AL: Thursday Caravan (Bham to Chattanooga to NVNC)
 

Here is the plan for Bham Thursday caravan..

I believe following people are to join us..

1. Me
2. SPOautos
3. 20B 3rd Gen
4. Zonblitz
5. GorillaRE
6. Trout2
7. somchhir1
8. TC Carson
9. Hobby
10. ZGN


We'll meet between 8:30-9AM in front of Home Depot parking lot in Trussville, Alabama (600 Gadsden Hwy, Trussville, AL - (205) 661-9415).
** Please fill up your tank before meeting up **


We'll stop off in Chattanooga (around 12-2PM EST), TN and meet up with those who wants to meet up and have lunch with us.

For lunch we'll head to "Big River", located adjacent to Hamilton Place Mall.
Address for the restaurant is: 2020 Hamilton Place Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37421 Phone (423) 553-7723

We'll Try to depart around 2- 2:30PM from Hamilton area.. And stop to get gas when we are out of the busy junction.

Please have your 2 way radios.

I thought that me and Hobby were going to join you guys. I am not going to be able to leave until abouot noon as of right now. Hobby may decide to go ahead and join you. One of the two of us will update you if that's the case.

Todd B.

djmtsu and I can't leave until 4 from murfreesboro, but the rest of the boro guys may chime in, don't know their exacty route though

see you then....

Sorry about that Todd, I knew I was leaving some people out..

Well, If you leave around 11AM you might be able to meet up with us Ill map out a google direction for those who might want to meet up with us and where..

Phil

Here are some useful maps of our caravan..
Whole map of where we are stopping..
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...enny/Map-1.jpg

From Home Depot to Hamilton place
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...lenny/map2.jpg

Hamilton Place to the Gas station exit.. We might not be at this particular gas station but definitely by near by station.. I believe there are 3-4 of them just off of this exit.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...lenny/map3.jpg

Direction from the gas station to NVNC..
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e7...lenny/Map4.jpg

Hope this helps..

Ill see you guys in Chatt, for lunch. I think im the only one from the atlanta area that is going up thursday

Looking forward to to the trip Phil....as usual!! No rotary power this year though, the S2000 will have to do :( See you soon mah brathah!
-J

Can I ride with you :)

I can't believe you are not finished with yo car!

He has a car? I thought he just rode around with otheres... LOL....:rofl:

Ohhhh, so EVERYONES got jokie-jokes ehh?! Well how about ya'll come down to my shop and see for yourselves why MY fd (or my s2000 road race car or my crx street/drag car) isn't finished :o10: I am beginning to strongly dislike the "back burner".....it's not very hott back here at all :rofl:

P.S. Phil you know the answer to that mang! You are my homefri :driving:

-J

Oh yeah...I am expecting a txt or phone call from you bud. I think you a some secret info you forgot to tell me about :seeya: So spill the beans mr. pit bull

-J

LMAO!! See you in a week buddy :)

sorry...had to do it..

BTW what became of Marks car? Did hiw wife decide to hold on to it? I remember when I first meet him and we all went up to Rotary Rev. I really thought high of him and his wife. Good times.....

She (cydney) still owns it, I maintane it and drive it occationally. He was/is a great man and he is missed every single day. And Cyd is a saint.....thank you for asking about them.

-J

Are they (Cydney and the car) coming this year?

Ha....No sir, not a chance :(

-J

Why do you say that? Did she not enjoy the event last time?

Phil, it's not that she didn't "enjoy" it... it's just that it's REALLY not her thing and kinda of brings stress to her. The only reason she went that year was for Mark. Don't take it personal.

-J

Yep I will be there for lunch. Whats this about 2-way radios?

I hear ya Jonathan...

Doc, we usually chat thru the 2 way radio and such. Usually a good way to entertain ourselves and chat during the boring interstate ride.

Hey Phil I plan to be at your house around 7am on Thursday

sweet!!!!

Phil - I'm not sure if TC and I (both from Montgomery) will convoy with you guys, or go up by ourselves. TC told me you guys run about 90 mph. I have a problem with that ... my car don't go that slow! :rofl:

I'm torn between going up with you guys or not. TC's saying he MUST get a few things done with his work before he can go, so he's not 100%. I told him that he needs to get his priorities lined up and that there's no reason to let his mortgage payment stand in the way. ;)

If TC can't make it, I'll definitly meet you guys up in B'ham with a full load of gas ... I'll fill the tank up too. :D

COOL!

Well, I don't think we'll be hauling ass this time around.. Probably around 70-75 all the way to NVNC.. with occational 100+ MPH pulls :)

Great ... Actually I prefer the slower speeds, and won't be doing any pulls until I get a PFC & EBC on the thing. My car runs great, but I have to stay out of it due to MEGA CREEP. But I've only had the thing streetable for ~6 months. I spent a lot of time getting the thing running and the body & chassis straight.

I talked to TC a little while ago, he sounds like he may wind up putting off some of the things he has to do until after. And is currently sorting out a leaking coolant overflow issue.

Last thing - I've spent so much time cleaning the car, am I an idiot of thinking of trailering it (enclosed) up to NVNC to keep it clean in the case the weather is nasty?

- Jason Oliver

Weather is suppose to be nice Thursday thru Saturday.. and on our way back on Sunday, its going to be questionable..

Cool! Well, I'm not planning to haul ass so, worse comes worst we could hang back and meet them at different points of the trip :) See you on Thursday!

Im not planning on hauling any ass either with mine being untuned also.

Who? Not us..... :leaving:

Guys, bear in mind, my car was formally known as the junkyard dog. I bought it crashed and have spent a lot of time straightening it out. Don't hold the gaps in the front end around the headlights and such against me. :D

Last night I pulled the spare out and aired it up. It had about 5 psi, and I don't think it had ever been removed. The bose speaker unit in the back sounds like it needs to be replaced. I removed the whole thing (temporarily), it was very easy. I removed it because there's a connector not connected, and I was trying to find what it connected to. The connector is in the bottom left (if you think of the system like a goal post) at the carpet corner. I found nothing in the area to plug it up to.

Anywho, the car is good to go, I'll see you guys around 8 am pending B'ham traffic.

Hellz yeah I got my Feed Side Skirts on last night along with changing the oil so I pretty sure Im good to go also.

I didn't goto sleep til 4 AM this morning.. changed the oil on 2 vehicles and got all the stuff for DGRR boxed up.. I now have to transport 9-10 boxes to DGRR :)


Make it bit later JyRO. I don't think I'll be there until 8:30 or so..

OK, I'll shoot for 8:30a. Also, my parents live in the Chattanooga area. My dad will be off on a trip tomorrow, but since I don't see them that much, I'm going to have lunch with my mother, not too far from Hamilton Place. I love the area & know it like the back of my hand, would love to move back. Anywho, I'll be calling you guys and re-convoy with you once you leave your lunch stop there at Hamilton Place.

Bringing my 2 way radios also. I'll have to tell you a couple fun stories I've had with them while on the road! :D

our cars take oil?

:banghead:

Of course, remove the 710 cap, it goes under it. I just had my valve clearances (all 24) adjusted too.

And my Rx7 doesn't burn any motor oil... :Angel_anim:

C ya'll in the morning.........:driving::auto::hurray:

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So what new Car did Phil bring ?? ... The S2K ??

Hint: It has a 3-rotor.
Sorry you missed the event.

Holly