Flipsonic

On the way to the vista point.

Flipsonic

Pick your color.

Flipsonic

Just as Imaputz said, clouds and leaves.

Flipsonic

We're all glad he's ok.

EBMCS03

Cool pics... but I'm sorry to hear the meet sucked. I guess mtns and twisties is not the number 1 choice for the IS... maybe for a MINI Cooper Meet.

Back country roads with bigger sweeping turns and some longer straights would be ideal. Like the roads going South ish out of Julian, CA. Those back roads would be nice.

menech

nice pic putz!!! good work I love the sky, it was such a great day for a drive today!

lets have a mega wash session someday soon with manny so he can find all the stuff wrong with our cars heh we also have to do those puddle and "parking lights" when you get them in!

chubbymike

nice pictures!! i will try to post mine up soon....not sure when. but i'm too tired to do it right now.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

no need to be sorry, coz' from what i read apparently eveyrone thinks it was still a pretty good turnout except ONE.

josephdoc, i will tell you what (and yes, this is what i think, you don't have to agree). there is always a first, and a lot of people are learning. you went to a meet that's not fully organized by veterans meet organizers, and it's nothing close to the scale of BOS or EOS meet (which obviously you missed as well). we always encourage new members to step up and take part in organizing meets and bring new members around to have fun, and i am giving them big props right here. imaputz, teeman3, etc.... i know they did their best and they did everything for the best interest of most people.

if you are this unhappy about what happened and such, by all means, why don't you go out and organize a what you called a good meet and see how it goes? apparently everything happened today sounded so wrong, i am sure you could have done everything very right.

i will tell you it's no easy to make good meets, and it take years of experience, long time discussions and planning, and a lot of efforts from different directions. i didn't go to the meet today. from what i read seems like it was a bit unorganized, but that's common for inexperienced meet organizers, and it will only get better.

i am not saying that you shouldn't complain. everyone is welcome to give their inputs to help the group grow and the core people to improve themselves. but imho it should be done appropriately and not done in such a discouraging way. before you start go to out blindly and just whine for something better, maybe you can try to contribute and actually do something, like making a GOOD meet for all of us?

before you ask, i am one of the core committee members for organizing meets of over 100 lexus cars for the past 3 years, in case you question my credibility. and i will never ever say 1/4 of what you did to discourage people. that's hardly the right way to help others

my 2 cents, i wont' say anything anymore on this

sashax415

Thanks Teeman for taking care of the details and organizing the meet. Don't mind Joseph, I think the SC's look great. We actually got the chance to talk with Joseph and he is a nice guy. While he may be coming across as a bit harsh/rude, there is some merit in SOME of the things that he has said, despite the slight english barrier.

I agree that the cruise could have gone better, but i don't believe that it was a bad meet. It was our first Lexus meet so we weren't expecting too much. We pretty much just wanted to hang out and check out the modded rides.

I think it would have been great to have a role call, but i'm not really disappointed. Afterall, you get what you put in... and we decided that it was best to lay low for our first CL meet. We just wanted to see some familiar faces in preperation for EOS.

As for the drive, I was a little surprised at how spirited it got. The pace was swift and I felt like i should have been driving the evo. In the back of my mind i kept thinking that someone was going to drive off, and when i saw the dust, my heart skipped a beat. I was expecting to see an IS belly up.

The area where the crx went over in particular was the twistiest part of the drive. ( I heard him say that his brakes locked up) I'm glad that he is ok and i believe that we should welcome all cars that want to join the cruise. I actually backed off the car in front of me because i didn't want him to feel any pressure, and i can say that i did not feel any pressure from the car behind me as well. I believe that everyone drove responsibly and it was just unfortunate that a car was damaged. As for the hand waving, i don't want to make any assumptions, but we all know what we are capable of.

We ended up leaving after the CRX incident because we didn't feel comfortable blocking traffic on the two lane road. Cars were busting u-turns and finding crevices to pull over in... We ended up meeting Mike and Joseph at the bottom and told them about the CRX.

Overall, it was great to hear the LMS and Tanabe exhaust side by side. And whoever is driving the blue IS... Damn, your ride is SLAMMED!

STIG

it looks like so much fun! unfortunately, I missed out on this one.

I will see all the nor cal 2IS owners at EOS!

imaputz

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that was wolverine (Tim?).... he's on coilovers... but he had 3 passengers in there..... so loooked really slammed.

sorry, i didn't get to introduce myself to you sshax415, but i believe i was the car in front of you... in the SGM...... i think your BF did most of the driving (chickenbutt .. jk jk!)

David

jacattack

Sorry I missed the meet today guys, couldn't get the clear bra installed in time. I would have loved to check out all the other IS's there, the pics look pretty sweet with all of them lined up.

Even though I didn't make it out today, I'd still like to thank the organizers for putting it together. Teeman, I don't think you need to apologize for anything. Like Chubbymike said, this is purely a volunteer thing and you stepped up and offered to help organize it. I can't criticize you or any of the other organizers for doing that.

Anyways, glad everything turned out (fairly) well today and hopefully I can catch you guys at the next meet.

-Jax

josephdoc

Now we are talking. I make my apology to my harsh post and my so-so English especially when I am in a bad mood and I want to do some type up fast at the same time. I hate writing and don’t dislike me because I failed English101 three times.

I think I missed the fun part after the crash. Mike saw me took off because the other IS350 guy told us it was all over and he left right after he spoke to Mike. I did not know our meeting stays alive after, and Mike was the one who had a talkie and lead the caravan. I thought Mike confirmed the party was over, so the two hours program to me was:

Talk->uphill drive->stop/photo->downhill drive->crash and go home.

Before I took off, I evem told Mike that we should go back but I changed my mind in the next few seconds because I did not want to go through all the ugly turns again and I thought the party was dismissed due to CRX incident.

Because Tee told Mike to lead, so I thought Mike really confirmed the party was over because he was the one who had a talkie.... then I went home.

Mike should know about my anger by now because I was not informed correctly after the incident and the whole thing was not organized well enough. I guess it was a bad day to me because I sacrificed my SJGP tickets and canceled my family trip to the Gilroy garlic fest trip in the afternoon just for this crappy meet. Hey, all that just because I want to meet you guys but endding up I am the one went home without knowing you guys went to lunch together.

From the beginning at the parking lot, I had no idea who was new, a rook, or a Norcal officer.

Make it a simple version of orders that I have followed:
Tee said "Mike, take the lead", so I followed Mike.
When there were only me an Mike's cars left, Mike said "Joseph, Game over, go home now" so I went home.

Where did I do wrong? Wasn't it bad enough to said it was a bad day? I missed all the fun with my family and I had to go home because someone leading the caravan, holding the radio talkie, and telling "Game Over and go home"? Ask Mike, that is what he said to me!

I think I did my communication with most of the people since they were checking on my mods and asking me questions about where and how... I don't think I am a shy guy and please believe me.

Before I left that parking lot, I was talking to two Mike’s guests that our route was going to be very rough. I know that was a tough route by heart because me and my buddy were in a SF-AE86 group against FC/FD/EG late in the night almost every weekend about 6 years ago (don’t laugh, we had too much animation, and it was stupid but fun).

I was worry if ldynred knows about the route because she had two little ones with her. I felt much better after I found out there will be a slower pasting group, but I did not know about some non-lex cars in our caravan. I make another apology here by using the word “junkies” because no one said anything about non-lex cars were invited also. Some of you already know what I do for living, and really I had to use that word there especially when I see those cars were in us.

So far, you can see how much information that I did not know about! I don’t fly off the handle easily but you guys can see what I have been through today.

About the photoshooting thing at the vista point, that was nothing more than a joke and sorry if I sounded too serious. I really don’t care any pics and I did not want to bring a camera before I left home because I know the situation when you guys first mentioned about the “visiting the Palo Alto woodside”. Although there were a lot of black jokes going around when Tee and the other SC moved up front, and that was very funny also... Hey! I am sure the car I used today will eventually cost more than any regular SC, so move me up front also ! (You know I am kidding right?)

Madness, will you accept my apologies now? Still, I have no idea what kids you were talking about and told me not to worry… Forget it, it’s all over now.

And Mike, I thought you said you will lead the slow group? Wow, I will join you again when you lead with the turtle speed. Did the talkie go out of range or what?

I know Tee tried his best to host the group, but look what have happened to me! Thanks anyway.

With all that confusion… Sigh.. I did my best. I followed all the way till Mike told me the party was over. Until very last minute before I read Mike’s post, I still think Mike was the group leader kind of person.. No wonder BC-GS430 messaged me some explanation about the group; I guess he read the whole thing and see my confusion.

Sigh, 1:30am now. Weekend is gone!
Msg me if there is a dinner party.. I do eating much better than driving.

flipside909

It's unfortunate you had a bad day, but you shouldn't blame the meet both organizers/participants for not having any fun. You made the choice to taking your wife's car out and cancel both your SJGP tickets and family trip to Gilroy. In my opinion, family is much more important than a car meet. I think it's more of the person who decided to break prior engagements with family and etc. and not the meet itself. If you really think you can improve future meets, step up to the plate. I'm with Rominl on meet organization. I give props to those who step up and take initiative in making a meet happen. As far as i'm concerned, only one person had a bad experience. Maybe you can direct the next meet and make it happen to your satisfaction?

Flipsonic

My honest opinion: Being that it was my first time, I thought it was fun, nerve racking, exciting, intimidating, disappointing feeling all rolled up in to one. At the end of the day I asked myself, was that all worth it? Yes, I had fun and would do it again. It would have been helpful to put a face to a screename. But that was my rookie mistake. I should have mixed and mingled more.

I was part of the east bay caravan and it was nice to meet Imaputz, Wolverine, and theEnd. I was expecting a traffic jam because of the SJ GP, but there was none. Except for that gravel road on the way to Starbucks, the caravan to Palo Alto was good. Putz I realize you didn’t know about that gravel road and thanks for getting us there in one piece. Maybe we should have the next meet in the east bay. I vote for you to set it up. By the way, nice drop on those Eibachs. Wolverine, I give you props for having the guts to slam your car. Nice ride. theEnd, I was looking for you during the cruise. I don’t know if I lost you through all the excitement. I saw you go the other way just before we made our first route mistake. Was that you? All others, sorry I didn’t get to hang with you. I know what to expect next time. I really would've loved to stay and have lunch with everyone but I had a schedule to keep. Next time, I’ll clear my entire afternoon.

Thanks to Teeman for doing his best to keep it organized. As for that accident, I was just glad to see no one was hurt. All in all, I had a great time.