Funny? That's one lady's opinion - you wanna hear another lady's opinion?

 

would love to go but untill diff issues are fixed my 32 is grounded. maybe in sept?

 

September is fine as long as it not the weekend of the 11th or the 18th
August works as long as its not the weekend of the 21st.

August 21st and September 18th are Southeast Drift practice events @ turner field. You guys are more than welcome to come and hangout, but I wont be done with the event till 8ish.
The 11th im @ Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, GA for one of our Formula D - SED Pro-Am events

 

Hi All...........count me in too! Perhaps I could convoy with the Tennessee group! Whatever works!

 

I looked at the Atlanta sites to see what there is. Here's what I found a few things:

Fernbank Museum of Natural History on 767 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30307 (404-929-6300) cross street is Ponce de Leon Ave. Sort of downtown-ish. They have dinosaurs!

Chateau Elan, a winery, off of I-85, is 45min north or Atlanta. $5 tour; $5 wine tasting; $90 for 50min massage. They also have a beautiful inn. I ck'd the price...$367 - $199 for 1 person for 1 night. Too much for me at the moment.... Address is 100 Rue Charlemagne, Baselton, GA 30517 (1-800-233-WINE)

At or around Stone Mtn, back in the mid 80's, I remember going to an antique car museum. I tried but cannot find it. Does anyone know about it or have interest in it? I'd like to know if its still around/where.

And, I'm another of those who can't do lots of hiking or stay out in heat due to health problems.

Melanie

 

I have some friends who live in stone mountain. I'll see if they know about it.

Chateau Elan is nice but its a straight drive through cop breeding grounds. GSP as well as Gwinnett and Hall county stalk people on 85 and numerous other police jurisdictions work that section of 85 due to proximity to Road Atlanta.

 

Don't worry everyone:

I'm a hiker, but there WON'T be any hiking - cause it's too hot and cause I don't drive the Roadster anytime I am even POSSIBLY going to get dirty!

Fernbank sound cool to me. I also wonder what it would cost to go thru the Aquarium. I've heard NOTHING but good about it.

 

I can't do the 1st or the 14th of August. Everything else will be fine.

 

Well, count me out for Aug. I''ve just got travel all that month except the 1st weekend, and won't be able to go then.

I'll try again.

Have fun!!

Melanie

 

so I guess everyone should post up dates they are available and we can work it out from there.

 

nevermind I've got to work every weekend except for the last one in august

 

Count Roberta & I in for a GTG. We've been to Chateau Elan several times and it's a great place to meet & socialize. Don't really have to spend the night, unless you want to. There's a wine tasting event (Vineyard Festival) scheduled for August 29th from 1-5 PM. $75 per admission ticket (advance purchase required). We went last year & stayed over 'til Monday AM. This is the 14th year of the event and the wines are plentiful as winemakers come from all over.

But we're up for whatever the group decides.

 

I'm a broke unemployed college student, lol.

 

I didn't mean to indicate that going to Chateau Elan costs a good bit of money. It's a great place for a GTG with lunch at one of the hotel's eateries. There's an authentic Irish Pub on site, with reasonable prices for good food (& drink, of course). And I mean authentic!

Don Panoz had this pub disassembled in Great Britain, shipped to Chateau Elan and then put it back together here. Now that's having more money than you know what to do with it!

So Chateau Elan is about an 80 minute drive from Upstate SC and less than an hour from Atlanta. Could be a reasonable choice for us to meet , greet & eat!

And then there's the Petit Le Mans SEP 29-OCT 2 at Road Atlanta (Panoz owns that track also). We could plan a GTG on one of the weekend race days. Car & Driver just rated Road Atlanta one of the best road courses in USA.

But the imporatnt thing is for us to just GTG. Why back in the days of owning Merkur XR4Ti's, a group of us met at the Dave & Buster's just off I-85S on the north side of Atlanta. Back parking lot was practically vacant and we had a blast looking over our cars & 'talking shop'. Even that works for me!

 

My suggestion is for Infinite & you to pick a date (your initial suggestion for August is a good one) and identify the activities you want to do. You can see by the various comments, that your options are pretty wide open. If you wait for us to let you know what we would like to do, you'll never get around to pulling this off. You guys decide on the activities, since you know the area, and tell us when to be there. Roberta & I are always up for a drive in our XFire.

Keep the day simple, costs reasonable, and the main thing is that nearby XFire Owners gather for some friendship, fun driving and anything else that comes along. Don't be concerned about pleasing everyone. It's not possible! No matter what & when you decide, some of us won't be able to participate.

As far as Roberta & I joining in, we're good in August on any weekend day other than the 7th or 21st, when scheduled to work.

Take a look at this thread (XFire Owners - NC/SC/GA) where I started a list of scheduled events in our area within the SE Region. I've already linked back to this thread, so once you decide on details, we'll be already setup for others to check out details.

Looking forward to what you guys decide,

 

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Nice! That's a pretty sweet deal.

 

Looks like this one died. Can you guys make it to Savannah in November?

 

No matter what, I'll be there!

 

Somebody wake this back up!

Savannah would be too much a drive, nearly 8 hours and I'm way too broke to even think about spending the night in a hotel somewhere, but I could do Atlanta for a day on the weekend.

It's only the 7th, so somebody figure something out.