Anyone going to the national meet???
Anyone going to the national meet??? 
09-12-2006
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Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but I just caught this pic on that link on the first page:
Well.... it sure looks a lot like this one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJLhSWUBnwE
Well.... it sure looks a lot like this one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJLhSWUBnwE
09-14-2006
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clubsi east side meets there all the time
http://forums.clubsi.com/showflat.ph...13&an=0&page=0
clubsi east side meets there all the time
http://forums.clubsi.com/showflat.ph...13&an=0&page=0
09-15-2006
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Rep Power: 355 Total Est. Time: 28 hours, 6 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 1912.98 miles
That's from my house, so lets see...
If I get 30 MPG and gas costs $2.49 per gallon, I'd need 127.53 gallons round trip at a cost of $317.55. This doesn't include the fact that I'll need a $20 oil change when I get back, I'll have taken approx 4000 miles off the life of my 19" tires at $150 each. That equals about 0.03 per mile (assuming I get 20K miles out of my tires) and would cost me about $120 in rubber). Add in the fact that the trip takes an estimated 28 hours to get there (and there is no way I'm driving straight through) and we also have to assume two things: 1) including the cost of an overnight stay 2) with 2 days in JUST travel to and from, I'd need to take at least a week off (because I'm not driving 28 hours to just stay there one day). Now lets total up our costs to stay there lets assume 1 night mid travel and 2 nights there. At an average of $69.99 per night (because you KNOW there won't be any open close hotels in NC) and we've got 209.97 in hotel fees. So far this trip has cost me a weeks vacation, 667.52 (not including food or vehicle repairs), and I drive this entire way only to have to drive the 318 available turns at 45MPH because the road is littered with cops. I have a general rule: If anything is more than 6 hours away, I fly. The idea sounds great if only it were about 1000 miles closer. So needless to say, I won't be there.
Total Est. Distance: 1912.98 miles
That's from my house, so lets see...
If I get 30 MPG and gas costs $2.49 per gallon, I'd need 127.53 gallons round trip at a cost of $317.55. This doesn't include the fact that I'll need a $20 oil change when I get back, I'll have taken approx 4000 miles off the life of my 19" tires at $150 each. That equals about 0.03 per mile (assuming I get 20K miles out of my tires) and would cost me about $120 in rubber). Add in the fact that the trip takes an estimated 28 hours to get there (and there is no way I'm driving straight through) and we also have to assume two things: 1) including the cost of an overnight stay 2) with 2 days in JUST travel to and from, I'd need to take at least a week off (because I'm not driving 28 hours to just stay there one day). Now lets total up our costs to stay there lets assume 1 night mid travel and 2 nights there. At an average of $69.99 per night (because you KNOW there won't be any open close hotels in NC) and we've got 209.97 in hotel fees. So far this trip has cost me a weeks vacation, 667.52 (not including food or vehicle repairs), and I drive this entire way only to have to drive the 318 available turns at 45MPH because the road is littered with cops. I have a general rule: If anything is more than 6 hours away, I fly. The idea sounds great if only it were about 1000 miles closer. So needless to say, I won't be there.
09-15-2006
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A simple no it cost too much & is too far would have done.
ok I assume no one is going then...
A simple no it cost too much & is too far would have done.
ok I assume no one is going then...
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Rep Power: 355 You HAVE to be analytical. Thats what life is like living with a budget. How do you know how much IS too much when you've never plugged the numbers in? Don't get me wrong the idea is really cool. If we can put together one in Cali, I'd do it. Then again we don't have a road like that in Cali. To be honest it's a year out and I doubt you will even go but think about this:
Another problem from people on the West coast is that they wanna meet on Friday. Traveling from the West means you'd have to take Thursday off and drive all Wednesday night just to get there in time. Then everyone leaves on Monday. You're gonna leave work midweek, drive for an entire week, and come back with no time to rest. It's just not practical.
Besides, we DO have meets here that are fun, you just haven't been to one of our meets yet. We have cool peeps.
Another problem from people on the West coast is that they wanna meet on Friday. Traveling from the West means you'd have to take Thursday off and drive all Wednesday night just to get there in time. Then everyone leaves on Monday. You're gonna leave work midweek, drive for an entire week, and come back with no time to rest. It's just not practical.
Besides, we DO have meets here that are fun, you just haven't been to one of our meets yet. We have cool peeps.
09-15-2006
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Rep Power: 289 I have pluged in the numbers,
and I want to go. In my opinion its gona be a
great experence.
Ill be at the meet on the 23rd, &
im sure we will have a good time.
and I want to go. In my opinion its gona be a
great experence.
Ill be at the meet on the 23rd, &
im sure we will have a good time.
09-24-2006
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Rep Power: 0 Whoa yeah my buddy in Tucson has one of those Titans yep I give him mad crap about that 18 mpg mileage. When my 57 chevy the BOAT gets 16 and its 49 yrs old HAHA
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