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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 05:57 PM
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Hey all, are there any car meets up in the Gainesville area on the weekends?
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 10:41 PM
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The closest weekend meet you'll get is the INTMO/IMV Films car gathering on Thursday nights at 10PM in the Gainesville Ale House parking lot right next to I75.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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The closest weekend meet you'll get is the INTMO/IMV Films car gathering on Thursday nights at 10PM in the Gainesville Ale House parking lot right next to I75.
what is INTMO/IMV films??????
10 pm? no wonder hardly anybody shows. thats bedtime for me. got to work in the morning. should be moved to fri or sat night if its gonna be that late.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by bobodog
what is INTMO/IMV films??????
10 pm? no wonder hardly anybody shows. thats bedtime for me. got to work in the morning. should be moved to fri or sat night if its gonna be that late.
+1, 9 pm here.
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 05:20 AM
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IMV Films. The Vice of Bad Folks is free to watch, its something to do for 30 minutes.
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They also did the filming for Joe's Ford GT TT. Oh yeah, and if you're into straight line only performance...there are a few members that look down on it.

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As mentioned, the import / IMV Thursdaymeet is pretty much it. A few clubs have tried to get people together, and I helped out a bunch when I was in college. The college town probably doesn't help much as people leave and no one takes the time to help get it going again on campus. We used to meet Thursday at 8-9 p.m., and before that was Friday night but everyone always gave the excuse "clubbing" or "date" or "party". Can't do Saturday for race track folks (me included).

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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 08:06 AM
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Where would be a good restaurant or watering hole to hang out on saturday night? I am staying overnight with a group of friends and not that familiar with the hot spots up there.




I know BoBo knows where the action is.
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Originally Posted by RichieFlorida
Where would be a good restaurant or watering hole to hang out on saturday night? I am staying overnight with a group of friends and not that familiar with the hot spots up there.




I know BoBo knows where the action is.
Ale house and Gator's Dockside is always a solid bet.
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Gators Dockside dumdumdum!... Good Parking and Good Food!.. and as far as im concerned the WingDing Dinner hot teriyaki is the only thing they serve there!
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Gators Dockside does have good food compared to most normal chain places. Ale House always seems to get the #s too.

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Originally Posted by bobodog
what is INTMO/IMV films??????
10 pm? no wonder hardly anybody shows. thats bedtime for me. got to work in the morning. should be moved to fri or sat night if its gonna be that late.
I wondered the same thing when I moved up here -- it is a college town, so drinking and partying are the number one priority on the weekends.
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RichieFlorida
Where would be a good restaurant or watering hole to hang out on saturday night? I am staying overnight with a group of friends and not that familiar with the hot spots up there.




I know BoBo knows where the action is.
i know nothing......
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Old Mar 19, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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Then Gators Dockside it is. We are going on a cruise around 4:30 and after that we can hit Gators.



Sunday we rented out the track for some roundy round fun.
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