** DFW ** Road Trip to CI - Updated as of 5/20

[Gray Fox]

Original Thread with ALL the details to register: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1908246 We'll be leaving on Wednesday morning at 7:00am from Sergeants in South Arlington. Everyone ok with that??? If you don't know where that is, please PM one of us. Attending (UPDATE AS OF Tuesday, May 20) Mary - (Gray Fox) - WED Beth - (Nikiq) - arriving Thursday night Doug - (Zed16) - Leaving Tuesday Jim/Elisa - (The Thread Killers) - WED Mike/Christie - (Iron Chef/tuktuk) - WED Anthony - (~Maverick) - WED Curt/Ruthi - (MontereyRedC6) - WED Lewis/Ann - (Taz & Wylie) - WED Clete - (CleteZ16) - WED - Joining in Greenville, TX Jim/Sherrye - (savewave/Mrs. wave) - WED - Joining in Memphis, TN Liz - (oyealiz) - WED <tentative> - Joining in Hope, AR Things to bring for the trip: Radio programmed to 5.5 Chair - for parking lot Camera Side beverages Car washing items Name tag if you ordered one Wear your Texas Crew Shirt if you ordered one. If you can think of something else, post up and I'll add it!! Iron Chef here busting in on Fox's thread...PLEASE READ THE MESSAGE THAT I RECEIVED FROM SAVEWAVE REGARDING THE DRIVE! Be forewarned, I-40 has become a targeted major drug interdiction route by local, state and federal LEOs. Not sure what it's like between Little Rock and Memphis, but there are several unmarked black SUVs with dark tinted windows that work I-40 between Exits 20 and 25 every day. The technique is to pull over as many people as possible on traffic offenses so they, then, can search their cars. So, that means they are showing zero tolerance for traffic offenses. Thanks Jim. As they say, forewarned is forearmed. The morning we depart, I'll provide some directions, information and phone numbers. Keep checking back on this post for more updates.

[BuckyThreadkiller]

New and Improved shirts and stuff at the cafepress site Here


They look like this -

On the dark shirts -


and on the light color shirts and the mugs -

[Stangkiller]

Sooo ummm...anybody need a co-pilot?

[Gray Fox]

Originally Posted by Stangkiller

Sooo ummm...anybody need a co-pilot?

Chris


Does this mean you're coming to CI?

[~Maverick]

Mary,...Lewis and his wife Ann(they were there last night at Bone Daddys), just to my right, they are wanting to go...If they contact you can you send them the right directions? This is the Couple I sold my White C4 too, they are wanting to get involved... I sent them the links and told them to start reading...

~Maverick

[Gray Fox]

Originally Posted by ~Maverick

Mary,...Lewis and his wife Ann(they were there last night at Bone Daddys), just to my right, they are wanting to go...If they contact you can you send them the right directions? This is the Couple I sold my White C4 too, they are wanting to get involved... I sent them the links and told them to start reading...

~Maverick

Yes, go ahead and have them contact me.

[02Vert]

dumb question on the CI .. do we need to pre-purchase all the events we plan on seeing and the food?

first cruise-in here, the only thing I have done is reserve my room i dont want to be left out in the cold!

[Gray Fox]

Originally Posted by 02Vert

dumb question on the CI .. do we need to pre-purchase all the events we plan on seeing and the food?

first cruise-in here, the only thing I have done is reserve my room i dont want to be left out in the cold!

If you want to eat Roscoes food on Thurs/Fri, YES, you need to send him the money now.

You also need to register for the CI. The road trips are already full from what I hear.

[~Maverick]

Corvette Plant tours require tickets/reservations too....The Plant is Closed on Friday so I don't know if you can still get a ticket/reservation for the tours or not....You better call now, I bet it's impossible to get in once you are there....

~Maverick

[JCSZ51]

If you guys are going accross I30 than I might catch up with you. I'm leaving SA around 4AM Wed morning. I'll pack a radio just incase

[Stangkiller]

Originally Posted by Gray Fox

Chris


Does this mean you're coming to CI?

Well...the Bahama's fell through, so likely this means i'm going to CI...anybody have a spare seat?

[Gray Fox]

Originally Posted by Stangkiller

Well...the Bahama's fell through, so likely this means i'm going to CI...anybody have a spare seat?

So will you caravan up from Houston or FL?

[Stangkiller]

Originally Posted by Gray Fox

So will you caravan up from Houston or FL?

Anywhere in the US I can find a ride to CI...the longer the drive the better imho

[Gray Fox]

Originally Posted by Stangkiller

Anywhere in the US I can find a ride to CI...the longer the drive the better imho

Well if Liz goes, and comes up here - you can ride with either of us.

[Taz & Wylie]

Hi Mary - this is Ann, the Wylie of Taz & Wylie, We were able to get a room at the Baymont - just waiting for Lewis's dispatcher to decide whether he gets the time off. Once I know for sure, i will contact you and find out all the stuff we need to do. Thanks so much

[Gray Fox]

Originally Posted by Taz & Wylie

Hi Mary - this is Ann, the Wylie of Taz & Wylie, We were able to get a room at the Baymont - just waiting for Lewis's dispatcher to decide whether he gets the time off. Once I know for sure, i will contact you and find out all the stuff we need to do. Thanks so much

Sounds good Ann

[~Maverick]

Originally Posted by Taz & Wylie

Hi Mary - this is Ann, the Wylie of Taz & Wylie, We were able to get a room at the Baymont - just waiting for Lewis's dispatcher to decide whether he gets the time off. Once I know for sure, i will contact you and find out all the stuff we need to do. Thanks so much

See?? That was easy...and knowing Lewis's boss(I do ), he'll be able to get the time off....don't give it a 2nd thought... Ann, you need to register with the Museum here for the event: http://www.corvettemuseum.com/regist...rum/info.shtml

You only have to register for the events if you are doing them...I'm sure the road trips are already full...I registered and got the T-shirt...I'll watch the races, and am doing the assembly plant tour on Thursday(Still waiting in Elio to let me know if he is going or not)

Then, Decide if you both want to eat with Roscoe and if so, order food here:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1919666

I'm down for Thursday and Friday...I'm sure there are other places to get food if I need it too...I've heard from everyone you gotta do the Roscoes thing...

I'll fill you in on where we are all going to meet up at in Arlington early on the morning of the 21st..I'm booked same hotel as the two of you....See? I didn't sell you a Car...I sold you a Life ADVENTURE, hahahahaha!!!

~Maverick

~Maverick

[Taz & Wylie]

Originally Posted by ~Maverick

See?? That was easy...and knowing Lewis's boss(I do ), he'll be able to get the time off....don't give it a 2nd thought... Ann, you need to register with the Museum here for the event: http://www.corvettemuseum.com/regist...rum/info.shtml

You only have to register for the events if you are doing them...I'm sure the road trips are already full...I registered and got the T-shirt...I'll watch the races, and am doing the assembly plant tour on Thursday(Still waiting in Elio to let me know if he is going or not)

Then, Decide if you both want to eat with Roscoe and if so, order food here:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1919666

I'm down for Thursday and Friday...I'm sure there are other places to get food if I need it too...I've heard from everyone you gotta do the Roscoes thing...

I'll fill you in on where we are all going to meet up at in Arlington early on the morning of the 21st..I'm booked same hotel as the two of you....See? I didn't sell you a Car...I sold you a Life ADVENTURE, hahahahaha!!!

~Maverick

~Maverick

Yes you did... and I think i like the life style not so much the boss, the dispatcher is the one we are having the problem with

[Iron Chef]

Originally Posted by Gray Fox

Side beverages

[Iron Chef]

Hey folks...for those of you with C5's...I want to bring up something that happened to me last year. On the way home from Cruise-In, my gas gauge suddenly dropped to empty. Turns out that this is a common problem with C5's where the senders get gummed up with sulfur deposits. It took a good six months for the problem to clear itself out.

I have no proof of this, but it's my suspicion that the sulfur content in the fuel in Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky is higher than it is here in Texas. I suspect that the fuel MAY have cause my senders to go wonky. I'm lucky it fixed itself because if it didn't, I was looking at between $1200-$1700 to repair it.

I'm going to take a few bottles of Techron in the car to dump in the tank as a precaution, since that is what I used to help clean the senders before.

Again...this is NOT scientific...it's just my hunch and I thought I'd throw it out there like Good Sam, you know?