Road Trip: Oregon Coast, Yellowstone and Grand Tetons

[nickpdx]

I was in Yellowstone last year - awesome place. Did you make it to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone? I like the hood map idea...looks like fun having a chalkboard hood.

[TooTall90]

I really like your car, its my favorite silber e30 on r3v, and i'm really feeling the chalk board hood. the trip looked like it was fun, but 10 hours a day does seem tiring. one question, where you the only to drive? or does the purdy lady kno how to drive standard?

[BTP325ic]

nice pics looks like fun.

[sandlock]

cool shit man, thanks for sharing. i gotta get out to see some more of Amerrrica one of these days.

[z31maniac]

karting sounds like a lot of fun. i haven't done it in a really long time. i am going back to portland in mid to late august. unfortunately i didn't actually DO the S52 swap, but i will definitely let you look at whatever you want and provide you with the details i do know. i live on 20th just east of lewis... where are you?

Out in Sand Springs, I'll shoot you a PM on Karting details. I'm going to call Alf today and set it up.

[91 318is]

I had a bad experience with red bull & vodka in oklahoma city a few years ago...........


Nice pics though!

[constructor]

I really love your car. There is just something about it that is so appealing to me. I don't even mind the front ride height too much with those wheels. Great photos.

[M-technik-3]

Nice shots where are the return leg shots? Stop at new places?

[BenM]

Really nice shots man, looks gorgeous out there. I need to make it out west one of these days...

[daniel]

I was in Yellowstone last year - awesome place. Did you make it to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone? I like the hood map idea...looks like fun having a chalkboard hood.

i am going to say no since it doesnt ring a bell. we were in the park for only a few hours, enough time to enter from the west, do the whole loop, and exit from the south.

I really like your car, its my favorite silber e30 on r3v, and i'm really feeling the chalk board hood. the trip looked like it was fun, but 10 hours a day does seem tiring. one question, where you the only to drive? or does the purdy lady kno how to drive standard?

thanks man, i appreciate it. the lady does not know how to drive standard, so i was driving the whole way. the first day or two i would kind of start zoning out a bit and needed to take breaks to kind of wake back up, but the last couple days i never had any of those feelings, even though the scenery was more boring.

cool shit man, thanks for sharing. i gotta get out to see some more of Amerrrica one of these days.

yes! go see america.

Out in Sand Springs, I'll shoot you a PM on Karting details. I'm going to call Alf today and set it up.

awesome.

I really love your car. There is just something about it that is so appealing to me. I don't even mind the front ride height too much with those wheels. Great photos.

thanks. it appeals to me a lot as well. the green doesn't seem to clash with the silver like some other colors might. the front is, believe it or not, all the way lowered with the current suspension setup, because in order for the coilovers to fit with the camber plates, i had to stack the original spring hats above the coilover spring hats. that adds about an extra .5-.75inches of height. i think it is a pretty good height though.

Nice shots where are the return leg shots? Stop at new places?

no return trip yet, that will be in august. i've pretty much exhausted the western half of the US in terms of scenic routes having driven between tulsa and portland 5 times now, so i'll have to think of something to make it new. maybe canada?

Really nice shots man, looks gorgeous out there. I need to make it out west one of these days...

thanks, and yes, as i mentioned a bit earlier, the western US is beautiful and there is an incredible amount to see.

for those who don't know, the oregon coast looks like this:


pic of my old e30 that did 4 of these road trips:

my crazy friend:




oh, and fuck kansas for its boringness.

[M-technik-3]

I would have been at the top of that rock. Keep em coming....Using a tripod or a monopod?

[daniel]

I would have been at the top of that rock. Keep em coming....Using a tripod or a monopod?

keep them coming of what exactly? :) oregon? the west coast? my road trips? girlfriends? :razz:

the only time i have shot with a tripod is for long exposures, although i have often ended up just setting the camera on something in order to do those...








only this last one was with a tripod, the other ones were done with the camera being supported by something flat.

[tuNED318]

nice pics, especially the last one in the first post.. amazing
Car is gorgeous, so is the girl ;)

thanks for sharing!

[PaladinReed]

whoayouneedtotakepicturesofmycarforme ... :D

[thedeal]

Sounds like a fun trip. Nice ride too. What wheels are those?