Cars and Coffee - Great Falls, VA - Photo Thread

It was the PCA club race at Summit Point this weekend. They were all headed there afterwards.

 

928 Frenzy (a national 928 event) was going on in DC last weekend.

 

Despite the rain and general gloominess, there were actually some interesting cars at Katie's this past Saturday (October fourth). Eric (Zausner) brought his Falconer V12-powered Vicky for the second time. Must be "interesting" driving a 1200 horsepower car on cold, wet roads! Also, it was the first time I've seen a BMW i8 "in the wild", so to speak. An impressive piece of engineering. I almost walked right past the Underground Racing Gallardo that was there, thinking it was "just another" Gallardo. Nigh-on double the Gallardo's original 552 horsepower rating is a bit bonkers. As far as F-cars go, there was a dark blue 308 that I thought was gorgeous. Don't think I'd ever seen a 308 in that color. Congratulations to the owner, if he's on Fchat.

On another note, I bought that silver Alfa Spider that was parked around the side with the "for sale" sign on it. It's my first Italian car and also the first car I've ever bought, period. I look forward to many adventures with it in the months and years to come!

Finally, can anyone direct me to a photo-posting tutorial thread? Is there a size/pixel limit on this site?

Thank you,
~Mike

 

When you reply there is a section called Manage Attachments. From there you will get a pop up allowing you to navigate to the files on your computer and upload them. This pop up shows you the size limits for each file type. (See screen shots below)

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Thank you for the info.

~Mike

 

From 10/18/2014

Always some interesting stuff at Katie's. My highlights were the Datsun pickup truck with the twin turbo v8 in the back, the Radical, and the restomod Audi 80 GL.
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Visiting a great car show in Great Falls, Va.: - The Washington Post
John Kelly wrote a nice piece in The Post the other day.

 

That is a nice article. Gotta love Eric's sense of humor! I'm actually glad Jay didn't show up, because I got there very late, last week!

I finally bought my first Italian sports car (though not a Ferrari). It's a 1984, Series 3, Alfa-Romeo Spider Veloce. In fact, it's actually my first car purchase, ever! It has rust in the usual spots, but the mechanicals are solid and it starts and runs great, has a new clutch and, as a bonus, the top doesn't leak! I bought it as a driver to enjoy until I can afford to have the rust fixed.

In any case, I just registered it on Monday, so this'll be my first time driving it. Should be at Katie's in a half-hour, or so.

~Mike

 

Does anyone know if Katie's is on again? The FB page has not been updated and there were several messages suggesting that things are open. Tnx.

 

From what I am hearing yes.

 

Seeing a bunch of stuff posted on IG that it is open again. Not sure how crowded it is now. I may try to go this weekend.

 

Responding to my own earlier question - I went last weekend and it was rocking.

 

Anyone here still frequenting Katie's. Went last weekend and was shocked how light the turnout was. Normally on that nice of a day i would have ended up parking in the back or across the street near Safeway. I know they have had some issues lately with revving/burnouts/speeding. Is this the beginning of the end?

I will post some of the photos I tool shortly.

 

I am afraid it is.

Things may need to cool off for a bit to see if there is a chance of a revival.

I am not excited to wake up at 5 am on a weekend just to find front row parking, just to be told we are being reckless somehow.

Hope things improve soon but I am not optimistic at this point.

 

A few shots from when I went a few weeks ago.

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