January 9th Meeting
Printed From: West Coast Fieros
Category: Events Section
Forum Name: Meetings, and Events Info
Forum Description: What Happened at the Last Meeting/Drive, When's the Next Meeting or Drive?
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Topic: January 9th Meeting
Posted By: Romeo
Subject: January 9th Meeting
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 10:42am
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Well, despite the colossal turnout, for anyone who wasn't at the January meeting, you missed a damn good one. First off the list was posing the question if they club would like to do more of anything in particular: Drives, Tech Days, Car Shows, etc. People all had something they'd like to see more of, and why, which was extremely encouraging to see. Following that was a visual respresentation of the distributors Damien (Dawg) has been working on, as well as plans for future project between him and his wife (I wont spoil the surprise, they'll tell you when they're ready!). Next on the chopping block was modifications people were undergoing. Patrick just finished up his one Fiero GT (A feat which I'm sure both he and Clynt appreciate) and a in depth discussion about brake conversions. Brian's fanatical devotion to race slicks was also mentioned in passing. At that point, like a bunch of school children we started chatting amonst ourselves. One conversation in particular seemed to take precedent, and that was regarding the lack of ICBC insurence whilst racing, and then whether or not event organizers would cover your car in the worst case scenario. It essentially boiled down to "Some events should cover, but ICBC will never cover you. This is the point where Hugh found himself another hood for his monster Ferrari-Fiero as well. And finally, and in this one's opinion, the most touching and tragic part of the night, was saying good bye to good friend to everyone, Nigel. Nigel is heading back to Europe for a while to be with his family for a while, which made this his last "In-person" club meet (Though I hear we're working on a work-around to that as we speak). He delivered an absolutely touching speech, and promised to come back and see us eventually. For those of you interested, his Fiero (Featuring two sets of rims, and an absolutely divine motor) is for sale. If you're interested, please follow this link: http://www.westcoastfieros.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?FID=2&TID=1663&PN=1&get=last - http://www.westcoastfieros.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?FID=2&a mp;TID=1663&PN=1&get=last Again, if you missed out, that's your loss, it was a hell of a night. Everyone was talking and having a good time, Hughe was trying to pick between carb or TBI, and Patrick informed me I am both exceptionally young, and unable to pronounce the word "Fiero" properly. Still. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
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Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 10:43am
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Oh, it should be mentioned too, club dues are due now boys. The $24 for the year rate will stay. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Fire451
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 11:16am
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oh it was mentioned about a facebook group that has been started to save the cruise in so for all of you that are on facebook here is the link to the group of people that are trying to save it, sounds like rock 101 might be in to help the cause http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=415944580332 - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=415944580332 |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 4:51pm
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Oh indeed, thank you for that! Yes, for those who weren't there/didn't get the email, the Langley Cruise In is postponed, possibly indefinately. This is odd to many, as it respresents the third largest drive-in (Outdoor car show) in all of North America. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 10:17pm
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That was an awesome wrap up Tristen Thank You.
Sorry I missed you at the house, we ended up going out last min and I totally forgot you were stopping by. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 10:37pm
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Some Pics Patric, Tristan and Clynt
Blair
Graeme
Marcel
Amanda Craker
------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 11 January 2010 at 7:23am
Oh no worries brother! Did you get it back? I left it with the fellow that went camping with us. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Capt Fiero wrote:Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 12 January 2010 at 12:46am
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Heh heh, for anyone who hasn't heard Tristan say "Fiero", he pronounces it "Feeahrow". There doesn't appear to be any rational explanation as to where he picked up that wierd pronounciation. In regards to commenting on Tristan's youth, his age should come as no surprise to anyone aware of his taste in music, as discussed http://www.westcoastfieros.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1637&PN=1 - Here . All kidding aside... Excellent club meeting summary, Tristan!
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For any club member who might be curious, Tristan is only 19 years old. Heck, I suspect the socks I wore to the club meeting are older than that! 
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 12 January 2010 at 1:26pm
Tristan should consider a career in journalism. He did a fine job documenting our meeting.  -------------  Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 12 January 2010 at 3:26pm
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Oh, why thank you. And Patrick, you'll notice a few discrepancies with the way I speak. I have a french accent which becomes noticable with certain words. I'll also instinctively pronounce Cavalier (As in the Chevrolet) Ca-va-lee-aye. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 12 January 2010 at 8:49pm
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Don't you mean Sha-va-lee-yah? DG
------------- You dream it up....I'll make it |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 13 January 2010 at 6:30am
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No, the C still would make a "Kah" sound (Although, like english, there are exemptions) va would be unchanged, li would come across as you said, lee, and words ending in "er" are pretty universally an "aye" sound. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |