So only need to push you another 10 percent texas t? What is it going to take? haha, Hope you guys make it!

 

We be old so never know

 

Car, Jeep and bike issues here in Reno! Hopefully by the meet I will have them all sorted out. Can not believe my great luck with all the vehicles going down at once...

 

Fix the Crossfire first.

 

^^ Ditto ^^

 

HAHA, while that is the one I want fixed first, the parts are coming in the mail in this order, bike, jeep, crossfire. So I will be working on the bike tomorrow, the Jeep Monday and Tuesday and the Xfire next weekend.

 

What kind of jeep may I ask?

My YJ needs a lot of stuff so for now it just sits a lot :-(

 

It is a 2000 Cherokee classic that I have had since 01. I have never really had any problems with it since 02 when the ecu went bad and Jeep replaced it under warranty. I have about 120k miles on it. About 45k of that has been off road I live in the mountains surrounded by BLM land (once I was saved from sliding down a mountain side by a big boulder.) The other 75k have been pulling boats, pulling bikes and tromping through snow. Twoish weeks ago, antifreeze was going everywhere. Once it all cooled down and I got back into town I could not get it to leak when warmed up. Checked all the hoses and thought I was nuts but then I revved her up and there we went with water spraying everywhere. Found the hairline crack that was expanding and got a radiator on order.

Now my sisters Jeep... that thing is a headache haha. I think it is a 92 wrangler. She was telling me that one of her co-workers saw a guy from the plant across the street under her car. They went out there and he was gone. A few days later it happened again but they did not catch him. Finally this guy walks up to her in the parking lot and says he has been checking out her Wrangler. She asked why and he said because his son bought one and they cannot figure out what is wrong with it. She says, "They are always broken, what you have to learn is if it is broken but still works you leave it alone, if it stops working then you have to get around to fixing it ask any of my family, friends or co-workers with them and they will tell you the same."

 

Ahem, getting back to the thread, I have just booked a King room from Monday to Friday @ Silverland . No problem with booking, ,but outside of the Crossfire group only smoking rooms available or a Suite for 149 ++.
Dave Mawdsley

 

Tire Rack depot in Reno, I will need fronts when I get there maybe rears as well

 

I wonder what the hotel is filling up for that weekend? There is nothing going on that week or weekend...

I got us 20 rooms put aside but if we need more I will see what I can do. If anyone ends up having a problem just give me a heads up!

 

You can even have the tires from the Depot delivered to many of the tire shops in Reno for install.

 

We are booked monday through friday night at the silverland so we should be able to meet up before everyone else if we are so inclined.

 

I'm Inclined, not sure or my route probably Great falls /Butte MO.one the 1st day-Jackpot /Wellst NV 2ed nite , . Winnammaca could be a good place to meet and convoy ito Reno/Virginia City for check in @ 16:00. OK drivers post your routes and prepare to start your engines

 

I would love to convoy into VC with anybody that is coming that direction however I will be coming in from San Francisco instead of Boise on Monday. Will only be about a 4ish hour jaunt for us on that leg so we will probably be checking in around 4pm as well. That is unless plans change and we decide to skip san fran.

 

I'd love to come! Count me as a tentative for now. Will anyone else be coming from the Inland Empire in SoCal?

Lauretta and my little yellow '05 Crossfire convertible, Sunshine

 

We hope to see you there and got you added tot he tentative list!

 

If anyone has anything they are dying to do and want to suggest or anything that they want to suggest at all for that matter time is getting short and we are going to start nailing down a schedule in 2ish weeks.

Hope to see you all there!
Francis

 

I am only really concerned about making one of the drives a loop around the lake. I know there are a lot of things to see in VC and Reno as well so its just a matter of what do we want to do as a group, what do we want to do as individuals and what works best as smaller groups. I know this is a group gettogether but there are lots of quick things in VC at least that my wife and I want to check out/visit/walk through/etc.. These may work best in smaller bunches rather than a large group.
What kinds of things besides route drives can be done by larger groups in the area? Im sure there is probably some kind of boat tour on the lake that can be arranged?
What about meals? Lunches will probably be a picnic type, or grab and go affair, but what about dinners? I tend to be a spur of the moment type of eater so pre-planning usually doesnt work out with me, but I am usually up for joining the rest of the group as long as I can find a menu item that interests me (steak is always a good fallback meal served pretty much everywhere so im usually good pretty much anywhere). Breakfasts will probably be hotel affair.
What time of day do we want to start things up? I love sleep so before 8-9 am makes me grumpy. It is a vacation too after all.

Im not against planning the day out over breakfast, as long as it doesnt take forever and we have a good chunk of options of places to choose from.

One last thought. Long days filled with just sitting in the car tends to make me irritable and can give my wife pretty bad migraines. Basically a nice couple hour drive coupled with plenty of walk-around sightseeing time is a great idea. Plenty of picture stops is great as well. I know the gathering is about our cars but, i drive mine every day so i would rather focus a bit more on the people and only a little less on the cars.

Just my $.02. Take it for what its worth.

 

The schedule is more for me than anything else. I am going to find out what there is interest in and try to get group discounts. If you are not interested in doing something then you of course are not going to be tossed in the boot of the car and drug along haha.

As for eating check out my second post on the first page. I listed a few restaurants in Reno, Virginia City, Sparks, Carson and Tahoe. These of course are just my suggestions for the area.

I did mention an M. Dixie Boat ride at Tahoe and that is one of the things I will be asking about interest in as we can get really good rates the larger the group.

Another one I am going to test interest in is the Harrah's Car Museum as we get better rates as a group. Everything else pretty much (other than maybe a dinner together and some time to check out each others cars) is up to the individual.

I figure drives for those that want to participate will start around 9:30-10AM. Give us enough time to get to a half way point, take a break and eat then drive to our separate destinations as there is much to see and I am sure everyone will want to see and do something different.

And if you just want a good steak I can give you more than a few suggestions. I just never really order steak when I am out and about because I like my own too much haha.