VKG Dyno Day & GL.com Meet & Greet Info

[vujade]

VKG Dyno Day & GermanLook.com Meet & Greet

Who: VolksSport Kafer Gruppe & GermanLook.com (Sponsors)
What: VKG Dyno Day & GermanLook.com Meet & Greet
When: Saturday, November 12th 2005 from 10am - 4pm
Where: Fisher Buggies in Tampa

The VolkSport Käfer Gruppe is holding their first annual VKG Dyno Day.
This event is open to all air-cooled VWs. Doesnt matter if your car is
German Look, Cal Look, Stock, Resto-Custom or any other look. All
are welcome to enter this event.

This is the first annual VKG Dyno Day to be held in conjunction with
the first annual GermanLook.com Meet & Greet. We are holding this
the same weekend as the 16th annual Florida Bug Jam in Tampa,
Florida. The VolkSport Kafer Gruppe is the premier German Look
Air-Cooled Volkswagen Club in the USA. We have been around for
almost 2 ½ years now. We want to bring a little of the west coast
action right here to the South East.

The entry fee is only $25 to enter this event. All those that register will
receive 2 full runs on the chassis dyno, as well as have their cars weighed
on digital 4 wheels scales. Plus you will receive a event T Shirt and a
goody bag. In adition. there will be food and beverages throughout the
day for all those in attendance. Fisher Buggies is also having a store
wide sale that day. This event is open to the public & free to attend.

GermanLook.com is also having a Meet & Greet the same day and will
be incorporated into the VKG Dyno Day. So if you would like to come
and hang any with any of your fellow GL.com members or if you want
to see some high horsepower cars and do some bench racing, come on
out, you are sure to have a great time!

Please contact Joe Arbucci vujade@volksport.net
if you are interested in entering the Dyno event

Please contact Zen Hardy zen@volksport.net
if you are interested in attending the GermanLook.com Meet & Greet

*Everyone must be registered for the VKG Dyno Day no later
then October 1st, 2005. We will only be taking the first 25-30 entrants

*All those that enter the dyno event should plan on being at Fishers
at 9am, this way we can start the event at 10am for the public

[vujade]

I have Dyno Day releases ready for faxing/emailing for all those
interested in participating

[petevw]

Please email me the info!

I'm booking the days off at work, and need to know what days i should be down there.

So which days am i looking at? Fri-Mon? Thurs-Sun? Is Saturday the only day when things are going on?

[vujade]

Originally Posted by petevw

Please email me the info!

I'm booking the days off at work, and need to know what days i should be down there.

So which days am i looking at? Fri-Mon? Thurs-Sun? Is Saturday the only day when things are going on?

Pete, If I were you, I would come in Friday during the day and leave Monday
morning...

Here is the layout of the weekends activities...

5th Rare & Unique Slam - Friday Evening to the wee hours of the morning
(This is a party with food and drinks and live music held at a VW shop)

VKD Dyno Day & GL.com Meet & Greet - Saturday 10am-4pm

Bulli Brigade - Saturday 8am-4pm
(This is a bus only show w/ swap meet about 10 minutes away from Dyno)

FL Bug Jam - Sunday 8am-5pm
This is the largerst VW Show on the east coast USA. Over 430 Cars in Show
and over 10,000 people in attendance last year!!!

[zen]

i agree on those days. we trek down on friday as well, getting there around dinner time or late afternoon. we head out monday morning. last couple of years they have started some thursday night activites, but if you need to keep costs down, you could skip that.

[petevw]

Sweet... Were is everything located? All around Tampa?

[vujade]

Originally Posted by petevw

Sweet... Were is everything located? All around Tampa?

yes, everything is within 15 or 20 minutes of each other...

[petevw]

Cool, sounds great!

So, my house to Tampa:

Total Est Time: 21 hours, 22 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 1335.20 miles

[zen]

ouch. they do have long distance awards at BugJam. :agree: huge on your part to make that trip. i hope to see you and many other of the far reaching GL.com'ers there.

[oasis]

Well, there's a way to reduce the driving to 619 miles/11:17 each way. It has its drawbacks, however.

You could drive Toronto to Lorton, Virginia; pick up the auto-train (Amtrak) there where you and car will be dropped off at Sanford, Florida; drive Sanford to Tampa. The front leg would be 510/9:24. The back leg would be 109/1:53.

The Amtrak part is not exactly cheap for one person/one car--especially if one takes a weekend stab at it. Northbound and Southbound departure times are 4 PM each and arrivals are 8 AM each.

And they want you to show uo two hours early.

And there's a built-in assumption Amtrak is running on-time. I take a daily commute from Baltimore to Washington and the Amtrak trains going to and coming from Miami are usually "delayed." I can only imagine the Auto Train would be also.

Nevertheless, if you can hammer out the front leg, you would be able to sleep and gain ground simultaneously.

It's an option our family has looked into but never exercised. Having two drivers helps, though.

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[petevw]

Cool, never knew about the auto-train! If i don't blow up the car by then, i'll trailer it down. I've taken the time off of work, so i'll be there :agree: with or without the super. If the Boxer AutoGruppe GL'ers of the north want to come with me, no problem! It will be in something pulling a trailer, or my Golf TDI.

BTW: Last time i was in the states with the super (IVWA at the Farm), I had a to go back to NC a couple weeks after, for a court citation of reckless/careless. This was after a trooper caught me "testing" my lineloc I hope this time around i won't have to make a second trip.

[Pillow]

I am totally there!!!

This weekend is so packed with great events you just want to cry out in joy.

... Sell a kidney, it is worth it to come.

Pete, you can stay at my place to break up the trip. I am kind of in the middle (Northern VA). But 45 minutes off I95/495 which wastes a little time.

Later,

[petevw]

thanks for the offer,

I'll be leaving Wednesday night, or Thursday morning. i should be there by Friday afternoon.

Is the: Best Western Summer Crest, the hotel of choice?

[vujade]

Originally Posted by petevw

thanks for the offer,

I'll be leaving Wednesday night, or Thursday morning. i should be there by Friday afternoon.

Is the: Best Western Summer Crest, the hotel of choice?

thats where everyone is staying