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Mid-Atlantic Meet
I have an on-going thread in the 'Xoutpost Meets' thread but there isn't much visibility there. A few X owners have reached out to me in regards to a possible meet this fall. Current suggestion is
Date: Saturday September 29th, 2018 (est.) Current List: Aquamania - E70 3.0si Monaco Blue jdauria - E53 4.8iS LeMans Blue simplex5 - E53 4.8iS Black Sapphire OptimusPriM5 - E53 4.6iS Estoril Blue Fishhouse4 - E53 4.8iS Titanium Silver Tentative: StephenVA - E53 4.8iS LeMans Blue Location is TBD - taking suggestions. We were thinking Tyson's Corner (VA), Baltimore (MD) Just spit-balling a little here, so please chime in. |
Anyone else?
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Current List: Aquamania - E70 3.0si Monaco Blue jdauria - E53 4.8iS LeMans Blue simplex5 - E53 4.8iS Black Sapphire OptimusPriM5 - E53 4.6iS Estoril Blue Fishhouse4 - E53 4.8iS Titanium Silver Tentative: StephenVA - E53 4.8iS LeMans Blue Mark - E70 3.5i Silver Gray |
I assume this still a go, any final decision on where? Weather looks like its gonna be nice at least this far out. If Bmore, I am a no go. Need to know if I should start cleaning my rig.
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Tyson's Corner, VA
Will post more information shortly. We all know you don't drive that thing more than 10 miles |
I would have loved to attend but it is 400 miles/6 hours each way. Just can't make the trip. Maybe someday when it gets a little closer. I would love to do a meet at the Spartanburg BMW plant and Zentrum museum with the gang. :thumbup:
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Date: Saturday September 29th, 2018 @ 8am
Current List: Aquamania - E70 3.0si Monaco Blue jdauria - E53 4.8iS LeMans Blue simplex5 - E53 4.8iS Black Sapphire OptimusPriM5 - E53 4.6iS Estoril Blue Fishhouse4 - E53 4.8iS Titanium Silver Tentative: StephenVA - E53 4.8iS LeMans Blue Mark - E70 3.5i Silver Gray Location Tyson's Corner (VA) - Chick Fil A parking lot 8461 Leesburg Pike B, Tysons, VA 22182 |
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Date: Saturday September 29th, 2018 @ 8am
Current List: Aquamania - E70 3.0si Monaco Blue jdauria - E53 4.8iS LeMans Blue simplex5 - E53 4.8iS Black Sapphire OptimusPriM5 - E53 4.6iS Estoril Blue Fishhouse4 - E53 4.8iS Titanium Silver StephenVA - E53 4.8iS LeMans Blue Location Tyson's Corner (VA) - Chick Fil A parking lot 8461 Leesburg Pike B, Tysons, VA 22182 |
Hi guys, how was the meet? Any pics?
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Yeah, so how'd it go?
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It didn't. No one showed up besides me and Mark
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I wish I would seen this post sooner. When do you plan on doing a next little meet-up Jon?
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If we get enough interest, i'll coordinate it
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Sounds great, hopefully people will show up.
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IMHO, you need to have an end game for a meet other than a parking lot or a pizza joint to meet and talk about what we all talk about on a daily basis here on our forum.
I would suggest something different like an actual event that enthusiasts are willing to drive several hours for to attend. To do something they have never done or always wanted to do. Although a little south of the Mid-Atlantic in South Carolina is the Zentrum museum and BMW Spartanburg plant where the X5 was built. I would love to take a plant tour to see all the X models being built including the new X7 and visiting the Zentrum museum on the site. Even a day trip with an overnight stay through the mountains like Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee would make me want to make the 4 hour trip. I can only imagine the spirited driving during the day and a great gathering for dinner later that night at the hotel. People are busy in their lives and it is always difficult to get commitment but having an actual end game may help. :thumbup: https://icdn-5.motor1.com/images/mgl...-in-assem1.jpg |
I'd consider a 'larger' event to Spartansburg, SC - it's roughly 7 hours for me.
It's fun to have a lot of people join in on these things instead of 3-4 vehicles... I think that'll be the hard part, getting people to commit. M5board was great for years in doing this, they had an event called TimmayFest and it was well organized. I attended a few years ago, and they would get guys from all over the country (FL, GA, CA, NY, NJ, PA, DC, VA, etc). They had events for each day, hotel rooms blocked off, drag/dyno day, cars & coffee events, etc. If someone is willing to work out a tour of the plant or hosting a local cars & coffee - it could be worth the time and effort. |
I guess the biggest problem with this museum and plant tour would be availability of our members being able to make this event during the week. The plant tours offer a 1 and 2 hour guided tour and the museum is self guided but the hours are only Monday through Friday. This might deflate our event before it even gets out of discussion.
That being said, here is a link to the plant tours with an embedded link to the museum tours. https://www.bmwusfactory.com/zentrum...-factory-tour/ https://www.bmwusfactory.com/wp-cont...18_resized.jpg |
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If we are held to weekend hours only, the "Tail of the Dragon" may be another choice. I have been wanting to go for about 10 years now and have yet to make the trip. The views in the Appalachians is nothing short of spectacular in the fall so just throwing this out there if the weekday events are off the table. 314 turns in 11 miles.
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I like the idea! Hopefully it can be set to motion. :iagree:
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OK, for grins, lets just start a list of weekdays or weekends. Once we know who might be interested we can start leaning that way and get some more info on dates and logistics. Just copy and paste the list with any comments or replies. :thumbup:
Weekdays Overboost Weekends Overboost |
I'm off from Thursday through Sunday. Rest of the week I work.
Weekdays Overboost Jack Egg Weekends Overboost Jack Egg |
Friday might be a good day if we want to tour the plant. :thumbup:
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