Who Wants To Grab A Beer In Portland?

[sqcomp]

As if on cue...

Our PDX area friends should get together for a few hours and have some great beer.

I'd imagine it would be a weekend, a Saturday perhaps.

Any suggestions for a downtown spot or another favorite spot?

Thoughts?

[Desperauto]

Sounds good to me. Would be good to hash out some ideas for our little cars.

[sqcomp]

Absolutely! I'm all for going to Henry's downtown but I'm open for anything.

[1NZYaris1]

:rolleyes: i will be in can you pay my airfare :laugh:
and pick me up from the airport , feed me water me and house me ,
then send me home again :cry:

[sqcomp]

Only if you bring some Kiwi beer! Taln has some space somewhere in the college town.

[Thirty-Nine]

I think we should go somewhere that has adequate/easy parking, too. There's the Lucky Lab here in SW Portland, there's Raccoon Lodge on Beaverton/Hillsday Hwy., there's Old Market on Garden Home. Otherwise, we I'm down for Green Dragon, Bailey's Taproom, or Henry's. Also, Deschutes Pub. So many choices. I'm down for anywhere.

[sqcomp]

Let's see who else chimes in. I want to see where everyone is coming from and hit a decent center location.

I think we could plan a get together for sometime in April, does that sound fair?

[Astroman]

I'm down with whenever and where ever as long as we plan it at least a couple weeks in advance so I can be off of work. As an added bonus I'll get astrogirl (Pera, my GF) to bring her '09 as well. :thumbup:

[sqcomp]

Definately sounds good.

It looks like right now we've got a small group of five. Myself, Astroman, Astrogirl, thiry-nine, and desperauto.

Desp and I are in SW (D is a little North of me from what it seems), Astro and his significant other are in SE...Where are you Thirty?

[Desperauto]

I'm open also.

[Thirty-Nine]

I'm in SW, too (Multnomah Village).

[sqcomp]

You're just Northeast of me...me being in King City/Tigard on 99W.

I'll let this sit for another day or two to see if we get anymore interested parties. We'll pick a solid date to get together after that.

[talnlnky]

depending on when it happens I may be down... If its an evening (Like friday night) i'd need a place to stay the night as i'm in Eugene.

[sqcomp]

We'll see if I can arrainge something on that end unless someone else wants to volunteer a rack for Taln...

[Thirty-Nine]

Any news on this?

[sqcomp]

It looks like a small group so far. Perhaps we should set a date. I'd like to say the 18th but I'm at the Washington County jail from 8am to 3 am Sunday morning...gotta love going through tazer orientation, K9 orientation, Consim, Range 3000...AND a shift at the jail!

Are there any other dates like at the end of the month or even perhaps next month that would jive for everyone?

[talnlnky]

It looks like a small group so far. Perhaps we should set a date. I'd like to say the 18th but I'm at the Washington County jail from 8am to 3 am Sunday morning...gotta love going through tazer orientation, K9 orientation, Consim, Range 3000...AND a shift at the jail!

Are there any other dates like at the end of the month or even perhaps next month that would jive for everyone?

i'm going to be in spokane,wa & hayden lake, ID the first weekend in may.

[Thirty-Nine]

I'm going to be in Yakima on the 18th ...

[sqcomp]

we'll figure it out...

We have nothing but time.

[Astroman]

I'm going to be in Yakima on the 18th ...

Figures, I move from there, and you're gonna be there (but just for a day).

Like I said, I'm up for any day planned other than the next two weekends. Gotta move to a cheaper apartment :mad:

[Thirty-Nine]

Hey: Look at the sticky in the top of this forum: We're grabbin' a beer at 6:30 at the Lucky Lab in Multnomah Village today!

[jhsouders]

Hey guess what! Another Yaris Owner in the Portland Area.... ME! lol I live out in Hillsboro. Maybe sometime we should all get together, if you havent already.

[Thirty-Nine]

Absolutely!

[sqcomp]

We've got a cruise on the 6th up to St. Helens...

[jhsouders]

So, just wondering, are you guys big on getting the best mpg numbers possible, or do you just try and have fun? So what else should i know about the cruise to st helens?

[Astroman]

Mostly were just about getting together, having fun, and talkin' yarii (and other car stuff too, and micro-beer :biggrin:)

The cruise is pretty fun, we all meet in the parkinglot next to the shell station in castlerock, then form a line and head up the mountain, then head down, then grub! Just an FYI, they don't allow racing up and down the mountain and will kick those who do out, and I believe there isn't alcohol allowed in the park. Other than that it's a lot of fun, and the thread is stickied in the Regional, northwest section. Afterwards in the threads some of us post our MPG numbers. Last time I went I averaged 36mpg, which is pretty good for me. My girlfriend might come in her yaris, and hers usually nets mid 40s (it's a stock manual).

Hope you can make it, have yet to see any sedans at any meets I've been too! :thumbup:

[jhsouders]

How many people usually show up? Really no sedans? I love mine lol. Where is castlerock? my sedan seems to net me pretty good mileage too.

[sqcomp]

Hey, there WILL be sedans there! Mine is one.

[Astroman]

Sweet two sedans! :thumbup:

Were I live there are PLENTY of sedans, but they're all "older" people who don't do squat to them, seen a couple with rims and tint, but that's about it. Will be nice to have some sedans representing this year. :clap:

[jhsouders]

I actually dont have any mods on my sedan. Its ok though, because on the highway i get 54+ mpg on flat highway when i really try.

[Astroman]

That's fine if your stock, we don't mind! :biggrin: Impressive MPG numbers. I know if I tried the girls yaris could do even better, but were pretty happy with the 38-44mpg were getting now.

[jhsouders]

This came out of the DFCO thread...

"Yes, but it does it best if its firmware has been upgraded with the XGauge feature. Hit the "Menu" button, Select SETUP, then FUEL, then CUTOFF and set it to 21. Once done the instant MPG display will show 9999 MPG when DFCO is occurring.

If your SGII has not been upgraded with the XGauge feature you can verify a DFCO state by correlating several other readings:

1) LOD (Engine Load) will drop well below a reading at idle. My 5MT Yaris shows an LOD of 43 at idle but only 34 in DFCO.
2) GPH/LPH (fuel rate) will bottom out at 0.2 - 0.4 GPH or 0.75 - 1.5 LPH.
3) LP (fuel system loop) will be solidly Open.
4) MPG/LHK will go to the high side (it will take a few seconds but it will go quite high, i.e. 100+ MPG)."


Does anyone know if any TPS number lower than 21 is accurate for DFCO taking effect? seems a little high, but it seems it might be true.

[Astroman]

I know this is a OLD thread but I'll be in Portland tonight, Sunday, and Monday. So say hi if you see me!