Spring Fest SoCalLX.Com Reg!

[ChargerGirl]

You're thinking of "Are we there yet?"

Which must be repeated like daily and then hourly and then at regular intervals on the radio on the drive down to Irvine, along with random commentary about the green green fields of home or something.

*fixed, can you tell I'm working on two finals simulataneously??*

[AreTee]

Lol @ shoe!!!

[ChargerGirl]

Alright, EIGHT more since yesterday's post for a new total of 656. We're now barrelling towards that 700 number that everyone thought we were crazy to even to consider.

SEVEN from California and ONE from Washington

TWO 300s, THREE Chargers, TWO Challengers and ONE Magnum

FIVE 2006s, ONE 2007 and TWO 2009s

ONE 300C, ONE 300 Base/LX, FIVE R/Ts (TWO Challengers and THREE Chargers) and ONE SRT (Magnum)

FOUR Brilliant Black Crystal Pearls, ONE Dark Titanium Metallic, ONE Deep Lava Red Pearl and TWO Silver Steel Metallics

Now the Attendance Rankings:

By State/Region:

494 - California (SIX more makes a whopping FIVE HUNDRED California LXers in ONE meet)
40 - Arizona
28 - Texas
17 - Nevada
14 - Washington
11 - British Columbia
8 - Utah
6 - Oregon
4 each - Illinois and Ohio
3 each - Alberta, Florida, New Mexico, North Carolina and Ontario
2 each - Kansas and Louisiana
1 each - Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Queretaro and Wyoming

By Make/Model:

224 - Dodge Charger (250 maybe??)
178 - Dodge Magnum (200 maybe??)
120 - Chrysler 300 (150 maybe??)
108 - Dodge Challenger (I'm still impressed with 100 of y'all but keep 'em coming! )

**Don't forget, among these models there are multiple cars with insane body mods, tweaks and changes.

By Year:

218 - 2006
136 - 2007
97 - 2005 (almost 100!)
85 - 2009 (darn good for a recent year)
81 - 2008
23 - 2010
16 - Other

By Model/Trim:

73 - Charger R/T (Could we see ONE HUNDRED of one model/trim combo? That'd be INSANE!)
67 - Magnum R/T
64 - Charger SRT
56 - Challenger SRT
47 - 300C SRT
46 each - 300C and Magnum SRT
45 - Magnum SXT
40 - Challenger R/T
31 - Charger R/T Daytona
22 - Other Other
17 each - Charger SE and Charger SXT
14 - Magnum SE
11 - Charger Super Bee
10 each - 300 Touring and Challenger R/T Classic
9 each - 300 Base/LX and Charger SE Plus
4 each - 300 Limited and Dodge Other
3 - Magnum R/T AWD
2 each - 300C Heritage, 30C SRT Design, Challenger SE, Charger R/T AWD and Magnum Base
1 - Magnum SXT AWD

Oh and this will make your head explode, there are 224 6.1Ls at this event, 276 5.7Ls and 130 V6s! Not to mention the many who have upgraded their engine block or swapped or what have you.

By Color:

192 - Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl (Its looking like there will actually be 200 or more Black Cars at this one event, sweet!)
75 - Bright Silver Metallic
52 - Inferno Red Crystal Pearl
46 - Silver Steel Metallic
45 - Other (Only 26 of these aren't LXes, so that's at least 19 LXes with custom paint I'm guessing)
38 - TorRed
32 - Hemi Orange Pearl
29 - Cool Vanilla
26 - Stone White
15 each - B5 Blue Pearl, Magnesium Pearl and Midnight Blue Pearl
9 - Steel Blue Metallic
8 - Dark Titanium Metallic
7 each - Go Mango! and Top Banana
6 - Detonator Yellow
5 each - Deep Lava Red Pearl, Plum Crazy Pearl and Sublime Metallic
4 - Mineral Gray Metallic
3 - Clearwater Blue Pearl
2 each - Marine Blue Pearl and Satin Jade Pearl
1 each - Dark Cordovan Pearl, Light Sandstone Metallic ad Linen Gold Metallic Pearl

Its the last weekend before the event, time's running out. Hope you got those mods done, started detailing your car, reconfirming travel plans, making contingency plans and well, just as giddy and excited as I am about this event.

[TxTwiStr09]

I have an update on those Challenger R/T Classics, if anyone is interested. Based on what I thought Tam had written some many posts ago, I thought I might be the "only" B5 Classic there. So I went through the list myself:


Out of the 10 (so far):

4 are B5 Blue
2 are TorRed
1 Inferno Red
1 Hemi Orange
1 Bright Silver and
1 Sublime Metallic...(Obviously repainted since purchase)

So, I am hardly unique (except in my own mind, of course!)

[ChargerGirl]

Originally Posted by TxTwiStr09

I have an update on those Challenger R/T Classics, if anyone is interested. Based on what I thought Tam had written some many posts ago, I thought I might be the "only" B5 Classic there. So I went through the list myself:


Out of the 10 (so far):

4 are B5 Blue
2 are TorRed
1 Inferno Red
1 Hemi Orange
1 Bright Silver and
1 Sublime Metallic...(Obviously repainted since purchase)

So, I am hardly unique (except in my own mind, of course!)

Nah, Tom, you were unique on the list at one point, but then others signed up to join you.

Alright, its the final hours for registration, you've had two and a half months to sign up. The hotel staff are even over-extending themselves to make sure everyone is accomodated. Chrysler and Mopar and tons of vendors will be present in a big way and oh yeah, there's gonna be like 650+ LXes!!!

We added FOUR more since yesterday for a new total of 660!!!

Those FOUR include:

THREE from California and ONE from Michigan

TWO Chrysler 300s and TWO Dodge Magnums

ONE 2005, ONE 2006, ONE 2007 and ONE Other (???)

ALL of them were SRTs (TWO 300s and TWO Magnums)

ONE Bright Silver Metallic, TWO Brilliant Black Crystal Pearls and ONE Silver Steel Metallic

I'll save the big huge listing post for tomorrow when registration closes.

[ChargerGirl]

Alright, registration is closed and the final total stands at 662 after adding three more and losing one since yesterday. We'll miss the Texan with the 2006 Brilliant Black Dodge Charger R/T.

The new additions - THREE Californians driving a Charger, a Challenger and a Magnum. A 2006, 2007 and an Other year???. ONE SE, ONE SRT and ONE R/T. TWO Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl and ONE TorRed.

Now to the big listings...

Attendance Rankings

By State/Region:

500 - California (Yes, really 500!!)
40 - Arizona
27 - Texas
17 - Nevada
14 - Washington
11 - British Columbia
8 - Utah
6 - Oregon
4 each - Illinois and Ohio
3 each - Alberta, Florida, New Mexico, North Carolina and Ontario
2 each - Kansas, Louisiana and Michigan
1 each - Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Queretaro and Wyoming

Just wow... That's THREE countries, Canada with THREE provinces, Mexico with ONE state and the US with TWENTY-FIVE states represented.

By Make/Model:

224 - Dodge Charger
181 - Dodge Magnum
122 - Chrysler 300
109 - Dodge Challenger

Over 100 of each and some with crazy body/fascia mods!

By Year:

220 - 2006
137 - 2007
98 - 2005
85 - 2009
81 - 2008
23 - 2010
18 - Other

Nearly 100 or over 100 of each of the years with the exception of the current one, awesome!

By Model/Trim:

72 - Charger R/T
68 - Magnum R/T
65 - Charger SRT
56 - Challenger SRT
49 - 300C SRT
48 - Magnum SRT
46 - 300C
45 - Magnum SXT
40 - Challenger R/T
31 - Charger R/T Daytona
22 - Other Other (Non-LX/Non-Dodge)
17 each - Charger SE and Charger SXT
14 - Magnum SE
11 - Charger Super Bee
10 each - 300 Touring and Challenger R/T Classic
9 each - 300 Base/LX and Charger SE Plus
4 each - 300 Limited and Dodge Other
3 each - Challenger SE and Magnum R/T AWD
2 each - 300C Heritage, 300C SRT Design, Charger R/T AWD and Magnum Base
1 - Magnum SXT AWD

That's 26 different flavors of the four models, 131 V6s, 276 5.7s and 229 6.1s. Is there gonna be a localized gas shortage in Irvine this week??

By Color:

195 - Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl (Just shy of 200)
76 - Bright Silver Metallic
52 - Inferno Red Crystal Pearl
47 - Silver Steel Metallic
45 - Other
39 - TorRed
32 - Hemi Orange Pearl
29 - Cool Vanilla
26 - Stone White
15 each - B5 Blue Pearl, Magnesium Pearl and Midnight Blue Pearl
10 - Deep Water Blue
9 - Steel Blue Metallic
8 - Dark Titanium Metallic
7 each - Go Mango! and Top Banana
6 - Detonator Yellow
5 each - Deep Lava Red Pearl, Plum Crazy Pearl and Sublime Metallic
4 - Mineral Gray Metallic
3 - Clearwater Blue Pearl
2 each - Marine Blue Pearl and Satin Jade Pearl
1 each - Dark Cordovan Pearl, Light Sandstone Metallic and Linen Gold Metallic Pearl

That's 27 different OEM colors plus 45 "Other" colors mixed up between LXes and folks who registered as Dodge Other or Other Other. Should be a sight to behold!

Hope you're all geared up and excited and hope everyone has a safe drive out and a wonderful time in Irvine and I look forward to trekking out next year with my mother and my daughter.

[TxTwiStr09]

Thanks again, Tam, for your due diligence in keeping us up on all the stats! We're going to miss you this year but understand not all can come for whatever reasons. Be prepared to spend a lot of time viewing all of our pics that we'll post for you!

[bruno]

Hello CenCalLX Family,

It’s with such incredible sadness and tears that I finally need to let you know I won’t be attending this year’s Spring Fest that would have been number 5 for me. That also includes the awesome Beach Burger event as well. I feel like I’m letting you down even though that is not the intent. This is ripping me up having to pass the news to you.

Unfortunately, a medical procedure has been scheduled for Friday afternoon, March 19. I will be going through a lithotripsy to break up some troublesome kidney stones that have been affecting my health for the past two years and possibly causing some damage to one of the ureters. The procedure is not that big of a deal and is done under mild sedation on an outpatient basis. The timing of it all is out of my control.

It was difficult to even secure that date at the medical facility as it was and my physician doesn’t want me to wait any longer, such as trying to get a date further down the line. I will not be allowed to sit and drive for long periods of time right afterward so leaving late Friday evening or early Saturday morning to arrive in time is out of the question. I'll probably be just fine by Sunday, lol.

So, with my head held high and my attitude remaining positive, I’m already looking forward to SF #6. I do not want this information posted up in any of the other forums as I don’t want to be the focus of a no-show. Thanks for respecting that.

Tamara, please don't change a thing about my registration. Dave D., if you don't mind, I need to drop off 2 of those carry chairs for Heidi to use on Saturday. Michelle and Jon, I'll somehow get the money to you for all the special things you have done to make CenCal very special at SF #5.

Several close forum and SF friends who are not in CenCal will be receiving a similar message explaining my absence because they are expecting me. I love you all too much to not say something. Have the best time ever and don’t worry about one thing! You are wonderful friends and I’ll miss you soooo much.

Feel free to contact me anytime. I’ll be there in spirit and support. Spring Fest #5 will be rockin’ and rollin’. I’m thankful to have made the past 4. Heck, Tam and I can drive in together next year!

Take care, my friends, and have the time of your lives!

Love,
Ann

[SMosher]

Well that sucks!

Lets get your health in order first. I will post pics as the days go on. I got nothing but time to waste so you will see them.

Take care and know I will not be broadcasting this over the forums.

[MoshMom]

We will soooo miss you there. the most important thing is for you to be healthy.