7th Annual E30 Picnic June 7/8 - Official Thread!

[CorvallisBMW]

ahhh I can't wait for this, it's gonna be awesome. It's crunch time on gettnig the e30 ready though!

[jflip2002]

Not to sound like a bitch (but Im going to sound like a bitch), but the E30 picnic should be in OR. Itd give more of us CA guys a chance to show up. I woulda been down for southern or even central oregon. Washington... not so much. Do the venues change yearly?

[BBY1104]

I think the picnic is always at XXX rootbeer

[nando]

Not to sound like a bitch (but Im going to sound like a bitch), but the E30 picnic should be in OR. Itd give more of us CA guys a chance to show up. I woulda been down for southern or even central oregon. Washington... not so much. Do the venues change yearly?

venue is the same every year - unlikely it's going to move, unless you want to organize it yourself. Lance puts a lot of effort into this, and unless he moves I doubt he'd want to host it somewhere else.

that would be like people on the east coast complaining about bimmerfest being in cali, or people here complaining about sigfest being on the east coast..

[Danny]

God I want to make this so fucking bad.

[jflip2002]

venue is the same every year - unlikely it's going to move, unless you want to organize it yourself. Lance puts a lot of effort into this, and unless he moves I doubt he'd want to host it somewhere else.

that would be like people on the east coast complaining about bimmerfest being in cali, or people here complaining about sigfest being on the east coast..

Ok, if its in the same venue every year, theres not much to do about it. I wasnt sure if it switched venues from year to year. I was just kinda proposing it to be in OR if it did switch venues yearly.

[Lance Racing]

I wouldn't have the time to coordinate an event like this 300-400 miles away from where I live. It's enough work coordinating it locally. For the first couple years we did it at a park and lunch was 6-foot Subway sandwiches. But trying to feed 250 people like that turned into a real job. So we found the Triple-X with their extra parking as a good location. BTW, I'll really be pushing the Trip-X this year to staff-up to be able to crank the burgers out faster than they did last year. They admit they dropped the ball somewhat.

When we started this up, there was no real goal to make it appeal to folks so far away. We picked Issaquah, WA. as it was equal distant for folks in Portland and Vancouver BC to travel to. And we were really impressed when folks were driving even that far for the Picnic. That the event has grown so much that folks from Cali and beyond would consider hitting the road to attend is very flattering.

It has turned into quite the E30 orgy, and at 170+ E30s of all varieties, seems to be worth the roadtrip for the out of towners. Because so many requrested more to do while in town, Derek from Griot's Garage has set up the Saturday E30 Tech Session which will be a great add-on for the weekend.

I've not yet been to James' Saturday night bender, but I hear that's pretty fun too.

If someone in Cali wanted to start up a SW E30 Picnic, I know they would have a great turnout. Someone just has to step up and coordinate all of the details. It would be cool to have E30 Picnics in all four corners of the country on the same weekend.

BTW, we have an E30 Touring already confirmed to attend!

Remember to RSVP to me OFFLINE at Lance@Richertnet.com with the pertinent info. (Kruzen, cough cough...)

[PiercedE30]

So who's bringing the DVR/TV for use to watch the Formula 1 race on Sunday?

[Van Westervelt]

James will probly have that on lock back at his place if I am not mistaken.

[Erik]

It best be worth it. I'm driving my race car 3000 miles in 3 days for that. :)

Caravan?

[318isbmw]

Caravan?

That would be awesome to see people from florida at the show as well.

Lance, thanks again for putting on such a great show, I'll most definitely be there and I know my dad even is looking forward to it as well.

[StereoInstaller1]

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Remember to RSVP to me OFFLINE at Lance@Richertnet.com with the pertinent info.

Done.

[Kruzen]

I wouldn't have the time to coordinate an event like this 300-400 miles away from where I live. It's enough work coordinating it locally. For the first couple years we did it at a park and lunch was 6-foot Subway sandwiches. But trying to feed 250 people like that turned into a real job. So we found the Triple-X with their extra parking as a good location. BTW, I'll really be pushing the Trip-X this year to staff-up to be able to crank the burgers out faster than they did last year. They admit they dropped the ball somewhat.

When we started this up, there was no real goal to make it appeal to folks so far away. We picked Issaquah, WA. as it was equal distant for folks in Portland and Vancouver BC to travel to. And we were really impressed when folks were driving even that far for the Picnic. That the event has grown so much that folks from Cali and beyond would consider hitting the road to attend is very flattering.

It has turned into quite the E30 orgy, and at 170+ E30s of all varieties, seems to be worth the roadtrip for the out of towners. Because so many requrested more to do while in town, Derek from Griot's Garage has set up the Saturday E30 Tech Session which will be a great add-on for the weekend.

I've not yet been to James' Saturday night bender, but I hear that's pretty fun too.

If someone in Cali wanted to start up a SW E30 Picnic, I know they would have a great turnout. Someone just has to step up and coordinate all of the details. It would be cool to have E30 Picnics in all four corners of the country on the same weekend.

BTW, we have an E30 Touring already confirmed to attend!

Remember to RSVP to me OFFLINE at Lance@Richertnet.com with the pertinent info. (Kruzen, cough cough...)

*slaps forehead*

My fourth year and I completely forgot. Sigh.

I will be mailing you shortly :)

[ian e30 318is]

I think I am gonna drive up there with adam (dozyproductions), so if anyone wants to meet up from CA let me know. :) Also how long did it take you OR/WA guys to drive down to bimmerfest. Just wondering how long the trip is. damn i cant wait :up:

[benDASHDASH]

I think I am gonna drive up there with adam (dozyproductions), so if anyone wants to meet up from CA let me know. :) Also how long did it take you OR/WA guys to drive down to bimmerfest. Just wondering how long the trip is. damn i cant wait :up:

san diego > tacoma took h0lmes and me ~17 hours