Re: SF Bay meeting report (longish)

["Jeffrey J. Hoover" <jjh@nowhere.Net>]

Kevin's glasses are a bit cloudy or his perceptions were effected by the
adrenaline. By the time we left the Alpine Inn (formerly Risotti's) there
were 4 Jetta's & 5 GTi's. :-) Two of the Jetta's were lost in the town of
Woodside. (It's my fault for missing a turn. Sorry guys!)

A good time was had by all in the seven cars that made the whole loop.
(Although I don't understand how my 4 year-old son managed to fall asleep
during the second half of the run!)

I hope us GLX's didn't slow things down for them GTi's! ;-)

Some technical details (estimates)
Vertical climb:		1800 ft
Distance traveled:	50 miles
Two-lane roads:		70%
One-lane roads:		30%  ("Single Lane Ahead" sign at the *end*.)
# of M3's passed:	1
# of Hondas passed:	3

Route:
Alpine Road to Sand Hill to Portal to Canada (oops) back to Woodside Road
to Mountain Home Rd to Skyline. (stop at Four Corners) Skyline to Bear
Creek Rd to Hwy 17.

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Jeffrey J. Hoover     o|<    | | / / _ \/ __/___  ___  ___  __ _  / /
Candy White '97 Jetta GLX    | |/ / , _/ _ \/ _ \/ _ \/ _ \/  ' \/_/
CA Plate:       [MAN+CPU]    |___/_/|_|\___/\___/\___/\___/_/_/_(_)




On or about 13-Sept-97, Kevin Nelander wrote:

>PALO ALTO, CA
>
>Much fun was unleashed upon the unsuspecting motoring public in the
>San Francisco Bay area today.  15 of us met in an inappropriately
>dusty parking lot this morning in 11 VR6-based VWs.  (4 white, 4 black, 3
>green) 3 Jettas, 8 GTIs.  No red attendees, go figure....
>
>After a meet-and-greet, and a tasty lunch of greasy meat sandwiches
>and fries, we posed the cars for a photo shoot.  (I'll post some as soon
>as I get them back from the processor)  The parking lot was 1/2 VW VR6s and
>1/2 Harleys!
>
>Now it was time for us to drive.   If you are unfamiliar with the Bay
>Area, the coastal mountains that form the SF peninsula are perhaps the best
>place in the entire world to drive a VR6.  Excellent roads with
>exquisite  scenery and many lovely twisty bits.  Plenty of variety of
>uphill/downhill curves and some nice straight parts where VR6 power can be
>fully unleashed.
>
>Today's weather was perfect with cloudless blue skies and
>temperatures hovering around 80 degrees.  We lost 3 or 4 cars somewhere
>between
>the beginning of the drive and the first stop in Sky Londa.  Sorry guys!
>Didn't mean to.  (Perhaps next time we should set up some sort of radio
>or cellular communications between the lead car and the tail car....)
>
>There can be few nicer things in life than looking into your rearview
>mirror and seeing 7 VW VR6s shining in the warm California sun.
>UNLESS you happen to be driving a BMW M3.  The M3 wisely
>pulled aside to let us pass.  ;-)
>
>>From Sky Londa we proceeded southbound on Skyline all the way past
>the Hwy 9 junction to the end.  The end of Skyline becomes a one lane
>tarmac road.  Traffic was light and conditions were very good with
>little in the way of dirt or leaves on the road.  We made very good
>time.
>Inside rear wheels were lifted.  Tails slid.  Plenty of tire rubber
>and 92 octane was expended as German engineers intended it to be.
>
>At the bottom of Bear Creek Road we stopped a final time to chat and
>examine our cars.  We agreed to meet again soon.  From there we
>went our separate ways.
>
>Helen and I had a lot of fun.  Thanks to all who attended.
>-----------------
>Kevin Nelander
>(the crazy bearded guy)
>knelander@worldnet.att.net
>3/96 VW GTI VR6 (chip & bars) Candy White over Black Leather
>My employer knows jack.
>
>
>
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