ZHPMafia.com Tech Session at BMW of Vista -- the Recap

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Before I post the pictures, some thank yous are in order.

To Gary Madsen (GSEN820) for hooking this meet up. The tech day was a success. Could not have happened without you. Thank you, sir.

To Vince Tinoco (vincet330) for hosting us and making us feel at home. Without your support, the event would not have happened. Thanks!

To Brian Chartier (not a member of ZHPMafia.com) for coming in on his day off to take care of the Mafia. Brian, you're my man in San Diego. When I have to go to a BMW dealer, you're the guy I trust. Thanks for taking care of me and all of my cars over the years. You da man.

To BMW of Vista for having us, teaching us, providing techs, feeding us, and showering us with love. You have a great facility in northern San Diego. Your dealership, which is brand new, will do just fine.

To the techs who came in on their day off to work on our cars. You guys volunteered your time and didn't get paid a dime to help us and hang with us. That's going beyond the call of duty. Thanks again.

To Casey Withers for taking pictures of the event (and driving me down to San Diego afterward). Your unwavering support for all things ZHPMafia.com is very much appreciated. Our next meal at Lolita's is on me. Thanks, sir.

Thanks to Lawrence Cuatico for covering the event for Fahren Affairs (the local BMW CCA chapter newsletter). Thanks in advance for making us look good.

And, finally, thanks to all of the ZHPMafia.com members who showed up. Your support of this site is always appreciated. ZHP Mafia events, which are typically free of charge, are my way of expressing my thanks to you guys. (Gary, thanks for making me look good on this one.)

If I forgot anyone else, I apologize. It's not an intentional slight.

Without further ado, then, here are the pictures (compliments of Casey Withers):

All of our cars lined up
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6176/6216025373_08e871380c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216025373/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216025373/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr

Free key chain that BMW of Vista gave to all ZHPMafia.com members
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6231/6216025239_a418872672_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216025239/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216025239/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Food that was provided to ZHPMafia.com free of charge
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6216541064_6e45934208_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216541064/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216541064/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Albert's trunk monkey
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6152/6216540926_5e8fd7a79e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540926/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540926/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Cars on the lifts at tech session
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6117/6216024797_3886b66a0d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216024797/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216024797/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


A tech checking out Lawrence's car
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6216540624_3be67730df_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540624/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540624/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Random transmission
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6216024525_7ed4d30803_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216024525/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216024525/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


The parts manager explaining something to us
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6216540350_3de002223c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540350/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540350/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Picture of Gary's wheel
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6224/6216540222_0c4a29405d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540222/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540222/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Picture of imola red ZHP on the lift
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6216540098_76fc56dbca_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540098/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216540098/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Style 135 wheel
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6103/6216023989_62a39bb611_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216023989/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216023989/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Jeff checking out the underside of a car
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6240/6216023857_1884c5e943_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216023857/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216023857/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


More ZHPs on the racks
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6045/6216023729_68c1d177db_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216023729/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216023729/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Picture of an X5M in the showroom
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6102/6216023589_421d0f9402_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216023589/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216023589/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Wall art
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/6216539394_a3471b852e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216539394/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216539394/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Jorge (left) and Albert checking out cars in the showroom
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6216539252_99e5579946_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216539252/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216539252/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Gary striking a pose; Jorge smiling, thinking that Gary's crazy; Albert in background (left), along with Lawrence, and Nelson (right)
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6166/6216539106_674f50eb0c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216539106/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216539106/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


Casey's BMW key taking center stage
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6216538968_ccb4e1c9bb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216538968/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216538968/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


All of the ZHPs lining up to check in
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6216022891_73bc148757_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216022891/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216022891/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr


More of Tessa's alpine white ZHP
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6041/6216022575_caab163b35_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216022575/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216022575/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr

[C Withers Media]

Great coverage Mark. Well done, and I concur with everything you highlighted in the write up. Good times because of great people.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Thanks, Casey. Glad you could be there. Forgot to mention that Casey made it out even though he had been in San Diego for less than 48 hours (and was tired as a dog after his trip to Atlanta).

[neil1138]

The photos are exceptional casey

[C Withers Media]

Thanks, Casey. Glad you could be there. Forgot to mention that Casey made it out even though he had been in San Diego for less than 48 hours (and was tired as a dog after his trip to Atlanta).

Thanks Mark, wouldn't have missed it had I just stepped off the plane.


The photos are exceptional casey

Thank you.

[tripod06]

Gorgeous pictures ! Thank you for the recap! It was a great day!

[Marcus-SanDiego]

We'll do it again soon.

[trancenation]

looking good ! especially the alpineweisss!

[llll1l1ll]

Man... Those are some excellent pictures.



...especially that food. Makes me hungry.

[danewilson77]

Awesome showing. Sweet pics. Thanks for sharing with us Beast Coasters....

[webster]

great pics. love the ZHP wheel close-up, as well as Tessa's AW sedan, looks sick. my fav pic tho has to be the 1st. look at all those ZHPs!

[Hermes]

Nice shots. The random tranny was from an black E65/66/67/68, not sure exactly which.

[SC4ME]

Man, I missed it! But then I am on a business trip to Europe (Zurich, Munich, Milano, Dublin, Manchester, Copenhagen, Munich, Zurich, then home on tuesday).

Would have loved the experience, not to mention getting a chance to see the underside of my ZHP without having to be on my back in the dirt.

Next time, I have to attend. Have to.



Oh, those cars are not driven. Mine has so many rock chips and scrapes under the splitters, I better get the whole front end sprayed before I can show up with this group!

[GSEN820]

Thanks to everyone who participated. I had a good time seeing members I knew previously and met for the first time.

We will try something different next time. I will have to see what else you guys are interested in and we can see about setting something up.

Casey great work on the pics once again.

Tessa your car looked great

[tripod06]

God Tessa's roof is so hot.... i want it so badly...

:drool "i wish i had Tessa's roof"

[Hermes]

Thanks to Lawrence Cuatico for covering the event for Fahren Affairs (the local BMW CCA chapter newsletter). Thanks in advance for making us look good.

got this in the mail today (but not Roundel) article doesn't seem like it made it this month

[GSEN820]

Tech Session will be in there next month. We missed the deadline for this month.

[GMATT]

I was thinking of getting Casey BMW involved down here.....but I was hesitant to start a thread. Not sure how much participation we would get....

IN LOL..................lovin the family photo's............Very nice work Casey, always a "class" act!

[onepercent]

Guys - your cars are gorgeous. Wow. The paint and everything looks perfect, like they are brand new. I almost feel ashamed of my car's little scratches and imperfections, and my sometimes lazy washing regimen! Good on you, though.

[das boots]

Fantastic pics. That was great meet. What a blast. I agree with Marcus (Thanks for the compliment) for all involved. Casey..great photos (whata camera). Thanks Gary (enjoy your door prize) for setting this up. I know more on my ZHP in just a few hours with Vince. Thanks to all.....

[GSEN820]

Lawrence I am glad you were able to make it out in your ZHP. I am glad that many got to know their cars a whole lot better.

It was a lot of fun. I am going to put something else together at the begining of the year. I will have to run it by the boss first.

[Alphatek45]

I really need to just pack up my shit and move to Cali... looks like it was a blast. Great shots.

[johnrando]

Su-wheet!!!!!!!!!!

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Adam, we will be here! Come on.


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[jayjay_dee]

More of Tessa's alpine white ZHP
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6041/6216022575_caab163b35_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216022575/)
Photo by Casey Withers -- ZHPMafia.com Tech Day at BMW of Vista (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zhpmafia/6216022575/) by ZHPMafia.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/zhpmafia/), on Flickr

where can i get those splitters from? Tessa?

[C Withers Media]

Thanks for all of the kind words on the photos guys, great events and you guys make it what it is.

I would love to acknowledge each of you individually but it's a simple thank you for all you guys do.

As far as the splitters go, they are just regular Mtech2 splitters that have been custom wrapped in matte carbon fiber.

[GSEN820]

Tessa splitters are from DDM Tuning, wrapped CF same as Top (SD TINT)

[whiteZHP]

But you CAN have my roof!! Just call SD tint....soon!
It really wasn't that much $$ It is hot though. I agree =)

[whiteZHP]

Hi! The answer below is correct. They are from DDM tuning. I ordered the primer ones & got them wrapped by SD Tint. Was very reasonable! & a great quick upgrade