JSM Autohaus | Lowered Goods Meet

JSM Autohaus | Lowered Goods Meet

 

Words | MT

Pics| Chris Miller

 

It’s a bit chilling , and the day after I just took the staff to #Fast6 the night before, along with a trip to World of Beers , but that is another story . Back to task, chilling a little wet and thinking – weather man I think you got me again. The SlamVan is loaded  and a fresh wash the night before I was on the way to JSM Autohaus | LoweredGoods Meet. All I knew was its in Kirkland , I seen a lot of social media traffic and that this was the place to be on this day.

 

Arriving at JSM Autohaus we were greeted by a large number of clean JDM goodness with a amble amount of lipped wheels, my fav. After some quick introductions with the owners we were shuttled to our little spot and began a fun day of comical conversations , fast paced speed talking salesmanship and just some fat kid treats from the food trucks.

 

 A quick walk around the lots we seemed to find bunches of Vape dragging folks with very familiar cars. Let’s let the pictures from SBR talk to you. If you see us at a meet , walk up say hi and ask a question ,all of us will answer , but only one will be right J

 

SBR Event Pictures

Three hours to midnight

Well it’s near the end of 2012 , in fact it’s just three hours till midnight. I am doing the normal, relaxing at home , on the net and have a cold bottle of beer. So what all happened in 2012 for me ? Well I tried to attend 20+ car meets , a few shows in state and out of state. I tried to listen and learn as much as I could from others and from what I saw firsthand.

 

Mistakes …. Yup I’ve made a life in my life but I made a few good ones this year. So I was not prepared when I went to WEK Fest. I missed a hug opportunity at WEK Fest to get people to notice I was doing an event in the same town just a few months later. Super bone head move. So that lead me to make an even dumber move later by have the smallest most expensive stance event in the bay area. That lead to more disappointments in the fall and winter. Next I had to have a VIP party at StanceWars. What was I thinking . Tailored Seattle we had an epic party and I just wanted that again. Well the state liquor board called me just a few times , that put a huge damper on the party.  I think I paid more people not to come in then what paid to get in.

 

Success … yup I’ve seen that , I’ve had it in my hand and It’s still possible.  With 20 X III in a few hours and a lot of planning we are headed to have at least a lot of fun. I’ve been going to car shows , car meets and events for a long time and I like to think I know what most folks want . A few epic cars , lots of your friends , cool new people to meet and a story to remember. Well that’s what we are aiming for.

 

A taste …… what new on the horizon ? F U N ,that’s it . Keep an eye on us, things are happening .  

WinterMode ......

 

Well its winter time and if you want to know Seattle can be a down and out kinda place this time of year. Saturday it was sunning , so for a minute I took my little hot hatch out for a quick spin. I just wanted to get the oil up to temp and maybe take a layer of tire off J

 

 

Hot hatch , yup my black 1977 VW Rabbit with a 1999 AEB Passat motor and great hamster wheel. Its crotch rocket quick and I would not say that’s fast.

 

Winter , time to think about summer , make some plans that can’t we beat, and dream of a new car to build. Each winter starts to get me dreaming of a new build and now that I own a few car events it gives me more motivation to have something new to drive.

 

Last year I needed a shop van, I saved until I thought I had enough cash , but I could not find a xB for the budget I had outlined. I wanted a van to lug crap to shows and drag daily around. I was lucky enough to find a 2000 Odyssey. Check out http://www.facebook.com/projectodyssey2 for more details.  I knew where some NOS wheels were and I just had to get a few details together . A quick wrap and some rag tag manual air ride. It all came together rather well, even better than Paul thought. See the write up at MiamiStance.com

http://stancemiami.com/2012/08/08/vans-can-play-too/#more-154  

 

Well more planning for events like The Old School Reunion , StanceWars and CraftedFitment. Lets see what I have to say later about those.