BMW Roadster Homecoming 2003 (part11)

The Dragon, bites back:

Some of you may recall the site of this Artic Silver Z in front of the Marriott two years ago when Wardhog pushed a bit too hard lost it in woods.

Thanks Tim, for leaving this pic online, less it would be a little red X instead.

http://bimmer.roadfly.org/z3/messages/archive/msgsy2001w36/93371.html  Here's one pic, others in email to you (archive) [ Follow Ups ] [ Z3 Message Board ] [ Msg. Board FAQ ] Posted by Tim UK on September 06, 2001 at 06:09:45: In Reply to: Costly H/C yet! (long) posted by WARDHOG on September 05, 2001 at 18:17:50:   (posted from: userbo94.uk.uudial.com (62.188.145.244)) Given the seriousness of the accident the attention to detail in obtaining matching duct tape is impressive. (Sorry, sick British humour) Tim

His original post following HC01, has anyone heard from Wardhog? Haven't heard hide nor hair from him in the last year.

And now, it was my turn: My princess was also bitten this year, nowhere near as severe as Wardhog, but she now bears Dragon scars on her under-belly. It happened Thursday morning when some of us were taking a few runs up & down the Dragon before departing for Greenville. Michelle caught me in the parking lot of the Topoco Lodge and asked me if I minded a passenger when she learned I was headed for the Dragon. I said, "Sure, jump in!" Now, the ride up, you should know is my personal favorite, since gravity is working to slow the car rather than accelerate it. However, on one tight corner I came into it a bit too fast and skidded off into the shoulder. Under normal circumstances this would not be an issue since it was only 10 or 12 inches off the road. In this particular case we happened to find a corner which had been built up quite high from last year's repaving. The road literally dropped off  a good 8+ inches and we heard some nasty scrapping underneath. I recovered and got back onto the pavement and continued. When we stopped at the overlook to rest I checked for visible damage and found none. At least the front spoiler lip was spared. I figured I had bruised some frame-work underneath and since I didn't see or feel anything major, I pushed it aside. Last night I put the car up on ramps to crawl under for a closer look. Here are the results:

As you can see they are mostly cosmetic and in no way hinder performance or safety, So sometime between now and hibernation, we will sand the rust, prime and paint the cross-brace, and spay some rubberized undercoating on the body I-beam. I was lucky.

This year was the best, I must thank my good friends who helped make this a most memorable homecoming week and look forward to next year.

  Homecoming 2003 via the again, yippee!                                              

97ArcticSilver/red-blk/blk1.9lDinan Stage 1, Strong Strut brace, "Fogged" air box CIA, red calipers and Cabriolet Design Windscreen.

AOL Instant Messenger screename -"redesignz" but using Trillian (it integrates 5 chat clients into one) www.trillian.cc 

 

///Mike Noble's Halloween 2000 Cruise in Reading, PA: http://www.radesignz.com/Mike_Cruise/index.html

 

July 2001 NE Gathering post: http://www.bimmer.org/z3/messages/archive/msgsy2001w30/77995.html

 

Princess got a pedicure for HC: http://www.bimmer.org/z3/messages/archive/msgsy2001w34/87141.html

 

Last OT ski post, I think ... ;o) http://bimmer.roadfly.org/z3/messages/archive/msgsy2001w15/41529.html 

 

Got caught w/ my top/bottom down...http://bimmer.roadfly.org/z3/messages/archive/msgsy2001w26/68401.html

 

Strong Strut 2 posting:  http://www.radesignz.com/SS2r.htm

 

Finally Fogged, and Love it: http://bimmer.roadfly.org/z3/messages/archive/msgsy2001w31/81160.html 

 

Miss Money Penny's intro. page: http://www.radesignz.com/Pennys_Intro.htm post HC01)

 

USA-Stone guard install: http://www.radesignz.com/USA-StoneGuards.htm 

 

2001 Delaware Water Gap Fall Leaf Cruise: http://www.semperfiglobal.com/RADesign/10-01cruise/index.htm

(here is the  way Fall can look when you live in the NE)

 

Cabriolet Design windscreen install: http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/z3/forum.php?postid=137854&page=2

 

Top Down, and sunny but only 32° in CNY... .http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/z3/forum.php?postid=528820&page=2 

 

Something else 'Beautiful and German made' http://www.radesignz.com/mercedes.htm 

 

May 18th 2002 Maine-iac Roadster Run: http://www.radesignz.com/MRR5-02/thur.htm

 

Homecoming 2002 Recap: http://www.radesignz.com/HC02_Recap_1.htm

 

Homecoming 2003: http://radesignz.com/hc03/page-1.htm

 

Current all-time favorite pic of the princess WITH updated USA Stone Guards

 

Syracuse weather

 America will never forget tribute: http://www.radesignz.com/america_will_never_forget.htm