ray green

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Movies:

http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/h...ent=movie1.flv

http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/h...ent=movie2.flv

http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/h...ent=movie3.flv


Thanks to Mike for organizing this whole thing and Trey for leading us through the wilderness.

ray green

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One more movie:

http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/h...ent=movie4.flv

rxtasy3

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OMG!! did i see trey? hardly recognized him. last time i saw him he had more hair. glad u all had such a great day and everyone made it back safely.

311unity13B

Ray, where is the pic of me by the gorge? Can you post that too? I liked the video of me trying to jump, lol. Wish you would of gotten video of the VERY tight cornered road we went on. That was badass.

Had a great time today guys and gals!!

Mike, I saw you got a little more spirited with your driving there coming home. You need better tires!! I could hear them squealing several times. HAHA. And did you see me run that old lady in the 2nd gen on 985? lol, she ran me almost all the way to the 85 merge!! lol. and she was laughing and having a blast doing it.

lt1_rx7

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yeah, it was me doing the shaved thing for a little bit...

oh, and because i mentioned it at the meet...i spell my name with an A and Tray is actually short for my middle name of Traynham...

great time, enjoyed the paved roads we went on...really enjoyed meeting everyone and look forward to you all coming back up this way...holly, i'll let u know if i ever need my rotary FD watched

rxtasy3

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oh that's right, sorry bout that. seems like that's what everyone calls u so that's all i know ya by. what would u rather be called? and i'm sure someone will quote me and post what they'd LIKE to call u, lol.

ray green

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Heah Treah, sorry about messing up the spelling on your name, I asked Holly and she said it was spelled with an "e" and then she mumbled something about spelling everything with an "e" from now on.

Are these the ones Zach?







I tried to take some photos and movies in those really curvy parts but Holly was taking the turns too fast and I couldn't hold the camera steady. In fact I was just holding on for dear life.

msimonov

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Yes, I learned a lot about how to make the suspension work yesterday. BTW, I thought a little squealing from the tires is called feedback.

I saw you with that older woman in the 2nd gen. I was doing 80 and you 2 were walking away from me. You were making tracks.

Great day yesterday. I am more convinced I need to get out and do some autocross.

lt1_rx7

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lately I prefer Traynham (pronounced: "train um")...but after 25 yrs of going by Tray, most still call me that...

311unity13B

i have a buddy that reently decided to be called Drew...his real name is Andrew, but I have been calling him Andy since 5th grade. And it pisses him off for some reason if I call him Andy now. I dont get it

311unity13B

I could see your tires bending over and breaking loose. Thats why they were squealing. I saw you slide out a bit a few times too. With a stiffer sidewall thats less likely to happen at those speeds.

and Ray, yes, those are it, thanks a lot! My Grandma wanted them.

ROTORX7Holly

Good to see everyone out yesterday, it was a beautiful day for the mountain drive.
Thanks for organizing the run Mike. Sorry Stu couldn't make it.
Thanks for forcing me to abandon my 3 and drive your Rx-7 Ray! Nice pics Ray, I wonder why Zach didn't put his arm around you in the group pics though?
It was good to finally meet Tim and Tray (Trey, Treah... Traynham)
Traynham, I'm glad you specified me watching a "ROTARY RX-7" for you.
Collin and Brett, thanks for carvaninng with me the last part of the trip to I-85

Now official business:

Official count was 4-5/6
3 1st gens
3 2nd gens
1 3rd gens

Holly .. new spelling (Holley - I'm a carburator, lol)
No "E"s in Holly or Tray's names

311unity13B

well, i dont know him really, and I like to be talked to first ;^)

ray green

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Holley can't spell but she sure can do math.

Jeezus

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I looked like a beautiful day and a great time! I hate that I missed it, but Overtime + Holiday pay SOMEWHAT makes up for it. Maybe the next meet I can drop down

t_g_farrell

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What a great meet, really enjoyed meeting new rotorheads. Thanks lt1_rx7 (see I avoid that whole name business Ray) for meeting up with me and escorting me in.

I'll post a few pics later.

Also my odometer turned over and I have a new car now with only a couple of hundred miles on it. Maybe I can ebay it now for 10k :-)

Sorry I cut out early and missed the roads but I wanted to get back earlier and my tires thanked me. Don't think I'll make the april fools day meet down in GA but may later in the summer.

msimonov

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Tim,

I know you had company at home and needed to leave. But, next time you get up in the area of Highlands you have to take the drive we went on. As the pictures show, very beautiful scenery. The roads were outstanding. The stretch back up to Highlands from the valley was litetally one switch back turn to the next.

Great to see you. Maybe over the course of the summer we can arrange for a meet in the Greenville/Spartanburg area. That would be an easy drive from ATL and CLT.

t_g_farrell

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I got some pics of folks arriving at the meet. Sorry I missed the first one or two.

ray green

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That's a nice looking FB bringing up the rear, thanks Tim!

And congratulations on the new car. Or should I say better than new?

SSRx7

Man, some of you guys cruised right past where I was (just off of Buford Hwy). Sure wish I could have gone with you, looks like you had a great time!!! While we were at my in-laws, we were discussing the possibility of moving up there... Sure would have some nice roads to drive on. I don't think I drove on one strait road the whole time I was up there!!! LOL

Great pics!!
Later,
Bill

311unity13B

YES!!!! the road that had this warning everyone was badass!! it started nice, then went to gravel...that was a surprise...i wanted to start tail-sliding around the corners, but didnt want to kick up rocks on the red FC behind me...then after the gravel it was VERY tight and VERY steep, i almost had to go to first a few times, but managed to keep it in 2nd...if only the FD was going a tad faster i would of been fine. But, nobody knew the road, so slow is good. Not even Deals Gap is that tight...But i like Deals Gap because its smooth and you can get a very nice rhythm going. The road we were on you coudlnt get a good rhythm. but, i would still go back to that area.

ray green

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Collin's car needs a good sand blasting Zach, you should have stirred up some dust, would have helped him out (he's painting in the spring).

I liked that windy gravely part, being from snowy New England I'd have had the White Once side ways if you guys hadn't been slowing things down.

It was lots of fun, shall this be the First Annual RX-7 Mountain Day?

311unity13B

I agree, but we should find a better park to go to next year/6 months from now...no offense, but that park sucked. I can volunteer to find our next destination.

lt1_rx7

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let me know, i can help scout out the local parks too...i usually just drive, rarely stop...top of ceasar's head has a nice picnic area that can fit many people, its on US 276 in SC

Acesanugal

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Excuse you, Ray? Sandblasting? Zach was smart to be polite and not ruin what so little is left of my paint. And Ray, I cannot believe that you posted that terrible deer-in-the-headlights-while-on-crack picture of me kneeling by my car! Haha

My suspension finally came...so next time we do this, it'll be even more fun!

Zach, I'm not sure what you mean by it was hard to find a rhythm on that road. Your line needs a little tightening up, but in all honesty that was a fairly difficult thing to do as we kind of had to stay in our own lane.

Sadly enough, I still wasn't able to push my car as hard as I'd wanted. My sidewalls weren't even flexing enough to roll over! Maybe next time?

I will commend Brett a little. When I met him, and sorry to be so blunt, his driving sucked ***. So I was a little surprised that all my bitching and question answering had actually gone through that thick skull of his and was being put to good use. Still needs a bit of work, as everyone including myself does. Of course, he'll come back with a comment like I think I know everything about everything and my driving is flawless. This just simply is not the case, but I'm pretty good.
So kudos to Brett.

Ray, the pics turned out pretty good other than the ones with my fatass in them! Seriously, seeing those pictures makes me cringe and feel like I need to take a trip to Richard Simmons' house!

Holly, dinner was nice. That McDonalds was weird, eh? To satisfy my own curiosity I made some rounds at the different stores when I was riding with Cindy (She drives a big rig) these past two days and none of them are like that!
And then that passing thing you did to me on the interstate....Ray, you really underestimate her little Mazda3.

To everyone else who's name I can't remember at the mo', it was fun! See you guys at the monthly meet!