GMR mountain run part2 - who's in?

[A6C5V842]

UPDATE - in bold

Where = Glendale Mountain Road run:

When = Sunday 6th June, 8am.


OK guys, here's the deal.

Meeting place:

McDonald's
1835 East Route 66
Glendora, CA 91740-3866

In this little shopping area there's a Starbucks, Del Taco, Stater Bros, American Diner, Shell fuel station, donuts and a few other places.

Huge car park and a good place to meet as it's right at the bottom of the mountain.

We could meet around 8am to catch the coolest air and get a jump on any poss weekend crowd. Plus some people will take longer to arrive so it's a good place to wait, have a coffee etc until everyone arrives.
Then we just make our way to the start of the climb.

The route is a real bitch to plan if you want to drive the "actual GMR" itself.

As of right now I'm thinking this:

The one road people often leave out of their GMR run is the GMR itself!!. This seems a shame as it looks to be easily the most fun way of getting up to the Ridge Road. Problem is that starting here makes the route much shorter than starting at the more traditional places. But I think going up the actual GMR would be great. We can all do other routes/runs at other times. In fact there's a big meet the following weekend that is doing the more traditional route!

So by cutting the full route by around 1/3rd we'll be up and down pretty quickly. My guess is about 1 1/2 to 2 hours max with a couple of stops to view/take pics etc. We can easily find somewhere to gather again at the bottom where we can grab food/coffee etc afterwards.


So here's the route with start and ends:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=1835+East+Route+66,+Glendora,+CA&daddr=34.203967,-117.808821+to:Glendora+Ridge+Rd+to:550+East+Baseli ne+Road&geocode=FfDECAIdvw76-CmLHkBfVS_DgDEkb0gAKZpNQw%3B%3BFZxmCgId0qb8-A%3BFbekCAId-PL7-CmjIa33TDDDgDERLdyZ577BqA&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0,1&mrsp=1&sz=17&sll=34.205698,-117.804615&sspn=0.00819,0.016426&ie=UTF8&ll=34.179288,-117.761421&spn=0.131078,0.262814&t=h&z=13


My thought right now is to stagger the starts so that we don't bunch up too much and loose anyone's rhythm. I would also like to find a spot to stop and take pics on the accent if possible.

Let me know who's up for it.

Please leave your name and what you're driving - it makes it easier to form a list.

Also please contact anyone you know who might like to go, from other forums etc, and point them to this thread.

Anyone interested in this should subscribe to this thread to stay up to date.

Cheers all.


http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss315/GMSQD/Girls%20and%20cars/quattro2small.jpg

[Slave IV]

Sounds cool to me

[A6C5V842]

Sounds cool to me

Nice.

[RAudi Driver]

I'm in if I'm not working. Ed Lee in Blue RS4.

[Quattro]

ill be in vegas :D

next one

[whartung]

perhaps.........

[kampfer]

Yeah I'm in
my wheels suck but this will be a good excuse to get new ones
Alex
Audi A3 2007 2.0T
I'll either be coming from Rancho Cucamonga or San Pedro

[A 4 Awesome]

count me in

[A6C5V842]

count me in

Nice~~!

[quithatin714]

count me In
b5 Nogaro s4

[A6C5V842]

count me In
b5 Nogaro s4

Nice. You have an S8 as well???

That is almost certainly my next car.

Sweet. Be good to meet you.

[Sparticus892]

ill go...rolling in my silver B5 A4

[A6C5V842]

ill go...rolling in my silver B5 A4

Great. I think we're into double figures easy now. I'm going to contact the restaurant at the top and make sure they know there's a mob descending on them. Good food, drink and company - what more do you want on a Sunday?!?

Cheers.

[Sparticus892]

Great. I think we're into double figure easy now. I'm going to contact the restaurant at the top and make sure they know there's a mob descending on them. Good food, drink and company - what more do you want on a Sunday?!?

Cheers.

whats the name of the restaurant?

[A6C5V842]

whats the name of the restaurant?

It's called the Mount Baldy Lodge. I ate there with a friend from the UK last year. Excellent food, good choice of drinks, decent prices and great service.

:)

[BrandonF]

I'm a maybe on this one. 8 am is pretty early for me. But who knows i haven't been to an audizine run yet so i'm going to try my best.

I'll either be driving an A3 or an S5. I dunno which one yet.

[eurotuned00]

Im in w my A3

first time for this sort of gathering and i have probably be meeting everyone for the first time

[A6C5V842]

Im in w my A3

first time for this sort of gathering and i have probably be meeting everyone for the first time

Sounds great. I guess we'll do all the introduction at the bottom of the hill.

If anyone here doesn't go to the Pasadena meeting every other Wednesday they might want to head over there next Wednesday for a meet, greet and chat.

Cheers

[A6C5V842]

I'm a maybe on this one. 8 am is pretty early for me. But who knows i haven't been to an audizine run yet so i'm going to try my best.

I'll either be driving an A3 or an S5. I dunno which one yet.

The S5 would be sweet!

Be great if you can make it. Looks like we've got quite a gathering in prospect.

Cheers.

[A6C5V842]

Hi all,

OK, I'll be contacting the Mount Baldy Lodge eatery to let them know they'll have a mob of Euro drivers heading their way next Sunday. I have little idea of how long it takes to drive the GMR but I'm pretty sure we'll be at the top long before lunch. Once there can can get eats/coffees - indeed anything people want. We could even finish the accent and drive all the way to the ski lift car park and hang there for a while if so desired.

I think I'm the only one so far who's flying the A6 flag - as usual - LOL!

So let's see if we can get a few more takers over the next few days. I'll be at the Pasadena meet on Wednesday and hopefully I'll be able to drum up some more cars there. Once we have a pretty firm idea on numbers I'll post more info and thoughts around mid week.

Cheers guys and looking forward to seeing everyone.

Glyn/Alex/That Brit bloke!

[eebs]

If I can get a new tire, and a Balance this week, maybe I'll head of from San Diego. Never been to an AZ meet.

[A6C5V842]

If I can get a new tire, and a Balance this week, maybe I'll head of from San Diego. Never been to an AZ meet.

Sounds good. Drop a note on this thread to let us know. Be good to meet you - especially as you're driving such a long way for it.

Cheers.

[oatzel]

perhaps.........

are you back for the summer?

[johntnethk]

I may be able to make it, black B8 sedan. Looking forward to it, will be my first AZ meet as well.

[A6C5V842]

I may be able to make it, black B8 sedan. Looking forward to it, will be my first AZ meet as well.

Be great to meet you if you can make it.

I think we now have 12 and counting!!!!!

GREAT,

Cheers.

[RAudi Driver]

can't make the 6th. Enjoy!

[whartung]

are you back for the summer?

just finished the drive back a couple hours ago. back for at least the summer.

[A6C5V842]

See UPDATED post #1

[kampfer]

Damn ok I ordered new rotors and pads I hope I get them in time
if not I'm pretty sure I'll still go but I'll take it much slower

[A6C5V842]

Damn ok I ordered new rotors and pads I hope I get them in time
if not I'm pretty sure I'll still go but I'll take it much slower

LOL!

Alex, believe me, I'll not be racing my heavy a6 up there either. Just get it smoothly flowing from corner to corner and enjoy the ride!

Hope to see you tomorrow in Pasadena.

[kampfer]

LOL!

Alex, believe me, I'll not be racing my heavy a6 up there either. Just get it smoothly flowing from corner to corner and enjoy the ride!

Hope to see you tomorrow in Pasadena.

yes for sure I'll go no fucking way am I missing again
but yeah my brakes , dude Sunday I got some new tires and in the process of installing my wheels again I checked my brake pads and
ugggg they are about 3mm thick now so I need to replace them... but I ordered Adam's rotors last week so I hope I get them in this week
Although he said 2 to 3 weeks... worst case scenario I take the A4 although she is soooo slow

[A6C5V842]

yes for sure I'll go no fucking way am I missing again
but yeah my brakes , dude Sunday I got some new tires and in the process of installing my wheels again I checked my brake pads and
ugggg they are about 3mm thick now so I need to replace them... but I ordered Adam's rotors last week so I hope I get them in this week
Although he said 2 to 3 weeks... worst case scenario I take the A4 although she is soooo slow

3mm!!!!

Might see you through if you're gentle and use your chassis/engine more than your brakes. I will be replacing my own brakes for much up rated units in the near future but for this run the old ones will have to suffice.

[kampfer]

3mm!!!!

Might see you through if you're gentle and use your chassis/engine more than your brakes. I will be replacing my own brakes for much up rated units in the near future but for this run the old ones will have to suffice.

yeah really worn down but ok I think I'll replace the pads this saturday
and when I get the rotors just do the front pads over again IF they need
to be replaced I know people say you shouldn't do that replace rotors
and not pads but I'm pretty sure I wont have the these oem rotors for
more then another week

[Bonger]

Ugh I'll be at Taste the Nation in Culver City. Next time.

[A6C5V842]

***see latest update to post #1***

[fg_carz18]

Still hesitating, haven't really brought my A4 MT to a mountain run...am I man enough for it?? haha or just bring the Q5 LOL

[kampfer]

Still hesitating, haven't really brought my A4 MT to a mountain run...am I man enough for it?? haha or just bring the Q5 LOL

Q5 soooo cool

[A6C5V842]

Still hesitating, haven't really brought my A4 MT to a mountain run...am I man enough for it?? haha or just bring the Q5 LOL

To be honest it's not as big a deal as it's made out to be. You can take it pretty easy and just enjoy the spectacular views or you can push it a little and learn something about your chassis/tire combo. Personally I won't be banzai running it myself as I've just sprang a small oil leak which I can't get fixed until after the run.
Just bring whatever you want and have a little fun.

Waiting for thoughts on final start/gathering time from everyone but weather is looking great and I'm looking forward to a nice Sunday drive - LOL!!

[fg_carz18]

Q5 soooo cool

Haha, nice to meet you yesterday Alex...If I bring the Q5, I'm gonna be the only SUV driver hahaha

[kampfer]

Haha, nice to meet you yesterday Alex...If I bring the Q5, I'm gonna be the only SUV driver hahaha

but I want a Q5 sooo bad :(
and nice to meet you too

[A6C5V842]

Haha, nice to meet you yesterday Alex...If I bring the Q5, I'm gonna be the only SUV driver hahaha

That's OK. I'm the the only old guy in an A6!

:)

[fg_carz18]

but I want a Q5 sooo bad :(
and nice to meet you too

So Touareg is out of the picture now or what?

[Slave IV]

Saw a post asking about the early 8 am meeting time...I could definitely use more sleep on weekends and meet later but I'm also not going to miss this run because of a little sleep deprivation. Just let me know what time to be there but if there is a vote, I vote for a bit later.

[A6C5V842]

Saw a post asking about the early 8 am meeting time...I could definitely use more sleep on weekends and meet later but I'm also not going to miss this run because of a little sleep deprivation. Just let me know what time to be there but if there is a vote, I vote for a bit later.

Max,

It was just a thought as the route is shorter than the full version by about 10 miles.

Problem with changing the time now is that everyone will have to be notified. Unless they all subscribe to the thread I don't see a way to make that happen. To be honest, I see people not arriving until 8:30 - 9am anyway. So it's not a big deal.

I'll be there at 8 with coffee in hand. As people arrive it'll become a gathering so waiting won't be a gig issue I'm sure.

Cheers

[Slave IV]

Sounds good to me...I'll probably be one of the stragglers arriving around 8:15 but you're right...We most likely won't start the actual drive until around 9...

[fg_carz18]

To be honest it's not as big a deal as it's made out to be. You can take it pretty easy and just enjoy the spectacular views or you can push it a little and learn something about your chassis/tire combo. Personally I won't be banzai running it myself as I've just sprang a small oil leak which I can't get fixed until after the run.
Just bring whatever you want and have a little fun.

Waiting for thoughts on final start/gathering time from everyone but weather is looking great and I'm looking forward to a nice Sunday drive - LOL!!

Well I'm just worried about the slope of the mountain: not that steep/a lil' bit steep/very steep??? Don't wanna suffer driving my Manual Transmission to get up there hahaha XD

well im pretty sure im not the only MT driver that's going to attend

[kampfer]

So Touareg is out of the picture now or what?

no way I want that too
DAKAR rally spec

[Slave IV]

Well I'm just worried about the slope of the mountain: not that steep/a lil' bit steep/very steep??? Don't wanna suffer driving my Manual Transmission to get up there hahaha XD

well im pretty sure im not the only MT driver that's going to attend

huh? these kinds of roads are the reason you want a manual transmission...steeper slope = lower gear that YOU can select at will...

[jS4]

I work off of Lone Hill. I might have to take this route during lunch one day. I might be in. I need to check my rear brakes first.

b7s4

[fg_carz18]

huh? these kinds of roads are the reason you want a manual transmission...steeper slope = lower gear that YOU can select at will...

Lol I know for that part but I'm worried about traffic/delay that would require us to work more, to go up again -_-

I can do it but not a pro at it hehehe......I die more with my new clutch than my OEM ones LOL

[Slave IV]

Ah...just learning? No better way to force yourself to learn better/faster imo!

[fg_carz18]

Ah...just learning? No better way to force yourself to learn better/faster imo!

Indeed, just still not getting used to my new clutch...had it for awhile but still feels kinda deep compare to the old one

Started driving MT when I was 11 (Philippines..LOL)...but no racing experience haha...def encountered steep slopes but never been to real mountain

I'm pretty sure you guys have been to mt.high, if its the same slope then no prob at all ^^, .... but Mt. Baldy ski resort kind of steepness, can someone pick me up?? LOL

[A6C5V842]

Indeed, just still not getting used to my new clutch...had it for awhile but still feels kinda deep compare to the old one

Started driving MT when I was 11 (Philippines..LOL)...but no racing experience haha...def encountered steep slopes but never been to real mountain

I'm pretty sure you guys have been to mt.high, if its the same slope then no prob at all ^^, .... but Mt. Baldy ski resort kind of steepness, can someone pick me up?? LOL

You're going to spend 90% of your time in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears on the way up. I'll me surprised if anyone gets into 4th anywhere - although I don't know that road as good as some of these guys.

Hill climbs are all about chassis and throttle control. You want the car as smooth and flowing as possible between the corners. When you get it right it feels like you're floating but with grip!

If you want track/race experience I'm thinking of putting together a track day this summer. More on that as I get the idea together.

Cheers.

[Slave IV]

I'm already signed up for this track day no matter when it is ;)

[STASIS-FAN]

Alright boys...Im in...Im not gonna party too hard on saturday so I will be there....Driving an black A3 with red front audi rings

Cheers....see you guys there

[A6C5V842]

Alright boys...Im in...Im not gonna party too hard on saturday so I will be there....Driving an black A3 with red front audi rings

Cheers....see you guys there

Great news. I imagine the introductions are going to take a while as we now have quite a lot of cars.

What started out as a casual drive into the hills for me and a couple of others has turned into something pretty sweet. Can't wait to see everyone.

I'll be spending most of tomorrow working on my car in one small way or another. Bloody oil leak is going to stop me pushing it too hard but I'm still going to enjoy the handling.

Cheers

[eebs]

If my paycheck makes it here today or tomorrow, then I will get my ass up at 6am and roll with you guys lol (READ: If I am not drunk/hungover as shit i'll be there.) I'll be in my 01 A4.

[A6C5V842]

If my paycheck makes it here today or tomorrow, then I will get my ass up at 6am and roll with you guys lol (READ: If I am not drunk/hungover as shit i'll be there.) I'll be in my 01 A4.

Well let's all hope that both your head and check clears in time - LOL!

Be good to see you. We're doing a somewhat shorter run that the usual 40+ miles but it'll still be a hoot.

Cheers.

[peterparlay]

07 silver RS4

[A6C5V842]

07 silver RS4

Great. All these S/RS4's are going to give me a complex!
My two ton Autobahn jet is punching well into the heavyweight class compared to all your lean 'n' mean welterweight machines.

Be good to see you there.

Cheers.

Glyn

[whartung]

You're going to spend 90% of your time in 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears on the way up. I'll me surprised if anyone gets into 4th anywhere - although I don't know that road as good as some of these guys.


On the Angeles Crest run last year we found that the B5 S4's tended to stick to 2nd and 3rd, while the V8 S4 guys were mostly 3rd and 4th. Low end torque ftw

[A6C5V842]

On the Angeles Crest run last year we found that the B5 S4's tended to stick to 2nd and 3rd, while the V8 S4 guys were mostly 3rd and 4th. Low end torque ftw

Interesting. Maybe us Europeans like to the car to pull differently and choose gears accordingly. When I was on the GMR a couple of weeks ago it was pretty much all 1/2/3 gears on the way up. Maybe it's different at the top. I don't know as this is the first time I've been up to the top this direction.

Thanks for the info though.

Cheers,

Glyn

[BrandonF]

Ok I'm good to go. I'm be driving a black 2007 A3 MT. I'm going to bring my camera for pics.

[A6C5V842]

Brandon. Great news man. I think we have something like 15 cars now so if should be a good meet/drive. Looking forward to my first coffee of the day! Yep, its early. Cheers. Glyn

[SoCalS4Avant]

^ You were up very early, Glyn.

Hope you guys had a fun, safe time.

[A6C5V842]

^ You were up very early, Glyn.

Hope you guys had a fun, safe time.

Dan,

Great time. Limited numbers but I guess that's to be expected that early on a Sunday morning. It was the right choice though as by the time we were heading down again it was getting pretty hot.

Shot some very cool video with a car mount I devised. I hope to have it YouTubed in the next few days.

Cheers.

Glyn

[Slave IV]

Well, almost 3/4 of a tank of gas gone and my computer is telling me my overall mpg went down by .5 mpg... So it was pretty fun. Props to the S2000 that was on point near the end of the drive. Would have been cool to see more people show up but great fun nonetheless. Looking forward to the pics, vid and next cruise!

[A6C5V842]

Well, almost 3/4 of a tank of gas gone and my computer is telling me my overall mpg went down by .5 mpg... So it was pretty fun. Props to the S2000 that was on point near the end of the drive. Would have been cool to see more people show up but great fun nonetheless. Looking forward to the pics, vid and next cruise!

Max, Video is great. Real HD quality apart from the wind rushing over the little camera mic at &^%$ mph!

I may even just give it to you to edit if you like. Video is just another thing I'd like to get into but it's too much learning for an old dog like me!

G

[Slave IV]

cool... Probably no need to edit besides the starting point and then add some music. Lmk if you want to give it over or just need a hand doing it.

[A6C5V842]

cool... Probably no need to edit besides the starting point and then add some music. Lmk if you want to give it over or just need a hand doing it.

Yes mate. I also found out the reason the camera ceased operating is that in HD mode the maximum length of video is 10:30. I guess next time we need to drive faster!!!!

I can send you the vid or you can come grab it sometime. I really don't want to get into video editing and some of it is pretty boring. I think you could get about 5 good minutes out of it. Slam some serious music on it and we're rockin.

[BrandonF]

I want to see the video!! It looked quite good. I'm going to try and get pics up later today. I only took a couple, the lighting was too harsh.

[Slave IV]

Cool...I'm going to help get the video together sometime this week. Love to see the pics regardless of lighting.

[BrandonF]

Here are the only pics I took. I wish the lighting was better and possibly more cars....

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4681505988_31594aae76.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4680873419_974e13a7b4.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1296/4680872465_0b9941bd66.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4681502170_5e48cb1442.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4680868441_ac2743a3a6.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4681500724_f4ce1a0b2e.jpg

[Slave IV]

Still not bad considering....thanks!

[tiptronic]

Still not bad considering....thanks!

Wish i was able to join up w/ u guys.. but not being able to get to bed until 2am sunday a.m., I was not going to make it.

However, i ended up doing a local canyon/beach cruise sunday aftermoon, and discovered this little canyon road(s) in east Ventura.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/audistronic/IMG_3466.jpg
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/audistronic/IMG_3491.jpg

[SoCalS4Avant]

Wow, butterflies!

[Slave IV]

Nice....I was up until around 3am fwiw...dragged myself out of bed and didn't think I'd be able to stay awake...ended up having one of the best drives I've done in a while. Jeff, If you are around here, you would've loved it and I'll hit you up next time...

[Slave IV]

Wow, butterflies!

lol, I saw that poor couple frolicking right into my path...whoops.

[A6C5V842]

I only took a couple of pics.

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss315/GMSQD/Girls%20and%20cars/GMRCars2Small.jpg


http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss315/GMSQD/Girls%20and%20cars/BrandonEngineSmall.jpg

[BrandonF]

http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss315/GMSQD/Girls%20and%20cars/BrandonEngineSmall.jpg
I like it!

Here is a link to my flikr page if you want the hi-res pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34327655@N06/

[jay900]

dang, sorry i missed, i'm new to the forum, can you guys let me know the next gmr run? thanks a lot guys

[A6C5V842]

dang, sorry i missed, i'm new to the forum, can you guys let me know the next gmr run? thanks a lot guys

I guess the best thing to do is subscribe to any of these types of threads so you can keep up with this kind of stuff. It was a fun drive with some cool guys and I'm pretty sure we'll be putting together something else in the fairly near future.

Cheers

[Slave IV]

Put together the vid over the weekend but it's taking a really long time to upload...should be ready when I get home tonight.

[A6C5V842]

Put together the vid over the weekend but it's taking a really long time to upload...should be ready when I get home tonight.

Yes mate. Video is HUGE and slow when it comes to upload. I can't wait for the 4G tether solution to hit my EVO which will make my DSL look silly!

Can't wait to see what you did with the vid.

Cheers.

[Slave IV]

Nothing special...just cut the beginning and end to make it fit within the 10 min limit and added some music...

[A6C5V842]

Nice.

[Slave IV]

Ok, here it is...hope it's enjoyed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoJ8bF3kbNw

[A6C5V842]

Ok, here it is...hope it's enjoyed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoJ8bF3kbNw

Looks great. Interesting choice of music!

Thanks for getting this online.

NOTE:

Before anyone asks, I'd like to make it clear I had a pretty expensive camera rather cleverly (even if I say so myself) connected to my passenger door which was positioned outside the car just above the door mirror. This made it rather precarious and for much of the decent I was watching the camera in hope that it wasn't going to fly off somewhere - and therefore not watching the road as carefully as I should have been. Hence the other cars screaming off into the distance at times.
You'll be glad to know the camera survived nicely with only some light cleaning required where I had actually managed to get it far enough to the right on corners to hit the foliage!

It was a good run and I think you get a pretty accurate sense of speed from the vid.

Cheers,

Glyn

[Slave IV]

Thanks for the great camerawork!...brushing the side of the road on some of those shots...We'll have to figure something out to make the camera secure to a point where you don't need to worry about it and you can just drive. Music was just the first things I threw on that kinda fit and a little different.