PHOTOS on page 4 of the 15 NOV SoCal MEGA Mercedes-Benz Meet @ Los Alamitos, CA
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08 w204 c350 || 06 Audi a4 2.0T
weather really killed it for me, when I arrived there was a lot of ash and my gf didnt wanna stick around. Was only there for a few mins, but it seemed like a lot of fun. Was a good turn out, never been to an all benz meet...so it was not bad at all.
I saw a 2 c63's and 1 c350 that I liked, so was not bad at all. Cant wait for pics! I doubt anyone noticed me coming in and leaving hehe
-randy
I saw a 2 c63's and 1 c350 that I liked, so was not bad at all. Cant wait for pics! I doubt anyone noticed me coming in and leaving hehe
-randy
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1986 190E 2.3-16 / 1995 E320 ESTATE / 1995 TOYOTA COROLLA TOM'S VERSION
OMG!
I got there late at 3:30pm because of traffic. Stayed there til everybody left. Nice to see some of the old MBworlders. And then I left Los Alamitos at about 4:30 pm and started my long journey home to Diamond Bar.
I got to Brea then hit a wall of traffic because of all the road and freeway closures. I had to drive westward through La Habra, through Whittier, then north to Hacienda Heights, then east through La Puente and Rowland Heights. 4 hrs and 45 min later and I'm home.....
I think it's stupid to close the entire freeway, it ruins everybody's night. They should just close a few lanes during an emergency, like the HOV lane. Make the #1 and #2 HOV lanes only available to emergency vehicles, and leave the rightmost lanes to other vehicles.
I just need to vent....
Now the fire is knocking at my neighborhood's door......
I got there late at 3:30pm because of traffic. Stayed there til everybody left. Nice to see some of the old MBworlders. And then I left Los Alamitos at about 4:30 pm and started my long journey home to Diamond Bar.
I got to Brea then hit a wall of traffic because of all the road and freeway closures. I had to drive westward through La Habra, through Whittier, then north to Hacienda Heights, then east through La Puente and Rowland Heights. 4 hrs and 45 min later and I'm home.....I think it's stupid to close the entire freeway, it ruins everybody's night. They should just close a few lanes during an emergency, like the HOV lane. Make the #1 and #2 HOV lanes only available to emergency vehicles, and leave the rightmost lanes to other vehicles.
I just need to vent....
Now the fire is knocking at my neighborhood's door......
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From: San Bernardino County, CA
04 Mercedes Benz C230K
I left around 2pm and didn't get home till 8pm due to freeway closures. And roadside closures.
I went the 91 and was closed so went to 57 closed they told us to exit at
Lambert, then when I exited Lambert on Brea that was where the fire was. So all roads where closed going towards Chino Hills. So I was stuck in Brea. Finally took 57-5-91w-605-60. Drove around 6 hours just to get home. That was a mess.
I went the 91 and was closed so went to 57 closed they told us to exit at
Lambert, then when I exited Lambert on Brea that was where the fire was. So all roads where closed going towards Chino Hills. So I was stuck in Brea. Finally took 57-5-91w-605-60. Drove around 6 hours just to get home. That was a mess.
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You're gonna have to wait for mig888 for the good pics, but these are not that bad considering they're from my 3.2mp phone camera:
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From: SoCal
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The event was cool. Nice seeing everyone again.
Crazy fires though. It took me 5 hours to get home. The 57 and 91 freeways were both closed. I left at 2:30 pm and got back to my area around 7:30 pm. Worst traffic I've ever experienced. I hope everyone is ok.
Crazy fires though. It took me 5 hours to get home. The 57 and 91 freeways were both closed. I left at 2:30 pm and got back to my area around 7:30 pm. Worst traffic I've ever experienced. I hope everyone is ok.
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I thought the meet went well (mad props to Carlos and Mark), all things considered, it took me a long long time to get home since my house was in Anaheim Hills but Brandons Iphone gave us the residential shortcut for the win!!!
Thanks also to Ed from HMS and Serge from Hyevon for donating the cool prizes along with Trizzle and Aneous (sp?) Oil.
The house was saved but not others and the view from backyard against the hills and Yorba was scary cool and sad at the same time with flames and glowing red clouds. The dealer down the street (Honda) supposedly burned down too. Some cops told us that we couldnt come back till 8am and we just laughed and the Iphone did the magic as we snuck thru all the 3-4mm dollar homes in the Orange Park Acres area to find the backroads to Anaheim HIlls. Thanks again to James and Brandon for taking me home.
A few pics from the other side:
Thanks also to Ed from HMS and Serge from Hyevon for donating the cool prizes along with Trizzle and Aneous (sp?) Oil.
The house was saved but not others and the view from backyard against the hills and Yorba was scary cool and sad at the same time with flames and glowing red clouds. The dealer down the street (Honda) supposedly burned down too. Some cops told us that we couldnt come back till 8am and we just laughed and the Iphone did the magic as we snuck thru all the 3-4mm dollar homes in the Orange Park Acres area to find the backroads to Anaheim HIlls. Thanks again to James and Brandon for taking me home.
A few pics from the other side:
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you guys think you have it bad i drove from sacramento all the way down to LA only to find out that the freeways were closed. Then i drove thru the city for about 2hrs looking for another way to get on the fwy then got on 14 to LA, and thouht i was home free, about 10 min later they shut that one down to. So then i had to find my way back to I-5 north to get on only to drive back to sacramento a total of 12hrs on the road. Wish i could have been there sounds like it was alot of fun maybe some other time. But i have to say this the MB drove like a champ handles really well and got alot of looks from passers by(when they could pass
) just sucked cleaning the car at the gas stations bugs galore, but the front got a bath
. Wish i could have been there sounds like it was alot of fun maybe some other time. But i have to say this the MB drove like a champ handles really well and got alot of looks from passers by(when they could pass) just sucked cleaning the car at the gas stations bugs galore, but the front got a bath
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I thought the meet went well (mad props to Carlos and Mark), all things considered, it took me a long long time to get home since my house was in Anaheim Hills but Brandons Iphone gave us the residential shortcut for the win!!!
Thanks also to Ed from HMS and Serge from Hyevon for donating the cool prizes along with Trizzle and Aneous (sp?) Oil.
The house was saved but not others and the view from backyard against the hills and Yorba was scary cool and sad at the same time with flames and glowing red clouds. The dealer down the street (Honda) supposedly burned down too. Some cops told us that we couldnt come back till 8am and we just laughed and the Iphone did the magic as we snuck thru all the 3-4mm dollar homes in the Orange Park Acres area to find the backroads to Anaheim HIlls. Thanks again to James and Brandon for taking me home.
Thanks also to Ed from HMS and Serge from Hyevon for donating the cool prizes along with Trizzle and Aneous (sp?) Oil.
The house was saved but not others and the view from backyard against the hills and Yorba was scary cool and sad at the same time with flames and glowing red clouds. The dealer down the street (Honda) supposedly burned down too. Some cops told us that we couldnt come back till 8am and we just laughed and the Iphone did the magic as we snuck thru all the 3-4mm dollar homes in the Orange Park Acres area to find the backroads to Anaheim HIlls. Thanks again to James and Brandon for taking me home.
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I always knew LA was going to hell.....
Holy crap! Wow, the sky looks like one of those apocalyptic scenes in a movie.
(Deep announcer voice....)
"It was the end of days, but they weren't giving up their luxury cars..."
I was bummed I didn't go this year, but the weather up here has been rainy, but this weekend, like 80 degrees beach weather.
Guess you guys didn't get that rain.
Sorry for the guy coming from Sac..wow.
I went last year, and people thought I was nuts, and thats another hour or 2 up the road from me. (Depending on speed)
Sounds like a real mess.
How about another meet in April? And where beer is allowed...
I'd hate to drive that far and not be allowed to drink a damn beer.
Doesn't look like not too many people made it....
And what's this whole no guns thing? On a military base?
I'd need mine to fend off the flesh eating zombies soon to show up
in this photo....
(Deep announcer voice....)
"It was the end of days, but they weren't giving up their luxury cars..."
I was bummed I didn't go this year, but the weather up here has been rainy, but this weekend, like 80 degrees beach weather.
Guess you guys didn't get that rain.
Sorry for the guy coming from Sac..wow.
I went last year, and people thought I was nuts, and thats another hour or 2 up the road from me. (Depending on speed)
Sounds like a real mess.
How about another meet in April? And where beer is allowed...
I'd hate to drive that far and not be allowed to drink a damn beer.
Doesn't look like not too many people made it....
And what's this whole no guns thing? On a military base?
I'd need mine to fend off the flesh eating zombies soon to show up
in this photo....
Last edited by C230 Sport Coup; Nov 16, 2008 at 03:46 PM.
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EVE
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Yep, sadly, it does, since the ashes hide the sun's harshness... it gave off a dusk/sunset look ALL day. And a very strange, cloudy background :\. Traffic, on the other hand, was very much FTL.
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A few pics
I would have taken more, but the smoke was too much for me. It made for some cool pics, but I was sick and now I feel much worse...The wife has asthma, so she didn't want to stay outdoors too long either. Anyways, it was all for a worthy cause!
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1983 300D, 1990 300TE
1991 560SEC AMG
1991 560SEC AMG engine bay
190E 2.3-16 super clean engine bay
1983 300D and 1995 E300D by the heli
1995 E320 Carlsson Estate w/ owner
1995 E320 Carlsson Estate
1995 E320 Carlsson Estate w/ HID
Group shot w/ Smart extra (Smart, 190E 2.3-16, 300D, 190E 2.3-16, S55 AMG, 190E 2.3-16, E320 Carlsson Estate, C203)
Another group shot
Old and New - W113 Pagoda and W204 C63 AMG
The same Pagoda
Nelson's S55 AMG beside Fernando's SUPER clean 190E 2.3-16
My 300D with another 190E 2.3-16 (sorry I forgot the name of the owner - so many new people!)
Obet's Estate once more beside the W203 coupe (again, I forgot your name...)
Most of the cars were very clean at the start of the meet
1991 560SEC AMG engine bay
190E 2.3-16 super clean engine bay
1983 300D and 1995 E300D by the heli
1995 E320 Carlsson Estate w/ owner
1995 E320 Carlsson Estate
1995 E320 Carlsson Estate w/ HID
Group shot w/ Smart extra (Smart, 190E 2.3-16, 300D, 190E 2.3-16, S55 AMG, 190E 2.3-16, E320 Carlsson Estate, C203)
Another group shot
Old and New - W113 Pagoda and W204 C63 AMG
The same Pagoda
Nelson's S55 AMG beside Fernando's SUPER clean 190E 2.3-16
My 300D with another 190E 2.3-16 (sorry I forgot the name of the owner - so many new people!)
Obet's Estate once more beside the W203 coupe (again, I forgot your name...)
Most of the cars were very clean at the start of the meet
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1983 300D, 1990 300TE
Well, not just that. The traffic was horrible on some areas, and people had to get back to ensure their homes were safe as well. So it wasn't ideal for timely arrivals.
Carlos, the organizer, said he counted maybe 130 cars.
Carlos, the organizer, said he counted maybe 130 cars.
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I'll be ready next time....
Replacing my stock 1st Aid kit with this....
DREX SHOW US YOUR CAR>>>>ARRRRRR
Replacing my stock 1st Aid kit with this....
DREX SHOW US YOUR CAR>>>>ARRRRRR
Last edited by C230 Sport Coup; Nov 17, 2008 at 04:24 AM.
