MEET : Friday Night Oct. 30th @ City Brew 8:00pm

Just thought I would start this so we can get out of the ideas for meet topic. Should be able to make this one.

I won't be there.

I won't be there either.

I will be there in the 05 since i have't driven it since Sunday!!

You know I'll be there!

I may stop by. Gotta work on my costume some then figure out if I'm going out at all.

i will be there 8oclock on the dot

well ill be there, but ill be the guy with the camara.

I'll be there. Might be driving the pickup... which I hate... which is a piece of shit... so you might not even know I'm there... Except for the smoke and smell coming from it... Goddamnit!

I might be able to stop by if the game ends early like it did tonight.

Hey Antwon I can come pick you up and you can roll with me. Let me know.

I think I'll make it in the scoob. As long as I'm not running my car for extended periods of time, it seems to run fine. Although I have an exhaust rattle from hell coming outta my can. I think the tip is making the noise.

I guess my Aunt and Uncle are going to be coming into town around 6:00pm or so and we are going to dinner around 7:30pm, so I will not be attending this evening.

Sucky Mikey. Tell the parents I say Hello! Oh how did dads motion sensor light install go?

Well, we'll see if I run into any of you guys tonight. Off to work.

It was a pretty good meet. No one gettin pulled over or anything and everyone had a pretty good time I think.

Yeah this was a great meet. Thanks to everyone for showing up. We had a crowd of about 20 cars so not too bad for a week notice. Thanks again guys.

it was a good meet. would have been nicer if there was no wind but none the less still a fun time

little chilly but overall a good time, it's always nice to meet new people!

I had fun! Like always! That little skatboard thingy was pretty cool. I may have to invest in one of those!

Doug made my Night/Week/Year

beer pong aftermath of the meet


+12 other peeps

Jp held that table too long.

Looks good. I think our meets will have quote a bit more notice from now on though.

I think that by summertime we will have enough people to put on a nice car show maybe charge a buck a head and donate the money to a charity or somthing

yea i know what charity we can use... "Get that pos green honda painted Charity"

or maybe... "Brandon's 2nd sti payment"

Both sounds great too me

KuRRu wrote:

yea i know what charity we can use... "Get that pos green honda painted Charity"

or maybe... "Brandon's 2nd sti payment"

Both sounds great too me

Yeah Cody this is a great idea. We can call it the Brandon's EX can go fuck herself fund. HA!!!!!

Sad I didnt make the meet. Pretty much the only thing I look forward to every week. Should be pretty wide open from here on out though, minus work of course.

You were well missed Mike..... Ok what I really missed was some maturity at the meet. But all in all I guess it was ok. I just tried to hide when I would feel the immature stupid start surrounding me and making me claustrophobic. lol.

Matt ill have to catch up with you at a meet sometime and bs about fiats.

Dr.Auto wrote:

You were well missed Mike..... Ok what I really missed was some maturity at the meet. But all in all I guess it was ok. I just tried to hide when I would feel the immature stupid start surrounding me and making me claustrophobic. lol.

Eh, not much you can do about that. Live and learn, and they will. At least you can usually spot the noobies from the n00bs though. I'd much rather hang out with someone who knew nothing but wanted to learn than BKs who "claim" to know everything. Sadly, the latter is more commonplace, but it comes with the situation.

Dr.Auto wrote:

You were well missed Mike..... Ok what I really missed was some maturity at the meet. But all in all I guess it was ok. I just tried to hide when I would feel the immature stupid start surrounding me and making me claustrophobic. lol.

Good reason why I was only there long enough to buy a part from Doug. The five minutes I was there was more then enough for me :-)

What's with all the hating all of a sudden? I'm offended that our own MAEC members are too embarresd by the rest of us to show up at a meet. This is not what this site is supposed to be about!

Maybe I read things wrong, or maybe I'm missinformed, but IMO it's BS!

/rant

What was so Immature then what happens in daily life?

We are all young Adults.

If I am a part of the stupidity, tell me I am acting a fool. lol

I hate to break it, but we are all immature...

RedMitsu wrote:

Eh, not much you can do about that. Live and learn, and they will. At least you can usually spot the noobies from the n00bs though. I'd much rather hang out with someone who knew nothing but wanted to learn than BKs who "claim" to know everything. Sadly, the latter is more commonplace, but it comes with the situation.

Pardon me for this, but we are all noobies, rookies, etc etc. If everyone knew everything they would be an expert. This type of person also is very conceded and doesnt enjoy socializing.

Birds of a feather flock together.

I think you misunderstood what I am saying. What I was noting was that yes, everyone is always new at something, but there are the people who are new and are ok looking like idiots when they have to ask questions, then there are the people who are new and think they are too cool to ask questions, so they just spout nonsense.
There are two problems with this, the first is that people slowly begin to dislike newbs more and more(which shouldn't happen, since everyone is new at one point), and the second is that new people who are trying to learn may actually listen to the misinformation of the others.
I was merely stating that automotive communities are going to have the largest number of "bad" noobs since EVERYONE has a car.

And in case anyone was wondering I didn't make it because I was at work, not because I didn't want to go.

I understand now Mike! I am a little slow sometimes!

I agree about people talking out there butt. You could always correct them politely so they know what they are regurgitating. Some people dont take being corrected to well though.. so tough call I guess.. so in a nut shell. I smell what your steppin' in!

Man... Really?

Man, what is going on here? I thought everyone had a good time? Really confused to why everyone is being so rude. We were all noobies at some point or another and there is no need to be a jerk about it. I asked so many questions about things and also thought I knew things that were not true (that still happens). We just need to come together as a group of enthusiasts and point the people in need in the right direction. Lets stop ranting please.

Adj. 1. immature - characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"
mature - characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
2. immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"
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animate thing, living thing - a living (or once living) entity
immature - not yet mature
new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"
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Whoa fella's...... this was not a slam...... if anything it was a slam for me. Meaning I must be starting to get too old to really enjoy youthful fun.
just remember.... what goes around comes around... or did I get that backwards? lol

anyways.... I'm just saying kids will be kids.... and they all grow up sometime. Some longer than others. We're all into cars and so let's have fun.

The only thing I don't like to see is excessive speed in the parking lot of City Brew. Not blaming anyone... but it just takes one person to piss off the wrong person to get us kicked out of there. Yes we are customers... but we are also guests. And they do have the right to kick us out. Most all of us respect that... others sometimes just need a friendly reminder. This would include any kind of pedestrian or other vehicle interaction in the lot that has any kind of negative infringement on the other customers. Although there are thirty of us.... that one tree hugging pissed off customer that cares about the rubber on your tires and your turbo noise can complain and get us kicked out of there too. It just boils down to manners.
And 99% of all of us have good manners 99% of the time. Let's just be conscientious. And some of the "Immature" folks sometimes don't look at the big picture or even consider these things. they might just not have the insight yet.... I know some of you that are 19 and have more maturity then some of the 24 year olds. I just would like everyone to be conscientious and lets keep a good image. Some one else want the soap box now? lol sshheeeeeezzz..... didn't want to start anything.

Yo douggie.. I got no beef with you man. But just something to think about. whatever street laws you break is your problem not ours. been there done that.... will do some more too. lol. but Sideways onto King taking up three lanes is cool.... till you put yourself in the peoples shoes walking out of city brew thinking that fast and furious is in town watching you break a street law just to pull up with the rest of the cars at city brew and it puts everyone into the law breaking scum bag club right away from their perspective. Again not slamming you.... just pointing out a perspective.... cause who knows.... if I could put my car sideways onto King I probably would too....lol. it's all good. I'm just pointing out the perspective of some others out there that are non car people that can effect us in a negative way if we're not careful. that's it. And I'm just saying this cause I was in the building a few times and heard some of the comments from some of the other people around. No we can't totally avoid conflict. But there is a place and a time for everything. Let's keep the club image good and clean ok? That's all I'm saying

Thanks Guys

I should have read the replys more clearly, I was not aware people were out goofing off. I am really sad to hear that Doug was in the middle of all this. I thought you learned your lesson from the last incident? I really thought you would be more responsible on the road now (kind of pisses me off really). For someone that has been through so much this past year in your RS destroying it twice I figured you would have figured out driving like a maniac does not do anything but raise your chances of having a third accident. I really do not want to get that phone call again.

I am in total agreement with Matt on this topic. We need to respect the businesses we dine at and also the street on which we drive. I am not going to say I dont speed, because I do, but that is on my own time and not when we are out as a group. I could really care less about what is going on when you are running around solo, but when you are at a meet and going on a cruise we should obey the laws. Most of our cars are POLICE magnets anyway, why draw more attention to them?

Not trying to rip on you Doug, but I thought we had a deal that there was going to be no more crazy driving? I care about you and dont want another accident.

Tons of things bother me, but i am not going to list all that does its pointless. i think that we all just need to huck this one up to a learning experiance. I personly think this thread has ran its course.

DoodieHead wrote:

I am in total agreement with Matt on this topic. We need to respect the businesses we dine at and also the street on which we drive. I am not going to say I dont speed, because I do, but that is on my own time and not when we are out as a group. I could really care less about what is going on when you are running around solo, but when you are at a meet and going on a cruise we should obey the laws. Most of our cars are POLICE magnets anyway, why draw more attention to them?

I guess that was the point I was trying to make.... as a group let's be responsible, at, around, to, and from. That's all I'm saying. The last thing we need as a new club is a bad image of any kind.

I third that NovaFlash.....

I must clarify..... For the most part we ALL had a good time and ALL went well. And I hope we have many other meets just as good... but sometimes it's those simple little things where we slack for a moment and it can screw stuff up later.... just be aware of that family with the 3yr old, and that tree hugging dork...... our image to them is also important.

And Doug..... Still not ripping on you man..... and please...PLEASE forgive me if that wasn't you..... I just saw a dark colored Scoobie screetching sideways onto King and I shook my head as I walked back into City Brew past the people saying who are all these guys?
Just remember.... I have done very dumb things. I speed too..... I break many street laws... I've done insane things.... but just not to, from, at, around a club even please. That's all I'm saying. on a non club even moment I would love to have you give me a ride and throw me onto King sideways..... I like that stuff. But the public don't.

I agree Matt when we are at a meet we need to set a better example. I am proud to say I didn't goof off and I am not going to bash on those who did. I didn't really see Dougie do anything but a few others were which is fine. Some of us like to show off what we got but there is a time and place for that. Speeding through the City Brew parking lot was completely uncalled for Jeremy but it is what it is. These are the reasons why we can't be in the K mart or Albertsons parking lot. I know I am not the best one to be setting a good example but I have learned my lesson numerous times. I like having fast cars and bringing them to meets but I know how to control myself when it comes to driving fast. I do speed and drive aggressive at times but I have been alot better then I use to be. (my gas mileage is alot better because of it) We need to set a better example as a car club and some of us need to swallow our pride and chill out at the meets or we aren't going to be able to hangout anywhere without the police getting involved.
/rant

Wow, I missed out on a lot by leaving early...

I don't think you missed out on much. Nothing even happened compared to the other meets I've been to. I thought this one was pretty laid back.

It was a very laid back meet. Most of us just standing around whichever car had their hood up, and a few fellas on those "rip-sticks." I saw Doug give Anthony a ride and heard him goose it up King but I never did see him slide sideways or even hear tires squeeling so I must have missed the Scoob that Matt saw. Besides one "certain" car speeding through the lot in reverse, I didn't see anything that would make a member not want to come mingle with the rest.

everyone was pretty well behaved... really. I just said something cause the few comments I heard from bystanders. Can't please everyone and maybe they were just pissy..... who knows.

It's just that most people I guess think of a car club as some old guys with beards that sit in lawn chairs and drive 69 fast backs and corvettes and such. That's not really what I want this club to be although that's ok. But I would like to see our club have the same type of image as those guys. You know... the whole oh look it must be a car show let's go look kind of thing. Businesses think it's cool..... a cop drives by and gives the thumbs up. You know that kind of image. And maybe that only comes with the muscle car clubs I don't know. But I do know that that type of image will come very hard in this part of the country with the type of cars most of us drive.

All in all I like the club. Proud to be part of it. Let's just not give ANYONE a reason to really hate us.

I didn't go on the cruise last time so I really don't know what happened..... and there was no cruise this time that I know of so.... I don't think anyone got tickets or anything. But I would hope that anything you did while together in a cruise would ever question having a ticket. I mean fun is fun.... But let's keep that place for everything where it's supposed to be. Heck I've been able to rev at a stop light on a cop.... and do the whole lurch forward thing on him... all he did was shake his head, smile and wave.

ZipDriveX wrote:

It was a very laid back meet. Most of us just standing around whichever car had their hood up, and a few fellas on those "rip-sticks." I saw Doug give Anthony a ride and heard him goose it up King but I never did see him slide sideways or even hear tires squeeling so I must have missed the Scoob that Matt saw. Besides one "certain" car speeding through the lot in reverse, I didn't see anything that would make a member not want to come mingle with the rest.

I agree... no real alarm.... I'll come to more meets. That's why I chalked up most of that stuff as immaturity lurking around that I would just try to not be to close to at the right moment. that's it. Then a few folks got defensive and I felt maybe I should explain myself but... IDK man. Guess that will teach me to ever open my big mouth. Maybe I'm the immature one for saying something.

But in any case I'm done talking about it.... this is it. I will post no more in this thread. See you guys on the rest of the forum.

Matt I was not offended by your posts at all. I got what you were saying and didn't think anything of it. The main thing that upset me I guess was SprockCapn's comment:

SprockCapn wrote:

Good reason why I was only there long enough to buy a part from Doug. The five minutes I was there was more then enough for me :-)

The point I was trying to get across in my posts was: Why be in a car club at all if you're too embarassed to actually "be part of" the club. Just my $.02

(And just like I said in my first post: I could be reading this wrong and taking things the wrong way, I'm just expressing my opinion on a comment that was made is all. No hard feelings intended.)

I don't think being embarrassed of other's poor choices should reflect badly on Captain. It was poor judgment to drive in a manor that will bring negative attention to a crowd that will most likely always have a negative rep because of the poor choices made by a few. Besides this is a Forum not a club regardless of the name. I wasn't there and as Dr. Auto said we were all young once, but learn from the comments made about creating a better reputation for car lover's everywhere.

Also being "part of the" club doesn't meant you have to condone poor judgment.

TS4L