Tigger

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I hear ya on the morning thing. The revised schedual looks good though. As for bugging out after the falls, you will probably do just as well to hang out till we get to lebanon. There is no easy place to take off from (assuming you are not heading back to NY...) I grew up on a lot of these roads and from the falls to lebanon there are only a couple of ways to go, and there all with in about 10-15 minutes of each other for driving time. There also all a lot of fun to drive !

Clavius

Well I've been dreading writing this all weekend. Hell I should of smelled this coming the moment the plastic underpiece's went out and started to be shaved away by the pavement. Pretty much I am backing out from the Run Between having to find money to repair the underpiece's and now having to come up with money to either repair my hood or replace it I can't justify going on the Run. Trust me if you seen my bank acc. you'd cringe and do the same and once more trust me on this I'm really pissed and upset I have to do this.

I'm expecting TONS of photo's and some wild *** stories outa you guys. Dont disapoint me.

Now If you'll excuse me Ima go play some violent video game to let out some frustration (gf aint around for yanno so next best thing hehe)

Mendossa

The underpiece right under the nose of the car that protects the radiator & a/c stuff from pebbles? The one fixed with 2 bolts in oval holes?

Someone on the forum had the same thing and fixed it using a plastic bin lid that he cut and bolted using the factory bolt... for like 5$

Clavius

Well if I had the tools I would do something similar but alas I dont That and all the bolts got ripped out along with a few of the plastic bolts so I need to order the hardware plus the piece's. Was told its about $80 for each side and $8.00 for the hardware. My center piece is fine save for some of the front middle is worn away but its a easy fix for tape you could say (Mazda wants $151 for it). That and the scratch on my hood is gonna run me about $350 to repair unless I go CF which I am seriously considering. I know I could put the hood off for awhile but I hate seeing my baby scarred up. ::grumbles::I hate my boss I'd have the money if not for him messing with me.

dmc27

that sucks, clav. sorry to hear it.

Deslock

Based on feedback, here's an updated draft schedule for Sunday (compromising between getting up late on Sunday and ending the day at a reasonable time).

== SUNDAY ITINERARY DRAFT V3 ==Notes:

• Everyone is on their own for breakfast.
• Early risers can still go to Whiteface if they meet up at 7:15 and rejoin main group at 09:45 in Wilmington... dunno if anyone (including me) will want to do that.
• We have reservations at Bellas (used to be called Little Italy Pizzeria) for lunch.
• It's ~185 miles from Lake Placid to Lebanon. If that's beyond anyone's range, there are gas stations at Royalton, VT (164 miles from Lake Placid).
• It's an hour from Lebanon to Brattleboro.

Route map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...7&t=h&z=8&om=1

DRKSYDE

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Deslock,

Thats really great of you to set up that Itinerary. Everything looks good to me so far.

Thank you again for your help!!

DRKSYDE

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KEV! That sucks man!!! I was looking forward to a weekend of tormenting you!!

Anyway, I really am sad to hear you can't make the trip. I hope you can get revenge on your boss somehow... He sounds like an *** and deserves it.

dmc27

Any members who are planning on going but have NOT send an email addr +/- phone number to me or Mendossa should do so. If we don't have your email, you won't get the list of contact numbers emailed to you. (at this point it's prlly best to just PM info to Mendossa)

Roger that.

does this look familiar?

DRKSYDE

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Damn! Where did you get my photo!?!

Darkrose

Dammit that sucks. Someone do some voodoo on your boss...

<sigh> No roomie for me then.....oh well.

DRKSYDE

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I think Tyguy might be looking for a roomie still???

Deslock

My pleasure and kudos to Rx Eight 7s for helping me tweak it. I don't know the roads for the Saturday leg, so I asked him if he wouldn't mind working on that portion (and I'll help him in any way I can).

Clavius, sorry to hear that. I was looking forward to meeting you... I hope it somehow pans out so you can still go (but it sounds like that's unlikely).

Clavius

I was just gonna send you a PM with the bad news Rose if you end up going to Rotorfest I'll buy you something to eat along with Chrism and Shinka

Well last night I found out that my mother and grandmother know the HR head for our town. So I went online to our towns website and found a nice job listing. I'll be making 10k more a year off the bat and in our town its not what you know its who you know haha.. so I'm hoping to get this job. Its about time sucking up to all these customers pay off hehe. So I have had some minor good news but its gonna be to late for the trip.

Again I'm expecting TONS of photos!!!

Oh and Drk dont worry man you can still torment me but I'll still keep on putting curse's on your car hehe.. Now where did I put that 4 feet of snow spell it is New England after all

Rx Eight 7s

I'll be out of contact Friday through Sunday this week.

By Monday or Tuesday I'll need a final headcount for Lunch food estimation.

Deslok has my best guess on the Saturday itinerary.

Everyone THINK SUNSHINE!

Deslock

Just to elaborate on that, the Saturday route looks to have the same challenge as the original Sunday route: it's very long. We were looking at possibly having to meet in Brattleboro at 8 AM and get to Lake Placid between 7 and 8 PM (after accounting for stops). We've trimmed the route back a bit and are still tweaking things, but how do people feel about leaving Brattleboro at 9 AM with an arrival time at Lake Placid of 6 or 7 PM? A lot of us have a long drive to Brattleboro and would probably prefer a 10 AM meet there, but unless we cut off more of the route, that might not be possible.

IMO, at least the meeting times and locations should be finalized, posted, and emailed to everyone by Tuesday or Wednesday so there's no confusion.

midlifer

I'm ok with any start time on Saturday. I have about a 2 hour drive to get there but even 8 is ok. Even at 8 I'm sure there will be some delays.

Bob

DRKSYDE

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Bob is right. Even at 8 there will be some delays which could be a catastrophy if we start later. Let's still plan on 8. You never know what might happen if we don't start early. I would rather things went smooth and we left early and got into LP earlier.

Agreed?

dmc27

I'm staying in Brattleboro Friday night, but I agree that keeping it at 8 am is the better way to go.

Push it to 10 am & you're just asking for trouble. 9 am . . . while I hate waking up at single digit hours on a Saturday, it's still seems like we'd be pushing it. Let's be honest - we'll prlly be waiting on a few cars for the 8 am meeting time. That's going to happen at any hour we set.

Deslock

OK, here's the last route that Rx Eight 7s and I thought made the most sense:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...3,4.438477&z=8

We trimmed a bit off the original route; if anyone thinks we cut out something essential, speak up!

Here's a draft Saturday itinerary:Thanks go to Rx Eight 7s for coming up with that... note that I tweaked the times a bit so if anything is unrealistic blame me not him Anyway, that seems like a conservative schedule to me (anyone more familiar with the roads over there, chime in if I'm wrong). I looked at the spreadsheet to see where everyone is meeting the group (so we don't mess anyone up if we get ahead of schedule):

• 972 Putney Road, Brattleboro, VT, 05201
• 24 Stark Road, Corinth, NY 12822
• Park & Ride @ Bow Junction; End of I-89 & Bow/Concord line (I'm not sure where this is, so I'll PM LilRedShinka about it)

Also, I left a message for the general manager at Saratoga Springs Mazda (Brian Muller) to see if they're interested in doing something special with a large group of RX8s/RX7s/MS3 drivers swinging through (it'd have to be brief).

Lastly, we should have time to check into our hotels at Lake Placid and do a dinner if people are up for it (and if we can make reservations anywhere).

Any feedback is welcome (and don't feel the need to be gentle about it).

dmc27

feedback.

dmc27

kidding, sorry - I'm counting down the hours b4 my week off (~6hours cuz I'm damn sure leaving early!)

No problems by me. Aside from the previous thought about the start time. But it's really NBD either way. I'll take the extra hour sleep Friday.

RX8Maine

My wife and I are staying in Brattleboro Friday night, so my long awaited road trip starts exactly 7 days from now! We have our radios and are ready to go!

We will probably split off at Texas Falls to head up to Stowe where we are staying on the road another night, and then will wind through the white mountains on the way home Monday. I have a track day scheduled at NHIS (BMWCCA) on the following Thursday with no plans except to prep the car at home that week. I have been daydreaming of this week since December!!

Astral

OK roll call, who's staying in Brattleboro Friday night?

1. Astral (Oleg) + my roommate (at EconoLodge (515 Canal St))
2. RX8Maine

dmc27

OK roll call, who's staying in Brattleboro Friday night?

1. Astral (Oleg) + my roommate (at EconoLodge (515 Canal St))
2. RX8Maine
3. dmc27 + GF (Super8 in Brattleboro)



Not sure what our plans are as far as what time we're hitting Brattleboro, yet. Might be there all day. Prlly depends on weather & what other things we do this week.