Small Turnout at Portland Cars and Coffee - 15 Feb 2014

"Audi For Life" (audiforlife) 02/15/2014 at 16:19 • Filed to: Cars and Coffee, Portland, Photography, Noble, Subaru STI, Infiniti Q50

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Typical Oregon rain made for a small turnout at Portland Cars and Coffee today. Many of the people who came picked up their orders of Girl Scout cookies, stayed warm inside and/or huddled under a canopy.

As such, only a handful of photos today taken with my D800E and an AF-S 50mm f/1.4G. The rest of the photos can be found on the Flickr thing.

ddavidn > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 16:20

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That's quite the sticker collection.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 16:22

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Why do supercar owners hate rain? Seriously, it isn't like their car is on some semi-slicks. They usually have some form of high end summer tires, they should be fine in the rain!

Audi For Life > YSI-what can brown do for you 02/15/2014 at 16:24

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I suppose the owners don't want to go through the process of cleaning their cars, particularly when the roads are still covered with gravel from the snow/freezing rain storm last weekend, deicer gunk and tons of grime.

CPT Speedbump > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 16:25

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lol, I might need the not drunk- avoiding potholes sticker, haha, roads here in Colorado are shitty!

YSI-what can brown do for you > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 16:27

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Well I can understand hating salt. I try to never drive my car when salt is on the road. And when I have to(usually when I have to go to work, and I miss a bus or something) then I try to go clean it within the week. But like in the summer, if there is a car show and there is a 40% chance of rain, no super cars. It just gets dirty. . . I guess I should probably never own a Lambo then!

Audi For Life > CPT Speedbump 02/15/2014 at 16:28

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Haha... I think there are many states that need stickers like that due to ever decreasing road maintenance budgets :(

Audi For Life > YSI-what can brown do for you 02/15/2014 at 16:30

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Even if I were rich enough to own a Lamborghini or a Ferrari 459 or F12, I would still stick with cars that I can daily drive and not be bothered if it gets dirty. :)

YSI-what can brown do for you > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 16:32

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I really wanted a Murcielago for most of my teenage years. Now that I realize that you can't really race them or drive them with any sense of purpose(unless you have super fat stacks) the appeal is wearing off. For some reason now, when I get out of college, I want an 240sx to turn into a track day weapon with the occasional canyon runs.

CPT Speedbump > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 16:36

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lol, here maintenance doesn't matter, they do it continuesly but the snow every year just undoes all the work. There's 2 stickers that I'm for sure getting, witch are the Speedhunters sticker, and the Blipshift Apex Hunting license

Audi For Life > YSI-what can brown do for you 02/15/2014 at 16:40

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If I want to splash a lot of money, I think I would top out at an R8, RS 7, M6 GC, 911 C4S or an E63 AMG wagon. Heck, I would be happy with a TT RS, Z4 M coupe or an E46 coupe if I didn't already have my S5.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 16:44

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For a dream garage I would love an E63 wagon, a Murcielago that has been turned into a GT1 car(don't ask why), and some sort of daily driver. I don't really desire many exotics besides an F40 or a Murcielago. I kind of want something I can tinker with, which an exotic is not ideal for.

Audi For Life > YSI-what can brown do for you 02/15/2014 at 16:46

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There's always the option of picking up an older Ferrari or Porsche and use that as your tinkering or perpetual project car :)

YSI-what can brown do for you > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 16:49

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I do want an 993. I have heard that the air cooled porsches are fairly simple. I don't think something like 308 gtb shouldn't be to complicated. I don't want to many project cars though!

Audi For Life > YSI-what can brown do for you 02/15/2014 at 16:56

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308 GTB and air-cooled Porsches are common daily driver and/or project cars for some of the guys that come out to Cars and Coffee. If I were better with hand tools and weren't oafish around mechanical things, I would probably have a project car :)

Then again, that would eat in too much into my photography funds. Hmm...

YSI-what can brown do for you > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 17:02

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I have zero experience with mechanical things as well. My dad never liked working on cars and the most I have done is change headers on my car. Only one way to learn though.

My funds generally consist of video games which is about 100 bucks a year, the rest goes to car things. We will see how that changes once I get out of school though.

twinturbobmw > Audi For Life 02/15/2014 at 18:46

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It seems like the Noble guy is coming often now. Did you see the picture he took in the snow with it on the Facebook page?

Jayhawk Jake > YSI-what can brown do for you 02/15/2014 at 19:07

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I hate you for having the possibility of not driving when there's salt. I have actually ruined a pair of shoes with the salty water that came off my car while washing it...