Time for a Spring Fling?

[356D]

This could be interesting. The 356D got a new Optima yellow top battery tonight...

IT LIVES!!!!!!

Now, an oil change and a light tune-up, and it should be ready. I just hope none of you plan on going over 50 MPH.... You'll lose me! hock:

[Wellardmac]

Cool!

We won't loose you - Tony kept up with us in his 356 during a drive last year.

I mowed the lawn this evening, now I just have to give the car a bath before Saturday and I'm all set.

[356D]

Oh yeah... that washing thing... Good thing it's a tiny car... I should be able to fit that in.  This is a busy week/month... Way too many vehicular things to do....

[Wellardmac]

356D wrote:

Oh yeah... that washing thing... Good thing it's a tiny car... I should be able to fit that in. This is a busy week/month... Way too many vehicular things to do....

Tell me about it - I've been babysitting my sick son since saturday, so nothing is getting done... the to-do list is getting longer and taunting me. Ahh, the joys of burning vacation days to look after sick kids.

[356D]

You gotta love that.  Hope they recover quickly for you. It's tough when little ones are sick and you're basically helpless to fix it... It just has to go away in time....

I usually get that task as well, since I have comptime at work and usually have a ton of time built up. Plus this year I get 8 weeks vacation due to a mess-up in the personnel department. The policy was rewritten, but it was worded very poorly and ambiguously. So the past two years I was entitled to an additional week vacation that I never got. So they added it to the four I get this year, plus I carried over two weeks from last year.... Oh how I suffer.

But I'm prepping my truck for a big meet in June at the Rockingham Dragstrip, and adding some "go-fast" goodies, and doesn't some little <expletive deleted> decide to grace me with his intelligence by scratching foul words in the doors of my Titan while I'm at the local mall getting the boy a haircut. So, it's got to go in for 3 weeks for a fresh paintjob.... and it's a BIG truck! I'm only a little miffed.....don't know if it shows....

[Wellardmac]

356D wrote:

You gotta love that. Hope they recover quickly for you. It's tough when little ones are sick and you're basically helpless to fix it... It just has to go away in time....

I usually get that task as well, since I have comptime at work and usually have a ton of time built up. Plus this year I get 8 weeks vacation due to a mess-up in the personnel department. The policy was rewritten, but it was worded very poorly and ambiguously. So the past two years I was entitled to an additional week vacation that I never got. So they added it to the four I get this year, plus I carried over two weeks from last year.... Oh how I suffer.

But I'm prepping my truck for a big meet in June at the Rockingham Dragstrip, and adding some "go-fast" goodies, and doesn't some little <expletive deleted> decide to grace me with his intelligence by scratching foul words in the doors of my Titan while I'm at the local mall getting the boy a haircut. So, it's got to go in for 3 weeks for a fresh paintjob.... and it's a BIG truck! I'm only a little miffed.....don't know if it shows....

Ouch! I'd be annoyed about the truck. I like the sound of the vacation time though. I wish I had that much.

Thankfully I get to go to work tomorrow so my wife can stay home. We've got problems if he's not in control of his exploding diapers by Saturday. hock:

[Wellardmac]

Well, we had a great turnout today - 65 cars showed up at Lambertville this morning. We the exception of a small group we managed to keep everyone together.

We had some fantastic cars show up and it was great to see everyone - the good weather brought out a nice array of convertibles and garage queens alike.

A big thank you to everyone who participated - I'll make a big plea - if you took photographs, please please please - I'd appreciate it if you could send copies to me for use on a website compilation of photos from the event. I'll also assemble a collage for use in Der Gasser when I get around to writing up the review of the event. PM me and I'll give you an email address to send the photos to.

I've posted a bunch of photos from the event here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wellardmac/

Thanks again and I hope to see you all again soon!

[jpdubin]

Absolutely amazing drive this morning.  Perfect weather and everyone as nice as could be.  Can't wait unitl the next one.   

[STEVEMCMORN]

Wayne - just a quick note to thank you for a great event!

This was my first tour and as you know I hate getting out of bed early (especially on a saturday morning) but your drive was well worth it.

The 65 cars turn out was amazing, the lake and countryside beautiful and I have never enjoyed a drive so much - it took me 50 mins to realise I didn't even have the radio on as I was concentrating so much. Part 1 of the drive was fantastic - I was up and down the gears through the country lanes, hard in and out of the corners and driving much faster as part of a convoy that I generally drive alone - it really was the exciting rollercoaster of a drive that you promised. Part 2 after the lake was not so entertaining as I was stuck near the back of the pack behind mr greatcarbutcoaststhrougheverycornerslowdriver but overall, a fantastic day.

As somebody famous once said, I'll be back! 

[Wellardmac]

STEVEMCMORN wrote:

Wayne - just a quick note to thank you for a great event!

This was my first tour and as you know I hate getting out of bed early (especially on a saturday morning) but your drive was well worth it.

The 65 cars turn out was amazing, the lake and countryside beautiful and I have never enjoyed a drive so much - it took me 50 mins to realise I didn't even have the radio on as I was concentrating so much. Part 1 of the drive was fantastic - I was up and down the gears through the country lanes, hard in and out of the corners and driving much faster as part of a convoy that I generally drive alone - it really was the exciting rollercoaster of a drive that you promised. Part 2 after the lake was not so entertaining as I was stuck near the back of the pack behind mr greatcarbutcoaststhrougheverycornerslowdriver but overall, a fantastic day.

As somebody famous once said, I'll be back!

Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it - it was good to have you along. Today really was one to remember.

When you're shepherding 65 cars over an 80 mile course you could say that any day where noone gets a speeding ticket, or gets into an accident is a good one. I was really impressed at how well people worked together to try and keep the line together and not lose the cars behind them.

I'll admit that your position in the line will have a big impact on your experience. It can be a little frustrating when you're stuck behind a slower driver when you want to drive quickly. At also depends on the day - I've heard stories on previous drives of some drivers towards the back of the line having to work hard to keep up with the pace. I think that the ideal place is to be in the middle of the pack, as that tends to be a more constant pace.

Ideally groups that size should be split into two groups - one faster and one slower, but I'm still on a quest to find a willing volunteer that would be up to leading a second group.