IIRC renting a trailer will cost and arm and a leg. IN the log run you'd be better to get your own or just rent one in STL if you need it to get home.
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IIRC renting a trailer will cost and arm and a leg. IN the log run you'd be better to get your own or just rent one in STL if you need it to get home.
once you attend one, then you understand ;)
IIRC James has been to at least one.
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Originally Posted by Hans@GZP
I always have drove without a trailer and raced. I make sure the car is tip top always and i bring extra parts, tools, and jack ect. I weld center diffs to make sure i am not stranded if tcase, os or rear end goes. lol
I already asked for it off work hopefully well be tailoring the talon down , maybe while rays their he could take a car k at tunning it :)
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Yea, these events are what culminates into my actual vacation. My vacation from working on these cars will not consist of working on my car lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by 11secondFWD
Put some engine mounts and make it awd again so you can say its in tip top shape :p
I hear ya man. Working on the car is not fun especially when supposed to be enjoying the car and relaxing. I am broke and never had a truck or trailer so I guess I never had a choice to tow. If I had it I would probably. But desperate times means desperate measures. And no broken stuff yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans@GZP
I drove 10 hours to Indy last year after working the night shift. By the time I went to bed at 2am that night, I had been up for 36 hours straight. St. Louis is only about 6 hours away...gonna be nice!
I don't trailer because I know Hans will give me a ride home.....now what am I going to do? :lol:
Looks like it's 7hrs 47min away so that means about 6hrs. :suspect:
The hard part about trailering is choosing which one to take to NG and which one to leave home :(. Alas, I'll have to think about which one will cost more, and piss me off more, to fix when I break it... because I towed it!
Looks like 900 miles and about 15 hours. I missed NG12 but i will not miss NG13. Will be bringing 2 cars this year which will be a 1st for me.
ill be there!
It's only 1216 miles for me!! Piece of cake compared to the 2400 miles I drove to Indy from San Diego. (That's each way) I'll leave on Monday morning and be there by Tuesday afternoon. Florida people! Let's do this!! Stop off in Atlanta Monday night and meet up with the Georgia people on Tuesday. I've done these epic drives all by my lonesome in '08 and '10, it would be nice to be part of a caravan for a change.
Good thing it's not until next year!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans@GZP
nodoze if you go through springfield to get there lmk and we can meet up. i will prolly drive my talon there
definitely see if cty, milt, and hughes & the atl crew will join in. might even be able to get paul to tag along as well...and if the bama crew are taking the same route west, you might catch them too.Quote:
Originally Posted by 93STLTH
I hope the St Louis shopping carts are ready!!
Hopefully there will be a decent size group from Michigan still going.. I'd love to caravan.. Alan, Steve, Alex, Brandon?
I'll take two eighteen straight.down only six hours
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The Wife has put in for the time off, planning on it. Sounds like the whole family is going this go around. A caravan only makes sense. Alan will already be there, and do not forget Matt, Bryan, Josh...and the member in Coldwater...I think his name is Brian as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uniuno
Cool it's only about a 2 1/2 3 hour drive for me. I will be there for sure. Hope they start the sign up early this year. Would rather pay now and get that part out of the way.
We won't be able to caravan... I'll be heading down on Friday, Alan will come on Saturday I think. Registration SHOULD start earlier, but with added events it means a lot of changes to the system so it depends on when he gets it ready. Remember - we both have full-time jobs, too, so we're doing the best we can. We'll try, though.
Will we still be having the drags?
Yes. There are going to be some changes, but we'll definitely be having them. That was a major negotiating point for us.
Yes I want to see someone else sprint with that much liquor in system and not vomit afterwards. Holy alcohol rush to the head.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uniuno
Cool hopefully we can do it at night?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lori
Here's hoping the hotel honors my.rewards point :) for choice hotels , could turn.this into a cheaper trip
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i am only 2 1/2 hours away straight down 55
I'll only say this once here; you guys and gals do not know how lucky nothing serious happened during the shopping cart drags. Doing that stunt was no worse off than the lack of judgement that happened at 3 am. I have been trained in industrial safety and have a pretty good understanding of risk assessment and to be drunk and to run balls out while pushing another drunk in a shopping cart through a parking lot is just asking for some serious bad karma. Just one unseen rock under the wheel or a little pot hole or crack will send someone to the hospital. Some sane adult in charge needs to rethink the shopping cart drags as an event before someone gets seriously hurt.Quote:
Originally Posted by bridge
Facts: high center of gravity, small wheels, front wheels swivel independently and are not controlled by anyone, cart rider has no helmet on or any other protective clothing, asphalt is abrasive to human skin, drunk pusher has impaired reflexes and cannot respond properly to a bad situation.
Here is a rule that you can take to the bank; if you repeat a scenario enough times in a row something unexpected will happen. Example, no matter how good you are with a hammer, if you take a box of nails and hammer them quickly one at a time into a 2x4 by holding them with your fingers, you will hit your fingers with the hammer eventually. It is the law of averages combined with the action. What kind of danger do I see in a shopping car drag? Broken arm, broken collar bone, severe road rash, concussion, fractured vertebrae, paralysis, death. Man steps up on a 24" riser, looses balance and falls backwards striking head on the ground, man expires. True story. Conditions don't really have to be that bad to cause serious injury or death.
buzzkill
But you're probably right.
Who ever said we were planning shopping cart drags??
Consent waivers ..... Jk
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it's that idiot's right to choose whether or not he or she will partake in said shopping cart derby.
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http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/One...c3_3634246.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Boomer3000
the internet used to be so much better before link-blocking became possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by sketch
Did I mention that we're going to be offering a dyno day?
will there be a prize for brightest glowing turbos?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lori
I bet I know where the dyno day will be :suspect:
good newsQuote:
Originally Posted by Lori
how much to put your car on the dyno?