May 8th Meeting Wrap Up
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Topic: May 8th Meeting Wrap Up
Posted By: Romeo
Subject: May 8th Meeting Wrap Up
Date Posted: 08 May 2010 at 11:23pm
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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. ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 08 May 2010 at 11:41pm
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and the pics West Coast Fiero's May 8th 2010 club meeting
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Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 12:07am
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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.
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Romeo wrote:
Posted By: wayneh70
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 12:33am
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Thanks very much for the warm welcome! I had been trying without success
to get to a meeting for some time, I had a great time meeting an awesome group of people and I found it was very much worth the wait. Even though my status is 'between Fieros  ' I'm hoping to show my
smiling face at more events and tech sessions (so I may have half an idea what I'm doing when I get Fiero the Second - if nothing else I'l have some room to carry stuff for other people as well (BTW its a '00 Grand Prix GTP, we Grand Prix folks are very sensitive about that lol) Wayne |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 12:53am
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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, http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/10769039 - it was $1000 . When you mentioned $1500 at the meeting, I thought that price sounded a little high. You should've bought it!
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Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 1:12am
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Just two quick notes before I head to bed, the sound guy was Arun and his wife Reetu, and Blair? was not at the meeting? Maybe you were thinking of Rob? or Glen? or Damian.
There was 8 Fiero's 7 were Fastbacks and 1 was a Notchback.
------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: wayneh70
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 1:31am
Arrrgh! Ah well, I try to be zen about it and tell myself that the Fiero I was meant to have isn't ready to be sold yet (its current owner is looking at it right now and saying 'hmmm I bet a Supercharged 3.8 Series II would fit in there really nicely'). |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 11:04am
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Yeah, I'm not going to lie David, I have no idea why I put Blair's name in there. Could have had something to do with being up for almost forty hours straight. And as for the Fieros, there was only six when I finally went inside. Damien would've accounted for the notchback, not sure who the last fastback would've been though... ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 11:36am
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Gee....none of them were red either. -------------  Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 11:56am
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Last fastbacks to arrive were Henry and Aruns.
Ya oddly enough no red cars at this meeting ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Romeo
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 2:15pm
Ah, Henry's! Yes, I accounted for Arun's, because I was in the car after the meeting. Oh well, in my defense, I've had three acceptable write-ups, I was due for a screw up. Besides, I was distracted (THANKS LISA!) this time.  ------------- Never shift into reverse without a back-up plan. |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 09 May 2010 at 6:47pm
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Hey T no one is complaining, I was simply adding a small correction, your write ups have been awesome. See ya Saturday.
------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |