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knightfan26917


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Date: Oct 23, 2011
A driving club...& story addition
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I haven't had time to write anything new for Motor Gnomes recently, but something that my friend, Don, wrote on his 10/10/2011 post, caught my attention...because I agree:

A love a club that wants to drive and enjoy cars.

 

His post here:

http://www.motorgnomes.com/2011/10/miata-car-clubs/

 

I see so many clubs having well-attended events, including DRIVING events; yet, it seems so hard to simply get people together from various groups/boards in Chicagoland.  Maybe someday that will change.  For a year, I thought it had, with 65 people attending the 2008 MidSummer Chitown Gathering.  But then, every year after that, interest waned, including very low attendance at 3 Meet'n'Greets, 04/16/2011, 05/21/2011 and 07/30/2011; the 4th, 10/15/2011, was canceled.  So, I'm done setting up gatherings/meet'n'greets.  But, perhaps I should try to organize a drive in 2012...or not.

 

 

 

I HAVE had time to add to my ROUTE 66 STORY.  #20 (The Picture), 10/16/2011:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/10/17/_thats-the-highway_-11/

 

...& the entire STORY is here:

http://whenthegoingisgood.com/category/route66/

 

 

 

Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic

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Cort, Times are getting tougher and Gas isn't getting cheaper, We do a lot of driving to out of town shows every year, after 7 hours driving, it's good to just sit, wander and check out a car show cause you'll be back behind the wheel soon enough

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knightfan26917


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Dave ... I'd buy the "times are getting tougher and gas isn't getting cheaper" reason ... if the same people using it didn't keep going to shows they had to PAY an entry fee for. Sorry, but in this area, too many people don't want to get together "because of the high price of gas", but then end up going to car shows EVERY weekend ... that have, at minimum, a $10 entry fee.

*shrugs*


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I am tossing around the idea of organizing a drive sometime next year ... along US Route 20 to Galena IL/Dubuque IA and back, or a different route. Guess we'll see.

Meantime, I may not have new writings until after surgery....



Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker | 5 Monte Carlos + 1 Caprice Classic
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