The annual College Challenge is coming up!

Who is going to be there representing MM?

For those of you who have never autocrossed or driven competitively before, this is a great time to get your feet wet. It's affordable, close, and there will probably be a lot of experienced MM'ers there to help answer any questions you may have.

If you're interested in making it out and aren't sure where to start with prepping or anything, no worries, as Unca Rex has already solved that problem here So you wanna do an autocross

Driving:
Jake Thiewes- G Stock
Jason Lineberg- H Stock
Adam Flint- ASP
Brad Fischer- B Stock
Justin Gallamore- ESP
Ryan Herold- Novice
Gerald Irish- A Stock
Peter Tyson- STX (?)
Matthew Walker (?)
Adam Lee- D Stock

Hey guys! I frequent a forum called TacomaWorld and I recently met a guy who is from around here on there. He informed me about a pretty cool event that's going on here in Harrisonburg at the Toyota place on the 26th. Now, it IS more centered towards trucks like Tacomas and such, but there's going to be a lot of cool stuff. The forum post about it there is really well done, so I'll link it, but I'll also summarize a little below.

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Quote:EVENT LOCATION: HARRISONBURG VA
2970 SOUTH MAIN ST
HARRISONBURG VA 22801

Oct. 26th


-Pink bikini car wash

-SWAP MEET

-Smoking BBQ on site

-Raffle ARB GEAR, jerry cans, high lifts, subscription to import tuner and 4wd toyota.

-Live Band (reggae and rock band)

-MOBILE DYNO!!!

- DEMELLO OFF-ROAD, ALLPRO OFF-ROAD, METALTECH 4x4, TOYTEC LIFTS, and FLYZEYE will be donating raffle prizes

TOYTEC RAFFLE- one 150 dollar gift card and two 50 dollar gift cards along with hats and t shirts!

-HOMERTACO will be there with all his grill options

-BIG DOGs OFFROAD wll be there with a RTI RAMP

-EAST COAST GEAR SUPPLY is coming with their famous clamshell bushing for 2nd gen tacomas along with other products

-CRUTCHFIELD vendor will be there along with competition sound vechiles

-food vendors including donut truck

-CAMPING on DEALERSHIP LAND friday and saturday night

-Cornhole Tournament with cash buy in

-possibly getting a group buy together on site and talking with vendor directly once enough people sign up.

- do it yourself in the shop with the lifts/ no dummies allowed
(he said you will need to sign a waiver and there will be someone there to operate lifts)

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There will be judging for different vechiles
- best of show
-best off road vechile
-most armored
-biggest lift
-lowest truck
-best tuner
-best audio/dvd/interior
-best 5 lugger
-most flex
- loudest vechile

WINNER of these categories will have a professional photography session of their vehicle in steven toyotas photo booth.

My car originally came with the performance handling package Z51, which included stiffer springs, bigger bars and revalved shocks. I have 5-6 year old "Z51 Spec" Bilsteins, so they are valved for the stiffer springs.

I noticed the rear squatting a lot more than I would expect on so I got curious and checked the spring code. I have the regular spring in the back so it was swapped out at some point. :x

The front/rear rates for Z51 are 63.5 / 57.2. The rear spring on the car is actually 39.9.

Bars are 30 / 24 (Z51 spec) and the bar that came with the softer spring suspension was 20. So I have a mismatch of bar/spring/shock, with the spring being much softer than spec'd for in combination of the other parts.

How would you expect this to effect handling?

I can't explain it well, I it just feels "sloppy" in the rear. :bootyshake:

My mom has an 02 malibu that needs to go away. Trying to talk her into a Accord/Camry/etc or CRV/Forester/Rav4 kind of thing. awd is a plus in upstate ny. I'm kind of thinking about finding/buying something down here for her as it'll be a ton cleaner than any northeastern used car. Figured I'd throw it out there in case you know of anyone selling something boring, automatic and reliable. price range ~10-12k, but older/well maintained high mileage for less are fair game for a few years.

She's coming down to visit this weekend, not sure i'll find something by then but it'd be convenient for her to drive it back up.

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Honestly that's way better than I thought it would be. For less than the price of a base Cayman you can get something lighter and probably faster around the racetrack. Whether it will stay in one piece is another story.

Now if only they would fix those hideous headlights and idiotic looking sideview mirrors.

Turducken 2013 – Nov 23rd 2013
Location:
854 Great Lake Drive
Middletown VA 22645
(we will have signs or ballons up or something)

***Kickoff the party at 3pm, Bird should be done around 5pm, dinner-ish will be served at 5:30pm***

That’s right childrenzzz… Its MMs own bird inside a bird inside a bird party! And for all you vegetarians out there… there will be bacon explosions and widow makers too! (just kidding… picky eaters please warn me or bring your own stuff) More details will come as the date gets closer and we get a feeling of the "size."

Mark it on your calendars NOW! Fine designated drivers and car pool buddies NOW!

There will be an iced down steel cylinder of fine root beer and a slushy machine! We might need a refill on the slushy machine. If you need stove/oven space let me know early... we will need to work out logistics. The grill is LP and will have two tanks... Please sign up for crap below.
Mains:
1. Turducken – RJ
2. Widow Makers – Kaan
3. Bacon Explosion – Justion/Casey (?)
4. Chili - Rex/Julie
Sides:
1. Mac and Cheese - Jason
2. Something - Jake
3.
4.
5.
Drinks:
1. Beer - Dan
2. Beer - DJ
3.
Sweets!
1. RB&V - Channing
2.
Slushy Refill: (talk to RJ about requirements)
1.

I have a Pioneer 600W amp and a MTX JackHammer 12 in a single sealed box. $150 obo if anyone still cares about oontz.

Is anyone here into touring bikes? We traded in a 2010 Goldwing Level 2 (no I am not trying to sell it, already did that) just other other day and I have to say I was impressed by it. I guess I like gadgets and all the gadgets and little hidden compartments and features were really cool. This thing had nav, heated everything (no dick warmer), 6 cyl engine, electric reverse, just loaded. Honda dealer that bought it from me said it had everything but ABS and airbags (I was like, LOL!). Only thing I don't get is the price. He paid over $25,000 for this MOTORCYCLE...WTF. With the matching trailer the total was nearly $31,000. I didn't get nearly that for it but I made my cash so whatever. I just can't imagine spending that much money on something that is so close to being a car. Wasn't an old person either, he was in his 30's. Guy that bought it from me originally sold it to the customer. He said of him he wasn't the typical "wing buyer." If I was going to do the motorcycle thing....it was nice. Anne hopped on the back seat and I got on the front, she says "If I trusted you more this could be fun." :dunno: :bootyshake:

Anyone down to go see this? I was thinking of maybe heading to Tyson's on Saturday night to watch.

I know you bastards won't buy this, but worth a try.

16x7
5x100
+35

Sport Edition F2

205/55/16 Blizzacks with 1-2 more winters on them.

MM Price, $200 OBO. $250 if I dont like you.