Sign in here and let me know if you can make it. Also, I’d like to have a late summer local meet at Owings Mills Mall on a weekday evening in September before the PA meet. Let me know what days would be good for everyone.

Chris

Click here for a map to the parking lot with address.

While many of us tend to be DIY’ers and work on our own cars, often it’s just better to let a pro handle it.

In order to better serve the local E38 community, this is going to be a list of independent BMW specialists and other shops that can help you out. If you have had good or bad luck with any shop in your area from Pennsylvania to Virginia, post that info here. Hopefully this will end up being a great resource for local owners. If you have a shop and want to let people know about it, post here, as well.

I’ve been meeting some new faces, and I hope to see you there! Watch this space for more info as we get closer.

View map of meet location

Chris

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Spring Meet is done!

The meet was a rousing success. We had 13 cars in total show up, 11 that were able to make it on the tour. Big thanks to all that showed up and braved the possible inclement weather (which held off for the most part). Check in the gallery here for pics of the event. Some for your pleasure (click to enlarge):

Date is now Dec 6th, meeting up at Security Square mall again between 1-2pm, and touring to food. It’d be good to see some of the faces that didn’t make it up to the Philly group meet this last time. I’m going to try and get us into Full Moon cafe, so I’d need a tentative head count to let them know in advance.

Log in and let me know! You can also often reach me at 410.375.4899

Chris

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Fall’s here! Lets see some E38 and leaf peeping photos!!!!

To meet up withthe Philly grtoup and Edwin, we’re going to meet up at the MD House on I-95 by 9am, then head on up to the following meeting place:

Meet at the Triumph Brewing Company in New Hope, PA and drive along the Delaware river. There are parking spots all around the brewery — and another huge lot located all the way at the end. Depending on how many folks show up, we may opt to have lunch here, as well.

Triumph Brewing Co.
400 Union Square Drive, New Hope, PA

**PLAN “B”:** If available parking becomes a problem at Triumph’s lots, approximately 300 yards past the Union Square plaza on Rt 179 (aka West Bridge St) is the New Hope/Solebury Middle school on the right side. We can easily relocate the group there if need be.

Anyone needing to contact me that morning can call my cell, 410-375-4899. Hopefully I’ll be on the road by 8 am…

ChrisV

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375

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If anyone wants to meet up at my house between 1 and 2 pm before heading down there. The house address is 514 Roland Ave

in Pikesville, MD

The actual meet is at “B” on this map:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=clifton+park+baltimore+md&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.252269,70.488281&ie=UTF8&ll=39.321816,-76.581745&spn=0.014541,0.034418&z=15

Summer is here and it’s time to plan a summer meet. Something that we can get all members out to, and invite our other regional friends (like the guys from Philly and points north, as well as any Southern owners that would like to come up). To that end, I’d like to have a quick, kind of impromptu gathering this Friday evening to pick a date and location. So I’m inviting all the local Baltimore area members to come out to the Owings Mills Mall parking lot (Front side, off of Red Run) at 7 pm Friday (June 26). We’ll gather there then cruise to food.

Hope to see some new faces!

Chris

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More details here: http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/648359

Let’s meet at Maryland House, on I-95 by about 9:30 AM, so we can get up there at 11AM. Anyone that can’t get tehre by then, the directions are on bimmerboards. Just follow the link above. This is where we’ll meet:
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Also, it’s time to think about an actual local May meet and tour. I’d like to do this later in the month, when it’s more likely to be nice weather. Again, meet and greet at Security Square Mall parking lot, but I’d like to find a dinner location to tour to. Anyone that has any good ideas, just leave a comment and we can pick.

Lastly, I’m thinking it might be fun to just have a monthly meet at a local restaurant on a Friday evening, like the first Friday of every month, meet up at a local diner or something. What’s everyone’s take on that? Or we could meet here at the house and maybe do a bit of DIY too. There are alot of local 7 series owners around here. it’d bee cool to regularly see a group of the cars together… And I have the code readers to reset oil change lights and read and reset Check engine lights if anyone needs it.

Chris V.

When: Saturday April 11th, 2009
Rain/Snow Date: April 18th, 2009
Time: Noon at Sonic
What: Meet and Cruise

to Sonic Drive In in MORGANTOWN, PA
Address:
850 CROSSINGS BOULEVARD
MORGANTOWN, PA 19520

MAP:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&sour…0&z=14&iwloc=A

More info here: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1170818

The other news is that on April 29, the Big E is coming back over from Europe, and is going to be in Philly with the Philly group of E38 owners, much like last year’s gathering. if you’d like to get your car’s computer recoded, this is the event to be at. Edwin is a great guy, and extremely knowledgeable about these cars. He’ll be there to the 7th of May. I’d like to meet up locally with a group and head on up there the morning of either the 2nd or 3rd of May.

That’s about it for now. Let me know what weekend in May would be good for everybody to get together locally, and think of some good place to cruise to dinner.

ChrisV

Additional April Fun!

April 18th, at 8pm, Mobtown Theater, Hampden MD (Baltimore)

Come see Mrs V. along with the rest of the Drop Three Improv Comedy Troupe do their thing on stage! If you ever saw the TV show, Who’s Line Is It, you’ll understand what’s happening. Drop Three does improvisational and sketch comedy, based on topics and suggestions from the audience. Hilarity ALWAYS ensues! Tickets are $10 each at the door, and snacks and beverages are available.

Mobtown Theater
3600 Clipper Mill Rd. Suite 114
Baltimore, MD 21211