How I spend my last Saturdays of each month
 

How I spend my last Saturdays of each month:

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Link to the full set of the Orlando Cars and Cafe November Photos

And if you want more follow this link: OAC: Orlando Cars & Café

I hate you.

Nothing personnel... I have spent the last two Saturdays hanging wall paper.

Great pictures. Great cars. What a way to spend a day....thanks for sharing!

SB

Great assortment of cars! cant stop looking on that yellow Aston. Thanks for posting

Wonderful pictures. Thanks Much! :dance:

It is truly amazing the variety of premium cars we have show up each month. I am always surprised.

The December meet was moved up a week early due to the Holiday, we also sponsored a Toys for Tots drive this month.

Below are just a few photos from Saturday, link to the full Set here: Orlando Cars and Cafe - December photos

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That Carrera GT is the sex.

The Gallardo Balboni looks soooo nice!!

All the cars are great except for the HMMWV, probably the most unreliable and poorly designed vehicle I've ever driven.

Lots of seriously nice cars at your meets. Wish I was there.

You must admit, reliable or not, the HMMWV is a piece of history. The green one is privately owned by a local collector and ex-military. The beige one was the vehicle the Marines brought to the meet to pick up the Toys for Tots we collected.

I didn't mean to minimize your car club or the charity drive you had there. Toys for Tots is a great cause and using iconic cars is a great way to attract prople and donations. All great cars and sounds like a fun time. I wish I could attend.

I agree the HMMWV (Humvee) is a piece of military history just like the GP (Jeep). Most civilians practically worship it as the premiere off road truck and battle hardened combat vehicle. I remember as a kid when the Humvee was introduced to the public I said to myself I will get one someday. Having experienced the true awfulness of it, The very sight of it irritates me, especially when it's on public roads. Living with it on a daily basis, you see all the shortcomings and the need for a better vehicle. The new MRAP is much better, although a bit large.

Just curious, what were the specific problems you had with the Humvee design/reliability? Was your usage in the military, or civilian?
Steve

Help Identify a car
 

There was a white supercar in the pictures with the lambo's and ferrari's, what was that I'd never seen that before?

Almost looks like a Saleen S7 ??

^ Noble (M400 I think)

JTP, no offense taken :D

I use them in the military. The older models are severely underpowered, too heavy, and will get stuck more often than people realize. The designers never heard of the word "ergonomics" nor "functionality". Visibility is very poor, not just in the blind spot but forward as well. I have a CDL and driven all sorts of trucks but this is the worst. The seats offer little to no adjustment, the military thinking that all soldiers are built exactly the same and when you wear body armor the steering wheel is pretty much in your chest. They tell us we have to wear seatbelts but it is impossible while wearing armor. The radio mounts in such a way that in order to effectively use it you need to be either in the back seat, or if your truck is a two seater you need to crane your neck at an impossible angle to view the panel. Ventilation is awful. The hood is pretty good to sleep on though. These trucks break down all the time, usually at the worst times.

The newer models have a higher power output and alittle better reliablity, but being clad with armor performance is not improved (10-12,000lb empty weight). With the new armor, it is very top heavy, harder to get unstuck, and in the event of a rollover, the doors are nearly impossible to open if the truck is unfortunate to land on its side or at an angle. Armored doors weigh 200-500 lbs each depending on the model. Exiting the vehicle in a hurry is a bit tricky too, with the high sill. And Humvees are also not very good at taking IED blasts. I think alot of the problem is lack of coordination between the military and AM General. Mission requirements are always changing and the manufacturer either can't keep pace or are not allowed to change the basic design so that all trucks have the same design for maintenance issues. The original design did not allow much for changes or addition of extra equipment which the military has always done. It's like Clark Griswold's station wagon. They kept putting extra crap on and they didn't know when to stop.

I'll use whatever the military tells me to use, but I can't see a poor design implemented for thousands of soldiers to use will be very mission effective. The poor design of the HMMWV has been in the news for years and finally they are doing something about it. Atleast we no longer use them in combat operations using them only for training and FOB/Garrison use. We sold many to the Iraqis and we now use MRAPs, which are a vast improvement.

Interesting, I didn't realize they were that bad. I knew they were underpowered and poor against IED's, but not how easily they got stuck and the rest. They had the same problems with the Bradley. Trying to be everything at once, and constantly changing design goals.

Don't think its an M400 but I wanna know what it is. Its about to become my new obsession!

Sorry, it's a Rossion Q1 http://www.rossioncars.com/
He has been out to the last two meets but both times I missed getting a closer look.

Too cool, kabel!
Where and when is this meet??
We are in the Amelia Island area and always looking for nice weekend road trips!!

Orlando Cars & Café
presented by the Orlando Automotive Club

Scheduled for the last Saturday of each month, the next one is January 30, 2010.

Time: 9am - 12pm
Location: Route 46 Entertainment District - 4316 W. State Road 46, Sanford, Florida 32771

Though I probably will not be there for that one, I'll be in Daytona for the Rolex 24 Hour race.

Visit the Orlando Automotive Club site for additional information and pics from the past events.

My photo collection from past meets:
Orlando Cars & Café Photo collection

Where do you hang at the Rolex?
Looks like I'll be going with a couple of friends, maybe we can get together,
as long as the weather is nice, that is.
About ten years in a row, back in the 70's and 80's. it was ALWAYS the coldest weekend of the winter. I mean walk the fences all night shaking, because it was too cold to sleep, cold!!! :ah:

We actually don't hang in one spot for too long!

The PCA car coral is a nice spot (between the 24hr turn 3 & 4) and because we'll be parked there it will serve as home base.

There are several places we will be stopping at to see friends, the Grassroots Motorsports tent, the Mazda Owners area as well as the local CFBMW group area...

Thought the rain might hold off for us today, but it didn't. Despite the weather many more people came out today than I expected, lets hear it for the true enthusiast!

Here are the OAC Cars and Café February Photos set

A few samples from the set:

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Another great meet this month, well over 200 cars showed up. This months theme was American Muscle, and we certainly had a lot show up!

Follow the link to the full photo set for the Orlando Car and Café April Meet photos Here are a few I was happy with:

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A few sample photos from this months Orlando Cars and Cafe meet, full set is viewable here: May Orlando Cars and Cafe. If you're in the area when we have ne of these meets you need to come out, :cool:

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Orlando Cars and Café - Saturday June 26
 

For anyone in the central FL area, the next Orlando Cars and Café meet is this Saturday June 26, 2010
Presented by the Orlando Automotive Club

Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010
Time: 9am - 12pm
Location: Rout 46 Entertainment District - 4316 W. State Road 46, Sanford, Florida 32771

Visit the Orlando Automotive Club site for additional information and pics from the past events. And below is a link to my collection of photos from past meets: Orlando Cars & Cafe Photo collection

For anyone interested... The monthly Orlando Cars and Cafe meet is this Saturday July 31 (tomorrow) 9am-12pm at the Route 46 Entertainment District in Sanford.
This months feature is the Viper, the Viper Club of Central FL will be bringing out some of their their finest, should be cool.

Last Month:

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With no special theme this month turn out was about average and we had a great variety of fantastic cars, including a brief showing of a 1 of 1 Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari 458, Ferrari California, and a Mosler MT900.

If you are eve in Orlando the last Saturday of the month, you need to visit us.

Link to a my full photo set:
kabelphoto Orlando Cars and Cafe 08/10

I was trying my hand at using a tilt-shift lens this month, kinda cool. Here are a few sample photos from the set:

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Here are a couple more photo sets:

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For anyone in the central FL area, the next Orlando Cars and Café meet is this Saturday Sept 25, 2010
Presented by the Orlando Automotive Club

Date: Saturday, Sept 25, 2010
Time: 9am - 12pm
Location: Rout 46 Entertainment District - 4316 W. State Road 46, Sanford, Florida 32771

Visit the Orlando Automotive Club site for additional information and pics from the past events. And below is a link to my collection of photos from past meets: Orlando Cars & Cafe Photo collection

Another month, another meet. The weather was not great and that kept people away, however, lots of Porsche cars showed up :)

link to the full set: Orlando Cars and Café Nov 27, 2010 Photos *

few samples:
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Wow - You are quite talented with a camera - even if you do have some amazing subjects! Nice work! I especially like the ones like the white NSX and the Viper beneath it. Very cool focus effect!

Regardless of the photography, that yellow Ferrari is about as beautiful of a car as I have ever seen. I first saw one in person last summer in Italy. They are very drool worthy!

There is a cars & cafe even in MN as well, but I've never seen quite the automotive talent that you get in Orlando. Occassional Porsche Carrera GT, maybe a Lamborghini Murcielago, and loads of Corvettes, lesser Ferraris, Porsches, etc. But not nearly to that level of quantity and quality.

Many thanks for the kind words, photography is a hobby I truly enjoy.

It is amazing the variety of premium cars we have show up each month, even with a low turn out like we had this past weekend (aprx 40 cars versus the usual average of 90 cars).

I was working with a 45mm prime tilt-shift lens again this time (full manual and no image stabilization). That enabled some of that odd focus/depth-of-field effect like on the white NSX you noticed.

BTW, The Minneapolis MN Cars and Cafe is our sister club actually. I've seen photos from their meets and I must say they have a great variety of amazing cars too! A shame you cannot meet year round :p

Here is a link to photos from the December Orlando Cars and Café meet, Toys for Tots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kabelphoto/sets/72157625501505751/

Despite the weather, I would say the OAC Toys for Tots toy drive was a great success. Below are samples from the set:

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Bit of a downer when the rain came in, but we still had a good meet :cool: