Does anyone still have the picture of the weasel in the Merkur's airbox?

Probably should have put this in IFAIB, but it was cool enough I thought it deserved it's own thread:

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Heads up to those trying to get in some practice. MB club of Washington holds autocrosses regularly and their actually very nicely set up. Typically the courses are not the hardest out there, but are very fun. They also are fairly cheap, have VERY small showups and are incredibly nice people. It is also halfway between JMU and Northern Virginia. I will be attending this one and figured id throw it out there if anyone else wanted to join in!

Sign up is in person, there is no advanced registration. The lot of James Wood High School.

Registration for the Commonwealth Games Autocross is open

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Event hotel

Sleep Inn & Suites
1483 South Boston Rd.
Danville, VA 24540

Phone 434-793-6090


Blue Ridge Region - SCCA, group rates
Friday July 16, 2010
Saturday July 17, 2010

Double - $79.99/Night
King - $75.99/Night

You must call the hotel to get this rate

According to Fox45 in Baltimore:

Quote:Today, the Board of Estimates approved a 5-year agreement with Baltimore Racing Development to allow for an IndyCar® 'Baltimore Grand Prix' street-racing event around the Inner Harbor & Camden Yards in August of 2011.

I know this is pretty last minute but I have just been informed that one of my roommates is not coming back to JMU in the fall. If anyone is looking (or knows someone who is looking) for a place next year we will have one room available.

Details
Pheasant Run Townhomes - 4 bedroom/2.5baths.
Rent is $340/month plus your share of utilities (usually about $400 total)
3 male roommates (myself, DavidL, and a third)


Pheasant Run is the place to be next year. We'll have at least 4 houses with MMers in them so if you're interested post up here of shoot me a PM and we can work something out.

Dell 4500 2ghz P4 Desktop w/ wireless card / DVD drive / CD burner - $125, will install XP SP3 and Office 2007 for that price, or let it go for $100 if you just want the HD cleared.

Vibe 1800w Amp - Class D monoblock, works great, 1ohm stable - $100

2 700w Kenwood 12in Subs in non-ported box - $150

2 12in 3-way home-audio floor speakers, non matching. Both work well, just look a little beat. Makes a great party stereo or garage set - $40

...at 70 mph on the Dulles Toll Road is...

























...none at all.

Since the Nasa X got cancelled cause everyone sucks....I'm gonna run this event. Never run with these guys before but they run with BRR sometimes at the end of the seasons.

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Just realized my car doesn't have a project thread and I'm bored, so I'm going to write one and get up to date.

So, It's June of 2009 and I'm thinking to myself, "Self, why did your dumbass get all worked up over an Autotragic 2003 325i and buy the thing, and now your sitting on a somewhat boring car that depreciates $100 when you look at it wrong?" then I said "Self, you're about to transfer to JMU, and you ought to get something a less expensive, so why don't you buy a Nice E30 or E36 and pocket a lot of cash, and get a car that's maybe even more fun to drive?"

So The hunt was on, I took the E46 back to stock and put her on the lot at work. I decided not to spend more that $5000ish on my "new" car, and I was torn between a $3000 E30 I could put some money into, or a well sorted E36 for about $5000. I hunted and pecked and found a nice 1990 325is begging to be modded for Auto-X but it was impractically far away, (like San Diego) and I got all tingly over a well modded Black 1997 328i Sport Package sedan in North Carolina, but there was something wrong with the clutch and he wanted crazy money for a broke car.

I saw the listing for this she-devil and all my convictions about a cheap car were complete shattered. The guy was asking $7500 and I whittled him down to $7000. As a wise man once said, It was on like Donkey Kong. My buddy drove me down to Norfolk the following Thursday, and lemme tell ya, driving down 460 through some GE-HET-TOW places with $7000 clutched firmly to your chest is an experience. We napped for a few hours in a chintzy overly modern hotel that didn't want to give us our room cause we weren't 21. We met the seller at 8 AM friday, and I drove the car back to Roanoke to pick up my dad from work at 5:30.

She was rough. Headliner draping, seats ruined, shifter linkage shot, tires corded, alignment way off, front right wheel bearing shot, front right sway bar link broken, rear camber adjustment was loose, old distorted tint you couldnt see through, broken exhaust hanger, ancient head unit, ruined speakers, and a lug nut was broken off in the right rear hub. She had been repainted and it obviousy didnt bond very well, large chips in the hood and swirl marks from automated washes (guilty of that myself)













The battle begins.