MN meet this summer? **UPDATED 4/8/07!!!**

[Thor06]

Whats up guys, remember the idea for a Minnesota/area meet last year? What does everyone think of doing it again? If I remember right, there is like 6 MN area regulars and like 4 not so regulars. If we can get a bunch of people up for it I can talk to LSE about a dyno day. I know I would be down for a couple dyno pulls, when we do this I want to have my Talon done and a couple dyno pulls would be good to let me know where I'm at. We dont need to do a dyno day either, I know not all of us would want that. We could just meet and hang out, grill out, go for a cruise, go to a track, party up, one day or two day, you know whatever. I would be down for anything as long as my DSM works by then. One thing though, I am running a marathon mid June so anytime before that isnt too great for me since I need to be training then. I think a little extra time would also give other people that need to fiinish up their shit *cough* Garrett *cough*. So what does everyone think?

I guess I would propose that we do it last week in June on like a Tuesday or Wednesday (easier to get off work) and meet in a park at like 2-4 in the afternoon. We could bullshit for a few hours and grill some steaks, hamburgers, hotdogs or what have you. We could roam the streets for a few hours and maybe crash at a hotel or a camp ground. Then we get on the next day and either depart or go to Rock Falls (or another track) and put down a few passes before we go our separate ways that night.

Also, I dont want this to get blown way out of proportion. Frankly, I dont care if theres stuff other than DSM's that show up, like for example an SRT4 or a RX7 (Scott and Lucky if its not too far of a drive), but I do want this to be an AF DSM section meeting you know? I can understand if a couple people want to bring a good car buddy of theirs, but I want everyone to pretty much know each other. So anyway, whos down?

[L-Spec]

If it's in June for sure and won't cross over into July, I should actually be good to go, especially if it's northern Minnesota. I'd like a BBQ than a cruise. It's not too far for me to get lost lol, but let's try and not make this complicated ..but, the only reason for me not to go, is if my car takes a shit, but it shouldn't.. I think. Either way, I'm down, I could just take a plane and drive a rental car or something lmao. May I also suggest that if this does happen, that we create a thread with a picture of everyone attending (just one picture, no comments either, so only one post from anybody going). I know there's a general thread like this somewhere on the forums, but it's crowded with comments and pictures of people probably not going IIRC. I'd just like to avoid the awkwardness of walking up to Brian and calling him Dustin or something hehe

[blk_srt]

I'm down for sure. Maybe I'll have some wider tires by then haha. I definatly want to get a few runs on the dyno sometime whether it be before or during the meet. I'm shooting for 300fwhp but I expect maybe 280 on pump

[Burnerdominator]

Id so be up for a dyno day and track day thing. My talon will be turboed by then hopefully. I could just follow scott he knows long distance roads better then me (I think).

[blk_srt]

Yeah, I know where I'm going

[Burnerdominator]

Where are we gonna have it just out of curiosity?

[Thor06]

Ahhh yes, location. Well, a central location sucks ass. We've got one guy way up in Canada, me in north central mn, eastern ND, apparently a few in southern mn, and I am sure a few will surface from the twin cities area. It really depends who posts up, but it looks like the most central location is going to be like Detroit Lakes or Fargo or something like that. Thats fine, there is a tuning shop (maybe two?) in Fargo and there is a track just outside of Fargo in a little town called Sabin. Fargo will work, there is still a big enough population so have some people with cars done right to be some fun to cruise with, the shop is a reputable shop, and there is a the track (its a shit hole), but everything is just scaled down from doing it in the cities. Here in the cities, there is a lot more car guys/girls to see (as well as an ass ton of DSMers), theres atleast 3 good performance shops that are known for doing DSM's, and Rock Falls is a good track.

So guys, looks like we have a choice. I personally dont care where it is, it'll still be fun to hang out with you guys. The problem I see with Fargo is its just smaller than the cities for less people to "run into" out cruising and I think you can take like .15 or someting off your ET just because the track isnt prepped good or in the best of shape, but in reality who cares? The cities would be nice because there is 3 good DSM shops, a good track, and plenty of space but its sooo much driving more most of the people to just get here. Then once we all find the meeting spot we may get lost on the cruise. Also, Rock Falls track is another 2.5 hours east of Minneapolis (I think) so that just adds to the driving for everyon especially the guys outside the cities.

I guess if it means anything to anyone, I am swinging for Fargo. The track will be much less busy and its like 20 minutes away rather than like 2 hours away, plus meeting up in Fargo will be 10x easier than in Minneapolis area. The other thing all us north of the Twin Cities could do (as well as the people south if they wanted) is meet at an easy to find spot and drive into a Twin cities spot together.

So heres what I want from everyone planning to show up.

I'm in!
Location: North central MN
Where you would rather go: Fargo
Short explanation why: Easier to find, more central
Would you go if it was in the other spot: Fuck yeah!

That way we can get a sense of who is coming, where you all want to do it, and where the best spot would be. Also, you should put at the bottom other AF DSM members you know of that havent shown themselves yet. Post up bitches!

Also, I guess we dont need to get this hammered out this week, this month, or even really this season. We could wait a while to start getting the details set, but I still want to know who and from where people are coming.

[L-Spec]

Location: Regina, SK, Canada
Where you would rather go: N/A
Short explanation why: Don't worry about the guy up north, I can only attend if I still have my car (I'm selling it to get a new car). If I can't sell it by June, then I'll come for sure. If not, I can probably bring my pimpin' Nissan anyway Fargo sounds fine to me, I'm used to the openess anyway :P
Would you go if it was in the other spot: Depends.. rotaries = gas guzzlers

OT - How's the traffic in the States? It would be nice if I could get a better understanding on how early I should leave home to meet with you guys . If it is Fargo, I wouldn't imagine anything more than an 8-10 hour drive... I hope.

[blk_srt]

I'm in!
Location: South central MN
Where you would rather go: Minneapolis
Short explanation why: Easier to find, I know my way around better and IMO there is more things to do and more likely I'll be able to go because srt=alot of gas
Would you go if it was in the other spot: Probably maybe I dont know
My buddy with the 383 camaro might join us to, but its not for sure yet

[Burnerdominator]

IM IN!!!
Location: South MN
Where you would rather go: Fargo
Short explanation why:Seems less busy still has a tuning shop. More people could get there.
Would you go if it was in the other spot I would if it was in the cities.
I also can bring a friend too.

[rock0134]

Im from wisconsin but id be down for it no doubt... i need to get to rock falls again when its not mid august and 97 degrees (only ran a 15.1 on stock everything including turbo and exhaust)

[Thor06]

Damn Lucky, Fargo is almost 10 hours away and Minneapolis is about 13 !

GSX_RIDER, you should make up one of those little dealies for me, sometime I am going to make a map of the midwest and put x's where people are and where people woud be willing to go so we can shit figger'd out.

[gthompson97]

Location: Grafton, ND/Fargo, ND Grafton in summer, Fargo for school
Where would you rather go: Doesn't matter to me. Fargo wouldn't be bad being as I live here in the winter and 2 hours away in the summer. The thing is, the "tuning" crowd around here is more a Honda crowd. The shop you're talking about, I'm guessing that's Tintmasters Motorsports? It's a decent shop, but probably nothing that you guys are used to. They tint windows and install *some* performance parts, but I'm not sure how keen they would be on having a big group of DSMers in town just hangin out at the shop. And that track in Sabin, it's not a bad track, but it's kind of located in the middle of nowhere, so if you wanted to go to the store quick or something, expect to travel 10-15 mins.
I'd be down for goin to the Cities, I haven't been to the Mall of America or Valley Fair for a few years so I'd definitely make a trip out of it.

Honestly, I doubt the Talon will be done by end of June/early July, but who knows, maybe I'll kick my ass in gear and get'er done one of these days (with another 10k in funds too), but I'd still come anyways. The only problem I have is that I most likely wouldn't be able to just go during the middle of the week. June/July is big spraying time for us (I'm a farmboy remember), and it's very critical to get things done on a day to day basis, so unless it rains or something, I'd have a tough time getting off during the week. The weekend on the other hand, I'll be down for anything from Friday morning - Sunday night.

[blk_srt]

I vote Hooters!!!!

[Burnerdominator]

Ive been to that hooters for my birthday and i saw the hooters girl of the year there.