Bimmerfest--Santa Barbara, CA

[G-Man]

You'll never find a hotel room in Santa Barbara this late in the game unless you have real deep pockets. For BF attendees who are starting to panic because you can't find a place to stay in SB without taking out a bank loan to pay SB lodging rates. May I suggest that you try Lompoc in North Santa Barbara county. Lompoc is only 45 minutes away from SB, it has a Embassy Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Days Inn, Quality Inn and a few other motels. Lompoc is on Hwy 1 so its a short beautiful drive down to SB and rates are much cheaper than SB. Another suggestion is Beullton, you can stay in the inn made famous in the movie Sideways.



G-Man
Who lives in N. Santa Barbara County, an hour drive to BF 07.
91 318i 4 door 5 speed, M42
89 325i 4 door 5 speed, M20 (new acquisition)
86 325 5 speed, M20 eta (daughters DD)
74 2002tii 5 speed, lsd, etc.., M10
70 2800 M30, Euro spec, totally stock, 100K original KM's, (I'm taking this old school beauty to BF)

[christophbmw]

Man, I registered and I am still planning to head for Bimmerfest but for some reason I thought Santa Barbara was closer to Sacramento. It's almost by LA!! We'll see.

its about 7 hours away going 70-75mph i have done it in six and a half once but that was in the middle of the night. oh and if you go, take 101 its less boring than 5 and only takes about 30min more.

[jpod999]

So we gonna meet up at the place that christophbmw posted about?

[Eurospec]

Too early for me. I'll probably be joining the main caravan heading out of LA.

[christophbmw]

So we gonna meet up at the place that christophbmw posted about?

i will be there. geuss its just you and me.

[jpod999]

In the email sent out by Bimmerfest today, they said not to line up at the gate.  So what if we met up at the aforementioned place at 8:30?

[christophbmw]

In the email sent out by Bimmerfest today, they said not to line up at the gate.  So what if we met up at the aforementioned place at 8:30?

sounds good, 8:30 then? i'll be there at 8.

[FL318is]

Pics Plz!

[zav3n]

im leaving in about 2 hours.. i see you guys there!!

[jpod999]

Well that was fun seeing Christoph and Eurospec(briefly).  Eurospec, when you walked up to me and said hi I was like, "uh oh, did I completely forget who this guy is?"  And then you said who you were.  It surprised me at the number of E30 318i/s's there were.

[ZeroG]

I saw this chic crusing around with this T-Shirt that said on the front: "I am only with my boyfriend". and on the back it said: "For his M42".  

It was so awesome, now where do I get one?

[jpod999]

That was christophbmw's girlfriend.  I wondered the same thing but he took off from the show before I could ask him.

[ZeroG]

That was christophbmw's girlfriend.  I wondered the same thing but he took off from the show before I could ask him.

Calling christophbmw....  Get in this thread!  

[Eurospec]

Nice meeting you JP. Where were you parked? I didn't see your car.

Overall it was a blast. I was overwhelmed by what I saw.

[christophbmw]

I saw this chic crusing around with this T-Shirt that said on the front: "I am only with my boyfriend". and on the back it said: "For his M42".  

It was so awesome, now where do I get one?

that was my woman:rolleyes:  .....the S14 guys at the end of our row where giving her shit for it, they where saying the M42 was a slow car....kinda sad if you ask me, if i owned an M3 i wouldnt act all cocky like i own the place. i didnt see eurospec, i had to meet some freinds in pismo. sorry JP i kinda ditched you:o , i am developing the film right now and i will have pics up tommorow. what time did you get there eurospec? i really wanted to see your car. im definetly going next year! next time i will stay for the whole time!

pics tommorow!