Royal Palm Scion Show winners

In accordance to the last post about Royal Palm Scion show here is the list of the award winners:

Best tC- Andres
1st Wild tC- Brian Bohne
2nd Wild tC- Karlie Critser
1st Mild tC- Stacie Warren
2nd Mild tC- Dwight Slamb
Best xA- Rona
1st xA- Stacey Slamb
Best xB- Rey
1st Wild xB- Scooby
1st Mild xB- Christian
2nd Mild xB- Ed Duran
Best of Show- Mike Vega

NO Xd'S SHOWED
So if you read this and you own either 1) a stock scion straight from the factory or 2) or an xD, I hope you plan to attend more local shows as there are awards waiting for you to win!

Royal Palm Scion Show 7/26/09

With enough heat outside to fry an egg on the hood of a Scion tC, the throng of enthusiasts or "freaks" of scion owners prepare to show off their rides at another Scion show in Southeast Florida; this time you will find us at the Royal Palm Scion dealership. Some may think it is crazy to have two Scion shows in the span of two weeks right? Well this show had a kicker: cash pay-outs for not only club participation but for the "best-of" awards themselves.
There is only one word to describe this dealerships spacing for the show....HUGE. Each participant had the privilege setting up camp over two parking spaces with room for tents, displays, etc.
It was pretty obvious after you parked your vehicle and open the door to get out you were hit with a BIG sign from the Sun God warning you if you do not seek shade your skin will be crispy by the end of the show.
So as we are cleaning our cars and getting them ready for the almighty judges, more and more Scions just keep rolling in, there was even a participant who drove from Orlando and others from Ft. Myers. As if it was no better timing, after the cars are cleaned, the food and drinks roll out; not only that Rita's Italian Ice showed up and there was a giant 30ft water slide for all.
We cleaned, they judged, we all baked, but in the end this was definitely one of the biggest (roughly 50 participating cars) and overall best local scion show around to date. The competition was fierce, the select few got to take home cash money, and everyone got to enjoy karoke, baseketball tricks by Scion Expressionism and broke down dancing from a mascot that looked like he could be luigi's half-brother.

Pics can be found on our facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=2010898&id=1579636743

I also tried some video footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll3OIL_V5zs

The next show is looking to be on August 26th at Expressway Toyota. I will update when the date, time and location are all set in stone so stay reading!

Earl Stewart Scion Show 7.12.2009

Its been awhile but we are back with more Southeastern Scion news! This time from the Scion car show hosted by Earl Stewart Scion.
Scion owners prepared for this show knowing there was change ahead in upcoming car shows, which was surprisingly truthful! Instead of the normal dealership parking, this show was held at a nearby park which allowed the participants ample spacing to park their vehicles and show off to the public.
Car shows are typically a type of show where participants show off their rides to judges who judge their car and rate the vehicles accordingly on a points scale. In past, Scion shows and even other all manufacture car shows in general, the judging portion seems to fall down on the priority category always resulting in a show that runs well past the scheduled time, turning happy energetic owners into cranky crispy sun drained zombies. Although this time around with new Scion car show management time was run over somewhat of a half an hour, in turn keeping the participants full of pizza, drinks and overall happy that the DJ understands there are more than one genre of music.
During the show the owners were brought back to school and were taught what the judges were looking for specifically, to show that they are no clown off the street and from now on the points will be marked on a more strict scale.
There is even talk about have a "Stock" class to encourage ANY scion owner to participate and not worry about competing against some of us "crazy enthusiasts." More to come on that.

The next Scion Show is this Sunday 7.26.2009 at Royal Palm Scion were the lastest addition to Scion shows will be implemented: CASH PRIZES!
Hope to see you there!

Scion Training

Ever since Scion first launched in the North American market in 2004, their slogan "What Moves You?" has been used to attrach potential Toyota owners. However, over time it seems that Salesmen trying to sell these vehicles have been giving buyers the motivation to "move" on to other dealerships or other car brands, essentially driving eager Scion buyers out the door due to either their lack of knowledge, the undoubtedly want for a bigger sale, or just showing no genuine interest in the auto makers best selling vehicle.

Here is where Michael Kennedy, (manager of Scion operations for South East Toyota), steps in to make a change one dealership at a time. Just with ONE call, within ten to fifteen minutes, roughly 10 Scions pull up front of the Royal Palm Scion/Toyota dealership. This goes to show that those who buy a Scion, and are enthusiasts, become part of a family. Greeting with open arms, the dealership listened to all advice, stories, and information given to them from actual Scion owners. Many salesmen were amazed at what can be done with Scions and appreciated all the work put into them as they actually walked around and observed the cars.

I sure hope to see more opportunities such as this in the near future. It gives a chance for us, Scion owners, to voice our opinions and in turn, essentially keep us "moving" in the right direction.


All photos can be viewed here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/noicsgarage/RoyalPalmScion?feat=directlink

It's a Zoo Out There!

You would think noics photos, founded on Scions would be posting another thread on cars right?....Wrong, here is the first set of landscape pics for the Noics camp. Christy asks me "hey want to go to the zoo?" Im thinking "the zoo? I havent been there in forever!", she says "you can take a lot of pics!"...so of course Im there.....
As always here are the teaser pics and the link for the rest of the album for anyone to enjoy...

http://picasaweb.google.com/noicsgarage/ItSAZooOutThere?feat=directlink

Maroone Scion Show

As Scion owners recieved their Mardi Gras themed invitation to the Maroone Scion carshow on March 28th, 2009 it was another event to them [owners] to wash/wax/claybar their rides to make a good, strong showing to represent their club to the fullest and also vye for the 1st place club participation trophy.
Not many pics were taking due to certain "events" that happened but here they are....
Hope you enjoy!

http://picasaweb.google.com/noicsgarage/MarooneScionShow?feat=directlink

1UP Crew by the beach...

What was meant to be a day to visit the newly renovated South Pointe Park to take pics, Noics and 1UP find ourselves talking to the "bouncer" allowing us access thru the gate to this great spot next to the bridge leading to South Beach...
Plenty of pic are always sure to ensue and its up to you to enjoy them....

All photos are here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/noicsgarage/1UPPhotoshoot32209?feat=directlink