Enter in our 2nd Annual Commanding General’s Car & Bike Show!


Location: Aboard the MCAGCC Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base (1 hour N of Palm Springs, CA)
Date: 16 OCT 2010
Time: 11:00AM - 3:00PM

Registration fee: $20.00/Car or Motorcycle (includes free lunch)
Fee exception: Active Duty Military or Military Retiree
Registration deadline: 8 OCT 2010

Featuring Metal Mulisha who will be performing heartstopping aerial motocross stunts!

This is a great opportunity for first time car show participants as well as "seasoned" auto enthusiasts to show your rides while supporting the Marines, Sailors and their families!

Please see flyer for additional information/contact information. EVENT FLYER



This event is not open to the public UNLESS you are a registered participant or a registered guest of a participant.

All participants and vehicles MUST be registered by OCT. 8th 2010 in order to gain access aboard MCAGCC Twentynine Palms (only vehicles participating in the car show can be registered). All guests must also be registered at time of vehicle entry in order to gain access aboard MCAGCC Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base. Due to security restrictions, any unregistered guest, participant, or vehicle will NOT be permitted on base.

Speed limits aboard MCAGCC Twentynine Palms are as follows: 35MPH on main road (Del Valle and Adobe), 25MPH on all other roads. Please adhere to all speed limits and other signs. Vehicles, participants, and guests must stay within the event area aside from travel to and from the event. Please be mindful that this event will take place aboard a Marine Corps facility and follow all posted regulations or directions provided by Military Law Enforcement personnel.

 

With all due respect the heat in 29 palms will KILL mazda RX8 rotories. It will be more appealing if it were a public event

 

opening a base to the public is a security nightmare. i know Marine Corp Base Hawaii did it a few times while i was out there, and from what i understand it was a royal pain in the *** for them

and although you have a point about the heat, it shouldnt be an issue at the event. i'm certain there will be zero tolerance for any acting up, so no one should be putting their motors under conditions that would threaten the cooling system capacity

 

i was driving through 29 palms at 65 mph heading to az and the cooling point was turning into a heating point. Its simple enough if opened to public they can utilize exchange facilities, food/restraunt, talk to marines and families, all im saying is, if you want to "support the warfighter" you should invited ALL civilians, not everyone who wants to support military members drives a nice car, but then again i guess thats the only reason why im a Lance.

 

actually the exchange and similar facilities are still restricted to ID card holders only, thats the case regardless of whether or not the base is open to the public or not. at least part of the reasoning behind this, is that those facilities are considered in a way to be a part of the benefits of being a service member.

it'd be like having an open house at your job to invite friends and others with similar social interest.. and then letting them take a part of your annual bonus.

i do understand your point totally though

 

the thing is i know everyone with an rx8 knows where im coming from but its hard to address a commanding general about the implications of most cars/rules/regulations,

especially when you are a lance cpl, the fact that they are making this a military benefit for support of the troops is what is making me really scratch my head, dont get me wrong but id much rather support the troops and the wellfare of my car. if they could only reserve a park in a less hectic area with grass and trees and then call it a military benefit more people would go more people would be happy because right now its almost 2 and its 114 degrees outside, i would chuck dueces at about 645, i support the military in every aspect but they will not support me a new motor or cooling system.

 

the way you talk sounds as if you simply cant drive your car out there during the day due to the heat. i dont doubt this is entirely possible, hell one of the well known guys here went through 3 or 4 warranty motors due to overheating in the desert climate. but at the same time, if you cant drive a stock car out there without issues and fear of overheating, then you have issues that need to be sorted out. design issues, maintenance issues, something.. as per the example, there are certainly those who have issues with the car in stock form, but many more(most) do not.

 

i trust my car, my car doesnt have those problem, Im talking about me, being honest who the ef wants to sweat their ***** off at 930 in the morning looking at cars? i sure dont.