep it informal to start - no budget, no officers, etc. if we get a good group going then we can get more organized and collect fees, pay for speakers, etc.


- keep the events calendar lined up

my task from the meeting was to line up the forthcoming events.

my first thought was with the insider support from Shaun Del Grande we could do something very special, very RX-8ish, at Laguna Seca. LS has some upcoming events but none are really "rotary" oriented. best thing would have been something like a Formula Russell or Star Mazda event!


so, the first event will be a Northern CA RX-8 rally down to Irvine for SevenStock, September 27 & 28. several of us were going anyways and it will be fun to do the trip together. (can CHP write tickets en mass??)


second event will be a picnic - when & where TBD. any suggestions?


meanwhile, MazdaBob will continue to hold court on Tuesdays at 19:00, at the Round Table Pizza in Sunnyvale, at Mary and Maude.



when the tuners get a chance with the RX-8 we will start having dinner & talks etc.




maybe we can all meet at Le Mans Karting in Fremont and have some fun driving go-karts?



??? Your event here ??? seriously folks, this can be YOUR club. it's only as good as we make it. so let's organize rallys, etc!




regards,
Cliff Sojourner
408 737 9753

racerx7

Sevenstock sounds like fun. Maybe they could
save us a place for N. CA to park.

foodiedave

Heh...maybe better remain anonymous than ask SoCal folks to reserve spots for NoCal.

"Yeah, take a left out of the parking lot, then over to the other side of the tracks..."

Hehehe

But seriously, me and my 8 are already planning a trip to San Diego that week anyway, so I'm sure I'll pop up to Irvine to see what's up with Seven Stock!

bern

SEVENSTOCK WEST COAST RX CARAVAN

BTW, Cliff, did you or Madi ever make it to Laguna Seca for the ALMS/Mazda Extreme event? PM me.

Thanks,

-Berny

Ophitoxaemia

i am in berkeley and interested. havent seen another 8 on the road, and judging from the reactions im getting from the honda/acura crowd, neither has anyone else

PUR NRG and i will be at the autocross next saturday at golden gate fields in albany. you do need to be an SCCA member to race.

id help out with club activities. i was president of a car club from 1998-2000 so i know how much work it is!

james

x-mobile

I just got my RX-8 two weeks ago!! Can girls join too??

Ophitoxaemia

hmm not too many car clubs that arent short of female members!

james

brothervoodoo

There's a weekly get together in Sunnyvale which I haven't had a chance to go to lately. I will try to make it tomorrow. It's in Sunnyvale so it's not to far from Santa Clara but unfortunately I have to hike down from SF.

https://www.rx8club.com/west-rx-8-forum-34/weekly-get-together-sunnyvale-9342/

mikeb

welcome and congrats x-mobile

my sister graduated from santa clara university

x-mobile

Yah...Thanks you guys!! Do a lot of people come to the rx-8 gathering in sunnyvale on Wednesdays??

rxphink

There are usually 4 or 5 people that show up regularly with others coming as they can. And it's Tuesday nights

PUR NRG

Christine and I attended last night's get-together. People seemed really interested in autocross/track events, various mods--the usual stuff. It was enjoyable but I don't think we could attend weekly.

What would people think about a) making it once a month and b) setting up semi-organized agendas? Different people could volunteer to talk about subjects like:

how they did a particular mod (night lights and cargo nets were two examples we discussed)
questions/observations (roundtable discussions soliciting help)
tech clinics (car maintenance, driving techniques)

Each topic could be as long or as short as the volunteer wanted, but having an agenda published in advance of the meeting would help spur attendance and knowledge sharing. Whaddya think?
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