DGRR 2009 - Weather update...

[Herblenny]

Well, its hard to tell 7 days back.. But here is what weather.com predicts for DGRR 2009... Hope they are WRONG!!

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5065&stc=1&d=1239373275

I'll update this daily til I leave Bham..

Phil

[ZGN]

I like the rain, until i get my car painted it makes my paint swirls go away!

[GorillaRE]

OOOW....Drifto-roonie!! Sounds fun!

-J

[djmtsu]

OOOW....Drifto-roonie!! Sounds fun!

-J

Don't think that would go over well.

[WE3RX7]

Accuweather.com yesterday said rain friday, sunny sat and sunday morning, and rain again sunday night...

It seems to be similar to last year.... we'll have to keep an eye on it I guess..

[Trout2]

As long as it doesn't snow, I was looking at the tail of the dragon website the other day and they said it snowed this past Monday.

Jack

[FDSeoul]

this is a joke right, rain+rwd+High HP=:(

[HDP]

Well, the storms that just rolled through north Alabama left their mark... the 7 sustained pretty heavy hail damage. Still plan to go, so don't anyone make fun of my swiss cheese hood and karate-chop R1 wing.

[Brent]

Very sorry to hear that Don. Hopefully it's not too bad.

[HDP]

Very sorry to hear that Don. Hopefully it's not too bad.

Unfortunately, it is... looks like they will have to replace the hood, maybe both front fenders and the R1 wing and probably new paint after the remainder of the hail dings are removed.

[somchhir1]

Unfortunately, it is... looks like they will have to replace the hood, maybe both front fenders and the R1 wing and probably new paint after the remainder of the hail dings are removed.
I definately feel your pain, my 7 sustained hail damaged 2 years ago...in Pinson, Al. that's when i went CF Hood....I have a SSM R1 wing if your interested.....

[GorillaRE]

Don't think that would go over well.
Haha sure it would :driving:

-J

[IH8DSM]

hopefully it wont rain the whole drive up there like last year, and if it rains it rains still means a fun weekend.

[sk8world]

Unfortunately, it is... looks like they will have to replace the hood, maybe both front fenders and the R1 wing and probably new paint after the remainder of the hail dings are removed.



Yeah...Yeah... Thats what happened to mine also. I guess they will have to paint mine also. Ball hammer and rag going to work....:rolleyes:

[N.RotaryTech]

Edit:
I hope all this rain doesnt bring the frogs out again this year.

Stop posting under my account 88turboii :cuss:

But the frogs, they'll probably be back. :puke:

[rotarybeat1287]

lmao! That was the worst ever. That late night run. haha. Running the gap @ 1am in a torrential down pour. haha.

[Herblenny]

Don, I was at Leo's shop today and it started to hail.. Luckily it was kind of a small hail and I don't think any damage occurred.. But it freaked me out, especially in my newly acquired car.. I guess I'll find out for sure tomorrow when I take the layer of pollen off and see if it in fact did any damage..

Hope all will work out for you and hope you get a brand new paint job!

[RIZZXX7]

Man I hope I don't hit none of that crap when I head out there!!!

[Herblenny]

Man I hope I don't hit none of that crap when I head out there!!!

I usually don't see hail.. First time in about 4-5 years.

[Proxy One]

Well, my STi got some hail damage last night, just the hood though as its the only thing thats aluminum. Its gonna be fun finding one or I guess Ill just get a carbon fiber one.

[djmtsu]

Am I the only one who uses their garage to protect their car?!?!?!?!

I can't believe all the damage you guys incurred, and the tornado was 2 miles from my house!!!!

The 3, the Jeep and the 626 all survived in the hail. The FC and the Miata were garaged.

[HDP]

Am I the only one who uses their garage to protect their car?!?!?!?!

I don't have a garage....... yet.

[RIZZXX7]

i dont know how you do it...i hate working on my car outside

[HDP]

I don't really have a choice. Here's a few pics I just took.

[RIZZXX7]

damn!!!

[Max777]

dude, just go wingless, or get the '99 spec, it looks oh so sexy. :D

As far as dings go btw, you guys got nothing compared to my car, lmao.


PS: I'm taking a hobbyist autobody course at my local college during the summer in order to try to get the car to look half way decent again, right now I'm thinking pearly white, but I might just swirl up another batch of the factory "Brave Blue" and lay down some flake, and massive polishing to make it shiny.

[Herblenny]

WOW Don, That's some serious hail damage! How big were those hails? I checked my car today and nothing.. Sorry to see the damage

[ZGN]

My gosh, If one of those would have hit you in the head...

[ROTORX7Holly]

Damn Don that really sucks. At least a car can be repaired. I knew another rotorhead whose car was damaged by hail. Before he had it repaired, he just said it was "textured for her pleasure".

[RIZZXX7]

"textured for her pleasure".


lmao:rofl:

[HDP]

WOW Don, That's some serious hail damage! How big were those hails? I checked my car today and nothing.. Sorry to see the damage

Took this with my camera phone when the storm passed...

[djmtsu]

Wow!!!!

[g's 3rd gen]

Wow is right! Geez. Sorry for the damage.

[GorillaRE]

Holy crap that's some big hail.


-J

[RIZZXX7]

that would kill you if you got hit with those on the freeway!!

[J2R]

My jaw dropped when I saw your spoiler... :(

[Herblenny]

HOLY SMOKES!! That thing is HUGE!

[djmtsu]

Looks like the weather has changed again. Only chance of rain is Sunday, and right now it is only around 20%.

Woot!!

[bop_rocco]

Hate to see that.

[Herblenny]

Looks like the weather has changed again. Only chance of rain is Sunday, and right now it is only around 20%.

Woot!!

Awesome!!

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5093&stc=1&d=1239587676

[orion84gsl]

Sweet. With any luck that rain will wait til Monday afternoon to rear its ugly head.

[IH8DSM]

excellent, im ready for some nice weather

[RIZZXX7]

I just hope it stays that way

[Kentetsu]

Wow, it like a buy one get one free! Both dry, and wet runs.. Whoooohoooo! Glad I'm strapping on fresh tires for the trip, rather than using the ones that are "broken in" (down to the wear bars).

Should be fun either way. I won't melt. :)

[Herblenny]

Updated weather...

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e79/herblenny/weather3.jpg

[RIZZXX7]

its crazy how much the weather changes over there

[Herblenny]

It sure is kind of crazy up there.. Maybe because of the man made lakes :)

I remember 3-4 years ago when Tornado went thru near by and we had to move trees out of the road and such.. Then... all the sudden perfect sunny day!

[SPICcnmFD]

The problem is it's to hard to predict weather 7 days in advance. Even 2-3 days in advance is usually seems to change a good bit.

[orion84gsl]

But they have Doppler guys, DOPPLER. It's foolproof.

[Herblenny]

Weather Update..

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5098&stc=1&d=1239715838

At this point, I'm pretty confident that Friday will be a Super nice day :)

[88turboii]

nice!

[Herblenny]

Alright.. This is my last update til I'm at NVNC..

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5125&stc=1&d=1239817951

I think its safe to say its going to be a beautiful weekend minus Sunday...

[HDP]

Alright.. This is my last update til I'm at NVNC..

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5125&stc=1&d=1239817951

I think its safe to say its going to be a beautiful weekend minus Sunday...

Only a 40% chance it will be bad weather... and it might hold of till late Sunday.

[Herblenny]

Only a 40% chance it will be bad weather... and it might hold of till late Sunday.

That is true.. I'm crossing my fingers:)

[Redhawkjrt]

3 nice days out of 4 virtually guaranteed, and better than even chance of dry conditions on the 4th day, IN THE SPRINGTIME?!?! We should all go buy lottery tickets while the gods are still smiling!

[b&brx8]

hot damn!!!! The weather here in ohio suks! Glad to get the hell out of dodge for a few days.. See you tomorrow!!!