SF Bay Area gathering

[Konig]

Hey S14,

I wanted to get a thread going - in my short time with my car I've already met quite a few M3 owners in the SF bay area. Is there interest in getting together on a Saturday morning to talk cars? I'm located in Menlo Park so I'm partial to the Peninsula, but definitely open to suggestions and areas accessible for all.

As a starting point, I'll throw out a date and location. How about the morning of Saturday, 4/18 at the Alpine Inn in Portola Valley? Not far from some great roads. Let me know.

[c_tejuco]

I'd be down for something on the 18th. I'm in the East Bay, so would love to find something in between if possible. Could be some good photo ops at Treasure Island too.

[SeattleE30///M3]

If I'm in town, I'd love to join. I'm in SF, but open to drive wherever to get more folks together.

Carlos - It'd be cool to get together again.

[ShiftBMW]

I can't on the 18th but if it's on a day I'm free I'm interested. In the far East Bay. Alameda or Oakland would be cool since they are pretty central to everyone in the bay.

[RAD2LTR]

I might be interested assuming I'm not busy.I'm up in Napa.

Will

[osj911]

I'd be up for this as well. I'm in SF. There was an official NorCal thread and I think there's about 20 of us. I can't find it with search but maybe someone can?

[osj911]

Found it:

El Gato, Gilroy
osj911, SF
Rpm32, Stockton
Narayan3, SJ
rad2ltr, Napa
oliver.r, SJ
norMcal, Grass Valley
Freude am Fahren, SF
Cabriolet, SJ
c_tejuco, Emeryville & SF
inflectionpt, San Mateo
drinaldis, Redwood City
PCasil, SJ
chazm3, Watsonville
Olsko3er, Greenfield
ukau, Sacramento
clex2, Walnut Creek
NEOM3, Palo Alto
jibbajabba - Josh - Sacramento
syin-San Ramon

[Narayan3]

Interested.... But I would prefer to avoid going anywhere near SF or Oakland. Why not stay on the peninsula and drive Skyline or the PCH?

[T2E30]

I'm in Santa Cruz and have already been in contact with Konig about meeting up

[Narayan3]

Why not meet up at the Alpine Inn, drive Skyline up to near Pacifica, cut over to the PCH and drive down to Santa Cruz. Then we can return via Rt 9 and 280?

[jibbajabba]

I like that idea. We can stop in Half Moon Bay at the harbor for fish and chips at Princeton Seafood Co. They have nice size parking lots to group together.

[Konig]

Great ideas guys. The Alpine Inn is semi-conveniently located for those on the Peninsula and opens up a lot of good driving routes. I like your idea Narayan, though that route is a considerable time commitment. Maybe we all use Alpine as a starting point and split up based on how long of a drive everyone wants to do?

[mRub]

Would love to join if I'm in town. On weekends you want to stay away from HMB, especially if it's a nice day - way too much traffic. Best to explore all the roads around skyline. If meet at Alpine Inn, can take Page mill up to skyline, and then Alpine Rd to Pescadero Creek road, which ends in Pescadero. Can then take Stage Rd. to 84 and loop back up to Skyline.

[Konig]

mRub, I think we've got the same idea in mind. See below for the route that I think would be fun to do. Start at Alpine, end at Alice's, and it becomes a "choose your own adventure" from there.

I've done Stage Rd before in my Miata, I remember it being very bumpy and crowded with bikes. Probably not the best for an M3 train.

I propose a meeting time of 9am. It's on the early side, but the roads quickly fill up with bicyclists and traffic toward the hiking trails and coast.

[Konig]

If you're on facebook, another local owner has started a bay area E30M owners page. Join up here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/829644400405794/