BMW Roadster Homecoming 2003 (part4)
Leaving the Tapoco Lodge Thursday morning...
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and a compulsory shot of the "Tree of Shame" and a group shot in front of the Deals Gap sign, photo credit - Than Orens.
But before we left the Dragon some of us made a few more runs before departing for our hotel. This was a learning experience for some. Michelle hitched a ride in my 1.9l and got a feel for the balance of a 4 cylinder Z3.
The Dragon, bites back:
At the bottom we saw this beautiful silver Viper (photo credits to Michelle Vinci), little did we know that only a few minutes later it would be nothing more than scrap metal. (photo compliments of Ron and Nancy Johnson from (www.tailofthedragon.com ) If you look at the larger pic you may note it is oil, not antifreeze which has sprayed all over the front. Looks like he did the engine in too?
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 and lost it in woods. Thanks Tim, for leaving this pic online, less it would be a little red X instead.
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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:
Given the seriousness of the accident the attention to detail in
obtaining matching duct tape is impressive.
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His original post following HC01, has anyone heard from Wardhog? Haven't heard hide nor hair from him in the last year.
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Costly H/C yet! (long) (archive)
[ Follow Ups ] [ Z3 Message Board ] [ Msg. Board FAQ ] Posted by WARDHOG on September 05, 2001 at 18:17:50:
I've got the lowdown on the cost and time it will take to get the
WARDHOG up and running. It will cost the insurance company around 8K+
and me my deduction, travel and time away from my baby(2to3 weeks). I
was reading the MB about tires and my name came up and I wanted to
clear up the confusing about what tires were on at the time of the you
know what. I had Yokohama AVS DBs on with only about 800 miles on them
when I bulldozed the mountain. I had on Yokohama AVS Sports but had to
change them out because the rear tires were worn out because of neg.
camber due to H&R sport suspension lowering the ride. I than
ordered and installed a set of stock rear springs to fix the neg
camber problem and then installed the new set of tires.
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OK, so now, it is 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. Michelle caught me in the parking lot of the Tapoco 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 unto 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. Michelle agreed that it sounded much worse at the time it happened.
Homecoming
2003 via the 
again,
yippee!
