Originally Posted by djazzy99

Being brand new to the area, it was great to meet all of you. Until now the gt3 was the only thing familiar to me.

Tye: the tunnel was the highlight at the end...I wish I recorded that sound.

Sharkwerks: great hospitality! I shall be a customer very shortly...

Originally Posted by mooty

those who missed.... well... u missed a big one!

sharky gracious provide kk donuts. I think I ate a whole box... coffee helped wash them down.

secret chef is Armando aka arctic fox. money manager turned chef... he will open shop soon. if u haven't tried his morning bun.... well I guess u haven't had that morning sex experience... and those strange cube shaped thing... make them FOUR times bigger next time. it looks greedy of me when I took 8. but if bigger I only need two.

half way stuffing myself, nakaisan of RWB showed up snd shook my hand. wow.... pretty cool. he will be doing his first RS 4.0 wide body RWB with shaft keys 5.6L conversion. I'll post it when he starts.

drive to Alice was orderly as we blocked four lanes of hwy with CHP helicopter escort. u will c on news tonight.

up skyline to Alice. good scenery. no crazy driving, didn't hit deers or ambutate mt fellow cyclists. only scared with into cow tipping off clip less cleats. they will survive to win TdF.

Alice omelette was much needed with bacon as my choked trial was dangerously low. the donuts and fatty bacon will help.

spent all my money on cars, empty wallet had to have Alex spot me for lunch.... did I say Alex drives slow??? brunch turned into lunch.....
two hours to go 29 miles.....amd he had a fast car... imagine him in Prius... we b having midnight snack when we hit Alice's.

well Alex of sharkwerks spotted my bill and picked the whole tab... of course he moonlight for google, at $1000+ must feel good...
but that's a great gesture despite him outranking zuckleberg on Forbes. T H A N K Y O U.

btw, next weekends brunch is at French lingerie ( is that a typo or it's it).... I'm still poor and Alex will be there. we should join him

home now... making my kid wash the filthy car while I chill in hot tub to recover from my morning bike ride withZf1crazydriver. showed up to challenge me with no cleats..... crazy is he.

well what a day putting names to faces. great time.

see u all at French lingerie next Saturday. we meet at 8 am sharkeys ok

btw, we all signed waiver at sharkeys. if u ate, u are obligated for 3.8 build.

wife nearing... I need to go... she can't see all this....
mooty is a myth. he ain't real

Originally Posted by bmwtye

I should have brought my car back to your place to have your kids vacuum out the rocks you kicked into my interior following you to Alices.

French Lingerie it is, See you at 8am at Sharkeys

Group Buy on motor builds!!!

Originally Posted by tasman

glad you guys had fun. Wish I could have joined you. If I lived in your neck of the woods I would have kept my GT3.

Originally Posted by GT3.2

Great time at Sharkwerks. That is one clean shop. My wife literally confiscated my credit cards while @ the shop. Made the mistake of showing live examples of my "wish" list.....

Originally Posted by KMW

Big thank you to Sharkwerks for the hospitality and to everyone that helped put this all together. It was great putting some faces to the names and seeing some really cool cars. Looking forward to the next one when I can hopefully join the drive.

Originally Posted by ChrisF

What a great day! I really had missed this type of gathering. I got spoiled living in LA where there are a crazy amount of enthusiasts with a passion for cars. Guess I just had to look a little harder to find the right group of people.

Thank you Alex for hosting the morning. You are a shining example of what a great shop should be. I've dealt with so many in LA and I don't think one has your approachability and level of helpfulness. I now need to find an excuse to give you some of my money. Shouldn't be hard

Armando: I signed up for your mailing list. I tried those delicious almond cubes at the last Thunderhill event and was hooked. I think I ate about 6 while no one was looking. To try them fresh this morning was divine. Can't wait to patronize your store the moment you open. I will have to obviously add a workout routine so I can still fit in the buckets.

Thanks to all the rest who showed up and made this a day I won't soon forget.

Originally Posted by ChrisF

What a great day! I really had missed this type of gathering. I got spoiled living in LA where there are a crazy amount of enthusiasts with a passion for cars. Guess I just had to look a little harder to find the right group of people.

Thank you Alex for hosting the morning. You are a shining example of what a great shop should be. I've dealt with so many in LA and I don't think one has your approachability and level of helpfulness. I now need to find an excuse to give you some of my money. Shouldn't be hard

Armando: I signed up for your mailing list. I tried those delicious almond cubes at the last Thunderhill event and was hooked. I think I ate about 6 while no one was looking. To try them fresh this morning was divine. Can't wait to patronize your store the moment you open. I will have to obviously add a workout routine so I can still fit in the buckets.

Thanks to all the rest who showed up and made this a day I won't soon forget.

Originally Posted by sharkster

disclaimer- just back home and using my iphone (whilst pretending to watch a movie with the wife- it's not very good anyways) so pardon any typos or whatnot....

Folks, I'm so bloomin' grateful to have hung out with you crazy bunch of gt3 nerds and hooligans this am. Thank you ever so much and really sorry about the super-short notice too. I'm really overwhelmed with all the fun stories, catching-up and motley crew that you are. The pix keep coming in so I'll work on that on Monday! To have you all in one place at the same time instead of one or two at a time was a real treat. I think some of you might even have something in common eh? We're weird and we know it but you guys somehow accept us just how we are.... It's very very humbling.

Thank you Armando. I'm from Europe (or at least the Island that doesn't really think it's part of Europe) and spent many months in the Italian alps et. al over the years. For what my 2000 lire and 2 cents is worth I think that I've had a good Brioche or two in my time. Mooty was right that Brioche was delish! It made me think back to my childhood and the smells, texture of my best friend's grandma who must have been at least 100 at the time (99.9 per cent of those years was spent baking and cooking). Her Alpine oven and cooking set up outlasted two world wars but she also made a mean Brioche. I know she would have been seriously impressed and taken at least a day or two off to have you run things! Your bread.. you had to be there. Just don't forget us lil' people when you're running around in 992 GT3RS' and 918s eh? I'll be visiting your place and so will anyone I know. If I can't find it I'll look for a Bakery with a GT3 of some sort parked in back and I'll know I found the right place. Your Cayenne delivery vehicle is great but I have to say in this case I'm voting for the original lightweight RS spec 1906 barn find model.

Mooty the man, the myth and the legend. He's for real. Cheers as always mate!

jbibelow you came all the way from Sactown and brought a very special guest indeed. What a treat. Everyone was so stoked. Everything I've read/heard is true and you can tell he wears it on his sleeve/face. Nakai San is very passionate and hopefully seeing all those H20 cooled cars made intercepted his brain waves RWB invasion!

Larry you know where I stand on dogs so I do hope you weren't late to that protest? And if you were I have a nice Biodegradable doggie-poop bag (used courtesy of the official sharkwerks security dog) for you to slap someone with. Thanks man my day's are always good when I see a bit of MeCHico blue!

Tye we can talk GT3s and REAL football all day mate.

Everyone on here and not that came. Big cheers to you all.

And if there's one thing I know it's this- the rear-engine manual is a-ok and in good hands. We're not going away quietly that's for sure!

Originally Posted by mooty

as long as u bring good cheese, we will allow u to come to CA.

Originally Posted by jbigelow

Had a great time today at the Sharkwerks meet and drive to Alice's.

Was able to see old friends, meet new people, and put faces to the names on the rennlist forum!!!!!!

Please share any pix of the event......

Thanx Tye and Mooty for starting this drive and to Sharkwerks for having us as a starting point of the event.

Alex.... Thank you for lunch.

I am glad I was able to get my friend Nakai-San from RAUH-Welt over to the meet. Very impressed with the people he met today and the beautiful machines.

Here are my 3 favorite pix of the event


Pic 1...... Mooty, Nakai-San, and me

Pic 2...... Nakai-San and Alex of Sharkwerks (2 great tuners)

pic 3......front pic at Alice's







Alex, do u have a clearer pic of this ?!?! This is my favorite pic



Again, nice to meet you all fellow GT3ers :😃

Originally Posted by JohnnyBahamas

And... they're off!

Hope somebody takes and posts a group picture.

Originally Posted by ltcjmramos

Sorry we couldn't stay with the gang for lunch. We have grandparent duty this afternoon/night, so need to get over to Pleasanton.

Thanks to Sharky for hosting this, and to bmwtye and mooty for instigating it (and for inviting the pastry chef, wonderful!). Good to see "old" friends again, and to meet new friends.

Originally Posted by bmwtye

I wanted to thank Alex, Dan, and the rest of the Sharkwerks crew for hosting the event today. It's one thing to provide exceptional customer service, but what really stands out is your guy's genuine care for the community. Everything from the meetup at Sharkwerks to the generosity at Alice's, I cant thank you enough and speak highly enough of you guys.

As Mooty and I were saying, I guess we all need to get motor builds now to show our appreciation

Thanks to everyone for coming out and making it a safe and enjoyable day and drive. How many of you have rocks inside your car from that one segment of the drive

And nothing like cyclists bombing down the middle of the road full speed towards us.

Look forward to getting everyone together again soon.

Originally Posted by F1CrazyDriver

It was great meeting a lot of you - putting faces and names. Alex, thank you for hosting the event and thanks for the kind words now that i'm a gt3 owner...
to bad i couldn't make it for the drive... i really had to get the tint off the car, it was bugging me beyond believe... looking more like a car now...and those of you whom dare to go biking with mooty...i warn you... it wont be good for your self-esteem... i need to get my clipons on and and practice and rematch in 2 weeks mooty ?! (or maybe 3 weeks, i think im going on a road trip w the 3 in 2 weeks..need to check if still going to Yosemite w wife )

Originally Posted by eurotom

Great even thank you Sharkwerks/Alex/Dan! Great meeting several of you.

See you guys next time.