Bimmerfest Weekend Shots

[villenadecorte]

Hi all,
Thought I'd share these- comments and thoughts welcomed. I'll post a few in critique as well.
Went to santa barbara this weekend for a deal called "bimmerfest" which is essentially a bmw car show, hosted at a santa barbara bmw dealer.
over 1600 people and over 700 cars registered.
our group (baybimmerz) caravaned friday morning from the bay area, to gilroy, then on to santa barbara. we had about 80 cars with us.
saturday was the show, followed by a rally- about 200 took 101 north to just off the freeway, and back through the mountains into santa barbara again.
anyhow, with all the chaos crammed into 36 hours, i managed to run down to state street and get a few shots as well as the beach.
here are a few from the show, the rally and around town...

THE Caravan to be in! Baybimmerz heading to Santa Barbara


At Bimmerfest Show
a new 545i

a favorite oldie -320i

Some flowers on the beach

one of the local churches


If you'd like to see the rest I posted them here- http://artevillena.com/bimmerfest2005.htm

-Rebekah
VillenaDeCorte

[jar_e]

Rebekah,

That must've been a great trip! Get to see some great vehicles I bet! Your pictures look great, I love the church one, very moody! Nice shooting,

Jared

[villenadecorte]

Jared thanks! When we pulled into the IN and Out Burger lot, this one guy summed it up best...
"dude... theres a ton of money sitting in this lot!"
Its amazing what people do to their vehicles when they have the money to spend on them.
trip was waaaay too short though. I am ready to head back for another 4 days just to tour around Santa Barbara... what an amazing place.

Thanks again Jared

Rebekah

[mdmc]

Great shots, as Jared said about the church!! The flower in b&w is perfect.
Glad you had a good time!
Mark.

[Axle]

The church one is awesome! I love the angle and the positioning the frame.

Wow, that's a whole lotta beammers!

[natatbeach]

I love that first one...it looks like a standard highway shot but then you realize the colors of the cars are too perfect and all the profiles and shapes of the vehicles are the same...how cool...love the flower one and the vintage green ...very nice shots.... ;)

[villenadecorte]

Nat thanks! It was a mind trip to say the least.
Funny thing- out of 700 cars, Jay and I only had one twin. Jay has a 88535is they only made them two years 87 and 88... so we cruised together for a bit on the rally as well.

[villenadecorte]

Alex, Mark-
Thank you both for looking and commenting. It was a very interesting trip to say the least ;)
My kids learned alot about two way radios and alerting people that CHP were coming.
haha.

[Liz]

Wow! What a great weekend. "Bimmerfest" sounds like soooooo much fun. Your photos are really nice.....like the cars. ;)

My favorite is the first one - I love the perspective.....like Nat said - not your normal traffic.

Liz

[almo]

Church was nice. Flower was awesome. But that 545i, Now that is art baby!

[villenadecorte]

Liz and Almo... thanks for looking and commenting
It was a fun weekend.
Almo- if you liked that bimmer, check out the porshe on my website.

[paulnj]

Nice image Rebekah, but I am wondering if you have any 7-SERIES images? DAMB, I loved those 840/ 850's back in the early 90's

[villenadecorte]

Paul, old body style or new? Both were there I believe... I'll have to check my digital pics as well for some. My favorite was there- a 3.0 csl coupe. A cream one and a baby blue one.
Those 850s are all about the 90s excess! They were all over, but the csi, which is my favorite and more rare eluded me. There was an M5 Wagon which would be my ideal "soccer mom" car. No minivans here! Jays collection include 2 early 70's 2002tii's, he had an 88 e30 M3 but sold it for his 88 535is. I have an 88e30 325is, and we share an old beater a 528e... good for those skyrocketing gas prices. Perpeller heads we are. I definitely cant afford car payments these days so our 5 seater old bimmers are perfect for us.. and they give us an excuse to be part of bimmerfest! haha.

PS- The new shark (6 series) was there too, and such a hot ride! There were some old 6ers there as well.

[paulnj]

OOPS... I typed 7 but was thinking 8 The 110k 7 series(750?) is a joke when you can get a slightly used ferarri at that price or a nice used rolls ;)