Announcing Bimmerfest 2009 - May 2nd, 2009

[Rodoni]

The way I see it, local city cops have the right to pull you over while you are on a public street (in line to get in). I heard lots of stories from locals that this year was going to be bad as Santa Barbara county is in need of money and the cops would be out to get the enthusiasts at this event.

Now... my two issues with how it went down at Bimmerfest were the cops scouting for wrong things in cars by driving INSIDE the polo field. And the fact that the cops pulling people over on the streets were CHPs. I don't know much about Cali, but in FL, a state trooper has no jurisdiction as soon as you touch an off-ramp.

But besides that, Bimmerfest was a blast. I had a great time meeting new people.... but a damn shame that I didn't realize who a few of them were until I started seeing pictures of who is who around here.

My highlights were definately the BMW 507, Groma's e30s (the M30 and M62 monster) and the white e30 coupe with BBS CH's (fell in love with the stance/wheels).

Had a great fun time. Maybe next year I'll take a car there?

- Erick

Aww god damnit. I wanted to meet you Erick.

But yea, I agree with Erick. Cops shouldnt be scouting inside an event and I thought that CHP couldnt pull people over unless it was a highway.

Do we have any police/chp officers on here? I know one guy is training to be CHP. Maybe he can shed some light on the subject...

[e30polak]

Some pretty nice shots of a couple of the cars on this board, here in this thread:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1226169

[Alkasquawlik]

Ya, the guy that pulled me over was actually a CHP officer and my friends who were in the car with me were wondering if he had jurisdiction. They said that maybe since I was on a parallel road right next to the highway, they have jurisdiction there also, but I'm really not sure. Does anyone know for sure?

[Erick]

We might've met :p I just didn't know who was who, but I know I spoke to a lot of e30 guys. I recognized some of the big norcal guys, but other than that, I spoke to a lot of e30 owners and didn't know who was who really :p



I was the one in the brown shirt. :)

Oh, and thanks to Jesse for the beers @ Bfest. :D

- Erick

[CleanAzzE30z]

I was sitting in that long line and a cop drove by me in the other lane, saw my car and pulled a U turn and got me for a front plate and my tail lights.

Holy shit no way!!! I cant believe my M3 wasnt popped. If they even SMELLED my exhaust they would have pulled me. It smells like 101 octane wherever I go. Taillights, headlights, front plate, etc. Wow I am lucky sometimes.

The way I see it, local city cops have the right to pull you over while you are on a public street (in line to get in). I heard lots of stories from locals that this year was going to be bad as Santa Barbara county is in need of money and the cops would be out to get the enthusiasts at this event.

Now... my two issues with how it went down at Bimmerfest were the cops scouting for wrong things in cars by driving INSIDE the polo field. And the fact that the cops pulling people over on the streets were CHPs. I don't know much about Cali, but in FL, a state trooper has no jurisdiction as soon as you touch an off-ramp.

But besides that, Bimmerfest was a blast. I had a great time meeting new people.... but a damn shame that I didn't realize who a few of them were until I started seeing pictures of who is who around here.

My highlights were definately the BMW 507, Groma's e30s (the M30 and M62 monster) and the white e30 coupe with BBS CH's (fell in love with the stance/wheels).

Had a great fun time. Maybe next year I'll take a car there?

- Erick

Youre welcome! jk. CHP has jurisdiction in the whole state of California. Trust me I know this from experience.

I had a blast as usual. Im sorry if I wasnt very social, I had court ALL DAY Friday and didnt sleep well on top of having a mean cold AND getting over a few other personal issues.

Mariano