Last weekend's trip to the Mountains....(Many pics!)....>
 

Every year my old Audi buddies have a get-together somewhere interesting. This year (again) we went to Snowshoe W.Va and stayed on the Mountain. Some of us have moved on to other cars, but we're all still friends and car junkies at heart. This was my 9th annual event with this group, 6 with my TT, 2 with the Vette, and one with the Z..We had some fun...

First off, for the first night we had to cordone off the "off brand" cars with Crime scene tape. Last year they turned my Corvette into a Pace Car with purple painters tape!

We got through the nite safely!
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Not so lucky last year!
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This guy was nearby just in case!
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There is always someone who gets nailed though. Last year we shrink wrapped him!
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Friday we did an Aqua Auto-X...Rained cats and dogs, but we had fun anyway:
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At some points you couldn't see the end of the course! The starter guy needed an Umbrella!
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Saturday the sun came out and we went on some scenic drives:

Breathing in a little mountain air!
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My Kinda roads!
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I dragged these guys along for a little frisky trip down Scenic Hwy 150.
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In the evening there was a bit of drinking and bench racing going on:
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Our "Brewmaster" always comes up with some interesting concoctions!
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Saturday afternoon we did our group shot on the Mountain,had a great banquet Sat. nite, finished off the tub 'O Beer and headed home Sunday AM:
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889 miles, 23.2 MPG, a good time had by all....:tup:

Look at that tub!!! And the cars are cool too :D

It was halfway gone in that shot!....;)

What's that Z doing in there!

hahah nice dude... looks like a whole lot of fun :)

sounds like some serious fun, im jealous....

One of our guys drove all the way from your neck of the woods! (New Orleans).

Here he is De-bugging after the long trip!

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i'm way jealous too. looks like a great time was had by all. cool trip!

Damn the mtn looks different, last time I was there it was -10 and snowing! Looks like a great time. I was thinking to myself when I went up that it would be fun to drive the Z in nice weather.

Beautiful up there in the "off" season....;)

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I'd pay money to stand in the rain like that....******* California , just to damn dry! You've got some beautiful scenery!

Preach it brother. 2 days a year here :shakes head:

One of these things is not like the other. ;) :icon17:

^ lol, don't forget the mini and bimmer hiding over there on the right

:icon17: Yeah, after I posted that I considered changing that to "SOME of these things are not like the other"

Took me a second to realize it was a bmw. Actually looks pretty similar to that red audi at a quick glance.

wow, that looks fun :)

That Red Audi is an RS4.....420+ V8 AWD goodness owned by the guy on the left. Set best Auto-X time!
Guy in the middle was our Auto-X organizer...All 3 of them very fast!

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awesome facial expressions

Awsome pics! My buddy with an RS4 just told me he seen pics of another guys RS4 with a blue Z and blacked out fangs...I said, I think I know who it was!

Low and behold...

Small world!

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holy smokes!!! that looked like a good time!!! especially the bathtub!!! I would have gladly pulled guard duty on that tub :yum:

oh and the scenery is stunning :tup: i love the mountians, there soooo majestic. its like eye candy in a different way for me :tiphat:

Too Late! Local and regional beers arrived from as far away as Louisianna! We always have a great selection..

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oh my! I see shiner bock in there :yum:

Heh!.....:tup:

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i would like to take a bunch of beer bottle caps like this and make a counter top out of them for the kitchen...if i could only talk the misses into it...hmmmm....i need a man cave so I can try this idea out :icon17:

Wow that trip looks like it was a fuckin blast all around! I want to do something like that sometime.

Hey mod, I wonder how many other Z members we have here in the southeast. I'm not that far from you. It would be nice to organize a get together sometime down the road.

John

Some one should tell Clarkson from Top Gear, not one Stella amongst them. Oops, there was only one Z.

I was wondering where did the awesome signature pic came from. Great event.:tup: Seems like a lot of fun. I knew you're a highly respected individual in Audi community and now I have pictures to prove it! BTW, this is my fav pic

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It all started on a Forum (Audiworld at the time). The first GTG was in PA where virtual friends actually met each other. Very informal, about 60 people showed up. Year 2 became more involved with the GTG at Asheville with drives to the dragon. That was by far the biggest at 130 cars. Over the years, People at the TT events came in from all parts of the country including Alaska. We're a pretty tight group. The TT events pale in comparison to the Mini GTG's that number 500+ cars (same location as Z days). It does take a lot of work and organization to pull off...

The group Photo at the Biltmore in '02. TT's as far as the eye can see!
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Yea, I guess I was thinking something smaller along the lines of the recent one with your friends. There can't be that many of us (370Z members here) in the southeast right now.

John

We've done plenty of small events too, sometimes Impromptu like a fall dragon run etc. Sometimes we'll just do a shout-out, Be here this weekend, here's the hotel info, etc. I've got photo albums of about 30 car related GTG's we've done over the years if you want to cruise through them here: TT Events | Ttschwing | Fotki.com You'll notice one of those was in Charleston! (Beautiful town BTW!)

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Ah yes, the Battery as the locals call it. It's a fun town, plenty of places to eat and get into trouble after hours :icon17:

John

looks like a fun time, reminds me of Zdayz! I have gone to that every year even the few years that I was Z less.

Yeah...Probably very similar Mike...I think I'll have to go to that next year. There's lots of car groups that do something similar..I know the Boxsters have been having a Blue Ridge Parkway GTG for 7-8 years, or the Vette GTG at the Museum every year..Always fun to combine cars and friends in a neat locale...:-)

Since you are remembering many good times, my brother Michael (TT) said to say hi. My not be the place but I did order your DIY oiler cooler and will install soon. By the way my brother is now into Vettes.

Ah! You're Michael's brother! We just exchanged a few emails on this! Yes, we go WAY back in the TT community. I'm well aware of the Corvette connection as I had an '08 that I sold for the Z..

Michael said to pay attention to your "mods" as you are always working on something to improve the current car of choice.

LOL...Yeah, I'm a Mod junkie...with a little Macguyver mixed in. Ironically, it created a business which, years later, still keeps me busy on the Audi stuff...;)

All the Z mods to date are here: 370Z stuff | Ttschwing | Fotki.com

BTW, Nice Triumph...I've got a bit of British in my past as well!