Houston Coffee and Cars, January 4

"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven) 01/08/2014 at 12:15 • Filed to: houston, c&c

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Photos from what quickly became one of the best gatherings of the year before it even had a chance to get started. There are 87 photos in here, so expect some loading. Each and every single photo here is shared in its original resolution, so, enjoy if you find something you'd like to snag.

I rode with my friend in his S2000 to a meet-up for cruising over and parking together at Coffee and Cars. His is the one that is to the yellow S2000 CR's right.

You'll probably notice that the CR has a soft top and my friend's S2000 has the hardtop. They both decided to trade their tops and had it done by the guy who drive this sweet ass S2000:

It's that white one, sitting pretty with an ASM body kit and has the power to match the looks.

Six S2000s showed up and at 6AM we all left to snag 6 spots to park next to each other. It was the first time in about two years the organizers decided to not allow coning off spots. They did away with it since it wasn't fair to those who arrived first and couldn't park in reserved spots. So it made for some interestingly mixed parking, instead of everybody parking next to cars that were the same brand or model as theirs.

Who arrives the earliest? The answer is always the American cars, but nobody arrives early AND together in swathes like the Porsche owners do.

The all-new GT3.

Accompanying it, the very recent Turbo.

As well as a GT2RS. The Porsche dealership in town has sold 6 of these locally so far, it's ridiculous. At one point there were four on the lot.

4 458s showed up, possibly more. These guys rarely ever come out, but seems like they've finally taken a liking to the gathering.

That striping on the grille is always a nice touch. Too bad it wasn't a 1M though.

Wild Scirocco appears!

Lots of Shelby Cobra replicas gather here every month.

As of January, I see a C7 at least once every few days now. They're getting played out so quickly for me...need a C7 Z06, stat!

It should be noted that at least 15 Z06s and 10 ZR1s coddle up together every month here.

An Underground Racing Gallardo...I'm expecting to see it at TX2K.

A 458 Italia Spider's interior.

10 NSXs managed to make it out to this gathering, which was the highest turnout of NSXs I'd ever seen. 8 of them managed to park together, 2 were delegated a few parking spots away.

An Aventador Roadster with interesting red interior. Next to it is another UGR Gallardo.

Dealership cars, lulz.

Classsssssicccccccc

A Quattroporte...

Another C7!

This Aventador Coupe was scouring the venue for parking.

Here are potato pics for cars that weren't captured by my friend and the camera he was borrowing from his workplace...

Dat M Sport gang.

Two of Mayday Garage's members came out to the gathering in their highly identical RX7s. One sports a wing, aggressive headlights and its original Rotary engine, where as the one that seems to be wearing an RE Amemiya badge is puttering around with a 2JZ.

Black Series...

Times two.

Times THREE!!!!

505Turbeaux > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 12:19

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cool! Though the one I want the story on most is that nutty Scirocco. Plated too. Whats the deal?

EL_ULY > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 12:23

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damn, it looks like you got there really early, I got there around 7 in zombie mode lol. Nice shots sir.

DatASSun > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 12:28

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Nice stuff man , I'll be there for Tx2k in the Datassun which hopefully will be LS powered by then .. if not it will sleep in the Parking lot and look interesting (not pretty) .

Will you be doing a similar story for TX2k this year ?

djmanila > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 12:39

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crazy quality of cars. awesome

$kaycog > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 13:02

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What gorgeous cars! Love the Ford GT, no stripes.

PatBateman > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 13:17

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I'm pretty sure that I know the owner of that last MB.

Also, DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT I WISH I HAD GONE!!

OneFastPuertoRican > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 13:42

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'74 RSR tribute. Nice!

McLarry > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 13:44

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Wow, what a great turnout! Too bad I live nowhere near Houston... My local C&C is nowhere near as big, and sadly my Saab 9-3 doesn't add much either :P

Makoyouidiot > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 15:36

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I showed for the Dallas c&c and the cold wind really put a damper on it. Lot was only half full and everyone was leaving by 10. And the only other Fiat there moved away after I parked next to her. Bah.

Makoyouidiot > Makoyouidiot 01/08/2014 at 15:37

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Some more pics:

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Makoyouidiot > Makoyouidiot 01/08/2014 at 15:40

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Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Makoyouidiot 01/08/2014 at 18:39

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Great pics though! I follow the C&C page for Dallas, although I wish they had a photographer like we do down here so I could see all the nice cars that make it out.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > McLarry 01/08/2014 at 18:42

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That stinks! Well, the city's a part of one of the largest metropolitans in the nation and the car culture here ranks nearly as high. Saabs are pretty neat though. I don't think anybody really shows up to the show in one...

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > DatASSun 01/08/2014 at 18:44

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That's awesome, what color Z should I look out for? And yeah, I'm really hoping I can get out to TX2K this year, most preferably the night meet.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > EL_ULY 01/08/2014 at 18:44

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Thanks, all credit is to my friend who took the shots. He had a very capable camera on hand. :D

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > 505Turbeaux 01/08/2014 at 18:46

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http://www.eurotuner.com/featuredvehicl…

This is most likely the explanation!

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > $kaycog 01/08/2014 at 18:59

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Oh, it had stripes! I guess it's maybe hard to see at first glance :(

$kaycog > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 19:13

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Okay, now I see them across the top. (Duh). I especially noticed the side view and it doesn't have stripes on the sides at the bottom.

Makoyouidiot > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/08/2014 at 23:24

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Yeah, it'd be sweet to know what showed on days I couldn't make it.

505Turbeaux > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/09/2014 at 08:37

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wow crazy awesome. Still doesn't explain how he plated that beast (must have been brought in as a kit or something odd), but good for them for bringing it to the US

DatASSun > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/09/2014 at 09:39

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Well I plan on staying in the hotel where everyones going to be at .. The Datassun is a 280z it has this license plate light on it .

And these seats .. the car is blue .

OneFastPuertoRican > Makoyouidiot 01/09/2014 at 10:03

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About a quarter of the cars/owners leave at 10. Some of them (read: me) have to get to the lot no later than 7am or the lot will fill up.

Makoyouidiot > OneFastPuertoRican 01/09/2014 at 12:48

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Allow me to clarify my post. I didn't arrive at 10 to find a half empty lot and people leaving. I arrived around 7:30. Then around 10 everybody else started to leave. When I left at 10:30, there were maybe a quarter of the cars on the lot still.

OneFastPuertoRican > Makoyouidiot 01/09/2014 at 13:16

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Gotcha.

It's funny how I tell my friends to get there early and their reaction is usually "No way I'm getting up that early on a Saturday!"

Car people get it, though.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > 505Turbeaux 01/09/2014 at 13:38

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Yes, that's exactly how they did it (second page of the article)

"We're registered as a vehicle manufacturer in Canada," Marcel explained. "So we fit an EPA-compliant powertrain in the Scirocco and hope to sell it like a kit car. All the diagnostic and emissions systems operate, but we're still trying to establish which states will recognize it. We're talking to the specialty vehicle registration people now."

Here's the coolest part, though:

To date, #001 was sold to a customer in Texas

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > DatASSun 01/09/2014 at 13:40

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That's awesome! I'm really hoping there isn't any restricted access to the hotel (like what happened with the Omni last year where you needed a room card to get in). Otherwise, might gather up with a couple fellas and pitch in for a room just to witness the awesomeness.

Makoyouidiot > OneFastPuertoRican 01/09/2014 at 14:52

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Hehe, I was up at 5 to get there by 7:30. Hate living in the boonies.

CALUSA > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/18/2014 at 08:51

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That is a GranTurismo

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > CALUSA 01/18/2014 at 11:24

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Yeah, I realized that when I revised the thread after it was posted.

For some reason, I couldn't edit the thread and save it.

CALUSA > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/18/2014 at 12:10

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Hmmkey......

:P

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > CALUSA 01/18/2014 at 13:46

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I really can't, every time I try, the post says it's being saved and I need to be patient, but I've waited hours on end and it just doesn't come through.

CALUSA > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 01/18/2014 at 14:02

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I was kiddin'! I do believe you.