Video: The Vintage 2012

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It was great to finally meet most of you. I do kinda wish they had been able to group the coupes together, though. I ended up towards the back end of things down by the cul-de-sac and missed the action. I noticed a few other coupes sprinkled throughout, including Amy's pristine example, and a coupe my fiancee spotted years ago in Athens, GA.
 
x_atlas0 said:
It was great to finally meet most of you. I do kinda wish they had been able to group the coupes together, though. I ended up towards the back end of things down by the cul-de-sac and missed the action. I noticed a few other coupes sprinkled throughout, including Amy's pristine example, and a coupe my fiancee spotted years ago in Athens, GA.
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That was my black 72 CSA from Athens. I counted about a dozen E9's altogether, the best turnout that I can recall (I haven't made it every year). No CSL's this year, unfortunately.

On the way home, I had a belt separate in my 15-year-old Yoko AVS's. Made it home tolerating the thumpthumpthump. Since I drive it only 2,000-3,000 miles/year, tread was still good but sidewalls are starting to deteriorate. I'm running 215/60-14's on factory 5-spokes, and guess what -- the ONLY tire in that size carried now by the Rack is a BFG Radial TA (white letter!). Not exactly what I was hoping for in current technology rubber. Am I overlooking something (short of springing for 16-inch Alpinas)? Thanks.
 
dbower said:
That was my black 72 CSA from Athens. I counted about a dozen E9's altogether, the best turnout that I can recall (I haven't made it every year). No CSL's this year, unfortunately.

On the way home, I had a belt separate in my 15-year-old Yoko AVS's. Made it home tolerating the thumpthumpthump. Since I drive it only 2,000-3,000 miles/year, tread was still good but sidewalls are starting to deteriorate. I'm running 215/60-14's on factory 5-spokes, and guess what -- the ONLY tire in that size carried now by the Rack is a BFG Radial TA (white letter!). Not exactly what I was hoping for in current technology rubber. Am I overlooking something (short of springing for 16-inch Alpinas)? Thanks.
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http://www.e9coupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11585&highlight=Tires
 
adawil2002 said:
This was shot by a local news outlet in Winston Salem.

http://triad.news14.com/content/658033/old-salem-hosts-vintage-bmw-car-show

LarryE9E10 and my wife were interviewed. Luis A's Golf Coupe is pictured. The line up was Vern, my Tii, followed by thehackmechanic, LarryE9E10, adawil2002 & Luis A.

Great to meet the real people in person

Photo is the street view.
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Oh yeah, did you two manage to get an alternator replacement? I hope everything was all right on the trip back.
 
Very cool..

Thanks for sharing. It's always interesting (at least to me) to see our cars in video form versus stills. I still watch the BMW film on Murray about once a week to hear the roar.

Cheers,
SHIMBO
 
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