Official SoCal Meet 12/27/11 @ 10PM

[IVORY_G]

Official SoCal Meet 12/27/11 @ 10PM

So it's that time of year again when we have our annual "End of Year Meet".
For those of you who are unfamiliar with our meets, let me give you a quick run through of the general agenda:
-Meet
-Eat
-Drive Around
-Laugh
-Take Pix
-Go Home in one piece!

Date: 12/27/11
Time: 10PM- Until
Location: In 'N' Out
5820 Bellflower Boulevard
Lakewood‎ CA‎ 90713
(off of Bellflower and South St)

Everyone is welcome to come, those from in state or out of state. Come join us for good food & a good time.

So let's get an attendance list started, copy and paste this below and add your name to the list:


1. IVORY_G (+1)
2. ChrisGTZ
3. E_Emerson88
4. Racesnos (+1)
5. HSINYA
6. Sponcar
7. Jimmy_02
8. Bonez

Hope to see you there!

[ChrisGTZ]

1. IVORY_G
2. ChrisGTZ
3.
4.
5.

[E_Emerson88]

1. IVORY_G
2. ChrisGTZ
3. Emerson
4.
5.

[racesnos]

1. IVORY_G
2. ChrisGTZ
3. Emerson
4. Racesnos + 1 so far
5.

[racesnos]

Emerson, you're so quick to post that you're going but you're slower than a slug when you say you'll make the thread for the meet. riddle me that one!

[IVORY_G]

^LOL! It's all those hours @ McD's, he's getting senile already! Lol!

[hsinya]

update the 1st post for attendance so we dont have to keep scrolling to look for the most updated list lol.

me = going. may be a couple hours late if i have to work night shift.

[sponcar]

Count me in... :)

[IVORY_G]

update the 1st post for attendance so we dont have to keep scrolling to look for the most updated list lol.

me = going. may be a couple hours late if i have to work night shift.

Oh alright fine! I gotta do everything around here! LOL!

[racesnos]

Any more takers ? lol

[IVORY_G]

Oakrdrs187, where you at? You should come out, I know where you live! (SoCal) LOL!

[racesnos]

I think people are intimidated or dont want to grow a set and come out. Come on guys. We want to expand the normal meet crew.

[IVORY_G]

I think people are intimidated or dont want to grow a set and come out. Come on guys. We want to expand the normal meet crew.

Damn! Ouch! LOL!

[racesnos]

And so far no one is objecting lol

[underated]

i'd love to come but why on a tuesday?

[IVORY_G]

i'd love to come but why on a tuesday?

Well bcz the last two weekends of the month are Christmas Eve & Day and New Years Eve & Day. No one is going to come out on those weekends because they most likely already have plans to be with other friends and or family; and we are trying to do the meet before the end of the year. We usually seem to get better turnouts on Tuesday nights over weekends too oddly enough :/ **shrugs shoulders** I dont know why...

[racesnos]

Well bcz the last two weekends of the month are Christmas Eve & Day and New Years Eve & Day. No one is going to come out on those weekends because they most likely already have plans to be with other friends and or family; and we are trying to do the meet before the end of the year. We usually seem to get better turnouts on Tuesday nights over weekends too oddly enough :/ **shrugs shoulders** I dont know why...

you know why we do this? we do this now because a LOOOONNNGG time ago, we spontaneously made one of the most successful meets on a Tuesday night with only 3 hours of notice. From that point, we decided that this would work best. This meet later came to be notoriously known as the "4-20" meet.

[racesnos]

looking at the conversation here, why do i feel like this is only a conversation between Ivory_G and myself ? lol

[IVORY_G]

^LOL! True that was the best turnout for a meet we ever had. It seems like people will only show up in most cases if they have nothing else to do. And on weekends ppl usually have plans, (or are consumed by a football game/sports event SMH LOL) so going to a TGC meet is last on the priority list unfortunately.

But Underated, if you can make it we'd be glad to have you! Needless to say you'd also have bragging rights in being the fastest Galant at the meet! LOL!

[racesnos]

I've discussed this before and I'll post it now. We have been doing meets at least once a month for probably 3 years now. If not more often pending if someone just wanting to hang out. Every time we post these meets we want to expand our group of regulars and make fun memories with everyone. For some reason, there are those that commit to coming then don't show and never explain later why they didnt show. This has personally pushed me to not even want to post up threads for meets just cause its ALWAYS the same people. Come out new members! Introduce yourself! Have some laughs! But most of all, have some fun !

[ChrisGTZ]

I talked to some friends about the meet the other day and two of them will be joining us for sure. They're not galant owners but hey, the more the merrier right?

[racesnos]

I talked to some friends about the meet the other day and two of them will be joining us for sure. They're not galant owners but hey, the more the merrier right?

Thanks god. Yes I agree. I personally think that a lot of these meets have evolved from just a Galants only meet to a meet where anyone and everyone is invited as long as they aren't idiots like Emerson. Haha JK Emerson !!

What are they Driving? Looking forward to the meet a little more now.

[ChrisGTZ]

Thanks god. Yes I agree. I personally think that a lot of these meets have evolved from just a Galants only meet to a meet where anyone and everyone is invited as long as they aren't idiots like Emerson. Haha JK Emerson !!

What are they Driving? Looking forward to the meet a little more now.

Haha ouch. Looks like he's not even going to defend himself on that one.

One might take his accord or they'll both just go with me. Depending on funds I guess. I'm going to keep asking around though and see if anyone else is down to actually drive up there.

[IVORY_G]

Sounds good!

[E_Emerson88]

hes all talk online . . . not gonna get into it =]

[racesnos]

You're the one who is all talk. It took how long for you to post this thread ? Oh wait that was will that posted it !

P.s. get some bigger rims lol

[beam514]

I think we can all agree that Albert is an asshole (hell, he drives a BMW!)




tehehehehe

[racesnos]

lol
Adrian you're crazy ! Hahaha

[IVORY_G]

Lol!

[racesnos]

P.s. i may be late to the meet. MFest has their weekly Century City Meets and yeah... they're badass.

[ChrisGTZ]

Hey, were we going to a bigger meet like last time or is it just going to be a small get together? One of my friends wanted to know.

[LosAngelesRider]

I'll be there in spirit.

[E_Emerson88]

most likely a small meet

[racesnos]

Small meet. Last time was a coincidence. Unless we drive through L. A. Then expect me to kind of drive off lol

[ChrisGTZ]

Ah, alright. It's all good either way. My friends seemed to catch interest though when I told them about the bigger meet we ended up going to. You think there would be anything on a Tuesday night anyway?

[racesnos]

like I said previously, the only meets that I know of are for the MFest groups but I know for a fact that we won't hit that up. Plus it's in a totally different direction of where our meets are anyways. Look around on other message boards about meets like SoCal 3G and all.

[beam514]

If you want, I'll post something up on the SoCal3G forums to see if any guys over there want to meet up on Tuesday.

[ChrisGTZ]

like I said previously, the only meets that I know of are for the MFest groups but I know for a fact that we won't hit that up. Plus it's in a totally different direction of where our meets are anyways. Look around on other message boards about meets like SoCal 3G and all.

MFest? Alright. I wouldn't want to go out of the way for one. I just meant if there was one close by where we were at that's all. Alright i'll go ahead and check it out when I get the chance.

[ChrisGTZ]

If you want, I'll post something up on the SoCal3G forums to see if any guys over there want to meet up on Tuesday.

Alright. Yeah sure.
The more the merrier especially since it's the last meet of the year.

[IVORY_G]

Less than 1 week Away!!!

[beam514]

I posted it on Socal3g so maybe a few members will drop by

[racesnos]

We will see.

[IVORY_G]

I'll be there in spirit.

Whoa almost missed your post! Where've you been? You should come out man!

[IVORY_G]

2 more days!

[racesnos]

Get those cars washed and buffed !!! Emerson that means you too!!!!

[sponcar]

^ Are you bringing your cam?? :D

[racesnos]

Sponcar- no I have that DSLR anymore. It was stolen from me sadly. I dont have a back up but if someone brings a good camera and wants me to shoot with it I can do that lol

[ChrisGTZ]

Hey guys, just letting you know i made it home safely.
Unfortunately my engine light came on as I was coming down the grapevine though.
I'll be getting it checked out first thing in the morning. Hopefully it's nothing major.

Oh, and if anyone wants to add me on facebook, my email is [email protected]

[wetamup2k3g]

East coaster checking in, where da pics?

[E_Emerson88]

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd446/e_emerson88/December%202011%20Meet/2011-12-27222533.jpg

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and the best one of all . . . .

http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd446/e_emerson88/December%202011%20Meet/2011-12-27222141.jpg

[ChrisGTZ]

Man, I really need to do something about my gas cap. -.-

[wetamup2k3g]

Cars looking good fellas, especially the Dolphin front, I like that black trim on the white GTZ claddings too!

[Corey2kG]

Fav is the black n white I like the black spoiler.

[racesnos]

Glad you made It home dude. Thanks for coming out and thanks for posting you made it alright!!

[IVORY_G]

Glad to hear you made it back Chris, thx again for coming out! Jimmy where are all the pix you took???
Hopefully the next meet we won't get shutdown everywhere we try to go and take pix -_-

[ChrisGTZ]

Cars looking good fellas, especially the Dolphin front, I like that black trim on the white GTZ claddings too!


Fav is the black n white I like the black spoiler.

Thanks guys! :)

[ChrisGTZ]

Glad you made It home dude. Thanks for coming out and thanks for posting you made it alright!!


Glad to hear you made it back Chris, thx again for coming out! Jimmy where are all the pix you took???
Hopefully the next meet we won't get shutdown everywhere we try to go and take pix -_-

Yeah no problem guys. I'll be a regular from now on. It's nice to get of Bakersfield every now and then. Hopefully I can get some people to go next time.

Ah it's all good. I didn't mind. At least the people were cool about it.

[ChrisGTZ]

Oh and I figured out what was wrong with my car. The tech said a had a random cylinder misfire. Any ideas on what could have caused it?

[IVORY_G]

Oh and I figured out what was wrong with my car. The tech said a had a random cylinder misfire. Any ideas on what could have caused it?

Check your spark plugs and wires. If you've never changed your rear spark plugs its probably over due. You should get the platinum ones which are good for 100,000 miles. Only part that sux is you have to remove the intake manifold to get to them. Which means you need to replace the intake manifold gasket. Might as well swap for the Diamante Intake Manifold if you have to remove it IMO...

[hsinya]

btw i have a spare set of upper and lower intake runner gaskets lol. its not hard to remove the manifold. just more bolts to undo.

[ChrisGTZ]

Check your spark plugs and wires. If you've never changed your rear spark plugs its probably over due. You should get the platinum ones which are good for 100,000 miles. Only part that sux is you have to remove the intake manifold to get to them. Which means you need to replace the intake manifold gasket. Might as well swap for the Diamante Intake Manifold if you have to remove it IMO...

Hm that's kind of odd. I just had all my spark plugs and wires changed no more than a month or two ago. Ah, gotcha. Well, I think I'm going to hold off on anymore work with the galant for now. On new years someone was interested in it and gave me a pretty nice offer for it. I might end up selling it. I'm not 100% sure yet though.

[IVORY_G]

Hm that's kind of odd. I just had all my spark plugs and wires changed no more than a month or two ago. Ah, gotcha. Well, I think I'm going to hold off on anymore work with the galant for now. On new years someone was interested in it and gave me a pretty nice offer for it. I might end up selling it. I'm not 100% sure yet though.

Well then it shouldnt be your plugs then...
As long as its worth it to you, hope it works out for the best.

[ChrisGTZ]

Well then it shouldnt be your plugs then...
As long as its worth it to you, hope it works out for the best.

The tech never really said what may have caused it. He just turned the check engine light off and told me to come back if it came back on. It's been fine since.
Well as much as I want to keep it, the goals I have for it are just out of my reach and will be for quite some time. In the end I would be paying far more than I thought as well. I'd probably just be better off buying an evo. Either way I'll still be a regular at the meets.

[IVORY_G]

The tech never really said what may have caused it. He just turned the check engine light off and told me to come back if it came back on. It's been fine since.
Well as much as I want to keep it, the goals I have for it are just out of my reach and will be for quite some time. In the end I would be paying far more than I thought as well. I'd probably just be better off buying an evo. Either way I'll still be a regular at the meets.

Yeah I hear you, sometimes you come to a crossroads and gotta make a decision.

[racesnos]

when is the next meet? we need to do one well worth it

[IVORY_G]

when is the next meet? we need to do one well worth it

Good question...

[jimmy_o2]

Glad to hear you made it back Chris, thx again for coming out! Jimmy where are all the pix you took???
Hopefully the next meet we won't get shutdown everywhere we try to go and take pix -_-

Sorry everyone! Been extremely busy and got really sick on new years eve and moving with my soon to be wife.

[racesnos]

All good Jimmy. Happy to hear you are taking the plunge soon!

I have an idea for a next meet but its going to require a LOT of driving and a LOT of time on a Saturday or Sunday. i will post soon. please be on the look out.