NC M3 Meetup

[Casa de Mesa]

Hey everyone. See you all at 9:00AM.

The two guys from PA aren't making it down this way due to a bum clutch in one of the cars. Bummer. Will be great to meet others though - this is a really good turnout for a 2 weeks notice in a busy time of year!

Bryan

[Casa de Mesa]

Awesome news slavik1988 . Great news and looking forward to meeting you. Should be at Alvin Eatz right around noon.

I'll shoot you a PM with mobile.

[slavik1988]

So I found a sitter for the kids...

I will be showing up for the drive but not from the beginning. I will meeting you folks at Alvin Eatz if all is well. I will make my way through Blue Ridge Parkway (makes more sense coming from Asheville) and 421 (one of my favorite driving roads).

[Casa de Mesa]

Count me in. I'm in Rock Hill, SC, but don't mind the drive to meetup with fellow enthusiasts. I'll be in my 2002 LSB M3.

Nice. Looking forward to it and to meeting you!

Also will be cool to see my car (Shark Blue) next to LSB.

[David325is]

Count me in. I'm in Rock Hill, SC, but don't mind the drive to meetup with fellow enthusiasts. I'll be in my 2002 LSB M3.

[stephen]

Post #2 edited above with details of the drive.

stephen I know you're in the RTP area and I had forgotten to include you in my original post above. Tagging you in case you're interested. There may be other non-forum members from the RTP area coming as well.

Appreciate the invite but I do already have plans for that weekend unfortunately. Hope you guys plan on taking lots of pictures!

[Mayan-Viking]

Mayan-Viking - accurate? Would you provide a different perspective?[/QUOTE]

Well put Casa de Mesa . I could not have said it better.

[Casa de Mesa]

Post #2 edited above with details of the drive.

stephen I know you're in the RTP area and I had forgotten to include you in my original post above. Tagging you in case you're interested. There may be other non-forum members from the RTP area coming as well.

[Casa de Mesa]

Thanks for the tag...


The wife is working that weekend (nurse) so I have the kids on me. Is this adults preferred event (I don't like to send it with the kids in their respective seats) or is it just a cruise? That said, my kids are 6 and 3 and used to going sideways on the M3. The younger one is a pain and wants to talk to everyone. Testing the waters for the first time by going with him to Petit LeMans...

I would prefer a drive without them though...

You bet! Hoping we can do these a bit more regularly. This is such a great community.

This certainly won't be sanctioned or condoned attempts at setting land speed records. Some of the roads are quite rural with 55mph limits and if you try to carry 55mph through a corner, you'll be in a ditch. You won't find me doing triple digit blasts or driving past my field of vision / recklessly (wrecklessly!).

Having done a lot of rallys, my guiding principles for myslef are:
- I must be able to stop the car up to my field of vision in an emergency
- If I'm following someone, I must be able to stop my car if they hit a deer (for example) without hitting them
- I won't blindly/foolishly send it thru a corner that I can't see thru to the other side (and those kind of corners are common in the mountains, as you know)
- I won't rip it through someone's neighborhood with their kids on the front yard
- pure speed is best reserved for the racetrack under controlled conditions
- I love my M3 and its never wrecked, perfectly straight chassis
- I like living very much and will do no harm to others

All that said, it's an M3 on a backroad and it's certainly within the realm of possibilty that the driving could get spirited. But I drive within my talent level and my car's capability. No one will be dropped from the group if they are driving more conservatively in the back.

Mayan-Viking - accurate? Would you provide a different perspective?

[slavik1988]

Thanks for the tag...


The wife is working that weekend (nurse) so I have the kids on me. Is this adults preferred event (I don't like to send it with the kids in their respective seats) or is it just a cruise? That said, my kids are 6 and 3 and used to going sideways on the M3. The younger one is a pain and wants to talk to everyone. Testing the waters for the first time by going with him to Petit LeMans...

I would prefer a drive without them though...

[Casa de Mesa]

Side note: do any of you ever meet up in the Lake Norman area?

Not me but certainly could.

[Casa de Mesa]

Man, this sounds like a fun drive and I've been waiting for something like this to pop up ever since I moved to NC.
Unfortunately I will be out of the country till Nov 10th. If this event somehow gets postponed till after I get back I would be all in.

This is coming together on the fly, so apologies for the short notice. We'll plan further out for the next one and hopefully pick up a larger group.

Just saw this. Thanks for the tag. I assume everyone you tagged is in NC?

I'm a maybe. Looking at potentially going westward that weekend to Asheville and the surrounding area. If plans change, I can let you know.

NC or close to NC... I think. Tried to do our best to get a shout out.

Our route and plans aren't set in stone. That said, our reason for venturing north: that weekend is prime leaf peeping season and Western NC gets crowded on the weekends. The roads we'd hit are just as good, at elevation but hopefully less crowded. It's also easier for folks in Winston, Raleigh, etc.

Keep us posted!

[bimmerfan08]

Side note: do any of you ever meet up in the Lake Norman area?

[bimmerfan08]

Hey all,

Mayan-Viking and I have been scheming. The weekend of Oct 21/22, we're planning on exercising our cars. Saturday Oct 21 is the primary date, with Sunday Oct 22 as the rain date.

Loose plans so far are:

• Meetup mid morning somewhere in the Statesville/Winston-Salem area
• Go hit some mountain roads that we know which are epic this time of year (or anytime of year,)
• Grab a lunch somewhere, likely NORTH of Statesville
• Hit some more roads
• Head home

Pulling some names off the Southeastern US sub-forum that I think are within a stones throw:

slavik1988, M3Gallo, Apex_80, ///Mac, pawa_k2001, bimmerfan08, Hollywood, BMWE46M3, DaveD, gheorghe

More to come, we are putting this together somewhere quickly, but Mayan-Viking and I both know some killer roads and some good lunch spots. We've been wanting to meet more of the forum members but like all of us, life and work get in the way.

Let's use this thread to build to some interest and coordinate it.

-Casa (Bryan)

Just saw this. Thanks for the tag. I assume everyone you tagged is in NC?

I'm a maybe. Looking at potentially going westward that weekend to Asheville and the surrounding area. If plans change, I can let you know.

[gheorghe]

Man, this sounds like a fun drive and I've been waiting for something like this to pop up ever since I moved to NC.
Unfortunately I will be out of the country till Nov 10th. If this event somehow gets postponed till after I get back I would be all in.