Actually, I grew up in Trinidad & Tobago... a former british colony... need I say more, aye?!

... and what are you doing up so late?!

Wow, nice to be back. I too will post some pictures of the meet if I can get my web hosting set up properly. How about a meet at PIR Friday night! Or Saturday? Ha!

Hey guys!
Nice meeting you all! I'll post the pics i have in the next few days......

Looking forward to the next meet!

Matt

Is anyone in the Portland area planning on going to the Late Night Drags @ PIR?
Come on people!
I've been the only Contour there the last two weeks, don't make it a third.
And I'm tired of peope asking dumb questions like;
Is that an SVT?
or even worse,
Is that an Escort?
Argh, I need other Contour owners to represent.

Finally! It was nice seeing you guys and the trip was
well worth it (except for my speeding ticket)....the
side trip was really nice. Once we got past Darrington,
the traffic really lightened up. All along the Sauk
River, the driving was super. There is nothing like
the sound of a Contour passing you on full WOT....that
is when I let you guys pass me. Past Rockport and then to
Concrete was very nice...traffic started building again
once we got closer to Sedro Wolley. Considering it was
a beautiful Saturday afternoon, it was a nice drive...I
hit over 100 mph on a couple of occasions and doing the
twisties at over 80 mph.....

Where'd you get busted?

On the way south, cop said near'Cascade'....on I5 parallel to
Arlington. 86 in a 70 zone....so it wasn't like I was
innocent or anything. He was a bit choked at me because
I was following a van too closely, waiting for them to
get out of the fast lane. Of course, I'm the hazard, not
the 20yr old van driving too slow in the fast lane. But
I know never to argue with anyone packing a gun

Here are some pictures from the meet and from the track day:

This is Shaun chasing down Keith I believe. These are the Festival Curves at PIR. We were drawing down from about 110mph to under 40mph for these corners. It was pretty hard to get it right though.

Shaun chasing Keith at PIR


Here we have Kerry and Mike bribing an officer at the get together.

Mike and Kerry bribing the cop


And last but not least the lineup. 12 Contours all together.

The Lineup


Well I'm off to Southern Oregon for the weekend so talk to you when I get back! Enjoy the pics.

EDIT:
Sorry I posted links...I was trying to post images but you have to have .jpg on this new UBB. Geocities doesn't allow you to direct link pictures so normally you can just change the extension to .txt and it works, but I can't. Am I doing something wrong...this is the way I've always done it though. Anyways, enjoy the linked pictures.

Ha! I'll be at the late night drags tonight, possibly tomorrow night. I might drag out my Monte Carlo, but I might just watch. Not sure.

and stop calling me shotdiff! ha ha

I should have my trans crated up and sent to Terry Haines Monday or Tuesday. I decided on the Quaife for sure. If the gears and synchros are really messed up I might go with different gear ratios too. Lower, higher, not sure again. Probably lower. Can't afford the bulldog though. That thing is sweet!

Anyway, I'm rambling now. Got to go to the races!

Mike

Hey guys! thought i'd post a link to my pics !

Here it is!


Thanks again for a great time....

Matt

ah whats up boys, to bad i wasnt able to be at the meet, looked like a good turnout though, my car will have its tranny back in early this coming week, and ill be ready for any other meet that comes my way

Nice pics!! So what happened with the cops?
I wasn't able to make it, next meet, I hope I can!

The thing with the police officer was actually kind of funny. It went something like this:

Officer: "Is this a car show or something?"
Me: "No, just a little get together."
Officer: "You won't be racing in my town will you?"
Me: "Do you see Honda on any of these?"
Officer: Laughs
Me: "No shopping cart handles either. We'll be alright"
Officer: "Have a good day...be good."

Not exact quotes but close. You get the idea. He was cool...probably just as interested in us as other people who stopped to look. It wasn't the typical ricer get together. I'm surprised he didn't ask what kind of car they were!

The parking lot where we met was across the street from
the Everett PD....he was just looking for the rumoured
new location of Krispy Kreme and took the time to make
sure we weren't going to do any 'street-racing' thru
his jurisdiction.

Memorable moments:

1) The dude in the Mustang GT that circled our cars in the lot, then yelled "Get a real car" out the window at us.

2) The kids in the lowered, big rimmed, sewer plumbed Acura Integra who revved his VTEC engine at us.

3) The sight of people in Darren's neighbourhood who don't have 3 or 4 car garages but rather hangars for garages to park their planes.

4) Lunch and the chance to chat.

5) The sight and sounds of 10 or 11 Contours charging up the highway. (I was bringing up the rear.)

More Memorable Moments:

6. The guy on the cell phone checking out all the cars, semi mocking them and telling his friend he had to come down and see this.

7. The older Gentleman who circled the cars several times before finally stopping to ask if they were some new special addition.

8. Shotwell proclaiming he has an SVT, but it's got a broken differential, thus becoming Shotdiff!

9. Lance, Kerry and Jim checking out Matt's bullet fuel door, opening it to discover it won't close again. After a moment of panic, Matt comes over to reassure them he had broken it himself!

10. The traffic chaos we created trying to get 10 Contours to Darren's house.

Originally posted by Outback Gal:

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More Memorable Moments:

6. The guy on the cell phone checking out all the cars, semi mocking them and telling his friend he had to come down and see this.

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I didn't know he was mocking the cars. He was obviously oblivious to the photography going on. Some people...

Kerry

i woulda loved to see tours storming down the interstate, that would be memorable, (did anyone that was upfront get a pic of the line in motion?, that would be awesome )

I guess Lance might as well go ahead and change my user name. I probably won't have my trans back from Terry until late next month. Oh those memorable moments. I remember driving past that runway and wondering if we could drag race on it...come to find out later that EVERYONE had the same thought! That drive was something else. I have a few pictures from I-5 and other places while in motion. Qbert and I were in the middle somewhere. I'm still fighting with AT&T over my supposed 10MB of web space that comes with my cable modem, but when it's set up I'll get those pics posted. I've also got the how-to pics for the fogs with parks mod if anyone needs them.

So when are we all going to meet again?

yea, id like to see a couple down the road pics

heh, i need my SN changed, it keeps going from Cuztom_95 to aaron_G

Memorable moments:

1) The dude in the Mustang GT that circled our cars in the lot, then yelled "Get a real car" out the window at us.

2) The kids in the lowered, big rimmed, sewer plumbed Acura Integra who revved his VTEC engine at us.

3) The sight of people in Darren's neighbourhood who don't have 3 or 4 car garages but rather hangars for garages to park their planes.

4) Lunch and the chance to chat.

5) The sight and sounds of 10 or 11 Contours charging up the highway. (I was bringing up the rear.)

6. The guy on the cell phone checking out all the cars, semi mocking them and telling his friend he had to come down and see this.

7. The older Gentleman who circled the cars several times before finally stopping to ask if they were some new special addition.

8. Shotwell proclaiming he has an SVT, but it's got a broken differential, thus becoming Shotdiff!

9. Lance, Kerry and Jim checking out Matt's bullet fuel door, opening it to discover it won't close again. After a moment of panic, Matt comes over to reassure them he had broken it himself!

10. The traffic chaos we created trying to get 10 Contours to Darren's house.

11. On the way to Darren's house, Sadeeq gets cut off by a merging truck. He and Leo stomp on it to pass the truck. Leo gets ahead, Sadeeq gets stuck on the shoulder begging for a fellow 'Tour driver to let him back in.

12. Sadeeq begs Jared to turn on his sound system... after a few seconds of feeling it , Sadeeq isn't sure if it made any sound at all; or if he'd just experienced momentary deafness.

13. While at the mall, a guy in a Neon drives up to gawk. He asks if the cars are new models, and where he can buy one new. Then he asks how much one of Jared's ghetto-fabulous wings would cost for his Neon

Originally posted by Sadeeq:

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Memorable moments:

12. Sadeeq begs Jared to turn on his sound system... after a few seconds of feeling it , Sadeeq isn't sure if it made any sound at all; or if he'd just experienced momentary deafness.

13. While at the mall, a guy in a Neon drives up to gawk. He asks if the cars are new models, and where he can buy one new. Then he asks how much one of Jared's ghetto-fabulous wings would cost for his Neon

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ROTFLMAO! Sadeeq, I didn't realize it was you who brought upon us the wrath of Jared's sound system I too was scared for a moment that I was going deaf and wondered if that was supposed to be music or a sonic boom. I had already blown out my left eardrum on a roller coaster in June and for a second I thought I was going to have it happen again!

=) Christy

After reading all the posts and viewing all the pictures, I'm even more disappointed that my spastic life's schedule wouldn't allow me to make it to the meet. What a great time it looks like you all had! Good, fun people and great cars -- what else is there? Oh, and a fresh-air drive -- perfect.

I got a real kick out of the memorable moments list. The Contour never gets the props it deserves from the masses, but the Contour owner doesn't care ultimately -- right? So be it.

I will make the next meet ...