Sarasota Dub Meets

[FactorX]

If anyone is in the Sarasota/Bradenton area and hasn't heard about the group that meets there...

Wednesday nights in Bradenton in the Albertsons parking lot on Cortez just west of US 41. 8pm-ish

Thursday nights In Sarasota, at Best Buy on US 41 (just south of Bee Ridge). 8-pm-ish.

Saturday nights at Best Buy too, people have been showing more at 8pm than the usual 7pm lately.

A couple weeks back we had 25+ cars on a Thursday night.

More info can be found at www.dubdojo.com in the DubReich sub-forum.

-Fred

[TheDarkSide]

Sweet, thanks for the info.. would you mind some bmw's coming out?

[BMW boobies]

Dave you don't even come down to Sarasota to see Sean and I on the weekends or to meet my sister. Though you are willing to drive there for a meet. I am disappointed in you.

[FactorX]

I think there's room for everybody, but keep in mind at its core its Volkwagen Auto Gruppe cars... you will be ribbed in a friendly manner... :p

[JCapelo]

hmmm ribbed...latex?

[Viper3812]

I think there's room for everybody, but keep in mind at its core its Volkwagen Auto Gruppe cars... you will be ribbed in a friendly manner... :p
I'm heading to Bradenton Thursday night and staying til about Saturday. Some of my Sarasota friends told me about some audi/vdub meets and SRQracing meets at Hooters/US.41 on Saturady nights. Is that your group? I might come out Thursday and Saturday night and bring out my BMW, but since I'm home I'll be more tempted to take out the 350z, will I be given the dirty look? Thanks for the invite.

[FactorX]

Yeah, we typically all meet at Best Buy then roll down to Hooters en mass to antagonize the ricers a bit... we havn't been eating at Hooters lately due to one of our group making a rude comment to one of the waitresses who was being rather rude herself... it involved her lack of qualifications to work there... hehe

like I said, anyone is welcome to come hang out...

[kelso]

how you like the mark five so far? i wanna ride in it, i have only heard good things about them so far. got any mods yet? manual or dsg?

[///Mental]

I'm heading to Bradenton Thursday night and staying til about Saturday. Some of my Sarasota friends told me about some audi/vdub meets and SRQracing meets at Hooters/US.41 on Saturady nights. Is that your group? I might come out Thursday and Saturday night and bring out my BMW, but since I'm home I'll be more tempted to take out the 350z, will I be given the dirty look? Thanks for the invite.


[QUOTE=FactorX]Yeah, we typically all meet at Best Buy then roll down to Hooters en mass to antagonize the ricers a bit... we havn't been eating at Hooters lately due to one of our group making a rude comment to one of the waitresses who was being rather rude herself... it involved her lack of qualifications to work there... hehe

like I said, anyone is welcome to come hang out...


I believe the BMW section on this forum is doing up sonics, maybe we will head over to best buy and roll out with you guys! :woot: FactorX give me a call today - Wed. 727-420-4327 so I can talk to you about the meet, and maybe getting some guys together for something afterwards. :confused: :cheers:

[///Mental]

I'm heading to Bradenton Thursday night and staying til about Saturday. Some of my Sarasota friends told me about some audi/vdub meets and SRQracing meets at Hooters/US.41 on Saturady nights. Is that your group? I might come out Thursday and Saturday night and bring out my BMW, but since I'm home I'll be more tempted to take out the 350z, will I be given the dirty look? Thanks for the invite.

You have a 350z and we havent seen it!??!?!? Roll out sat. with us!


Yeah, we typically all meet at Best Buy then roll down to Hooters en mass to antagonize the ricers a bit... we havn't been eating at Hooters lately due to one of our group making a rude comment to one of the waitresses who was being rather rude herself... it involved her lack of qualifications to work there... hehe

like I said, anyone is welcome to come hang out...


I believe the BMW section on this forum is doing up sonics, maybe we will head over to best buy and roll out with you guys! :woot: FactorX give me a call today - Wed. 727-420-4327 so I can talk to you about the meet, and maybe getting some guys together for something afterwards. :confused: :cheers:

[JCapelo]

its his dads...but he rocks it, plus its auto like his bmw

rock the bmw u kno u want to!

[Variance]

Screw Sonic, I say we go to BestBuy with the VWs. German autos>ricers.

[FactorX]

I'll try to give you a call later... we're having a tech session to install my new rear swaybar... :)

I LOVE the MkV GTI. I got the 6-spd manual because DSG is auto, and auto is for sissies. Its really fun to drive, and the power is nuts for a factory 4-cylinder. Low end torque, power in EVERY gear, I've had it up to 140 indicated... the milage isn't bad either; i average about 22mpg city, and 30 highway (cruise set to 80).

I'll be chipping it soon... i was gonna do coilovers first, but then my condo complex put in a gauntlet of speed bumps... bastards!

I have had an intake on order for... yikes more than 2 months now... need to follow up on that. I'm undecided on what exhaust to go with. The fun part of having a NEW model is that all the mods are equally new...

-Fred

[Viper3812]

You have a 350z and we havent seen it!??!?!? Roll out sat. with us!




I believe the BMW section on this forum is doing up sonics, maybe we will head over to best buy and roll out with you guys! :woot: FactorX give me a call today - Wed. 727-420-4327 so I can talk to you about the meet, and maybe getting some guys together for something afterwards. :confused: :cheers:

I brought it once to a meet, but you werent there. It is an auto, but it is still sweet. It has the Jim Wolf intake and Nismo exhaust. If you come out Saturday I might bring it out.

[Viper3812]

its his dads...but he rocks it, plus its auto like his bmw

rock the bmw u kno u want to!

I rock the BMW everyday, but when I'm home I drool for the 350z. We'll see when Saturday comes.

Hey Jeff, are you guys going to Cars&Concepts on Saturday for the tech day?

[Viper3812]

Yeah, we typically all meet at Best Buy then roll down to Hooters en mass to antagonize the ricers a bit... we havn't been eating at Hooters lately due to one of our group making a rude comment to one of the waitresses who was being rather rude herself... it involved her lack of qualifications to work there... hehe

like I said, anyone is welcome to come hang out...

That's cool, just look for either a white BMW or 350z on Saturday or I might roll with the BMW crew if they go down to Sarasota too. I might show up Thursday night if you guys are still meeting?

[Variance]

Holy crap, I just checked mapquest, and it says it's 51 minutes for me to get to sarasota. Considering how my dad makes me be home all early, I might not be able to make it out...

[FactorX]

yeah, its not a short hop from Tampa...

The meets happen EVERY thursday and sat... turnout is usually pretty consistent, a lot of new people have been coming the last few weeks. we've been advertising on vortex and stealing people... lol...

for more updates check out www.dubdojo.com

I'm fighting a killer head cold right now, sorry i didn't call bro... I've been napping most of the evening, and have to drive up to Tampa early tomorrow morning for a training seminar.... yay AutoCAD 2007...

-Fred

[FactorX]

had about 16 cars out last night. :)

[TheDarkSide]

I will come to one eventually but I am in Pasco it I consider going to Tampa a haul. I will come out and make other caravan with me! :thumbu:

[FactorX]

http://maps.yahoo.com/dd_result?newaddr=7308+Manatee+Ave&taddr=1726+N+Dale+Mabry+Hwy&csz=Bradenton%2C+FL+34205&country=us&tcsz=Tampa%2C+FL+33607&tcountry=us&oerr=4004

a lot of us will be in tampa tonight... vwfixx meet, first saturday of every month.

[Kevlar]

Hey, maybe I'll bring my Jetta sometime...




Just kidding :rofl: :lmao:

[TheDarkSide]

Hey, maybe I'll bring my Jetta sometime...




Just kidding :rofl: :lmao:

:dunno: Why are you kidding?

[RPM Photography]

Probably because he would be embarrassed.

[FactorX]

... he's prolly just got a 2.sl0w...

[///Mental]

wow, I really want to show up to the next one, is there going to be one this thurs. 5/12 ??

[FactorX]

This thursday is the 11th... and yes, we'll be at the Best Buy on 41... 8pm-ish.

Last week we took off a bit early for food (9:30).

Usually we go to Gecko's, or Applebees/Chilis/Bennigans... it seems to vary...

[///Mental]

sweet! expect me out there...

[JCapelo]

im going!

[Variance]

I'll probably go, too.

[JCapelo]

some 1 start a new thread for this so more will see it ect....im to lazy

[FactorX]

if you need to get a hold of me... 941-323-1803

my name is Fred btw...

[downsouthdub]

Hey, maybe I'll bring my Jetta sometime...




Just kidding :rofl: :lmao:

:wtf:

[JCapelo]

he has a jetta thats his but never drives it because he says its Pos and its slow blablabla so when he comes out he brings his "moms" volvo

[Variance]

Holy, crap, I just mapquest-ed it; almost an hour drive for me. Don't think I'll be going anymore.

[TheDarkSide]

he has a jetta thats his but never drives it because he says its Pos and its slow blablabla so when he comes out he brings his "moms" volvo

:confused: Silly if you ask me :dunno: No pride in your own car :nono:

[BallsDeepAsian350]

Make room for the MDX. Its pretty quick for an SUV when its not filled with groceries.

[TheDarkSide]

Eh, I have drove faster.

[JCapelo]

OH knowzzzzz so instead of a subaru we got a MDX! sweet

[Kevlar]

Pft, yeah, exactly, it's a 2.sl0w. Even worse, it's a green '99. And it's not mine. It's one of three of the family's cars. I just drive it to school because school is 2.6 miles away, and there's no point sticking someone else with it all day, since the rest of my family drives a lot more than me. When I go home after school I can just grab one of the other cars (A4 3.0 or S60R), so hey, it works out.

I'm trying to decide if I should get a car to take to Duke or not. I don't really -need- one, but it might be nice to have. I think i'll go up 1st semester without one, and if I decide it's a necessity, buy a car up there (no idea what yet).

[Viper3812]

I'm trying to decide if I should get a car to take to Duke or not. I don't really -need- one, but it might be nice to have. I think i'll go up 1st semester without one, and if I decide it's a necessity, buy a car up there (no idea what yet).
You know you want a bimmer.:D

[Kevlar]

Well yeah, I want an E46 M3 (~02, 6-speed, LSB, Steel Gray, or maybe Carbon Black).

I really like the STi of course, but my parents seem to be against it (they dont think it's safe enough? what?). So my second choice would be an M3, of course, but they're still a lot of money, especially for a used car (and especially when I'm going to an expensive school).

[FactorX]

I don't know how old you are, but trust me, you want a car with ample back seat room and maybe even a 4 door when you're in college...

it comes in very. very. handy.

I miss college...

btw, I don't recommend doing your bachelors and masters in 5 years...

[Viper3812]

I don't know how old you are, but trust me, you want a car with ample back seat room and maybe even a 4 door when you're in college...
it comes in very. very. handy.

I 2nd that cause having my hatchback with a system inside really sucks when I am moving stuff or transporting people with bags.

[BMW boobies]

Sean and I are in Sarasota every weekend are there any decent meets?

[Kevlar]

I don't know how old you are, but trust me, you want a car with ample back seat room and maybe even a 4 door when you're in college...

it comes in very. very. handy.

I miss college...

btw, I don't recommend doing your bachelors and masters in 5 years...

Yeah, that's true, because as little as I'd probably end up driving it, a lot of the time would be with friends, so 4 seats would be good... What a shame, the M3 is so awesome...

Just curious, why don't you recommend a bachelors and masters in 5 years? I'm not even sure how easy that is at Duke, but I think it's an option. (Heck, at Northwestern I got into a program that would have given me a bachelors, masters, and PhD in 6-7 years :eek:).

[FactorX]

I went full time 11 semesters and part time 1 semester between fall 1999 and summer 2004... got both my Bachelors and Masters of Architecture and design... Oh, and there were two co-op semesters in there too...

its a hell of a lot of work, and in my field there isn't much benefit to the Masters... that... and a HELL of a lot of work and all nighters.

There is a meet at Best Buy in Sarasota EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT. 8pm-ish!

-Fred

[Variance]

4 door E36 M3. Answer to all your problems.

[Kevlar]

Ehhh, I'm not a huge fan of how the E36 M3/4 looks. Doesn't have the aggressive stance of the 2-door.

A bachelors and masters in 5 years might not be as difficult with engineering. I'm not really sure. But I will be coming in with over a semester worth of AP credits, so I'll see.

I could always pick up a cheap IS300 and turbo the crap out of it :D. 4-door Supra anyone?

[RPM Photography]

Ehhh, I'm not a huge fan of how the E36 M3/4 looks. Doesn't have the aggressive stance of the 2-door.

A bachelors and masters in 5 years might not be as difficult with engineering. I'm not really sure. But I will be coming in with over a semester worth of AP credits, so I'll see.

I could always pick up a cheap IS300 and turbo the crap out of it :D. 4-door Supra anyone?

If you buy an IS I shoot you...just FYI

[///Mental]

If you buy an IS I shoot you...just FYI
:stupid: those cars are ghey...

[DizzyP1.8t]

Just reppin the SRQ, it was nice to see some of you guys come out last night. Some of us should be comming up there this sat.

[JCapelo]

good deal.....looking foward to it