FinalGear.com Cascade Loop drive - Event Date: August/11/12 |
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Posted: July/30/12 at 5:45pm |
400 mile motoring trek around Mt. Baker with fans of Top Gear. It's a one day trip through Leavenworth and Twisp, WA. Here's the link -
See you there?
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That sounds like fun, but I'm not sure if I can make it because I'm getting off work that morning. I guess it would depend how much sleep I get and what time everyone will be departing Redmond Town Center August 11th.
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italianjob
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Mmmmmm interesting
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I think it's a 10am departure time from RTC.
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italianjob
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So who's going to do this? Im down for it but i would like to have some Minicompany.
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Sounds very interesting! I might go.
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I am going for sure, however if the g/f doesn't come I'm not doing all 400 miles solo. Leavenworth and back is good enough, especially if we hit up the Munchen Haus for a brat
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I'm not a huge fan of highway driving in large groups I don't know... so was going to skip this one but...
no.9 keep me posted if you want a passenger. Maybe I'll break out the camera equipment and just take photos of the thing from the nav seat. That actually sounds like a lot of fun. PM me as we get closer to next weekend. Or, if anyone else wants a navigator. |
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marantz2010
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I am highly tempted to attend this drive. Especially up to Leavenworth. I did this same drive just about a month ago and it was awesome!
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I am in for a great drive, as long as there is some other MINI's coming.
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italianjob
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We are coming as long as we ll be back by 3:30 or so pm
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Edit - getting you home by 3:30 shouldn't be an issue. 10 am departure time from Redmond, 1 hour 45 minute drive to LW, giving you 1 to 2 hours in town before you'd have to head back!
I'm thinking we should convoy into Redmond. I have used the 164th Street and Ash Way Park & Ride for years with the VW guys for drives. Any good places to meet further south from Mill Creek, like around Bothell or Kirkland maybe? Wherever we meet eachother and convoy from, we should leave around 9am, for a chance to see the Exotics meetup in Redmond before leaving at 10 to drive!
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Does it need to be mentioned that the driving may get "brisk" at times? It is a Top Gear drive after all ..
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marantz2010
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I'm coming from Lynnwood, pick a meeting place beforehand for a short jaunt down to Redmond. I'm about 90% of my attendance. (make sure your gas tank is full before leaving! There are a few spotty areas out there where gas stations are scarce)
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Safeway
14826 Washington 99 Lynnwood, WA 98036 (425) 743-7771 What you think? We can take 405 from there and there are 2 Starbucks too. Stefano |
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Sounds good to me. 9am meetup time? Edited by marantz2010 - August/07/12 at 10:04am |
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ok!
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Sounds about perfect
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marantz2010
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I'm contemplating whether or not to take part in the whole loop or just Leavenworth and back... The North Cascades Highway is amazing and I'd love to go, but it is a bit of gas and takes quite a long time.
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I'm thinking Leavenworth only too, it's an 8 hour drive without rests or regrouping, so figure 10 hours if you did the whole loop.
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Leavenworth only for me too.
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Maybe we should just roll out on our own a bit early from the Safeway. We could get good parking in LW and watch everyone else roll in after us. What do you guys think?
Edited by no.9 - August/08/12 at 2:09am |
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italianjob
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I dunno man, I just wanna relax an enjoy the road with everyone else.
I think we should stick with them. Stefano |
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OK cool, I can dig that.
I'd say it depends on our group size though. If it's just 3-5 of us sure, but if more of us go we should leave the finalgear guys alone. An FR-S owner said he'd invite his club but others said not to ... so I jumped the gun on the forum invite - oops. EDIT - Man, these guys are all over the place with invites. Good news though, the Owner of finalgear.com piped up and said he's cool with other groups coming. He has a "more the merrier" mentality So, we're good!
Edited by no.9 - August/08/12 at 2:07pm |
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Good!
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After talking to my buddy Joel (he'll be in a black Jetta SportWagen) this isn't going to be any kind of balls out, top gear style race/rally. So we're good for a nice drive. I won't go more than 70-80mph but I want to hit the corners for sure. Fun fact: the owner of FG is 25 has only had his license for about 4 months. He drives a Dodge Viper
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In spirit of the thread ..!
http://youtu.be/BCrmjWw88ZM (Sabine content <3) Does PSMini allow embedding? It's not working with the supplied youtube links. Fifth Gear is a dope show too - http://youtu.be/hnYCOVoYuIM (Vicki content <3) I love youtube, even if it's littered with ads now ... here's some onboards from the Ring! Edited by no.9 - August/08/12 at 11:47pm |
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Meeting at Safeway on 99 in Lynnwood at 9am for myself. See all of you there. Contact me via PM if you need contact info. Obviously, I'll be driving my White Mini Cooper S w/ Viper-style racing stripes. Still haven't decided if I want to do the full loop or not. Depends on timing, pace, and how tired I might be.
Ryan
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I m going to Leavenworth and back. I just came back from surfing in Westport and I don't really want to do another 7 hrs drive.
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Sounds like it's just us three. Cool with me though, since it's not a MINI drive.
Two things to note - The FinalGear owner drives the blue Dodge Viper, I haven't seen his name on the forum but I plan on meeting him and saying thanks. My friend Joel, driving a black VW Jetta sportwagen, will have small fliers with the route and stopping locations (for fuel/food/general regrouping) Edited by no.9 - August/10/12 at 11:08pm |
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