Any Wedge owners in San Francisco/Bay Area

[streaky]

apart from me (temporarily) that is?

Streaky

PS - lovely Wedge weather (>80F the past few days). Wouldn't want to drive the Wedge up these hills day after day though! - S

[hut49]

Been thinking about moving my Chim to Seattle (temporarily!). It would drop a few jaws and driving though the Cascades would be an absolute blast. This week's 12 inches of rain in 24 hours might have tested the Thompson's Water Seal though!! Still fancy driving the Chim down the Pacific coast in the summer. If I make it to the Bay area - I'll be sure to call!

[seamus]

Was out your way last month - did a tour (on a Harley of course (Fatboy on a Fatboy )) from San Diego up through Mojave/Death Valley/Yosemiti/San Fran and back down the coastal road through LA - fantastic roads - shame there were no TVRs spotted - would have made the trip

[TaSmania]

Great part of the world. Did a tour in a Camero Cabrio a couple of years ago:- LA - Las Vagas (top down ton up all the way - yeha)- Death Valley - Yosemiti - San Fran then back via the coast road to LA via Carmel/Montera/Santa Monica. Coast road was awesome and would have been even better in the Wedge - mind you going round a sunkissed bend at speed to find the road gone behind a blanket of coastal fog is - well - un-nerving
Streaky get a trip to Alcatraz - V.Interesting. I was in San Fran on the hottest day in history (99+deg in late 2001) and sitting in a roadside bar a bunch of big lads arrived on Harleys followed by a lurvly California chick (Blond, slim......you know the deal -{sorry ladies})on a yellow Ducati 996 - all she had on was a boob tube and a G string - Crazy really but interesting all the same "sad ole purve now I've turned 40"
GB

[Father Ted]

.....saw similar when i was in 'Vegas in '97 ....beautiful girl on a harley wearing just a bikini......I carried on ogling until boyfriend turns up......Real nasty piece of work....he looked like a real 'double hard bar steward'....not like those mid-life crisis Harley riding bikers you see on route 66 !
...you can always spot them....stop at the greasy spoon/Denny's etc and run to the phonebox(or get the mobile out) to ring the missus to let them know how far they'd got on 'the wild ride of a lifetime'
California is great but Nevada/Arizona is pure driving heaven!!! Death Valley is so quiet you can hear the blood rushing about in your head!, imagine driving your TVR there or up to the top of the Grand Canyon.......Fantastic! (did that in a Chrysler sebring convertible ....come to mention it....we did the chopper ride into the canyon also - memory of a lifetime.....i think they've banned this now?????)
America loves the motorist - 20 dollars to fill the tank back then!!
sorry about boring you lot - i just love those south western states! viva Las Vegas!

[terence]

How many TVRs could you get into a container? We could ship a few of our cars out there and go for the drive of a lifetime

[TaSmania]

Paul,
Papillion Helicopter hire from Las Vagas have permission to fly in from the Vegas end as that end is owned by the local Indian tribe. Chopper tour goes via Hoover Dam - Impressive.
Vegas is awsome. You can hire a Viper, 360, etc for and hour! The Camero had cost too much so a Viper was out but I had a laugh up the side of Lake Mead giving a couple of "Red Necks" a race - me in the Yank handling Camero and them in a 348 Cabrio
Sorry to hi-jack your thread Streaky.
GB

[streaky]

TaSmania said:

[snip] Streaky get a trip to Alcatraz - V.Interesting. ...

Bin there, dun that! Umpteenth trip here, but first since becoming a Wedge owner. Gives you a different perspective on things.

[Father Ted]

...when me and the girlfreind(now wife) did Vegas again in 2000 we did the 'chopper drop' ...you know, fly to the rim ,then the pilot flipped it onto its side over the edge, before dropping 3000 foot in one minute - awesome....looks great on the video we got!!!
Then we had a barbeque at the top of the canyon with our guide from the hualapai tribe (spelling?)...it all came flooding back after watching the re-run of the last 'Auf Weidersein Pet' series....brilliant! all this one week after doing a month-long 'round-the-world' trip (with my job) over the millenium!
Happy days.......then babies come along and slow it all down a bit
Streaky....wish i was there now ,it's freezing here mate

[TaSmania]

One of my favourite films is Bullit - Streaky imagine the Wedge over those crests instead of the Mustang - yeha. If you go to San Fran so often you must be in Electronics?
GB

[seamus]

Father Ted said:

.....Death Valley is so quiet you can hear the blood rushing about in your head!

We managed to get Fatboys with "sports" exhausts - louder than loud things with loud bits - couldn't hear a bl**dy thing - including the trying to pull us over coming out of Bishop - DOH! - even better for scaring old ladies than the TVR - bloomin thing shakes you stupid above 80, grounds out around every bend with those footplates - managed to lose half a stone in 5 days - think the 110 degrees through Mojave with full leathers and sports lid had something to do with it

[streaky]

TaSmania said:

... If you go to San Fran so often you must be in Electronics?

Would you believe risk management?

[HarryW]

streaky said:

TaSmania said: ... If you go to San Fran so often you must be in Electronics? Would you believe risk management?

So how did you end up with a TVR streaks

Harry

[streaky]

HarryW said:

streaky said: TaSmania said: ... If you go to San Fran so often you must be in Electronics? Would you believe risk management? So how did you end up with a TVR streaks Harry

Without risk there is nothing to manage!