2008 West Coast Lotus Meet - Page 2 - LotusTalk

khamai · 09-15-2008, 10:38 PM

An email was sent to the WCLM entrants:

Greetings,

You are receiving this email as an entrant to the 2008 WCLM.

First, thank you for registering for the 2008 WCLM. It is sure to be an fun, exciting and memorable event. Be sure to wear your best smile because the local TV station and newpaper will be there to cover the event.

Second and most important, we need you select an entree choice for the banquet and respond to this email message. Please take a moment to select and reply (if there is more than one person in your party please indicate your choice(s) with the number you are requesting).

_____ Prime Rib of Beef au Jus

_____ Grilled Southwestern Marinated Chicken Breast

_____ Baked Northwest Salmon with Tarragon Butter

_____ Vegetarian selection

Please respond by Friday, Sept 19th.

Check-in for the WCLM will be on Thurs Oct 2nd starting around 5pm at the Seven Feathers in Canyonville. We have arranged for a car wash area. If you're arriving later just let us know and we can accomodate your schedule.

Finally, there is still plenty space at the Thursday Time Trials! Let me know if you're interested.

Cheers,
Kiyoshi
webguy-at-gglotus.org

rnr · 10-02-2008, 12:03 AM

Photos that I have been taking at the event starting with the drive up here with Randy and Craig. The slideshow will keep updating with the latest photos as I upload them from my phone.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

rnr · 10-05-2008, 12:50 AM

The fastest of my official timed runs at 31.220. It was the fastest by an S2 Elise and was beaten only by Adrian in his Honda powered S1.

My fastest run overall at a 30.562 in drying conditions.

JLSELISE · 10-06-2008, 10:15 AM

The upside of putting up with a few drippy days at the WCLM is that you get vistas like this when the clouds lift

.

CALtd · 10-07-2008, 12:00 PM

I too was mesmerized by that view and slowed down to take it in. It was then that I lost sight of Randy.

Randy Chase · 10-07-2008, 02:51 PM

Whew... back... sort of (swamped with work and emails and stuff).

Review-
Wet.

Had a great time. Did a small caravan with rnr and CALtd from the bay area up. Did the Avenue of the Giants, the touristy "drive through a redwood tree" thing. Had a nice dinner at the Samoa Cookhouse outside Eureka, posed the cars in front of a cool Victorian in Eureka and then enjoyed some great roads. I would love to do 199 in the daylight. Nice road.

The time trails was interesting on a kart course, but wide enough for the cars, if a little tight in the turns. The day was damp at first and just got wetter. I only went totally agro once. I could not put the power down in the Noble and ran the car in valet mode. Still managed to grab Top Time of Day so that was cool. It was a fun little track.

We then headed over to the Seven Feathers Casino where a bunch of Lotus cars were parked in the lot. Registration was painless and the food and drink were good.

On Friday we elected to drive out to Crater Lake after a cool lumber sawmill tour, a drive I have done before. But we hit more bad weather. In spite of the rain and cold, it was a nice drive. Kudos to the Seven driver who made the entire drive despite not having side windows and using a tarp lashed to the rollbar for a roof. Friday night we ended with a great bar-b-que and GGLotus co-founder John's house on the river. A perfect location for a Subaru convention (rally roads to get there!). Dinner was awesome and everything was well done. Then back to the hotel for a hot shower and then to dry out and perhaps gamble.

Saturday was the autocross. Also mostly wet and rainy. I had fun drifting the car around the cones. Some cars with Toyo RA1 tires were pretty fast, including an S1 Elise that took Top Time of Day (I hit cones). I had the fastest non-Lotus times.

The only cars that got raw times in the 29s were the Noble and the S1 Elise.

Saturday night we had the banquet. I got a cool shirt from Dietsch Werks. Thanks Rob! Then we went to a cheesy cabaret show at the casino. That was an interesting experience.

Sunday the weather finally started clearing up for the concourse and we saw some great looking Lotus cars and had some good Italian food. Then it was off heading south to home.

Thanks to the event organizers. Everyone did well in spite of the very English weather. It was good to see some old friends and make some new ones. See you at the next WCLM... somewhere drier.

JLSELISE · 10-07-2008, 05:27 PM

Thanks for making the trip guys and gals--here are some more pics at random:

JLSELISE · 10-07-2008, 05:31 PM

and a few more

Randy Chase · 10-07-2008, 06:04 PM

The Elans were beautiful. Made me want one even more.

JLSELISE · 10-07-2008, 07:06 PM

+1--and that's why I've had mine for more than 35 years

.

(But there is a bit of a downside to owning an Elan, even though they are "drivers", each of the cars in the pic arrived by trailer.)

mopho · 10-07-2008, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy Chase

The Elans were beautiful. Made me want one even more.

It's calling your name....you know you want it

FS 1967 Lotus Elan S3

LarryB · 10-07-2008, 08:39 PM

It was a great trip. Also did the Eureka / Avenue of the Giants ( a day earlier). CA-36, was 130 miles of great back road driving. Starting deep in a Redwood forest, mountains, a small valley and foothill. In the entire route came across ~7 vehicles and only 2 in the last half of the run.

Then to Lassen Volcanic National Park for a afternoon of hiking and drove all the way through it the next day to the WCLM. It was a first class event and had a blast.

While I don’t really mind the rain of the last two WCLM… look forward to a dry version the next time around. BTW- the S1 has Spoon B18 motor in it.

More photos at:

WCLM/Trip08 - a set on Flickr

rnr · 10-09-2008, 12:32 PM

Jen just sent me this killer shot she took on the drive past Mt Shasta - I have my new desktop wallpaper

I also vote it into the next GGLC calendar

LarryB · 10-09-2008, 12:57 PM

Nice photo. That yellow Elise really helps to make the shot.

Was fumbling, trying to get my pocket camera out of my backpack. Fished it out too late to get any decent photos. Thanks for sharing... I'll be grabbing a copy as well.

khamai · 10-12-2008, 11:02 PM

Just posted a brief write-up and a few pix on the GGLC website...
2008 West Coast Lotus Meet

Cheers,
Kiyoshi

ryoung99 · 10-13-2008, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rnr

Jen just sent me this killer shot she took on the drive past Mt Shasta - I have my new desktop wallpaper

I also vote it into the next GGLC calendar

You my friend have found the holy grail of straights for top speed....

That section of I 5 between Yreka and Weed is it..... I once topped 170 in a Corvette in that section. A little over a year ago I had my Exige at 140+ in that same section.

When you hit Louie Road you should be wide open, the road is flat and straight for a long long time.... there is on left turn right after Grenada that can can take at 140+ and then you are straight again until Shamrock lane, slight right then straight again all the way to Yreka....

When you get done with that, turn around at Yreka and head back to Redding through the canyon, Dunsmuir to Lake Shasta City some of the best I-5 driving you will find.

Redding to Yreka is 100 miles I did the trip in less than 45 minutes one day in my Exige. It rocked, did not see one CHP the entire trip (left Redding at 7:00 a.m. was at my parents in Yreka by 8:00).

Randy Chase · 10-13-2008, 03:25 PM

Right about there I did see a CHP and he saw me too. I was very glad he only wrote 85mph on the ticket.

def · 10-13-2008, 03:39 PM

^ Doh.

MattG · 10-13-2008, 07:56 PM

Thanks to everyone who helped put it together! We had a great time and even won a little money at the craps table (one shooter was rolling for well over an hour straight!). My car did great on the long trip out from Colorado, usually getting around 33mpg though I did see one tank at 36mpg. About the only surprise the whole trip, apart from my ability to get so incredibly lost in my home state of Oregon (though the drive along the Columbia Gorge was very scenic!), was the large numbers of highway patrol cars active in Wyoming on the way back. I-80 was NOT a place to speeding that day (I did manage to avoid having to talk to any officers for the entire trip, thanks in no small part to my V1).

Wine tasting proved to be a nice alternative to driving to cloudy vistas on Friday, and we enjoyed some unique Oregon wines and great small wineries. The autocross on Saturday was a blast despite the typical Oregon weather that day. Loved all the other activities too - the sawmill tour, bbq, etc. All in all a great weekend full of great cars and great people!

One more thing, I won a windshield wiper from Dietsch Werks as a door prize at the banquet...it's a Bosch wiper, nice aerodynamic profile and very flexible. I had ample opportunity to try it out on this trip and it was GREAT! I definitely recommend this for Elise/Exige owners. I don't recall the model name of the wiper (I installed it the morning after winning it and discarded the packaging) but I'm sure Rob can help you out.

CALtd · 10-14-2008, 12:13 AM

Yea LLOYD!!! I was at the other end of the table from Matt, while Lloyd held the dice through 4 changes of stick. Made up for my losses from Vegas the weekend before. The dice would have been mine next but I did not want to jinx the karma so I colored out.

We had a great time even though we didn't see the Lake. It got a little scary driving down the hill when the brakes went into the infamous ICE mode. Thanks Rob, for bringing is tools and resetting my ABS.

I will wager 10:1 that if the next WCLM is held in San Diego in any month but Feb or Mar, there will not be rain on Concourse day.

09-15-2008, 10:38 PM	#21 (permalink)
khamai --Moderator-- Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 3,195	To all WCLM Entrants An email was sent to the WCLM entrants: Greetings, You are receiving this email as an entrant to the 2008 WCLM. First, thank you for registering for the 2008 WCLM. It is sure to be an fun, exciting and memorable event. Be sure to wear your best smile because the local TV station and newpaper will be there to cover the event. Second and most important, we need you select an entree choice for the banquet and respond to this email message. Please take a moment to select and reply (if there is more than one person in your party please indicate your choice(s) with the number you are requesting). _____ Prime Rib of Beef au Jus _____ Grilled Southwestern Marinated Chicken Breast _____ Baked Northwest Salmon with Tarragon Butter _____ Vegetarian selection Please respond by Friday, Sept 19th. Check-in for the WCLM will be on Thurs Oct 2nd starting around 5pm at the Seven Feathers in Canyonville. We have arranged for a car wash area. If you're arriving later just let us know and we can accomodate your schedule. Finally, there is still plenty space at the Thursday Time Trials! Let me know if you're interested. Cheers, Kiyoshi webguy-at-gglotus.org __________________ life is better behind the wheel of a Lotus...

10-02-2008, 12:03 AM	#22 (permalink)
rnr daily driver Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 1,641	Photos that I have been taking at the event starting with the drive up here with Randy and Craig. The slideshow will keep updating with the latest photos as I upload them from my phone. Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. __________________ 06 Elise. STi, LSD/TC, TP, SS, 8 Inch Larini, TurboXS CAI, RTD Brace, 15/16 Rotas, 205/245 RA1, ekological HID kit, Multivex mirrors, Ragnorak Scuffguards, BWR UniKey, bootie, carpet buttons, BWR sill protectors, car cover Last edited by rnr : 10-02-2008 at 06:13 PM.

10-05-2008, 12:50 AM	#23 (permalink)
rnr daily driver Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 1,641	Autocross videos The fastest of my official timed runs at 31.220. It was the fastest by an S2 Elise and was beaten only by Adrian in his Honda powered S1. My fastest run overall at a 30.562 in drying conditions. __________________ 06 Elise. STi, LSD/TC, TP, SS, 8 Inch Larini, TurboXS CAI, RTD Brace, 15/16 Rotas, 205/245 RA1, ekological HID kit, Multivex mirrors, Ragnorak Scuffguards, BWR UniKey, bootie, carpet buttons, BWR sill protectors, car cover

10-06-2008, 10:15 AM	#24 (permalink)
JLSELISE Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Livermore, CA Posts: 397	on the drive home The upside of putting up with a few drippy days at the WCLM is that you get vistas like this when the clouds lift . Attached Images __________________ Joel '67 S3 Elan dhc (owned since 1970) '06 Audi A3 3.2 '04 Noble M12 (380 rwhp)

10-07-2008, 02:51 PM	#26 (permalink)
Randy Chase Forum Founder Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Diego and where ever the roads lead Posts: 23,280 Images: 761	Whew... back... sort of (swamped with work and emails and stuff). Review- Wet. Had a great time. Did a small caravan with rnr and CALtd from the bay area up. Did the Avenue of the Giants, the touristy "drive through a redwood tree" thing. Had a nice dinner at the Samoa Cookhouse outside Eureka, posed the cars in front of a cool Victorian in Eureka and then enjoyed some great roads. I would love to do 199 in the daylight. Nice road. The time trails was interesting on a kart course, but wide enough for the cars, if a little tight in the turns. The day was damp at first and just got wetter. I only went totally agro once. I could not put the power down in the Noble and ran the car in valet mode. Still managed to grab Top Time of Day so that was cool. It was a fun little track. We then headed over to the Seven Feathers Casino where a bunch of Lotus cars were parked in the lot. Registration was painless and the food and drink were good. On Friday we elected to drive out to Crater Lake after a cool lumber sawmill tour, a drive I have done before. But we hit more bad weather. In spite of the rain and cold, it was a nice drive. Kudos to the Seven driver who made the entire drive despite not having side windows and using a tarp lashed to the rollbar for a roof. Friday night we ended with a great bar-b-que and GGLotus co-founder John's house on the river. A perfect location for a Subaru convention (rally roads to get there!). Dinner was awesome and everything was well done. Then back to the hotel for a hot shower and then to dry out and perhaps gamble. Saturday was the autocross. Also mostly wet and rainy. I had fun drifting the car around the cones. Some cars with Toyo RA1 tires were pretty fast, including an S1 Elise that took Top Time of Day (I hit cones). I had the fastest non-Lotus times. The only cars that got raw times in the 29s were the Noble and the S1 Elise. Saturday night we had the banquet. I got a cool shirt from Dietsch Werks. Thanks Rob! Then we went to a cheesy cabaret show at the casino. That was an interesting experience. Sunday the weather finally started clearing up for the concourse and we saw some great looking Lotus cars and had some good Italian food. Then it was off heading south to home. Thanks to the event organizers. Everyone did well in spite of the very English weather. It was good to see some old friends and make some new ones. See you at the next WCLM... somewhere drier. __________________ *** V E R I T A S * A E Q U I T A S *** We have been feeling the buzz since 2002 2006 Noble M400. Getrag tranny, Quaiffe LSD, Hinged clams. Duratec dual turbo V6. Hoosier 315-18 tires. 2350 pounds. 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds.

10-07-2008, 12:00 PM	#25 (permalink)
CALtd not a Mod, just an Admin Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ocean Beach, CA Posts: 1,114	I too was mesmerized by that view and slowed down to take it in. It was then that I lost sight of Randy.

10-07-2008, 05:27 PM	#27 (permalink)
JLSELISE Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Livermore, CA Posts: 397	Thanks for making the trip guys and gals--here are some more pics at random: Attached Images __________________ Joel '67 S3 Elan dhc (owned since 1970) '06 Audi A3 3.2 '04 Noble M12 (380 rwhp)

10-07-2008, 05:31 PM	#28 (permalink)
JLSELISE Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Livermore, CA Posts: 397	and a few more Attached Images __________________ Joel '67 S3 Elan dhc (owned since 1970) '06 Audi A3 3.2 '04 Noble M12 (380 rwhp)

10-07-2008, 06:04 PM	#29 (permalink)
Randy Chase Forum Founder Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Diego and where ever the roads lead Posts: 23,280 Images: 761	The Elans were beautiful. Made me want one even more. __________________ *** V E R I T A S * A E Q U I T A S *** We have been feeling the buzz since 2002 2006 Noble M400. Getrag tranny, Quaiffe LSD, Hinged clams. Duratec dual turbo V6. Hoosier 315-18 tires. 2350 pounds. 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds.

10-07-2008, 07:06 PM	#30 (permalink)
JLSELISE Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Livermore, CA Posts: 397	+1--and that's why I've had mine for more than 35 years . (But there is a bit of a downside to owning an Elan, even though they are "drivers", each of the cars in the pic arrived by trailer.) __________________ Joel '67 S3 Elan dhc (owned since 1970) '06 Audi A3 3.2 '04 Noble M12 (380 rwhp)

10-07-2008, 08:39 PM	#32 (permalink)
LarryB Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NorCal Posts: 2,807	It was a great trip. Also did the Eureka / Avenue of the Giants ( a day earlier). CA-36, was 130 miles of great back road driving. Starting deep in a Redwood forest, mountains, a small valley and foothill. In the entire route came across ~7 vehicles and only 2 in the last half of the run. Then to Lassen Volcanic National Park for a afternoon of hiking and drove all the way through it the next day to the WCLM. It was a first class event and had a blast. While I don’t really mind the rain of the last two WCLM… look forward to a dry version the next time around. BTW- the S1 has Spoon B18 motor in it. More photos at: WCLM/Trip08 - a set on Flickr Attached Images

10-09-2008, 12:32 PM	#33 (permalink)
rnr daily driver Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 1,641	Jen just sent me this killer shot she took on the drive past Mt Shasta - I have my new desktop wallpaper I also vote it into the next GGLC calendar __________________ 06 Elise. STi, LSD/TC, TP, SS, 8 Inch Larini, TurboXS CAI, RTD Brace, 15/16 Rotas, 205/245 RA1, ekological HID kit, Multivex mirrors, Ragnorak Scuffguards, BWR UniKey, bootie, carpet buttons, BWR sill protectors, car cover Last edited by rnr : 10-09-2008 at 12:41 PM.

10-09-2008, 12:57 PM	#34 (permalink)
LarryB Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NorCal Posts: 2,807	Nice photo. That yellow Elise really helps to make the shot. Was fumbling, trying to get my pocket camera out of my backpack. Fished it out too late to get any decent photos. Thanks for sharing... I'll be grabbing a copy as well.

10-12-2008, 11:02 PM	#35 (permalink)
khamai --Moderator-- Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 3,195	Just posted a brief write-up and a few pix on the GGLC website... 2008 West Coast Lotus Meet Cheers, Kiyoshi __________________ life is better behind the wheel of a Lotus...

10-13-2008, 03:25 PM	#37 (permalink)
Randy Chase Forum Founder Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Diego and where ever the roads lead Posts: 23,280 Images: 761	Right about there I did see a CHP and he saw me too. I was very glad he only wrote 85mph on the ticket. __________________ *** V E R I T A S * A E Q U I T A S *** We have been feeling the buzz since 2002 2006 Noble M400. Getrag tranny, Quaiffe LSD, Hinged clams. Duratec dual turbo V6. Hoosier 315-18 tires. 2350 pounds. 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds.

10-13-2008, 03:39 PM	#38 (permalink)
def ...ault Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,085	^ Doh. __________________ //kevin 05 Graphite Gray - Red Touring / LSS / Starshield / Stage 2 + more

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10-13-2008, 07:56 PM	#39 (permalink)
MattG insert clever title here Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Living above the clouds in Colorado Posts: 7,230 Images: 11	Thanks to everyone who helped put it together! We had a great time and even won a little money at the craps table (one shooter was rolling for well over an hour straight!). My car did great on the long trip out from Colorado, usually getting around 33mpg though I did see one tank at 36mpg. About the only surprise the whole trip, apart from my ability to get so incredibly lost in my home state of Oregon (though the drive along the Columbia Gorge was very scenic!), was the large numbers of highway patrol cars active in Wyoming on the way back. I-80 was NOT a place to speeding that day (I did manage to avoid having to talk to any officers for the entire trip, thanks in no small part to my V1). Wine tasting proved to be a nice alternative to driving to cloudy vistas on Friday, and we enjoyed some unique Oregon wines and great small wineries. The autocross on Saturday was a blast despite the typical Oregon weather that day. Loved all the other activities too - the sawmill tour, bbq, etc. All in all a great weekend full of great cars and great people! One more thing, I won a windshield wiper from Dietsch Werks as a door prize at the banquet...it's a Bosch wiper, nice aerodynamic profile and very flexible. I had ample opportunity to try it out on this trip and it was GREAT! I definitely recommend this for Elise/Exige owners. I don't recall the model name of the wiper (I installed it the morning after winning it and discarded the packaging) but I'm sure Rob can help you out. __________________ '05 Elise, Magnetic Blue / Biscuit / Hardtop / http://eliseinfo.com Radar detector mounting brackets for sale here Last edited by MattG : 10-13-2008 at 08:03 PM.

10-14-2008, 12:13 AM	#40 (permalink)
CALtd not a Mod, just an Admin Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ocean Beach, CA Posts: 1,114	Yea LLOYD!!! I was at the other end of the table from Matt, while Lloyd held the dice through 4 changes of stick. Made up for my losses from Vegas the weekend before. The dice would have been mine next but I did not want to jinx the karma so I colored out. We had a great time even though we didn't see the Lake. It got a little scary driving down the hill when the brakes went into the infamous ICE mode. Thanks Rob, for bringing is tools and resetting my ABS. I will wager 10:1 that if the next WCLM is held in San Diego in any month but Feb or Mar, there will not be rain on Concourse day.