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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 03:05 PM
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Default How's Meijer this year?????

Anyone been to the Meijer show in Arl Hts yet? It opened last Fri.

Here's closing night last year...
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 07:56 PM
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Yeah thats one I missed last year... forgot why...
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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Every Friday? How's the turn out? What kinda cars?
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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All kinds of cars mostly old muscle cars. Anywhere from 150-300 cars have been there I would think 300 max maybe and every friday when its nice theres ATLEAST 150 cars there and the corvette guys show up so theres usually 20+c5/c6s
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 08:51 PM
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Yeah It's always a good time on warm Friday evening. Anyone been there yet this year?
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 03:10 AM
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Last Friday I stopped by around 7 and there was maybe 10-20 cars because it was going to rain and yesterday it rained so I didn't head over. We'll see how it goes next week.
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i heard the souf side is more fun
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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i'd be up for coming by next friday if the weather is ok, if you guys are going. its 2 minutes from my house.
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Originally Posted by xpndbl3
i heard the souf side is more fun
NOT....


Sean, I will be on Roadside this week so I won't be able to make it, then the following weekend Alex and myself will be in Indy for Winged Warrior, but the Fri after that, the 16th I should be there as long as weather holds up. Too bad you missed the open house, wanted to see your new car.
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So long as I don't get stuck at work late again, I'll come out there next Friday. But there's no way I'll be able to make it before like 8-9pm, unless I just don't go to work at all.
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It's supposed to rain Friday. I love how for the next 10 days, the only nice days are during the week. Daily driver show on Saturday...?
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Originally Posted by Intragration
It's supposed to rain Friday. I love how for the next 10 days, the only nice days are during the week. Daily driver show on Saturday...?
Rain sucks ***. Only thing worse is snow.

Hopefully that crap will clear out by Saturday night. Otherwise it will have to be a daily driver show.

PS. I need a two-door Cadillac. Seeing your '02 got me started on something last week.
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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I have to say, there's one thing that's worse than rain and snow -- that's when they PREDICT rain, and it kills the show and the only cars that come out are daily drivers, and then it's nice and clear out.
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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Nothing wrong with a daily driver double duty car... What you trying to say?
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We all have nice cars that we only take out on nice days, and then our beaters, which we're stuck with when the weather is crappy. Nothing wrong with a daily driver, just much easier to keep the nice cars tucked away when it's bad out.
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Originally Posted by Intragration
We all have nice cars that we only take out on nice days, and then our beaters, which we're stuck with when the weather is crappy. Nothing wrong with a daily driver, just much easier to keep the nice cars tucked away when it's bad out.


Except, I might add that my daily driver is about as fun/cool as a foot long gorilla turd baking in the sun. It lacks style, power, and/or comfort; it has only TWO redeeming qualities - good MPG and good reliability.

My daily driver is really nothing to be proud of, nor does it serve any dual purpose, unlike some of you guys that have cool DD cars.
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A nice, pewter B4C would be a perfect daily driver...
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Originally Posted by Intragration
A nice, pewter B4C would be a perfect daily driver...
That would be about a 10mpg penalty for me.
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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But double the horsepower
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Originally Posted by Intragration
But double the horsepower


There is always a chance that my '02 car may become a daily driver. Sometime within the next 1 day to 2 years I will have an additional toy, at which time the '02 will get kicked out of the garage - so I might as well use it daily. Unless I'm able to clear out the 3rd bay. (easier said than done )
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