Tour Couture Cruise for Import Alliance 4-(9-10)-10 GA-TN-GA

[carbongs]

Import Alliance this year was a much more unique experience for me as I was invited to come and do some coverage of what is called “The Tour Couture”. In recent years the Tour Couture was a group of enthusiasts from Nashville and Chattanooga, TN who caravanned down to Atlanta for the big Import Alliance Meet. Producing 50+ cars it was definitely the place to be if you were attending the meet and were coming through TN.

This year the “Tour” was a bust with only a handful of cars who made it but it was still a blast to attend and cover! Got to hang halfway out the window of a 350Z going highway speeds and in and out of mountainous turns and grades for a good 4-5 hours haha was GREAT! Thanks for the invite guys!

Here we go!

Big thanks to my good friend Kevin for letting me borrow the car for the weekend. My GS has a lot of little issues that need to be taken care of before she is ready to get back on the road again so we needed a ride up to Nashville.

Of course this meant I was going to have some fun tagging up the car with a couple of International AllStars decals!

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Givin her a quick bath

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Banner is on!

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Let’s ride!

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Our plan of action

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Stopped by the ATM for some spending money for the weekend

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"You looking at me?" Says Kevin

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Clear roads !!!

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Until we hit 75!

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Arby’s for dinner

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BP for gasoline

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Got to Nashville met up with the guys and hit up Red Rooster, got denied because of dress code haha, so we hit up Tin Roof where we proceeded to have some tasty beverages

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Yum, BEER!

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Hit the sack at Amir’s crib and woke up to these guys!

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Cat approves!

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Jeff and Kevin knocked the F out on the couch haha! What you don’t see if Kevin’s feet are under one of the seat cushions haha!

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Inside joke “30 Inches!!!”

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Awesome!

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On the road again, to breakfast we go!!

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Everytime I ride around the city – Bling, Bling!

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Somebody was hungry!

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Seriously 18 MPH

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Are we there yet

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Saw this at the gas station where we pulled into IHOP

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It’s eating time

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Oh we tried! - FAIL

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Yummy, hot sauce!

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Let’s go again!

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Hi, my name is Amir and I like to take pictures of you taking pictures of me! Lol

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Met up with some other people for a meet in Nashville for roll out

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This one is open for captions

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Kevin’s camera and Amir’s glasses match the Z

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Now the rolling shots begin as we head down to Chattanooga for another mini meet

Cement truck FTW

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350Z

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335

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300ZX

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Suby

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Hi!

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Made a pit stop on an off ramp

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This is when the signing of the S2000 began

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I remember Jeff getting at least one honk for this

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On the road again!

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This random Fit joined in on our caravan

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About to enter Chattanooga

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Rolling into Chattanooga to meet a couple more peeps

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Food run before we hit up Atlanta

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Quick stop at McDonald’s

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Rolling into Atlanta

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Made it to the Varsity for the Import Alliance pre-meet

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Thanks for looking - yeah, I know.... I NEED to get my sensor cleaned haha!

[alpine_aw11]

That CTR is probably my favorite Civic....so damn nice.

[EK9*JDM1]

nice pic.. had a lot fun!! the cars re clean

[Homer Simpson]

felt l ike i was there!

awesome!

[Cameron.]

good coverage.

[JITB]

typical fashion u have the best coverage in a different way!

amir is a cool guy! u all going up to Import Alliance?

[msanch24]

that civic is incredible

[cVon128]

Great pics and beautiful Z! Got to meet Amir while I was there and he is a cool guy. Hope to see you guys in Nashville. Reps

[Evolunchbox]

Great coverage as always!

[HeLLo iM iZzY]

Great coverage

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[ATK_Designs]

great coverage bro.

It was a blast hanging with you and the guys. Lol. I still remember that freaking cold night. Thanks for being a good sport and gave me the couch.

We had couple good runs. I'm definitely up for it again.

[aachoo]

very nice ..

[singhondeck]

niicem, i have the same MIO Gps, shit looses signal all the time....and yes Tn has weird sgns i saw one with 24mph at the opry mill mall

[manilikecars]

coldest night in history lol