Well brothers and sisters, despite the abhorrently low Fiero count (Six. All fastbacks.), as usual we rocked the proverbial casbah. The meeting started with the mandatory chatting amongst members in the parking lot, including Grimm Dragon's maker (Chris), along with our italian artist (Johnny Boy), our chief (David), our super-sexy young member (This one) and Patrick.

As things moved inside, chatting continued amongst several more members including Blair, Damien, our sound GURU (Sorry brother, your name eludes me!) and many more. Once things got organized, a whopping $3 50/50 draw was won, followed by yours truly winning free food, and members snagging mint-condition dog-bones and light-up shift knobs (Red and blue, both won by John). The organized topics were very brief, but it was abundantly clear that there were two hot-button topics: Arlington and insurence. Reminding all of you that Arlington is just around the corner, so get your passports/enhanced IDs, and please bring any canopies/chairs if you can, the club could really use them.

Insurence made for some interesting discussion, especially with regards to agreed value, where the customer can elect to set the "worth" of their vehicle, making it very intriguing to members such as Johnny Boy, Blair and our sound guy (Sorry again!), who's vehicles are worth significantly more than the blue book value of their vehicle. Hagerty's was also presented as a paragon in comparison to the make-you-want-to-stick-nails-in-your-eyes tactics of ICBC as well.

We briefly touched upon the Pontiac Show (Don't forget to pre-register, there's incentives to), the upcoming tech session and Damien's work on the throttle body and manifold combination. Patrick also shed some valuable light on the enhanced ID process, which is $52 to change a current lisence over to, or $35 (Plus the initial $75) when renewing, and is mailed within ten days.

One of the most intriguing moments of the night was the introduction to our newest brother, Wayne, who's four cylinder is unfortunately un-salvagable, but remains eager to drive the pegasus emblem, having fallen for a 2M4 back during the initial Fiero-mania in '84. Until then, he is the owner of a Grand Prix GXP (3.8L Series II Supercharged) which should fill the gap until he can find a Pontiac with the engine in the proper half of the car.

The organized aspect of the meeting was brief but things continued for a very, very long time in the parking lot (Almost two hours by the time David, Patrick and I left) where Wayne was able to show off his moderately tuned and very clean Grand Prix. Also present was the insane-audio Fiero, which ran no less than six 8" subs, a four channel and mono-block amp, and a battery that's large enough to power a small city. And that's not even touching upon all the visual modifications that have been done. David's '88, Patrick's '86 (Sporting the gold hood off of his current project) Luke's '86 and my Gretchin rounded out the roster.

Our audio-connaisseur suggested an audio tech-session one day, which I will admit I am completely in favour of, and I came up with the brilliant idea of mounting a battery down by the front cross-member of the vehicle, which David promptly informed has been done before. Such as on his own vehicle.

And, as an added anecdote for Patrick, I strolled on up to our waitress and proceeded to collect a phone number. He can enjoy knowing that my high from that victory was short-lived, as I proceded to be LIT UP by a 2008 Corvette ZO6 on the highway.

Romeo wrote: And, as an added anecdote for Patrick, I strolled on up to our waitress and proceeded to collect a phone number. He can enjoy knowing that my high from that victory was short-lived, as I proceded to be LIT UP by a 2008 Corvette ZO6 on the highway.

Hey, I'm hoping you get "LIT UP" (in a positive manner) by that waitress as well. Woohoo!

Thanks for the write-up, Tristan. 

And thanks for all the pictures (and running the meeting), Dave.

Wayne, it was good to finally meet you as well! Glad you enjoyed yourself.

By the way, that Fiero in Victoria we were talking about, it was $1000. When you mentioned $1500 at the meeting, I thought that price sounded a little high. You should've bought it!