Hi All -

The Tech Fest West 2003 in City of Industry promises to be a great event.

Highlights:

Pre-event track school at California Speedway in Fontana

Vendors like Dinan, Wheel Power, Bullet Performance, Avus Autosport, Ground Control, Toyo Tires, etc.

Seminars about suspension, tires, racing, detailing, Q&A sessions with BMW Techs, etc. from some of the most well known names in the industry

Dinner Parties with keynote speakers such as the Z4 designer Anders Warming

Great Raffle prizes such as tires

Magazine coverage by the Roundel and European Car

There will pricing available for individual days and/or events for people that cannot attend the entire Thursday - Sunday event

http://www.bmwclubla.org/techfestwest2003/

Did I mention the FREE welcome party Thursday night at the event?

Also, I think I have a good shot at having BustyBMWGroupie there for the welcome party! :clap:

Here are some of the confirmed vendors for Tech Fest West:

Avus Autosport
B&M Racing
Bentley Publishers
Bimmers Clinic
Bimmers Model World
Brembo
Bullet Performance
CEC Wheels
Colgan Custom
Crevier BMW
Ground Control Suspension
HMS Motorsports
Ireland Engineering
JF Pro BMW Service
Kinesis Motorsport
La Jolla Independent
Maximillian Importing Co.
Michelin
Ronal Wheels
Simulated Racing Inc.
TC Kline Racing
Toyo Tires

Hey Scott,

Nice to see you here. I can't wait for TFW to start. I just made my hotel reservations tonight, and got my confirmation packet for the Driving Concepts school (www.drivingconcepts.com) on Thursday the 13th. :redspot

Everyone should really check out the website for TFW (http://www.bmwclubla.org/techfestwest2003/) as it promises to be a wonderful event: show cars, a wealth of information from industry insiders and experts, great technical presentations and, best of all, mingling with other bimmerheads!

Maybe we can even have bimmerforums stickers to identify each other! :D

Raffi -

I'm planning on being there Thursday night and Saturday. See you there. :)

Hey Scott,

I'm gonna come down for 1 day, either Sat or Sun. I'm just going to hang out & check out the free stuff. So my ? is, which day would be better, or would they both be the same, as far as the no charge fun & excitement? :cool:

Originally posted by B R
Hey Scott,
I'm gonna come down for 1 day, either Sat or Sun. I'm just going to hang out & check out the free stuff. So my ? is, which day would be better, or would they both be the same, as far as the no charge fun & excitement? :cool:

I would go Friday if you could (less crowded).

If you have a choice of only Sat. or Sun., go Sat. and I would go early just in case you see a seminar or two that you would be like to catch.

If you check the site under 'Speakers' you'll see a seminar schedule (for a lot of people, that will help determine which day they want to go).

There's a possibility a reporter for KTLA Ch. 5 with a 2002 will do a story on Tech Fest West. :buttrock

Tech Fest West showed up in today's (Wed. 3/12) LA Times

It's in the Events Calendar of the HIGHWAY 1 section, on page 2 :)