K.ronic

Just wanted to say hi. I'm new to this forum thanks to someone I talked to at the Northside Shopette the other day. He told me his name, but I was a little busy and didn't get to write it down. He had a nice orange FC Turbo. Anyway, thanks to him I have found a haven to go to here in Germany. I will be registering my '89 FC turbo on monday hopefully and the tinkering will begin promptly! I was a little worried about finding anyone to help with finding parts or asking questions here due to the fact that the FC seems like a realitivly obscure car around these parts. However, from what I understand now there seems to be at least a few of us around Ramstein that share the rotary enthusiasm and I'm definately glad to hear that! I had a GXL in the states and I loved it. It was probably one of the most fun cars I have ever owned and I am happy to be able to own another rotary while I'm here in Germany. Anyway I just wanted to say hi and try to get to know a few of my fellow FC owners in this area so if the guy with the nice orange FC sees this, please let me know because I would like to figure out if you guys have a club up and runnin' or what. Again, thanks for the heads up and I hope to talk to you guys soon!

AFgreasemnky

That was me, wondered if you would remeber the website i sent or not. Seems as though the Rotary "cult" is growin at Ramstein ive seen at least 4 RX8s 2 which waved indicating at least they knew what i was driving. AF1 has 2 FDs right now, one in the states and one here. And now you and hercdriver are gonna add to the RX7 maddness on base. I love it!
As for a club or something, Not much of that goin on.... Yet. But now i really see potential for some good networking threwout Europe not just on here but with meetin up and have peoples numbers and stuff. Specialy with crafty people on here like Armyofone and Higgi.

hIGGI

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u guys got your passports ready?

First CZ club meeting is by end of April and first 'track' opportunity is 20-21 may at Driftchallenge ;o)

K.ronic

I had a feeling that was you AFgreasemnky. What with the orange car in your avatar and all, lol! And yea I'm all about some rotary love!!! I can not wait to hit the Nuremburg ring! Lord knows as many times as I've raced it on Grand Turismo 4, I should know it like the back of my hand, lol! If all goes well my FC should be legal by monday afternoon. I have to wait till wensday to get my new tires, but after that I'm on it. And as far as the club...we should definatly get something together! Also I talked to another cat at the shopette today that just blew a head gasket on his Civic and he was sayin something about takin me to the "spot". I'm guessin' there's somewhere around here that peeps gather to "do their thing", so to speak. You might know him..I didn't catch his name either, but he's a tall, sorta scraggily lookin black guy that seemed to have a little knowledge about the scene around here. He said that he comes into the shopette alot and when I get my car registered that I could follow him to "the spot". Lemme know if you know anything bout that. We could show up and let 'em know how rotary folk do, lol! Anyway, come gimmie a holler at the shopette, I'm there basicly all the time (except for mon. and tues. this week). I wanna get a closer look at that pretty orange FC!!!!

K.ronic

Oh, also, Drift challenge sounds like something I would definatly like to check out. I spent my last 2 years in highschool on Okinawa and caught the "drift bug". Damn bug never left me, lol!!!! How far of a drive is it to get there anyway?

hIGGI

iTrader: (7)

shortest way 625km, fastest about 730km (one way) from ramstein

drift event is saturday+sunday, our club meet starts close to track friday

just make sure you guys have passports (i know some of you don't and you will need them for crossing borders)

hIGGI

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http://www.mapy.cz/?st=search&mp=oph...&ocy=135624550

AFgreasemnky

Damn i wish i had my passport already.

AFgreasemnky

Ah and "the spot" is B40 all the way down to the BK near where the old A6 club was. Havent made it down there cuz i didnt want to embarrass anyone yet hahaha

K.ronic

Yo I got my passport ready!!I had to have one to get here seein as I'm a civy and all! 600+ km huh? So that's like 4 or 5 hours right? Is there any track fees or anything like that? Also I heard that theres no track fees or anything for Nuremburg, is that just a rumor or is that factual? And do you need some sort of special licence to run there? The guy I'm gettin my FC from is goin to Hockenheim (sp?) to get a race licence and I'm thinkin I might try and do that myself. Anyone know anything bout that? Anyway, gotta get ready for work. One more day till I get my FC, WOOT!!!!!!!

K.ronic

Also, that track looks mad fun!! I'll see what I can do to get some time off work to get over there!

hIGGI

iTrader: (7)

Good you have passport already!

For driftchallenge, there is about 20EUR fee to enter the challenge, and if you will manage it thru qualifying, it means 2 days on track.

Last time, we even got free used tires for drifting and tire changing/balancing at the track for free, its supposed to be same this time as well.

Accomodation close to track where we will hang those 2 nights (friday-saturday-sunday) should be something like 7EUR per night per person. Or you could stay for party at track and camp there overnight for free

Drive could be 6-7 hours, depending on which way, what traffic you will run into etc..Would be best, if you guys could take off friday morning and be there friday afternoon - easy drive, save some gas for track use

K.ronic

20 euro for track time???!!!??? Wow thats a lot cheaper than I would have thought! And 7 euro for a hotel, lol, damn....if I spend like 100 euros for a hotel I could get a 5 star place, huh? I am all but there my friend!!! Get your passport expedited Greasemonkey!!! I got mine in the states in 2 days...of course I had to pay $180 to get it done, but it was worth it to not have to wait and potentially miss the flight I had already booked! By the way, anyone know of any drift events happening a little closer to home? I got an extra bedroom for Higgi to stay in if he wants to come down this way and run with us!

hIGGI

iTrader: (7)

lol ! :o) i am not talking about hotel, u think czech rx7 club owners are THAT rich to be making club meetings at hotels? :o)))

K.ronic

LMAO! Well I guess it was just wishfull thinking!!! I would probably rather be on the track the whole time anyway...who needs sleep when they own a FC, lol! I do have a bit of bad news tho...I won't be able to get my car till wensday morning due to somethings that were out of my control ....but hopefully, if everything goes well I should be driving it by wensday afternoon. Wish me luck!

hIGGI

iTrader: (7)

good luck and hope to see ya in May in CZ

AF_H1VLTG3

D@mn strait didnt think there were that many rx7club posters in Ramstein I'v Seen ol' boys Orange 7 Turbo two am I right? Wasnt that the same 7 that was originaly tan out in Ramstein? Looked like it was from the outback. Plus I have seen the Silver FD as well looks clean but has nothing on the FC. I'm trying to procure a 89 out of the non-op lot at the moment. Been waiting five years for this chance and passed on many. I cant help think that mabey overhear isnt the right time but iv been waiting for so long. Oh btw Mr. Orange, do you premix?

AFgreasemnky

No Mr Orange doent pre mix... Im sellin the car soon maybe your intersted?

AF_H1VLTG3

Depends, you know how rich us mil are.

K.ronic

LOL Grease...Tranny probs got you down? I got dibs on your car!!! I need a parts car lol...j/k..sort of. I want your suspension and your spare speaker covers...and that power fc...and whatever else I can get off of it! Seriously tho, I want it if you sell it. Hit me up!

AFgreasemnky

Haha no so other issues came into play recently... And well im gonna be selling both my cars before i leave Germany...

AFgreasemnky

Well i might as well throw it out there then... I like the car alot and plan on working out the tranny issues shes havin right now... After that sometime next month or so she is goin up for sale. For those that have seen the car, you know its in pretty good shape for a 20 year old car... A few mods, and the motor is in awsome shape.
Ill have a sale post in here soon im sure...

AF_H1VLTG3

It was good to to meet you in person. I'm glad we had a chance to talk. I'm lined up to fix a diff leak on a Benz then fix a intake gasket on a T-bird with a 5.0, BUT anytime you need a hand or just want to chill let me know.