New member in California, somewhere near a Costco

Welcome to Bay Area sorry about job, glad you.found one fast.

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Good to see you back around. LG is a great area, enjoy it.

Thanks, guys! Had a nice Sunday with the family at the park, went to lunch, borrowed some movies at the library. When my daughter was tired and ready to watch one of the movies, I drove to Santa Cruz, got gas at the Costco there, then did a little surfing.

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Originally Posted by LivesNearCostco

Hi everyone, lurker-turned-new member here. I live in South Orange County, California, only 10-15 minutes away from three different Costco warehouses. Have owned by ZHP since February 2010. About once per month I go beat on it for AutoX or a track day, but it's treated me well, except when I put the unreliable after-market thermostat in. (It didn't like that!)

I've been on Bimmerforums.com and E46fanatics. As you can imagine, I like to drive, eat, and buy foodstuffs and paper goods in bulk. I'm relatively slow at driving, but gradually learning to go faster. Here are some track day photos of my car from last Saturday, plus a video of a Sunday drive in the rain (same track).

Saturday morning, taking it easy:
http://vanhap.com/imgs/2011/November.../VP2_0419.html

Saturday before lunch, turning right
http://vanhap.com/imgs/2011/November.../VP2_2979.html

Sat. afternoon on stickier tires, turning hard left with more body roll:
http://vanhap.com/imgs/2011/November.../VP2_5289.html

Sunday afternoon drive. Did someone forget to roll up the windows? The white E92 M3 in front of me pulled out of line because they told him he couldn't go on track with his front windows up. (He has leather seats.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5iLbwx0tLY

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Same for me, the Costco part. One next to the Puente Hills Mall, Chino Hills, etc.

Welcome to the family. I just moved down from the bay area up north, and although Los Gatos is a nice area for sure, I do like sunny San Diego better.

I just did my first AutoX. I could have done better, the pumpkin sounds like a great secret weapon, hmmmm.

Have fun up there and remember, it does rain and no one knows how to drive in it!

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Originally Posted by LivesNearCostco

Been busy... lost job, got new job, long hours at new job, moved to Los Gatos, California. No longer live that close to a Costco, and that one doesn't sell gas. Fortunately I now work fairly close to one in Sunnyvale, and they do sell gas.

Maybe I'll make it to Thunderhill in November... remains to be seen.

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I just moved to Santa Clara. We are much closer to each other than we think now :) I do live near costco on Lawrence now..

welcome to the Bay Area again. :D


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