We are working on another Austin drive for Saturday, January 18th.

Email me if you are interested!!

roadrat@roadfly.org

Stay tuned for soon-to-be-posted info.

http://members.roadfly.com/roadrat/austin.html

whohooo! hopefully the rain wont kill our parade this time again! :D

We'll back up to another date if it does! Glad to see you are coming!

I finally got the video from the last austin drive downloaded to my system. I'll have a link avalible soon

Lots and lots of video...

Man, I can't wait to see it!

This sounds like fun, I'll try to get more people from DFW to come this time.

chunkyd: check your pm.

Brian

Let me know when the video is available!!!

nt

I know I punked out on y'all last time. I'll be sure to make it out this time around.

This is another Austin drive. It'll include Lime Creek and other roads.

cool, i hope to make it this time....

I'm down as long as the date set stays the same.

I'll go if the weather is good and if I don't have work conflicts.

crap, plan on going to NAIAS in detroit that weekend... cant make the austin drive now... :(

Dangit! I have something planned!!!

Maybe I can cancel it :devillook

I will be @ TWS that weekend!

nt

car still broke cant go = dead DME

Alrighty, the final details are up on the website with downloadable directions.....

http://members.roadfly.com/roadrat/austin.html

Summary:
County Line BBQ on the Lake from 11:30AM-1PM.

The restaurant is open for lunch beginning at 11:30AM if you’d like to eat. Please park in the grassy area on the right side of the parking lot.

County Line BBQ on the Lake - Important note: There are 2 County Line restaurants. Make sure you are at the right one. *

5204 Fm Hwy 2222 Austin, TX. (1/2 mile east of Hwy 360 on Hwy 2222/Bull Creek Rd.) (512) 346-3664

*Directions to County Line on the Lake: If going north on Hwy 360, take the Hwy. 2222/Bull Creek Road exit and turn right. Go ½ mile and the County Line BBQ will be on the right.

PLEASE EMAIL ME TO LET ME KNOW YOU ARE COMING!!!

roadrat@roadfly.org

I really want to go, but I may need to work this weekend. ARGH!!!!!!!!!

Quit! :P

LOL RoadRat, are you gonna pay my bills for me? ;)

The job market is nowhere near good enough for me to quit my current job. The sad truth is that employers have the upper hand these days... :(

Yeah, I know it, but if you can make it, it'll be great! BTW, got more pics of your car?

I'm still planning on going, hopefully somebody else from the DFW area is going too so I wont be the only one.

There are a bunch of guys from Dallas going. I am trying to get the Dallas caravan details and will post them soon!

Sorry, but I won't be in town this weekend.

I will be at another TWS DE! Just got some Hoosiers I need to test out! :alright

Some of you folks should plan on joining me there sometime! :D

Hey guys, just so you know, I'm trying REALLY hard to go. I want to bring my digi cam and take lots of pics so that maybe I can gather some material for the BF.C calendar.

At my job there is a monthly outage at our hosting facility and it usually happens every third Sunday of every month. I fortunately got out of traveling to the hosting facility (in NJ), but I will probably still be required to be on the phone around midnight Saturday night. So if I go, I'll be getting up at the ass crack of dawn on Saturday morning, enjoy the day, then probably stay up all night Saturday night to be on a conference call with the guys at the hosting facility.

Sorry for the long explanation but I wanted to let you guys know where my hesitation comes from. I'm sure a lot of you with jobs like mine (network engineer) understand. :)

Anyway, RoadRat, I do have some pics. Check it out. :D

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58212

:guitarist

Website updated with more info....
http://members.roadfly.com/roadrat/austin.html

DFW meeting place for the drive to Austin......

Whataburger at 120 N. Beckley in Lancaster, TX. This is located on the East side of I-35E just North of the Belt Line exit, a few miles South of I-20 on I-35E. Be there, gas tank full, ready to roll, at 8AM.

Also, the website has been updated to include downloadable maps, directions, and drive info: http://members.roadfly.com/roadrat/austin.html

Thanks to Austin and Dean (Lincoln) for setting this up.

Please help me spread the word about this drive to the message boards! Thanks.

See ya Saturday!

RoadRat@roadfly.org

Heres the pictures I took on the last drive.

http://www.dallas.net/~bboy/m3/Austin_TX_drive_12_8_2002/page_1.html

That Whataburger is mad messed up, construction mania. I'll be at the County Line BBQ in Austin high noon.

Brian

my wife and I are going in the z3.

Wow guys.. looks like sunny skys and high of 60 degrees. PERFECT CRUISING WEATHER :D

I was just looking at weather.com and saw the same thing! This Saturday is gonna be a blast!!!

I wish i could make it but i'm going to be working on my car all weekend. It was a blast last time and i'm sure you guys will have a good time again.


Roadrat: I almost have the austin video ready :) (I'm SLOW)

I've had a bunch of people message me about the Austin TX drive.

Heres my contact info:
email: bboytactics@hotmail.com
mobile number 214.562.8978

I'm going to check out that Whataburger location in Lancaster tomorrow if its under heavy construction I'm going to pick a different meetup place for Saturday morning.

The plan is to leave Dallas from the meetup place by 8 AM if not earlier Saturday morning.

Brian

Cool Brian!! THanks for assisting in the set up! Couldn't do it without you guys!

Alright I'm in for sure guys...see you Dallas guys at the meeting spot and everyone else in Austin.

so are we meeting at the whataburger?????

dallasbboy (bboytactics@hotmail.com) is checking the place out. So yes, unless otherwise posted. Sorry for the delay in finalizing this.

Final (?)....meet at the Whataburger as planned! See ya'll in Austin!! Weather looks great. Probably 30+ cars coming!!!

Im bringing the vid camera!!

Excellent! We had some great vids last time, but one of the guys who took vid is not coming this time as far as i know! See ya tomorrow

OK I checked out the Whataburger in Lancaster. Its kinda hard to find because of all the contruction, the exit number 414 is not actually labeled but its the exit named "Beltline" right after you enter the DeSoto area. Once you exit turn left and the Whataburger is right there on the corner. Theres a Walmart right next to it.

I'll be there before 8 AM in a Topaz blue M3.

Hope to see everyone there, invite your friends this is a lot of fun :).

Brian

thanks for checking it out Brian. glad it will work out.

see ya tomorrow!

Is ChunkyD coming? Ask him to burn the vids from last time on cd for me if he has time.

Well, I won't be making it again... Today on my way back to work from lunch I mis-shifted. Cylinder #5 is dead. Compression is acceptable (150) but it's not firing.

Sorry guys! I feel so stupid... And I was all psyched ready to go too! :(

snk328is,

No fuggin way!!! I am so sorry to here of your loss, please accept my condolences.

Well sh*t, thats some really bad news! Sorry to hear! Hope you're still in the game after repairs!

oh man snk...... i am really sorry to hear that!!!!!!!!

time to drop in 3.2L M power :D

Thanks for your kind words...

Well it turns out Cylinder 6 is still firing, but it is suspect that I have a bent valve or two in Cylinder 5. The shop is going to take a look at it on Monday and if he's going to have to take the heads out, I'm probably going to have all the heads re-machined.

ARGH!

:(

look at the price for that... and if its greater than 3k send your head to pete mchenry or buy the bekkers head. Dont let them screw you out of a lot of money!!!!!

-Aaron

It probably won't be greater than 3K even after labor. The guy thought remachining the heads will be around $5-600.

even with replacing your bent valves? and taking off the head alone i figure would be 600 bucks by itself. Casue you also need a head gasket to seal the head

I would figure on 3k or slightly under. Just watch out if its too cheap.

I'll find out more on Monday when they take a closer look to figure out what's gone wrong...

The pictures are slowing showing up on Roadrat's webpage. Ya'll missed the best drive I've ever been on. 3 cars from Dallas showed up (me, Z3, M Coupe) and about 30 total from all over Texas.

Richard and his wife caravaned to Austin with me and my girlfriend in just over 2 hours :evil2 we had a blast the whole day. Especially lime creek (if only Dallas had roads this fine). :)

Beautiful day and gorgeous roads. Can it get better?

http://members.roadfly.com/roadrat/austin.html

I'll post my pictures sometime tomorrow.

Brian

Here are some more pics from yesterday...

Mostly group shots.

http://members.roadfly.com/brian368s1711/011803.htm

Good times.

I wish I could have made...some stuff came up at the last minute. Looks like everyone had fun.


snk, sorry about your car, hope you get it fixed soon.

nice pics guys..... glad yall had fun, it was a beautiful day for a winter drive.

I really wish i could have gone!!! Looks like you guys had alot of fun. Next time my car will be ready.. Then no matter what i'm going.

Always such a weak turn out from Dallas. People here ar'nt into activities I suppose.

There arent many Dallas people online and if they are, not everyone can make events such as this. For example, I've seen a few nice BMWs at work but they work C shift which means every Saturday so people like them cant ever make a meet.

Are you kidding? Most of the people during the last drive were from Dallas. There were more people from Dallas than from Austin. This time, there were 4 from Dallas

http://www.dallas.net/~bboy/m3/Austin_TX_drive_1_18_2003/page_1.html

I don't think theres been more M Coupes in one place than saturday afternoon in Austin Texas.

Brian

Great pics Brian!!

Good job on the pic's brian!!!!!!

great pics!!!

More pics are up on the site.....

http://members.roadfly.com/roadrat/austin.html

just letting you all know that I have put everyone's pics in my fotki album and you can leave comments etc.. check it out.. over 100 photos.

http://public.fotki.com/rflores2323/bmw_meets/austin_meet/


if you dont want your pics posted on my site.. please let me know via pm.. :D

Richard F.
96 bmw z3 1.9L

Nice job Richard!! THanks