what a FANTASTIC day for a drive!

headed out for Mt. Evans (scenic byway)

fall line up

my 914 @ 13,000 feet

Ben's car @13,000 feet
the weather was 85 in Denver

and 38 at Summit Lake with a 12 degree windchill

forgot the pic

Dan's car (formerly Mark G's)

Gint's Car didn't quite make it to Summit Lake. we had to come back down to 12,000 feet to pick it up later.

another

denver's down there somewhere (left hand corner)
the mile high city from 2 1/2 miles up

Dan on the way UP

I love my car.

Gint, PATIENTLY, waiting to pass.........

Going UP . no side rails after 10,000 feet

"Autumn" in Autumn

Pit Stop

On the road Again

Gregor,

Beautiful pics.... I was in Colorado Springs last week..Beautiful weather!!!!
Hey I have a question for you. What's the job market out there like? I use to llive in the springs from80-84, and then moved back to California, and have been thinking about the posability of moving back...

back home

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Oct 2 2005, 05:28 PM)

Gint's Car didn't quite make it to Summit Lake.  we had to come back down to 12,000 feet to pick it up later.

Nah, I looked it up. The car had to have made it to at least 12,750. Summit Lake is at 13,000 feet, and we were almost there!

The car quit again at 120th. and Washington. Nick (my 13 year old) and I had to push across the intersection and into a parking lot. It's only 3 miles or so from the house, so I hadf my wife come pick us up. We'll have to go back over there in a little bit to get it home.

Nick is a trooper. Without him, I would have called AAA at 09:45 and never made it today. Thanks for the help guys! You have to love people that will help push your car uphill at somewhere around 12,500 feet!

QUOTE (Gint @ Oct 2 2005, 04:13 PM)

Thanks for the help guys! You have to love people that will help push your car uphill at somewhere around 12,500 feet!

no problem. i almost died from cardiac arrest, but no problem.

Gotta go beat on the starter some more and see if we can finish the trip.

I'll post my pics later if they aren't really dupes of yours. Thanks for posting them Greg!

anyone have carbs? and made it to 12'000 feet?

i think we were all 2.0 FI. and we made it to 13,000 feet.
we were hoping for 14,000 feet, but the road closes after labor day.

it's the highest paved road in north america.

beautiful pics... makes me home sick.

left for the east coast 5 years ago and i am still looking over my shoulder at what i left. too bad there isn't much call for what i do back there.....

some day me and my car will return to CO.....

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Oct 2 2005, 04:49 PM)

"Autumn" in Autumn

Man, what a cutie ! Hard not to smile with her.

Anyway fantastic pics, Greg. Looks like a fun trip, and nice to see you Denver guys do drive 914s sometimes

I had a mini-expedition to Woodland Park for breakfast, but it was like rush hour all the way up the pass. So I turned around and came back down to the Springs. Unfortunately, I forgot about needing to have a cold engine for valve adjustments. I'll have to do that tomorrow...

Oh, and I guess I'm officially a member of the "bang your starter" club.

Cheers,
Jeff

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Oct 2 2005, 06:22 PM)

anyone have carbs? and made it to 12'000 feet?  <_<

No carbs, and I'll say it again, 13,000 feet. We even had pictures to prove it. Summit Lake



I give up. Even after sitting for two hours, it still won't start. I just called AAA. Just like all day today, it fires a couple of times every time we turn it over, but now it will not run. Screw it.

QUOTE (jsteele22 @ Oct 2 2005, 04:55 PM)

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Oct 2 2005, 04:49 PM) "Autumn" in Autumn  :) Man, what a cutie ! Hard not to smile with her. Anyway fantastic pics, Greg. Looks like a fun trip, and nice to see you Denver guys do drive 914s sometimes I had a mini-expedition to Woodland Park for breakfast, but it was like rush hour all the way up the pass. So I turned around and came back down to the Springs. Unfortunately, I forgot about needing to have a cold engine for valve adjustments. I'll have to do that tomorrow... Oh, and I guess I'm officially a member of the "bang your starter" club. Cheers, Jeff

Great pics everyone...

Jeff, I waved at you as you were cruzing through Manitou Springs Saturday night!!! I was there with the family walking down the sidwalk when I heard the sound of out of adjustment valves coming up behind me Just kidding... I waved and yelled but you were history.

Ferg

This picture really shows the beauty of this color

Don't know why, but I liked this pic.

Group shot... dupe of Greg's

i think we all saw this sign and sped up

Killer views today

Summit Lake sans the "Beater 914".

Summit Lake

sean,
you baited me into posting one more pic of my car. thanks for liking the copper

The view down the back side. I've taken this picture many times over the years, but this is the first digital shot.

Summmit Lake, different angle.

nice scenic shots Gint.
i missed that mountain view shot (looking north).

And the "Beater 914", 2.7 miles from home.

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Oct 2 2005, 09:16 PM)

sean, you baited me into posting one more pic of my car. thanks for liking the copper

It is a nice looking car. I like the copper too.

QUOTE (Gint @ Oct 2 2005, 07:21 PM)

And the "Beater 914", 2.7 miles from home.

did you mean to say you have a 2.7 waiting for you at home?

(and thanks gint)

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Oct 2 2005, 09:23 PM)

QUOTE (Gint @ Oct 2 2005, 07:21 PM) And the "Beater 914", 2.7 miles from home. did you mean to say you have a 2.7 waiting for you at home? (and thanks gint)

Well I do have a 2.7 waiting in the garage, but... no.

It quit for the last time 2.7 miles from my house. Nick and I had to push it out of the *busy* intersection over to the strip mall parking lot. 2.7 miles from home made it convenient to go home and wait from AAA to call me rather than sit in that parking lot.

WOW, What fun.

Nice pics, wish I was there.

Joe

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Oct 2 2005, 07:13 PM)

i think we all saw this sign and sped up

hmm... i'm making a shirt w/ a similar sign here's the T-Shirt Thread

Very nice guys. (p.s. you suck)
Last week the Red Rocks Classic.
This week the Colorado Mountains.
What do you have planned for next week?

You do notice that this trip included all but one of the CO people who were at the RRC WITHOUT their 914s.

We just had to get them out...and mine runs, sans a small problem with NO power below 3000!!

Great pics guys, yesterday was a blast, we'll have to do that again soon, if we can beat the snow. Who knows around here though.

Greg: Autumn is so incredibly cute. Those pics of her in your car with the hat and sunglasses are precious. Your car looks great with those Fuchs.

Gint: Good to see your car running (for the most part). The hiccups just added to the day. Well, until you got 2.7 miles from home. Nick was great though. He deserves a pat on the back for his efforts. Great Jr. mechanic.

Dan: It was great to meet you and see your car - finally. I had been wanting to see that thing ever since it made it's way to CO. Glad to see you come out.

I think everyobody has already posted pics of what I have so nothing from me this time. Too bad I don't have a pic of the car billowing smoke off of the heat exchangers after every stop. That would have made a nice one.

QUOTE (BMartin914 @ Oct 3 2005, 08:04 AM)

You do notice that this trip included all but one of the CO people who were at the RRC WITHOUT their 914s.

Nice pictures guys!
Dan, nice to see you driving.
Ben, I'm glad she is running
Greg... sweeeet... I love the copper
(hey you gonna do 2nd creek or not?)

So in reference to me being the only rrc guy not driving a 914 this weekend... phhhoooeey:

you took your car to florida? what's with the pink flamingos? and why are some of the cars going backwards?


was this your endurance run? how did you like it?

Hey...
are you going to 2nd creek?

(said in a loud booming voice)



flamingo's are the corner workers signature joke.

the backward cars are because you can see 3 seperate corners on the track from that angle.

I'm going to start another thread and bombard the club with pictures. I made a big screw up and lost about 10 positions in the race... (but hey I'm a rookie)

don't care really... had an absolute BLAST
man it was fun!

brant