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Old Nov 13, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 02:30 AM
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I'm down as a maybe (if body shop gets car done), '01 CLK55.
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 09:16 AM
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I'm down as a maybe (if body shop gets car done), '01 CLK55.
Got you down on the list.
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 11:50 AM
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Do you think Malibu Canyon or Kannan would be better than Topanga Canyon?
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 02:41 PM
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Do you think Malibu Canyon or Kannan would be better than Topanga Canyon?
I sent you a PM.
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 12:35 PM
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 12:58 PM
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Change me from maybe to coming.
Updated your status.
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Old Nov 20, 2012 | 10:41 AM
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Old Nov 20, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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What location will you guys finish after the Topanga drive?

I'm asking because i'm coming from the valley so i might be going around in circle.
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Old Nov 20, 2012 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by JamE55
What location will you guys finish after the Topanga drive?

I'm asking because i'm coming from the valley so i might be going around in circle.
The route will be leaving from Santa Monica PCH 1 up through highway 27 Topanga Canyon and taking a break somewhere where 27 Topanga Canyon and Muholland Drive intersect.

We will then go back through Muholland Drive to the Muholland Highway and finally connecting to Old Topanga Canyon road.

Once we reach PCH 1 we will pull into an empty parking lot for a surprise raffle

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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:53 AM
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:09 PM
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My last post until tomorrow's meet:

Date/Time:
November 24th 10am (The drive will start at 11am)

Location:
Denny's
1560 Lincoln Boulevard,
Santa Monica, CA

If anyone else wants to join us just come to the meeting place.

Sign-up list as of 11/23/2012:

1) Capn - 05' C55
2) IW IE IS IT IA - 12' C Class Sport
3) Normandie4life - 08' C300
4) B R - '08 GranTurismo (Maybe)
5) LAMB09 - 11' C63
6) bhamg - 06' M Coupe
7) _AMG_ - 09' C63
8) jserio - '99 CLK320 Cabriolet
9) MNL ICE - '08 C63
10) Rollnnn - '05 C230K (Maybe)
11) DON KING - '05 CLK500 (Maybe)
12) Hammer124 - 93' 190E (Maybe)
13) cascade - '11 E350 Sport
14) firstshadow - '03 C32 (Maybe)
15) Merc-Skycap - '08 C63
16) for_my_2sk - '08 S2000 CR (Maybe)
17) Notorious - '06 Noble M400
18) dboutros - '12 C63 (Maybe)
19) CaliTheKid - '13 C63 (Maybe)
20) PelicaParts.com - '01 996T
21) boxeswithknobs - 01' CLK55 (Maybe)
22) moshpitking - 06' E55 (Maybe)
23) cjtcolor - '13 Cooper (Maybe)
24) BLACK MARKT - '13 F10 M5 (Maybe)
25) TEASPOONGUY - '00 S2000 (Maybe)
26) CHECKERED - 05' S4 (Maybe)
27) kiwi29 - 09' 328i
28) Skchamaa11 - 01' 330ci (Maybe)
29) SCed - 02' 330ci (Maybe)
30) JinMao - 11' BMW 335i (Maybe)
31) CA SLK55 - 06' SLK55
32) Durkation- 06' SLK350 (Maybe)
33) gizx1020- 04' SLK32/05' CLK55
34) 805C55 - 05' C55
35) ?
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 07:24 PM
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 03:18 AM
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Hey Capn - Unfortunately I'm still in Vegas and can't make this run. Looks like you're going to have a great turnout...thanks...!
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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Nice to meet everyone that I met, I was hoping to talk to more of you before the day was done, but my transmission decided to start acting up so I bailed & headed home a little earlier than I planned. Hope everyone had fun.
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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 12:57 AM
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Pictures and write-up courtesy of Durkalton:

Awesome day today!! We had about as many cars as there were on the sign-up sheet if you took out the (Maybe)'s . The guy with the Noble didn't show! Boo!! Was really looking forward to ogling that car. Oh well.

From this forum we had Mike ("CA SLK55"), Guy ("gizx1020") and Jason ("LynxFX", in the Audi TT-RS) and myself. I think the Maserati is owned by "B R" who is also a forum member here.

At the initial meet-up point (Denny's in Santa Monica). A little of everything; Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, Maserati, BMW, Mini Cooper, S2000, Corvette.






The drive itself got off to a rocky start. We were all looking for 10-W but there is no such thing when you are that close to the coast, so we passed over the interstate, and then pandemonium with cars scattering in every direction.

Everyone individually and in small groups started making their way to Topanga Canyon and when we got there, some folks were already waiting. After hanging out at the base of Topanga for a while to allow more people to catch up, we were off!:



Break at the supermarket near Mulholland Highway. The organizer Amir ("Juggarnaut") raffled off a track day at Willow ($175 value) courtesy of Extreme Speed Track Events (extremespeedtrackevents.com) and Mike won it!!!!!



After the break we took part of Mulholland to Stunt Road, then Saddleback and finally down Tuna Canyon. I don't think anyone in the group left at that point, besides Jason and me was familiar with the road. It is always awesome to take new people down this. Very enthusiastic responses all around . At the bottom of Tuna:






So after that run led by Jason, several of us were up for another jaunt down Tuna, which means finding another way up, since Tuna Canyon itself is one-way.
I took the matte M5 and the Mini Cooper back up along Malibu Canyon, Piuma, Schueren, Saddle Back and down again to Tuna Canyon. The second run was just as fun as the first. The Cooper was keeping up with me, but the tires were squealing something fierce. I was afraid he was gonna lose it, but he never did.
Some pics at the Saddleback from the second run




All in all a great day. I had a lot of fun and got my money's worth considering that it was a 2 hour drive each way to get to this. Very fun. Tuna Canyon and the other roads around Malibu are still some of my favorites in Southern California. Let's do it again soon, guys!!!

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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 01:34 AM
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Oi, Cap'n! Looks like you're linking directly to the attachments on slkworld, which means people won't be able to see them unless they have an account there. You're going to have to save the attachments and then relink them here I guess...
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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 08:59 AM
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Oi, Cap'n! Looks like you're linking directly to the attachments on slkworld, which means people won't be able to see them unless they have an account there. You're going to have to save the attachments and then relink them here I guess...
I'll do that, thanks Drew.

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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 04:03 PM
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Darn I wished I checked the forums sooner. I would have defiantly gone. When is your next meet?
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 02:30 PM
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We will be doing an ongoing meet on the LAST Saturday of each month in Santa Monica. Please visit the link and reply to it if you are interested in going:

https://mbworld.org/forums/events-ga...ica-meets.html

For the latest info/pics of the meet please join our facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/eurotopia.santamonica

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anyone wanna do this again? another day? I didnt see this post unfortunately.
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Old Jan 27, 2014 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Clk2C55
anyone wanna do this again? another day? I didnt see this post unfortunately.
This run was a long time ago! Amer has since turned it into a regular monthly event. Check out http://eurotopian.com/thread/142/who-eurotopia to find out more.
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This run was a long time ago! Amer has since turned it into a regular monthly event. Check out http://eurotopian.com/thread/142/who-eurotopia to find out more.
Thanks Durk
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Old Feb 11, 2014 | 02:31 PM
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I forgot to mention that since our events are now private you will have to regsiter (free) account to view event details.
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