Chicago Area Drives and Get Togethers - Page 5 - LotusTalk

PhlypSide · 07-20-2009, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evomind

kartings great and all, but perhaps in the summer months it might be nice to drive our real cars.
karting meets are better in the winter IMO.

^^^^^ 1000% right on. (Although karting makes great rainy day activities too.)

goelise · 07-20-2009, 04:31 PM

I was thinking more like meet/drive real cars/kart at CIR/eat and drink.

stinkyonion · 07-20-2009, 05:09 PM

Someone pull the trigger and post an event. (Im chicken)

ishur · 08-04-2009, 03:58 PM

Please add me to the list, too--I live in the Libertyville area, though, so southwest suburbs are kind of out for me. Maybe half the fun of driving is getting there, but not if you have to come southwest from where I am.

Just getting to FVMC takes me a very unpleasant 1.5 hours...

I have yet to find much in the way of nice twisty bits since moving here last year. Not sure there are many to be found.

Moto44 · 08-04-2009, 06:01 PM

I know it was a bit of a trek, however, you guys really missed out by not attending the rally in northern Wisconsin this weekend. Besides the roads that everyone kept comparing to the Tail of the Dragon, there were many other surprises that would have made the weekend well worth the trip. Maybe next year...

LotusTalkers who attended:
dasmoofler
dwkoski
GR82DRV
Me!
Moto44
rockhead
and Frank Howard (I don't know his screen name)

Moto44 · 08-04-2009, 06:17 PM

If I weren't going to be out of town, I'd be attending the Lotus Corps Ice Cream Rally this weekend: Lotus Corps

Moto44 · 08-04-2009, 06:19 PM

...and I've been told that this British Car Festival in Des Plaines on September 13th is one of the best in the country. British Car Union Home Page

Moto44 · 08-04-2009, 06:26 PM

Marguerite and I attended Ribfest in Lake in the Hills this past month and entered the car show on a lark since it allowed us free entry into the festival. We wound up taking home a first place trophy for the best car of the year 2000 and later. And, all I did was wash it in preparation.

Perhaps all anyone has to do is suggest a meeting place and others will show up.

Feffman · 08-04-2009, 08:50 PM

Blackhawk Farms Raceway September 5-6 with MVP Track Time

Feff

ExoticHottie · 08-12-2009, 08:19 PM

Damn - 2 hours away. A little too far for me to wake up at 4am so I can be there by 7am. Wish you had another one this year at Joliet. It's like, right down the street.

PhlypSide · 08-12-2009, 08:28 PM

We (notfwd.com) have another meet and drive planned this weekend. We will be driving through the northern burbs

evomind · 08-13-2009, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhlypSide

We (notfwd.com) have another meet and drive planned this weekend. We will be driving through the northern burbs

ill come show off my car soon enough to you and your group, tye.

PhlypSide · 08-13-2009, 07:54 AM

^^^^ NICE!

it's been too long brother!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Obediah Stane

Tony [Mike] always gets the 'good stuff'

Feffman · 08-14-2009, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ExoticHottie

Damn - 2 hours away. A little too far for me to wake up at 4am so I can be there by 7am. Wish you had another one this year at Joliet. It's like, right down the street.

Kat:

Come up the night before, get the car inspected, have dinner (and drinks) with all of us, pass out at the hotel and get up around 7:00AM for the 7:45ish driver's meeting.

Feff

stinkyonion · 08-28-2009, 11:57 PM

I think I will do a car show this sunday:
http://doublekproductions.com/083009.pdf
Maybe I will start doing the cruises:
http://carshows.sodastrip.net/greyha...ruise?OpenPage

Feffman · 08-31-2009, 03:32 AM

We (www.MVPTrackTime.com) have a limited number of spots remaining in all three run groups for our September 5-6 track weekend at Blackhawk Farms. Hope to see you at the track.

Feff

Moto44 · 09-01-2009, 08:10 AM

The huge British Car Festival is being held at the Oakton Community College in Des Plaines on September 13th (British Car Union Home Page). Dave Koski (dwkoski) says this is one you don't want to miss. Robert (Me!) and I are hoping to attend. If any others are planning on attending, let us know so that we can be sure to meet up.

They are also having a rally/drive the day before (Donald M. Healey Rally).

Todd

Moto44 · 09-01-2009, 08:18 AM

Since we have such a lengthy list of LotusTalkers here in the Chicago area, it might be simpler if we subscribe to this thread to catch local updates, as opposed to someone trying to private message everybody.

If you haven't subscribed to a thread before, you do so under the "Thread Tools" tab near the top of the page. You are then emailed anytime there is a new post in the thread.

dasmoofler · 09-01-2009, 08:23 AM

I plan on going. It's real close to my old stompin' ground. I don't know about the rally, though. It starts a long, long way away from the college. We'll see. I've been known to change my mind.

Irishfan04 · 09-01-2009, 08:26 AM

Wow, haven't been around for a while (back in school, out in CA for the summer), how's everyone doing??

-Andy

07-20-2009, 04:31 PM	#82 (permalink)
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07-20-2009, 05:09 PM	#83 (permalink)
stinkyonion Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oak Brook, IL Posts: 243 Images: 2	Someone pull the trigger and post an event. (Im chicken) __________________ 2006 polar blue Elise, VF stage II, clam hinge, von Hep exhaust, HID, Zeitronix/Dashdaq (GPS, wideband O2, EGT, fuel+oil pressure), BWR fuel rail, moroso oil pan, HD SS clutch, RTV brace, green wire mod, harnesses, Oddysey 625, alpine pdx-5, jvc avx77 head unit, jl speakers, voltmeter on dash, custom gauge pod, etc.

08-04-2009, 06:01 PM	#85 (permalink)
Moto44 Back in the Saddle Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,802	I know it was a bit of a trek, however, you guys really missed out by not attending the rally in northern Wisconsin this weekend. Besides the roads that everyone kept comparing to the Tail of the Dragon, there were many other surprises that would have made the weekend well worth the trip. Maybe next year... LotusTalkers who attended: dasmoofler dwkoski GR82DRV Me! Moto44 rockhead and Frank Howard (I don't know his screen name) __________________ If nobody ever died doing it, how much fun could it be? Last edited by Moto44 : 08-04-2009 at 06:10 PM.

08-04-2009, 06:17 PM	#86 (permalink)
Moto44 Back in the Saddle Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,802	If I weren't going to be out of town, I'd be attending the Lotus Corps Ice Cream Rally this weekend: Lotus Corps __________________ If nobody ever died doing it, how much fun could it be? Last edited by Moto44 : 08-04-2009 at 07:13 PM.

08-04-2009, 06:19 PM	#87 (permalink)
Moto44 Back in the Saddle Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,802	...and I've been told that this British Car Festival in Des Plaines on September 13th is one of the best in the country. British Car Union Home Page __________________ If nobody ever died doing it, how much fun could it be?

08-04-2009, 03:58 PM	#84 (permalink)
ishur Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 193	Please add me to the list, too--I live in the Libertyville area, though, so southwest suburbs are kind of out for me. Maybe half the fun of driving is getting there, but not if you have to come southwest from where I am. Just getting to FVMC takes me a very unpleasant 1.5 hours... I have yet to find much in the way of nice twisty bits since moving here last year. Not sure there are many to be found.

08-04-2009, 06:26 PM	#88 (permalink)
Moto44 Back in the Saddle Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,802	Marguerite and I attended Ribfest in Lake in the Hills this past month and entered the car show on a lark since it allowed us free entry into the festival. We wound up taking home a first place trophy for the best car of the year 2000 and later. And, all I did was wash it in preparation. Perhaps all anyone has to do is suggest a meeting place and others will show up. __________________ If nobody ever died doing it, how much fun could it be?

08-04-2009, 08:50 PM	#89 (permalink)
Feffman Grand Poobah Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: St. Louis, Mo. Posts: 865	Blackhawk Farms Raceway September 5-6 with MVP Track Time Feff __________________ MVP Track Time

08-12-2009, 08:19 PM	#90 (permalink)
ExoticHottie The cat whisperer Join Date: May 2009 Location: In your dreams. . . Posts: 66	Damn - 2 hours away. A little too far for me to wake up at 4am so I can be there by 7am. Wish you had another one this year at Joliet. It's like, right down the street.

08-28-2009, 11:57 PM	#95 (permalink)
stinkyonion Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oak Brook, IL Posts: 243 Images: 2	I think I will do a car show this sunday: http://doublekproductions.com/083009.pdf Maybe I will start doing the cruises: http://carshows.sodastrip.net/greyha...ruise?OpenPage __________________ 2006 polar blue Elise, VF stage II, clam hinge, von Hep exhaust, HID, Zeitronix/Dashdaq (GPS, wideband O2, EGT, fuel+oil pressure), BWR fuel rail, moroso oil pan, HD SS clutch, RTV brace, green wire mod, harnesses, Oddysey 625, alpine pdx-5, jvc avx77 head unit, jl speakers, voltmeter on dash, custom gauge pod, etc.

08-31-2009, 03:32 AM	#96 (permalink)
Feffman Grand Poobah Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: St. Louis, Mo. Posts: 865	We (www.MVPTrackTime.com) have a limited number of spots remaining in all three run groups for our September 5-6 track weekend at Blackhawk Farms. Hope to see you at the track. Feff

09-01-2009, 08:10 AM	#97 (permalink)
Moto44 Back in the Saddle Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,802	The huge British Car Festival is being held at the Oakton Community College in Des Plaines on September 13th (British Car Union Home Page). Dave Koski (dwkoski) says this is one you don't want to miss. Robert (Me!) and I are hoping to attend. If any others are planning on attending, let us know so that we can be sure to meet up. They are also having a rally/drive the day before (Donald M. Healey Rally). Todd __________________ If nobody ever died doing it, how much fun could it be?

09-01-2009, 08:18 AM	#98 (permalink)
Moto44 Back in the Saddle Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,802	Since we have such a lengthy list of LotusTalkers here in the Chicago area, it might be simpler if we subscribe to this thread to catch local updates, as opposed to someone trying to private message everybody. If you haven't subscribed to a thread before, you do so under the "Thread Tools" tab near the top of the page. You are then emailed anytime there is a new post in the thread. __________________ If nobody ever died doing it, how much fun could it be?

09-01-2009, 08:23 AM	#99 (permalink)
dasmoofler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: SE WI Posts: 3,088	I plan on going. It's real close to my old stompin' ground. I don't know about the rally, though. It starts a long, long way away from the college. We'll see. I've been known to change my mind.

09-01-2009, 08:26 AM	#100 (permalink)
Irishfan04 Bunny Carpooler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Chicago and/or surrounding suburbs Posts: 1,420 Images: 1	Wow, haven't been around for a while (back in school, out in CA for the summer), how's everyone doing?? -Andy

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