Moving to Dallas

**rawaudi** · 03-19-2012 02:09 PM

Just accepted a job in Dallas. Moving there next month.

Hoping to save some of my relocation bonus for a drop + downpipe!

Any Dallas A3s want to do a GTG next month?

**TBomb** · 03-19-2012 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by rawaudi

Just accepted a job in Dallas. Moving there next month.

Hoping to save some of my relocation bonus for a drop + downpipe!

Any Dallas A3s want to do a GTG next month?

What what! Welcome to Big D. Where are you going to be living, or do you know yet? If you have any questions about good places to be or anything, shoot me a PM. I'd definitely be up for a meet sometime!

**OriginalBeast** · 03-19-2012 03:21 PM

Down for a GTG I get my A3 this Friday!!!

**krazyboi** · 03-19-2012 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by OriginalBeast

Down for a GTG I get my A3 this Friday!!!

Not sure you can call 2 cars a GTG

**OriginalBeast** · 03-19-2012 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by krazyboi

Not sure you can call 2 cars a GTG

Lol

There are at least 10 A3ers in the DFW area I know some of them are on NTAG and not on here...but sadly Texas is home to big trucks and bad drivers

not many hatchbacks...

**TBomb** · 03-19-2012 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by OriginalBeast

Lol

There are at least 10 A3ers in the DFW area I know some of them are on NTAG and not on here...but sadly Texas is home to big trucks and bad drivers

not many hatchbacks...

Yeah I've seen several A3s around DFW, but I don't know who of them are enthusiasts and who just happen to drive an A3. There are 2 in my neighborhood actually.

Congrats on getting your car though! That will be a fun day

You want to orchestrate a DFW A3 meet?

**davis_449** · 03-19-2012 04:26 PM

Preemptive "Welcome" to Texas! I lived in Dallas for 5 yrs. back in the 80's. I get up there frequently and will even more so now, as my GF's family all lives in Rowlette (suburb east of Dallas). Get ready to enjoy summer tires year round.

If you start missing hills\terrain, get on 35 South and head to San Antonio.

**Pretarion** · 03-19-2012 04:56 PM

Welcome to Dallas!
I would be in for one.
The other thing is Cars and Coffee is every first Saturday of the month. There are very few cars that represent Audi. We could always get ours together to have a good A3 turnout.

**rawaudi** · 03-19-2012 06:02 PM

Well at least there are other A3s/ Audi enthusiasts in the area. There are only a handfull of guys on the regional forums and the one or two A3 owners are only mild enthusiasts. Never actually got to meet any of them......

I am suppose to be in Dallas by April 9th, but that probably isn't realistic. Expect some PMs from me asking about areas to live, places to hangout/ drink, and places to road bike.

**TBomb** · 03-19-2012 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by rawaudi

places to road bike.

LOL good luck. I guess it depends on where you end up living. You can ride around White Rock Lake which is near downtown Dallas, but it is a flustercluck on weekend mornings. Super crowded with lots of idiots. There are a few group rides that leave from different local shops, but it's tough to get out of the city without driving somewhere first. Maybe if I can get my ass back in shape we can go ride sometime

**davis_449** · 03-19-2012 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by TBomb

LOL good luck. I guess it depends on where you end up living. You can ride around White Rock Lake which is near downtown Dallas, but it is a flustercluck on weekend mornings. Super crowded with lots of idiots. There are a few group rides that leave from different local shops, but it's tough to get out of the city without driving somewhere first. Maybe if I can get my ass back in shape we can go ride sometime

Maybe not "road" bike, but Plano has **** tons of long-ass, paved bike trails you could ride for HOURS through their badass park system. Hell, I think that's the best idea a municipality has ever come up with. Keeps the bikes off the ****ing roads. No offense to those of you that bike, but most of the asshats around here, and there are A LOT of road bicyclists down here, need to GTFO the roads. They expect EVERYONE to obey traffic laws but don't feel ANY need to obey themselves.

OP, get on Google maps and scroll around Plano and check it out. "Chisholm Trail" is one you want to look for. There's also the "Santa Fe Trail" there. That will give you a good start on how to identify them on Google maps so you can see all of the trails the city offers. They are ****ing awesome.

**TBomb** · 03-19-2012 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by davis_449

Maybe not "road" bike, but Plano has **** tons of long-ass, paved bike trails you could ride for HOURS through their badass park system. Hell, I think that's the best idea a municipality has ever come up with. Keeps the bikes off the ****ing roads. No offense to those of you that bike, but most of the asshats around here, and there are A LOT of road bicyclists down here, need to GTFO the roads. They expect EVERYONE to obey traffic laws but don't feel ANY need to obey themselves.

OP, get on Google maps and scroll around Plano and check it out. "Chisholm Trail" is one you want to look for. There's also the "Santa Fe Trail" there. That will give you a good start on how to identify them on Google maps so you can see all of the trails the city offers. They are ****ing awesome.

Yeah, there are a lot of cyclists in the Austin/New Braunfels/San Antonio area...it is prime riding terrain. Unfortunately, there are a lot of idiots that make the rest of us who obey the traffic laws look bad. It can cause a lot of animosity between drivers and cyclists, which is unfortunate. But yeah, if you can't ride your bike on the roads and obey the same laws that other people on the road have to obey, you don't belong on the road.

In other news...we had talked about this before but never did it...we need to have a "Texas A3 Meet" and meet up in Austin one weekend. I know there are some epic roads around there to drive, and plenty of fun places for night-time entertainment

**rawaudi** · 03-19-2012 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by TBomb

In other news...we had talked about this before but never did it...we need to have a "Texas A3 Meet" and meet up in Austin one weekend. I know there are some epic roads around there to drive, and plenty of fun places for night-time entertainment

Yah, I we had those same D-bags here in Cinci that think they rule the road. I mostly trail cycle. We have a similar trail that goes from Cincinnati to Dayton which is about 70 ish miles. I take my bike to that trail often.

I approve a Texas meet!

**krazyboi** · 03-19-2012 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by TBomb

In other news...we had talked about this before but never did it...we need to have a "Texas A3 Meet" and meet up in Austin one weekend. I know there are some epic roads around there to drive, and plenty of fun places for night-time entertainment

25 hr road trip..eh

**TBomb** · 03-20-2012 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by krazyboi

25 hr road trip..eh

I'm not going to say you're not invited...but I kinda meant people who already reside in TX

**OriginalBeast** · 03-20-2012 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by TBomb

You want to orchestrate a DFW/Texas A3 meet?

I think you got it taken care of

I graduate from SMU in May and I have a month off before work starts so any time in May for the Texas A3 Meet would be great!

I'll be back on here after I get my car!

I'm overly excited, but I must focus on classes

**JDBVR6** · 03-20-2012 09:18 AM

Here I is. LOL!

I live in Denton, Tx (about 30min north of Dallas) and I'm down for an A3 gtg.

**davis_449** · 03-20-2012 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by TBomb

Yeah, there are a lot of cyclists in the Austin/New Braunfels/San Antonio area...it is prime riding terrain. Unfortunately, there are a lot of idiots that make the rest of us who obey the traffic laws look bad. It can cause a lot of animosity between drivers and cyclists, which is unfortunate. But yeah, if you can't ride your bike on the roads and obey the same laws that other people on the road have to obey, you don't belong on the road.

In other news...we had talked about this before but never did it...we need to have a "Texas A3 Meet" and meet up in Austin one weekend. I know there are some epic roads around there to drive, and plenty of fun places for night-time entertainment

Yeah and, as I heard on the radio this morning, we now have laws that force motorists to give these asshat bicyclists 3 ft. of room when we pass them. The commercial was totally targeted at blaming motorists, too. ****ing pissed me off.

I'm down for an A3 meet!

**cubantexan** · 03-20-2012 03:28 PM

I'm down for a GTG.

I am a member of NTAG and this is a very active group of Audi lovers.

I would suggest you introduce yourself and check out the calendar of events.

Welcome!

**TBomb** · 03-20-2012 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by cubantexan

I'm down for a GTG.

I am a member of NTAG and this is a very active group of Audi lovers.

I would suggest you introduce yourself and check out the calendar of events.

Welcome!

Hmm maybe I should look at that too...

**yohoitztho** · 03-20-2012 03:54 PM

boo. just as I leave dallas, seems like the A3 crowd gains some members. =/
well if any of yall come by austin, lmk!

@cubantexan - get that stg3+ kit!!!
NTAG was a great little forum. members actually cared and the organizers are active.

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**jowsley0923** · 03-20-2012 06:08 PM

I'm in SA! Lets do this texas meet!

**yohoitztho** · 03-20-2012 11:42 PM

let's do it in Austin!
middle point of all and great spots for photoshoots, etc...

**rawaudi** · 03-20-2012 11:47 PM

Found Austin on the map! Holy 3.5 hour drive from Dallas.

But that could work

**davis_449** · 03-21-2012 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by rawaudi

Found Austin on the map! Holy 3.5 hour drive from Dallas.

But that could work

LOL! Welcome to Texas! Good thing is that we have WAY higher speed limits here than you're used to. The state just raised them across the board.

**yohoitztho** · 03-21-2012 11:17 AM

amen to that. 75 mph for a good hour north of round rock. #amazing

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**cubantexan** · 03-21-2012 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by yohoitztho

boo. just as I leave dallas, seems like the A3 crowd gains some members. =/
well if any of yall come by austin, lmk!

@cubantexan - get that stg3+ kit!!!
NTAG was a great little forum. members actually cared and the organizers are active.

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Working on it but I have a baby on the way now. So I have to slow roll it a bit.

**TBomb** · 03-21-2012 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by davis_449

LOL! Welcome to Texas!

LMAO I was just about to say that. 3.5 hours? That's not so bad

You can drive for 10 hours and still be in Texas depending on which direction you're going

**davis_449** · 03-21-2012 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by yohoitztho

amen to that. 75 mph for a good hour north of round rock. #amazing

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They raised it here, too. Literally just outside the San Antonio city limits on I-10 it changes to 75 MPH now.

**.aye four.** · 03-21-2012 10:05 PM

From Dallas here my wife has an A3 that I had modified for her lol only thing I have left to mess with after I sold my A4. Would be down for a meet up, GTG, welcome to Dallas party lol.

**rawaudi** · 03-21-2012 10:20 PM

So do we want to do April 21st or 31st?

I wont be in town till the 16th....

Maybe first week in May? Thoughts......

**TBomb** · 03-21-2012 10:30 PM

You talking Dallas only for now? Assuming so...I can't do 4/21. I could do 4/27 if we want to do a Friday, but probably not 4/28 or 5/5. Wedding season has my Saturdays booked up

**rawaudi** · 03-21-2012 11:04 PM

We can start with Dallas, but looks like there is plenty of interest to do a regional meet. Doesn't really matter what day for me, haha, I wont be busy!

4/27 sounds pretty good. Anyone else have scheduling issues?

**.aye four.** · 03-21-2012 11:52 PM

Should be ok for me, I should have the car cleaned up and the summer wheels back on by then.

**yohoitztho** · 03-22-2012 12:33 AM

austin's scene sucks. is anyone out here?
i have vag-com and love tinkering w/ stuff.

have a lot of extra gloss black vinyl if anyone here wants to do the b-pillar wrap mod =)

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