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Old 07-19-2011, 08:58 PM   #376
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Just a heads up, this Sunday is the Iowa region scca event at hawkeye downs here in CR. If I'm in town I may go watch first round and see if I spot any new Subaru peeps..
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Old 07-19-2011, 09:10 PM   #377
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Just a heads up, this Sunday is the Iowa region scca event at hawkeye downs here in CR. If I'm in town I may go watch first round and see if I spot any new Subaru peeps..
I'll be out of town this weekend until Sunday night so I won't be around for that.

Season 2 of Top Gear USA premiers Sunday too.
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Old 07-21-2011, 08:46 AM   #378
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Season 2 of Top Gear USA premiers Sunday too.

Top Gear US = WEAK

The real deal is the Car show on Speed Vision on Wednesday nights
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Old 07-21-2011, 09:02 AM   #379
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Top Gear US = WEAK

The real deal is the Car show on Speed Vision on Wednesday nights
The real deal is on the BBC. The Car Show is the worst of the 3 IMO.
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Old 07-21-2011, 03:31 PM   #380
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Just a heads up, this Sunday is the Iowa region scca event at hawkeye downs here in CR. If I'm in town I may go watch first round and see if I spot any new Subaru peeps..
Ill be there! Look out for the red wagooon!
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Old 07-21-2011, 05:57 PM   #381
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Top Gear US = WEAK

The real deal is the Car show on Speed Vision on Wednesday nights
They aren't on at the same time or even the same day so why not watch them both...

Relative show weakness in relation to Top Gear UK isn't really a concern of mine. To be blunt Top Gear UK is just a gimmick-fest anyway, they don't really give an information of value, it's pure mindless over-produced entertainment (look to the fact that girlfriends and wives that don't even LIKE cars think the show is good. Tricky-tricky). The UK show "Fifth Gear" has much better car reviews than Top Gear.

At least we are making efforts to get shows on the air over here. I'd rather have them than nothing at all.
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Old 07-21-2011, 06:28 PM   #382
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I miss the days of old when I could just flip on the Speed channel after a night out in high school, and a WRC race would be on until I couldn't stay awake any longer

Now it's all NASCAR and hot rods. Not that there's anything wrong with that; it just isn't my cup of tea.
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Old 07-21-2011, 06:41 PM   #383
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I don't know why anyone would watch any of those shows for the reviews, but good luck with your next Bentley purchase. Fifth Gear is fine aside from the fact that each show only has about 15 minutes of content.
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I don't know why anyone would watch any of those shows for the reviews, but good luck with your next Bentley purchase. Fifth Gear is fine aside from the fact that each show only has about 15 minutes of content.
That's the only reason anyone WOULD watch any of those shows, especially Top Gear. They "review" cars all the time, that's their schtick. I wish I could make the quotes around "review" bigger than the screen is tall for emphasis. I digress.

All that said, the 2nd episode of Car Show was much better than the first. It still needs work, but I like where they're going. I'm not going to hate on them...yet. I figure they'll get one season to work out the kinks. Maybe we get lucky and Top Gear USA will be different this season. Who knows? Top Gear UK blew goats the first few years too (and it's had some sub-par seasons recently).

At least we have car shows now. Anyone remember when they were going to change SpeedTV to NASCAR TV? I mean, they pretty much are now but it was going to be wholly owned by NASCAR in a buyout.

Oh, and who's to say I can't afford a Bentley?

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Old 07-21-2011, 11:33 PM   #385
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That's exactly what I'm trying to say, though. People watch Motor Week for the reviews. People watch Top Gear to be entertained, which is why it's so much more popular than the other car shows. There was nothing entertaining about the first episode of The Car Show, especially since Adam Carolla is one of my least favorite entertainers.

You hit the nail on the head earlier though...just watch them all!
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That's exactly what I'm trying to say, though. People watch Motor Week for the reviews. People watch Top Gear to be entertained, which is why it's so much more popular than the other car shows. There was nothing entertaining about the first episode of The Car Show, especially since Adam Carolla is one of my least favorite entertainers.

You hit the nail on the head earlier though...just watch them all!
I definitely agree about Adam Carolla. His humor has never been that funny to me.

They could just expand the American Le Man and Grand Am racing series so they have REAL racing on all the time. Then we don't need silly car shows anymore.
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Old 07-21-2011, 11:44 PM   #387
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Agreed. While we're asking for things, let's get Grand Am/CSCC back to Iowa Speedway! I miss the scream of the Speedsource cars.
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Old 07-22-2011, 02:28 PM   #388
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Just a heads up, this Sunday is the Iowa region scca event at hawkeye downs here in CR. If I'm in town I may go watch first round and see if I spot any new Subaru peeps..

Im going to that. Ill be in my '10 STi white with bbs goldies

are there any cruises/meets/anything going on tonight? im coming up tonight and staying somewhere in iowa city / cedar rapids so I can hopefully get to the track on time saturday.
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Old 07-22-2011, 03:17 PM   #389
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It's a Sunday event!!
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Old 07-22-2011, 03:32 PM   #390
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whoa i thought it was saturday. thanks for pointing that out

ill still be there/in town saturday night
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Old 07-22-2011, 03:38 PM   #391
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No problem, didn't want to see ya show up 24hrs early hah!

They normally open tech at 8:30 and it will go until 10am, first car on the track is normally at 11am. I dont have the preregistration site right now I'm just on my phone.. If you sign up by tonight can save like 5$

I'd take a bigger number for registration if you have never been.. As so you can run the second grouping, and make sure you get with a few people and walk the course beforehand!!
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Old 07-22-2011, 09:41 PM   #392
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what size of crowd shows up usually?

lots of subarus?
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Old 07-22-2011, 11:31 PM   #393
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It varies every time, the Iowa Region isn't as popular as the Des Moines region, or the Quad Cities even.. But they are growing!!

I will probably come out in the morning for a while.. I doubt I will run this event.
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Old 07-23-2011, 10:49 AM   #394
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ive only done 3 autocross's so im going with hopes of learning not winning.
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Old 07-25-2011, 05:11 PM   #395
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A few of us are cruising out to Palo (Pleasant Creek) just north of Cedar Rapids this afternoon for a short cruise/picture session if anyone would like to join us. We are meeting at the BP Station in Robins, IA at 6:30pm and taking back roads to get there. Some of us have to be back in town no later than 8:30 for softball so it won't be too long of a trip.
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Old 07-25-2011, 06:40 PM   #396
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Sounds cool. I'll be there for once!
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Sounds cool. I'll be there for once!
Brian, it was great to meet you. Can't want to see that supercharger kit. That is a gorgeous car!
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Thanks man! Great cruise and it was cool to get a variety of rides. Your new STi and the 370z's were amazing. Gotta get a ride in that STi sometime!

S/C should be done by Saturday so we should plan another cruise. Maybe with a few more Subies next time...
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Thanks man! Great cruise and it was cool to get a variety of rides. Your new STi and the 370z's were amazing. Gotta get a ride in that STi sometime!

S/C should be done by Saturday so we should plan another cruise. Maybe with a few more Subies next time...
Yeah we'll set something up. I'm sure we'll probably do another cruise of some sort this weekend if the weather is nice. They are cheap and easy to put together.

Here are a few of the pictures Burton took of our cruise:

http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-p...palo-lake.html
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I've been getting questions about putting together a cruise for this weekend. I sent something out to the Wheel Nut group about it. If interested let's set something up. My weekend is free.
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