Homecoming 2007 - Day by Day - Check in when you get home!

[JackB1]

Hello!

Arrived Greenville, South Carolina yesterday after driving up from Gainesville, Florida. checked into Embassy Suites and ready for the next four days.

Photo opp in front of the Zentrum Museum at the Factory. A must have!

Afterward, a daytrip to Hendersonville, NC with light shopping. Great driving except until getting back to Greenville - got lost for a while, long while - didn't shoot the navigator - still married! - mapquest is confusing - will be looking to see what kind of navsystem others are using - must have for next year!

5 pm just now and raining. Should not last long. Glad I didn't wash the Ccar!

Tomorrow, Thursday, is the big arrival day with most people staying at the host hotel, Embassy Suites.

Wish everyone a safe trip!

More pics to follow!!!

Best!
Jack

 

[WLH]

 

[flyboyaj]

You look a lot like Jimmy Buffett :hattip:

[edit] Only much younger. :innocent:

 

[JBZ4]

Looking sharp Jack! We are leaving bright and early Thursday for the ride up. See you there! JBZ4

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[20ducks]

See youz soon..... :lol:

 

[fire-n-ice]

I'll be leaving here after awhile, it's 0829 hrs. Eastern Time, will be bugging Ovrkll and hopefully many others in the very near future oke: .
Y'all drive carefully please ,
T.

 

[templed]

nice pics Jack

Great color combo too ... very classy looking

Say, what's that badge on your driver side grill?

 

[JackB1]

Here's a Thursday afternoon update!
Cleaning our Zs compliments of Embassy Suites towels and hoses -

Trip to restored downtown Greenville in Embassy Suites van-

My wife insisted I put this shot in-

Lunch at TRIO Resturant-

Registration-

Parking lot - our Bronze Z4m with the guys from LeatherZ in background-

Special hello from "OVRKLL" and "20DUCKS" who are looking over my shoulder as I write this!

Safe driving to all of you not here yet!

Best!
Jack

 

[WLH]

Keep the pics coming guy and gals...

 

[Rolex]

Thanks for the update. Wish I was there.

 

[ovrkll]

Posting from the Hotel courtesy "business" computer, so can't post the pics I have. There are a ton of beautiful Z3's and Z4's parked here, a sea of Z's. Met a few of our forum members and having a great time. Tomorrow is the Performance Driving Event and will give updates afterwards.

Fire-n-Ice graced our presence earlier on her way through to a family event, sure that one of our members will post the group pic we took

Cheers!

 

[rabman5]

Fire-n-Ice graced our presence earlier on her way through to a family event, Cheers!

Was she as cute in person as in the pics we've seen? :wink:

 

[JackB1]

Fire-n-Ice graced our presence earlier on her way through to a family event, sure that one of our members will post the group pic we took
Cheers!

Here you go! This was about 5pm in Embassy Suites main floor -

More pices from Thursday shortly -

Best!
Jack

 

[JackB1]

Back again!

A few more pics from Thursday-

Gathering durring registration - Hotel happy hour started at 5:30pm - sure does help with the HAPPY part!

ZSCCA booth - good time to pay annual dues -

John Burke with his 03 Sterling Z4 with Hardtop - Great shine John!

Late afternoon arrivals wash their Zs - so what if it's raining!

We will be at the Performance center 8am to noon - more pics soon!

Best!
Jack

 

[JackB1]

Friday 8/31 - BMW Performance Center - 8am - Photos thanks to John and Lisa Burke!

And it's only 1pm now - Later today it will be Hospitality, Recption, Dinner and Entertainment (and then there is tomorrow!).

Best!
Jack

 

[JackB1]

nice pics Jack
Great color combo too ... very classy looking
Say, what's that badge on your driver side grill?

Thanks!

Grill badge -

Best!
Jack

 

[ovrkll]

Well, FINALLY caught up with Caddyshak and Rabman today!! The Performance Driving this morning was awesome!! Got to do a slalom course in 3.0's and was really amazed at how well the front sticks when tossing the car side-to-side
The autocross section was also in 3.0's and was fun, I ended up less than a second off the top run of the morning. Not too bad considering it was my first time ever to try autocross :wink:
The "Rat Race" was in //M's , and I won all 3 of my races. Consists of 2 cars running on a small oval course with water on it. Cars start at opposite sides of the track and you try to catch up to the other car. Plenty of sideways fun, and I got to practice my throttle control without worrying about spinning it completely (which I didn't). It is great to have an area where you can test the car and drivers limits without worrying about wrecking.
The "Drag Strip" section was a joke. Running automatic 3.0's :thumbsdown: I drive my //M on the drag strip at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and was hoping to learn something useful here. Every car trapped at 73 mph and since they were autos, there was no skill involved. Oh, well, guess I will just have to practice at AMS a little more on my own.
I passed on driving the 335i's on the skid pad (waiting line was too long) and also passed on drivng the X5 course. The X5 is a great vehicle for off-road, but I like speed and handling on a road, so I really had no interest in it.
The vendor fair turned out to be expensive, :lol: , since I saw a few goodies that I did not pass up. Got a Dinan strut bar, the LeatherZ armrest for the center console and the underseat "First Aid" box (they are not available over here from the dealer). I will have pictures of all the goodies on Monday :wink:

Cheers!

 

[AlanL]

Thanks from the sidelines!!

For those of us far too far away to even consider attending it's nice to be able to follow along with some of the experiences of those who could.

 

[WLH]

Thanks from the sidelines!!

For those of us far too far away to even consider attending it's nice to be able to follow along with some of the experiences of those who could.

X2...

 

[20ducks]

Ahem, there is, as expected, more to this strut bar story....stay tuned. :stir: