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Re: [T3] invasion 2002


Each section of the different cruises could collect info as they travel,
take pictures and such. This would help the writer of the article to get
various points from each cruise.
  iT WILL work!
Kathy Jacobs
VW Trends Southeast Editor at Large
South Eastern VW Club
http://www.sevwc.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: [T3] invasion 2002


> Actually, that's a great idea.  If we could get a list of people who
*think*
> they could swing it, get a population count and create routes, then figure
> out which routes to merge to get the most VW's together, then plan resting
> points, and days/hours to reach said points.  See
> http://www.icbm.org/erkson/personal/gbmc/index.html and my mileage chart.
> It logs my gas consumption and mileage for the GB Cruise 2000 I
participated
> in (final destination was Colorado).  Oh, and a good portion of the cruise
> was with me AND Brian, along with our luggage (two guys so you know it was
> pretty sparse ;), tools, jack stands, 2.5-ton floor jack, spare parts and
a
> wooden cradle in case I had to drop my engine :)  Yes, on a long journey
you
> should plan for trouble.  Luckily, you'll be in good company since a T3
can
> carry more than a T1 (yeah, yeah, a T2 will put the smack-down on all of
us
> :)
>
> With the small experience I've had with other cruises, all cars should be
> able to maintain the posted speed limits +5mph (just in case).  Thus, in a
> 65mph zone the car should be able to maintain 70mph.  However, the line up
> usually only travels as fast as its slowest car.    This means that I
> wouldn't be traveling at my usual warp-factor :)
>
> Though it would be neat to have all the Cali cars drive up through
Portland,
> I don't think/know it would shorten their distance.  The more cars
together
> the bigger the impact!
>
> I do like the idea of 'collecting' other VW's along the way :)  Hey Bri,
> wanna hash out the plans when you come here for PIR?  Let's make this more
> organized than the GBC was, 'kay ;)
>    Toby Erkson
>    air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
>    '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
>    '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension
>    Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Now might be prime time to start planning "routes"...  Every year, Hot
Rod
> >magazine - sorry, one of my other vices - has what they call a "power
tour"
> >where they plan routes for 3 or 4 massive caravans of street machines to
> >follow, with schedule, to arrive at the same time, or a few hours apart,
at
> >their big national show.  Might be overkill, but it sounds like there's
> >gonna be a swarm if everybody can make it.  Especially if we can make VWT
> or
> >some other magazine, it would be nice to have these routes to advertise
so
> >non-listees (gasp!) can make it too.  I've got a street atlas map program
> >that can plan routes pretty well, if I can get a list of potential
starting
> >points, I'll work on getting some suggested routes together.
>
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