sonicsuby

I believe the final count was 215 cars. We came from all over Northern California to meet at Mt. Hamilton, which is just outside of San Jose in the Bay Area. This is the fifth consecutive year for the meet, and my second.

I organized a large group drive to the meet. My group started out from Sacramento, CA. We met at a nearby shopping center with a 76 and some food/drink places. We gassed up and and got loaded up with caffeine

Bright and early:





We had about 15 cars here in Sacramento. We then made our way to two more pick up spots before our pre-meet desitination. By the time we reached the pre-meet, the Great Mall in Milpitas, CA, we had about 50 cars all going down the freeway in a line. Quite a sight

Here's all the cars at the Great Mall. Each year we meet here and then head up to Mt. Hamilton. That's when the real fun starts - we flood the street with 150+ cars all at once

We were pretty early. Before we would leave, nearly all spots visible in the frame would be filled













Unfortunately at the entrance to our final meet point, which is Joseph D. Grant park, there is a guard booth with one guy taking money for entrance.

The ensuing traffic:



Once we finally hit the meet spot, some of our local guys were up there and had set up our spot. We had four EZ-UPs/tents this year. Our region is called SRIC (Sacramento/Reno Impreza Club).

Camp!



The blue/black wagon is a Vishnu wagon. Not sure if anything special was under the hood but they had put sedan fenders on the front and some questionable flaring on the rear..



All the cars at the park:





Bonus pic of my wagon cruising on Mt. Hamilton Rd:



Overall, awesome day. Hot as hell, but the company was good, the food was good and the driving was good. Can't wait til next years event

baz69birds

LOVE the airal view.....

Wow.

pic 11 the Blue scoob in the middle, Black/carbon bonnet & wing. gives it a whole new shape....
BAZ

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

not many classics i see. top pics though

sonicsuby

Thanks I think we'd have more classics if they had been released here as the WRX. Most people who have/had one have upgraded to the WRX or STi of some model year. I have an '01 2.5RS, however I didn't drive it because I'm trying to finish the 1000 mile break in on my wagon

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

You had a good turnout and always the weather for it !! and your sunlight brings out the colours so much clearer than over here.

I do visit the NASIOC forum a little and have noticed that some of you guys have front reg plates and many do not, do you remove them for pictures or is it not a legal requirment to have a front one fitted ?

Simon

sonicsuby

It is legally required to have front plates, however it's rarely enforced unless an officer is looking to get you for something or the police are doing a crack down. I always run my front plates because I don't like the negative attention it may bring from law enforcement. The only reason my car is without front plates at the moment is because I haven't yet received my plates for this car (just bought it last week).

A lot of guys remove theirs because they think it makes the car look better, which I understand to a point. No front plate doesn't instantly make the car beautiful, especially since technically every car is supposed to have one. Those same guys are always the ones complaining when the get pinched by law enforcement and a simple stop for no plates (that they could have avoided in the first place) turns in to a trip to the smog referee

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

Right now that answers the question I've had on my mind for ages now... why the guys with no plates don't do something about the unsightly mounting area with the 2 holes drilled in it... all has become crystal clear

andyfish

top pics looks like a great day!

just wondered what it cost to fill her up over there? over here, from the 1/4 tank mark it costs me around £38 (around $68). WRX300 MY05

andy

prelude

i bet its really cheap mate

sonicsuby

yikes! It's about $2.70 per gallon here for 91 octane, which equates to about $35 per fillup when the low fuel light is on.

edit: of course it's a little more expensive if you're like my buddies yesterday who were mixing in 100 octane:

Dazza's-STi

Top pics guys...

good to see you lot out there with the scoobs....

I'll be near sacremento in a couple of weeks! I'll be doing the scooby wave from my jeep hire car and everyone will be thinking .. WTF

Dazza

sonicsuby

nice. If you're interested, PM me your info and when you're out here I can put a group together. There's a restaurant downtown called 'Streets of London' that serves, what I assume to be food from the UK (lots of fish and chips and the like). I understand they also regularly air football (soccer to us) games when they're on

luketurb

absolutely amazin pics, its a shame u didnt get the decent classic over there, but they were absolutely ace pics

OwlBoogie - GGA/USA

Here are my pics form the meet: http://www.thatguycanhelladraw.com/subaru/hammy2005/

I used to have a v.7 WRX Estate. Now, I have an MY98 Outback Sport. Here is my classic:


More i-club pics: http://www.i-club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105807

corradoboy

Love the colour coordinated parking 215 is quite a crowd

Best we ever managed over here was IIRC 405 at the NBO2 in 2004.....

sonicsuby

oh no they've found me!!!!!!

OwlBoogie - GGA/USA

Haha. Whuddup?! Hopping over the virtual pond to visit our scooby brethren.

Here's my post from last year's Hammy run:
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=345780

catalunya199again

severe lack of classics looks a great place though. all we get is yarmouth or southend you just cant compare the 2 can ya

Mr Scoob

Thanks for posting these pics, reminds me of what a fantastic state California is. Colour coordinated parking is the way to go.

sonicsuby

Last years pics make me miss my sonic yellow :

prelude

yikes! It's about $2.70 per gallon here for 91 octane, which equates to about $35 per fillup when the low fuel light is on.

i cant beleave its £20 to fill up their !!! and about 40ish to fill up a scoob over here!!!!!!, you guys get all the luck .

Dan

OwlBoogie - GGA/USA

Last years pics make me miss boost. Haha.

C2forWRX

60 litre tanks. avg 90p a litre??? il do the math...

£54+!!!! we wish 40!!!

prelude

60 litre tanks. avg 90p a litre??? il do the math...

£54+!!!! we wish 40!!!

OOPS i only put in 40 quid and that gets me about 300 miles back and forth to work i never let the car get to the stage were its bone dry .

Dan