Cruise the Crest Breakfast Club April 19.

[-The Stig-]

I'll most likely be going, Jon may bring his Nova but he's not sure. He has to try and diagnose why the car is running so crappy lately.



So, if he can't... he'll ride up with me in the American Non-M 3-series.

[1969CamaroRS]

Sorry but going to have to back out of this one. Got to go help a friend. Hopefully next time, was looking forward to it.

[CarlC]

Here's some gotta-get-it-out-of-the-house deals for my fellow ACH'ers.

Small tube-fin type oil/power steering/AT cooler. -6 fittings, both on same side. 19.5" OAL x 2.5" tall x 0.75" thick. Includes mounting kit. I think it is a Flex-A-Lite part. Never used. $10 and can bring tommorrow.

New set of 2-1/2" Flowmaster tailpipes for 1st gen Camaro. No mounting parts. Purchased from another member of this forum. $50 and you pick them up in Glendale.

[jfaria78]

I tried, I worked 10 hours today getting things ready, but I can't shorten and weld my driveshaft by myself and balance it none the less. I will be in for May!

[Chad-1stGen]

Hey Carl, not sure exactly the style of that p/s cooler if it's something I can mount on my car without to much work or not. I'll bring cash, you bring the part just in case

G/F even went painTballing with me today. We have some welts to show for it but planning on seeing you guys tomorrow.

[Lance-W]

Thanks guys. We had a blast today. I've waited SOOOO long to drive the Camaro up there I thought it would never happen.

[CarlC]

A great time was had by all.

We had 16 people and 11 cars, the biggest turnout yet. Aaron, Lance, and Chad prettied-up the group by bringing along their significant others. The weather could not have been nicer.

Stars of the cruise were Lance and Aaron, both with newly built cars out for their first ACH run. Stig got a ticket for no front license plate, but fortunately a guy on a motorcycle just in front of our group took the hit for a ticket just before we got to the radar trap.

Who has the pics!

[rsk68]

Carl

I emailed you all my pictures from this weekend a few minutes ago, i would only be able to download a few, maybe you can download more because your a moderator?

[CarlC]

[6'9"Witha69]

Everytime something comes up and I miss one of these, there is a huge turnout. Dangit!!!

We may need to employ a scout if this whole radar trap continues. Someone bring straws next time!

[-The Stig-]

And if you notice... half of your cars had no front plates. Only cause I was last man in line did I get snagged.

Oh well, $15 worth of 'fee's' and an hour or two of my time in line getting it signed off is no biggie. I had the Go-Pro mini cam setup going on the roof of the car while we came up the hill. The Officer asked "What's the camera for?"

It was one of those "Here's your sign" moments, where.. me being a smartass by birth had to bite my tongue...

I'll edit up whatever footage I got and throw it up here soon as I can...


The meal was pretty good, We had a good time talking with everybody. Got some good ideas for my Camaro. The only crap part of the day was everybody hauled butt out of town, and I was left in the parking lot waiting for Jon to get out of the John.

Then we got stuck behind the worlds slowest drivers. We finally got past them at the only passing lane on the downhill run and got stuck behind a even slower guy in a Hybrid Camry. He would do 20mph behind the cyclists then pass them WIDE on blind turns. Idiot.

[Mkelcy]

And if you notice... half of your cars had no front plates. Only cause I was last man in line did I get snagged.

I go up the ACH most every weekend. You'll notice I run a front plate. The two are not unrelated.

The other thing you need to be aware of is the first/last stretch of about seven miles from La Canada to the Angeles Forest Highway where you're supposed thave your lights on - have your lights on. We had someone ticketed for that as well.

[-The Stig-]

I don't have to worry about the lights thing... the G8 runs the lights on all the time. The only thing that switches off when you run into a dark spot or a tunnel is the interior instruments go dim.

Front plate on my car is ugly... :(
and every other car in the world for that matter.

You know, aerodynamically speaking... having that flat surface on the front of my not-as-flat but much more slippery car adds drag to the car, reduces the efficiency of my air intake and cooling systems by pushing air away from the ducting causing the car to work harder. Burning more fuel in the process to maintain said speed.

... Front plates cause global warming. There, I've said it. They are the enemy. That and Hybrid drivers who ride their brakes down the ACH to "recharge" their battery.

[CarlC]

You guys missed the Jeep on the way up. Chad and I had to slam on the brakes every time we went from sun to shade. She stopped one time. She finally saved up enough smarts to pull over after 3-4 miles.

I also like in the last photo how Jon is giving Rick the respect that a young man should have toward his elders.

[Lance-W]

You guys missed the Jeep on the way up. Chad and I had to slam on the brakes every time we went from sun to shade. She stopped one time. She finally saved up enough smarts to pull over after 3-4 miles.

There was one of those on the way down for us. Someone challenged couldn't decide what to do about the bicycles and ended up stopping in the middle of the road to think about it.

[Chad-1stGen]

I put the significant other in charge of the camera this trip so I didn't get to many pics and all of the video is way to bouncy.

Here are a few pics of people's cars on the road that weren't too out of focus







Couldn't of asked for nicer weather!

Oh and I really like how shiny/reflective my hood looks here

[-The Stig-]

Here's the video I quickly slapped together. I couldn't use any of the audio taken by the camera... was all buzzy and basically no good. I'll have to address that another time...

Lighting conditions weren't the best for this 'cheap' of a camera. But it is handy dandy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dER19DXcivc


Dumb youtube and their copy right rules... they muted my videos music. Now it's just boring to watch with no audio... ugh.

[Chad-1stGen]

Cool video. So that's what a non shaky/bouncy video looks like :p

[Lance-W]

I have 15 minutes of video from my car of the back of Mike's car. On the way up the hill. I've never had a video camera before so I have none of the skill to cut it or the software to do it? If somebody would like to edit it I'll gladly send it to you if it'll go thru to their email. The sound track is the best part

[-The Stig-]

Lance, I sent you a PM.