Photo album: EW4 PIctures by Kaien
Showing posts with label Eurowerks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eurowerks. Show all posts
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Eurowerks 4 Pictures
Yeah, they're late, but here are the pictures from EW4. Despite the weather, it was still an awesome show with some absolutely stunning cars showing up. Still my favorite show to attend.
Photo album: EW4 PIctures by Kaien
Photo album: EW4 PIctures by Kaien
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
A Busy Weekend: EW4 and MN Furs Picnic
Whew, what a weekend! I experienced all sorts of new things this past weekend since it was full-up with events and activities. Good times, with good friends, and some amazing cars.
First up on Friday was the Eurowerks 4 pre-show party which kicked off with a car wash at SCI Performance followed by the traditional parking lot show at Kim Huoy Chor on University Ave. Of course, the parking lot was PACKED despite the looming weather. It was great seeing all of the out-of-towners who made long journeys to be at the show. With the quality of the cars at the pre-show get-together, the actual show itself was shaping up to be a blast.
Saturday brought a lot of exciting things and a lot of rain. First off, my good friend Howlie came down Friday night, but spent it with his family. I picked him up Saturday morning and we were off to St. Paul for the MN Furs summer picnic. First, we stopped at Cecil's Deli for a good breakfast though, haha. Anyways, I was both excited and nervous about the picnic. I had heard a lot about the event from a few of my friends. These picnics (there are two a year I believe) are the closest thing to a convention that we get in MN with the turnouts being pretty big. Of course, it was raining all day Saturday so who knew. I was excited to really get a taste of hanging with a big group of furs, but nervous at meeting so many new people. I am relatively new to the community, and if it wasn't for my friend Howlie, I probably would have been extremely shy all day. In the end it was a good experience overall. I got to see a lot of cool things and learned a lot. I still feel very new to the whole community, but hopefully I will open up more and so will the community. All-in-all, a great bunch of furs.
The picnic ran all day, so I took a leave to head to the old Grainbelt Brewery for the Eurowerks 4 show. This is by far my favorite show to hit all year, and I can't even participate! Some of the best Euros around gather here to show off. Despite bringing out some top-class cars, the show remains very relaxed and welcoming with the annual trike-race and cup-cake eating contests. Despite the weather, the show was great and I had a lot of fun taking pictures.
Expect a separate entry for the Eurowerks event covering both Friday and Saturday with pictures from both. It was a great weekend though, and I spent it with an awesome friend. It was a great experience, taking in both of my passions on the same weekend.
Oh, and I really, really want a suit now! How can you not find this adorable?
Wish I took more pictures of the suiters, but I was too shy, even with the camera!
First up on Friday was the Eurowerks 4 pre-show party which kicked off with a car wash at SCI Performance followed by the traditional parking lot show at Kim Huoy Chor on University Ave. Of course, the parking lot was PACKED despite the looming weather. It was great seeing all of the out-of-towners who made long journeys to be at the show. With the quality of the cars at the pre-show get-together, the actual show itself was shaping up to be a blast.
Saturday brought a lot of exciting things and a lot of rain. First off, my good friend Howlie came down Friday night, but spent it with his family. I picked him up Saturday morning and we were off to St. Paul for the MN Furs summer picnic. First, we stopped at Cecil's Deli for a good breakfast though, haha. Anyways, I was both excited and nervous about the picnic. I had heard a lot about the event from a few of my friends. These picnics (there are two a year I believe) are the closest thing to a convention that we get in MN with the turnouts being pretty big. Of course, it was raining all day Saturday so who knew. I was excited to really get a taste of hanging with a big group of furs, but nervous at meeting so many new people. I am relatively new to the community, and if it wasn't for my friend Howlie, I probably would have been extremely shy all day. In the end it was a good experience overall. I got to see a lot of cool things and learned a lot. I still feel very new to the whole community, but hopefully I will open up more and so will the community. All-in-all, a great bunch of furs.
The picnic ran all day, so I took a leave to head to the old Grainbelt Brewery for the Eurowerks 4 show. This is by far my favorite show to hit all year, and I can't even participate! Some of the best Euros around gather here to show off. Despite bringing out some top-class cars, the show remains very relaxed and welcoming with the annual trike-race and cup-cake eating contests. Despite the weather, the show was great and I had a lot of fun taking pictures.
Expect a separate entry for the Eurowerks event covering both Friday and Saturday with pictures from both. It was a great weekend though, and I spent it with an awesome friend. It was a great experience, taking in both of my passions on the same weekend.
Oh, and I really, really want a suit now! How can you not find this adorable?
Wish I took more pictures of the suiters, but I was too shy, even with the camera!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
University Ave: 5/29
Good way to welcome myself back home. Friday at University Ave was packed. Euro lot was hopping as usual with some awesome cars. Eurowerks 4 is coming up and I am looking forward to that. The lot will be PACKED that whole weekend, so stay tuned.
Check out the rest of the pics here: Photos by Kaien
Check out the rest of the pics here: Photos by Kaien
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
SCI Annual Swap Meet: 4-10-2010
This past Saturday market SCI's annual swap meet hosted at their shop in Minneapolis. It had been awhile since I had been back to their place, and I couldn't have picked a better day to go and visit. The thing with this swap meet, coupled with Eurowerks and the local VW/Audi/Euro scene is it turns from a swap meet into a car show with the cars that show up.
The vendors had the main shop area and garage/driveway to showcase their items for sale. Let me tell you, deals were to be had everywhere you turned. I found myself eying a few sets of wheels despite having just sold my b5 Passat just a few months back and my Lexus certainly can't pull of 16s. Common sense had to keep the pocket-book in check! Not only were there some great parts for sale, there were some really nice cars people brought to try and sell. The gem of the day had to have been the mk1 Scirocco with 14,xxx original miles. Absolutely mint condition, looking as if it had just rolled off the showroom floor.
The other part, of course, are the cars that show up to socialize. A lot of great cars showed up from nu-wave to old skool. Some of the highlights for me were SCI's mk1 1.8t rabbit, the former SST 7-series BMW, Jetta wagon with full R32 engine and drive-train swap, and the Further Performance rat-look Bug. It was a great time, I had a blast and got to see some old faces. I still love the local Euro scene as the people are great and the cars are top class.
More Pictures here: Flickr
SCI Performance
Eurowerks
The vendors had the main shop area and garage/driveway to showcase their items for sale. Let me tell you, deals were to be had everywhere you turned. I found myself eying a few sets of wheels despite having just sold my b5 Passat just a few months back and my Lexus certainly can't pull of 16s. Common sense had to keep the pocket-book in check! Not only were there some great parts for sale, there were some really nice cars people brought to try and sell. The gem of the day had to have been the mk1 Scirocco with 14,xxx original miles. Absolutely mint condition, looking as if it had just rolled off the showroom floor.
The other part, of course, are the cars that show up to socialize. A lot of great cars showed up from nu-wave to old skool. Some of the highlights for me were SCI's mk1 1.8t rabbit, the former SST 7-series BMW, Jetta wagon with full R32 engine and drive-train swap, and the Further Performance rat-look Bug. It was a great time, I had a blast and got to see some old faces. I still love the local Euro scene as the people are great and the cars are top class.
More Pictures here: Flickr
SCI Performance
Eurowerks
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