6gc gumball?????, anyone down for a crusie across the us Options

[shadycrew31]

so i came up with this on my trip from philly to colorado. then i perfected it when i drove form colorado to los angeles. how bout a 6gc cruise. we do it during summer. and we can hit up all the major cities la, dallas, miami, chigago, ny. and just have a blast. if your down id liek to do it next year if possible.. hit me back either pm or email.

[playr158]

i'd sooo be in, if i had the money and for the part were it starts on the east coast

[x_itchy_b_x]

haha me and my buddies are buying 5 crx's old ones dont car what they look like. were going from MA to SC to Arizona. mess around on the highway. bumper cars where ever we can. its gunna be fun.

[Digndoug]

[BlackCelicaGT94]

I would be down but i would have to know by December if we were really gonna do it! so i could get some money! what i say we actually do is do a gumball/cannonball to Kansas! and west coast can meet east coast!


Natalie

[shadycrew31]

well i mean we need some more intrest. but summer of 2005... im gonna be turbo'd and everything else by then. and if we get like 20-30 people that should be good. i just want to start gettin everyone intrested now, so they can save for the year, and maybe we can do this.

[jojobombiest]

This sounds fun... how long would it last?

This post has been edited by jojobombiest: Oct 4, 2004 - 7:48 PM

[playr158]

umm if you want east meets west then we need a lil different state then kansas LOL but i'll come

[Defgeph]

I'm in for a cross country meet. Give me advanced notice.

[Jen]

I'm in. All the way. I want to meet all of you, not just the locals.

[playr158]

i'll drive along side jeff

[Jen]

We need to seriously start planning this.

[Akimbo]

Rather doubt that it'd be easy to do or that I could get the days off of work. It would be really neat though. I've got plenty of people I'd like to meet and shoot the breeze with.

[Jen]

[x_itchy_b_x]

like me lol not really but celica people own. i met a few members. batman never really used his name much he called himself names like the "Kernel" and like just weird names lol.

[playr158]

well if me and jeff come then we can drive through Ohio and pick up akimbo

[SlowCelica94]

Oh hell yes. I'm down like a clown Charlie Brown.

I say we need some ground rules. Here's my ideas
1) Celicas only. All gens welcome
2) We all exchange cell # in the begining. If someone goes to jail it's a group bail to get him/her out. We're in this together, and I for one, don't believe in leaving a man behind.
3) An entry fee of only like $10, so it makes a decent bit of cash for the winner.

Any other ideas?

[SlowCelica94]

Also, if we get enough people in, and a high enough entry fee, then there would be real drive. ****, if you have a $1k winner fee, you'd see people sinking cash into their cars b4 the race so they could hopefully break even or so

[Batman722]

That's Colonel, not kernel I work at a fried chicken joint, can you guess which one ?

[playr158]

OO OO i know is it wendy's?!?!?!?

[Digndoug]

HAHA. batman works at kfc..

But I would be down for an west meets east.. That would be hot.. maybe meet up with the nv peps an just cruise...

[snadman]

I'm down...shall we make a list of definites and maybes?

[shadycrew31]

ok so umm you bastards are quick, i didnt have responses for a lil while there. so we could do east meets west. but heres my idea and it might take like 2 weeks, but it will be sooo much fun. so west goes east then we hit all the major cities on the east. then east and west go west. still hitting all the major cities and nopi events and other events. this way we could have like 30 celi's. i mean wouldnt it be hot to roll up to a nopi show. and just be like bam!!!. ok anyway heres the list so far. this list is a combo of def's and maybes. if i missed you sorry if you want to be on pm me or leave a post.
1)shadycrew31
2)playr158
3)blackcelicagt94
4)jojobombiest
5)defgeph
6)jen
7)hkimbo
8)x_itchy_b_x
9)batman722
10)digndoug
11)snadman
so pm me with any other ideas if you dont like mine or just post them..

This post has been edited by shadycrew31: Oct 4, 2004 - 11:53 PM

[SlowCelica94]

It's not really a race if you're stopping to sight see the whole time.

[Defgeph]

I think we should do an east meets west meet. In the middle of the counrty somewhere for a couple of days. I'm not gonna drive mid country chill then drive to cali, only to drive back to the east. I'm willing to meet you guys in the middle.

[shadycrew31]

so someone throw out some cities that might be busy. so we can meet in the middle.

[orvillescelica]

depending on several factors, i would be in. My Celi has already driven to the four corners of the nation, im sure i can hit the few states im missing on this trip.

Meeting in the middle would be good. Some people on the east can meet up and drive out, peopel from the south could meet up and drive out, people from the NW and SW... and we could all converge in a central location... Chicago? St. Louis? or the mother of all meeting places (although its not that central) Vegas!!!

[Jen]

[Puchi]

It's a long way aways (till summer), so I don't know for sure if I can make it. I'd love to come, and St. Louis is an awesome city. Right now I don't even know if I'll still have the Celica at all in the summer.

[Jaws4God]

if you guys could swing near NC, i'd like to go out and meet you all.. but i'm pretty sure there is no way i could tag along

[playr158]

i say a city where there is water

[Digndoug]

[Jen]

There isn't water in the middle of the country. Except like lakes and such. It's obviously A LONG time away.. but we should start planning now. Wow, I'm excited.

[Akimbo]

Well I would vote for it not to be a race but instead just one big cruise.

[Jen]

[shadycrew31]

yea thats what i was goin for a big humgor cruise. but 6gc gumball is just so dam catchy. id like to be near water but then we wouldnt be meeting central as jen said. so we need central fun cities im down for chicago. fun and central yea??? plus in the summer chicago will be warm.

[playr158]

yea it will just find a lake near chicago, and we'll all put in for a house rental

[shadycrew31]

umm houses cost lots of cash. i was thinking maybe a group rate at a hotel my. old regional lives in chicago, he can probabbly sell his way into a good deal for all of us. but were gonna need more people.

[SlowCelica94]

I still wanna race. Anyone got the balls?

[shadycrew31]

oh i will race ya and everyone else ... maybe we can meet up like were planning and then do a race. so that way we get the best of both worlds. and who ever wants to race can. i think its a good idea yea or no ????

This post has been edited by shadycrew31: Oct 7, 2004 - 6:01 AM

[playr158]

i'll race everyONE........i'll take you all with my ST on 18s LOL racing in celicas HAHAHAHAHA thats like snail mail being called federal express lol
but hotel will be kwl

[nik]

[shadycrew31]

heheh yes playr it wil be like snail mail. but hey its for the fun damit!! and we will meet for like 5 days at the hotel maybe less. i figure people that dont want to race, 5 days is perfect. cause chicago is at the most a 2 day drive from the furthest point. so it will be a full week off from work. as for the racers its gonna be another 5-7 days so more like 2 weeks. im gonna be savin up big time i know that much.

[Jen]

I'm so excited..

[SlowCelica94]

I'll meet up with you guys for the drags. We can even find some twisties so I can own shady

[playr158]

yup saving up BIG BIG BIG time is for sure......hotel for five days(45$-65$ per person per day!?) gas like 150$ whole trip.....engine work b4 trip 1k$ ......ect.... foood....ect....like what 3k?!

[Defgeph]

[Ryu3x16]

Im willing to go for this meet.. sounds fun... can i fly to where ever you guys are meeting instead of driving?

[Sev408]

how about we all meet in virginia or tenessee that way i dont have to drive very far?

[playr158]

haha def yea you did not by much like .3 sec but you had no muffler;) lol i'm just slow what can i say

[Jen]

I don't think it should be Chicago. Because that is not centralized AT ALL! St. Louis or something along in there would be a better place.

[shadycrew31]

slow we will defiantly have to find them twisty's. and ryu no flying. were not dragging were doin a us run, much fun. as for chicago i dont care where we meetl as long as its central and not humid..... plus we have a year so it might change. im just tryin to get the basics down for now. oh yea i almost forgot we need to find a place where it doesnt rain alot.

This post has been edited by shadycrew31: Oct 8, 2004 - 4:50 AM

[Defgeph]

this is funny .... the only person that is gonna show up to this meet, is the person who lives 20 minutes away from the location you chose.

but like I said, if it ever happens I'm in.

[shadycrew31]

well everyone pm me with city ideas. and we can pick a general location. but this thread is gonna get flooded if we keep goin this way. and until next year save money, enjoy life, and dont loose your job!!!
-dc

[97Celica]

I'd be definitely down for it..my beast is being turboed this winter and will emerge hell on wheels. :-)

[Akimbo]

An ST-T is hardly hell on wheels.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

if it came down to a gumball or a meet in Las Vegas id go for Vegas


maybe its cuz its closer for me or maybe its cuz Vegas just has that CITY OF SIN - hot cars- hot people - hot night life feel! i dont know!

[nik]

[SlowCelica94]

[shadycrew31]

its true its up to the people. the gumball after our lil 4 day meet is a gumbal style thing. thats why i said were not drag racing. anyway i will bump this post next summer. until then pm me for any more questions. or comments.

This post has been edited by shadycrew31: Oct 17, 2004 - 2:15 AM

[orvillescelica]

[creis]

that would be sweet, just have tons of people meet in the mid us, from all points. a total us 6gc meet, I'm down. but i we need to come up with dates soon, my summer is filling up fast.

[shadycrew31]

hmm well im still workin on the dates and location. i need to fit it in as well. im thinkin liek june'ish though. any thoughts.

[jojobombiest]

if it came down to a gumball or a meet in Las Vegas id go for Vegas


maybe its cuz its closer for me or maybe its cuz Vegas just has that CITY OF SIN - hot cars- hot people - hot night life feel! i dont know!

i agree with Nat, if its between Vegas meet or Gumball i would go with Vegas. Esp if they are both during the summer, which it looks like they both will be, i will only have enough money for one of them. And im back and forth between Seattle and Chicago, but i would drive from either for Vegas. I dont know if i would drive from Seattle to go to St. Louis...
[right][snapback]194434[/snapback][/right]

It could be a CILV.

[pimped6gen]

im in....i wanna do this soo bad! When r u guys planning on doin this?

[zachattack15]

We should have it in New Orleans! It a little more south but hey what the heck. Burbon Sreet gets crazy down here. And they have an awsome turnout of cars on the weekends in front of the lake by the arena.

[RedSunCelica]

need to find citys that have a lot of night life and things to do and scenery. what i was thinking is more on the lines of start in vegas cause everyone loves vegas so heres my idea

start in vegas and head to yosemite national park (curvy roads)
then head to san francisco scenic and picture
then from san francicso jump on pacific coast highway 1 (curvy roads)
then head to long beach


tahts about a good 4-6 day trip with stops and picture taking and scenic spots in between.

[thedevilmaycrie]

i think id be down for that...

[Ryu3x16]

need to find citys that have a lot of night life and things to do and scenery.  what i was thinking is more on the lines of start in vegas cause everyone loves vegas so heres my idea

start in vegas and head to yosemite national park (curvy roads)
then head to san francisco scenic and picture
then from san francicso jump on pacific coast highway 1 (curvy roads)
then head to long beach


tahts about a good 4-6 day trip with stops and picture taking and scenic spots in between.
[right][snapback]207734[/snapback][/right]

that sounds good...Ill meet up with you guys when you get to Long Beach..hahhahah

[Jdog1385]

well im taking a road trip to cali in the summer so ill hang along with you guys. then when its over ill make my way to cali with the other celi's.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

im going to las vegas and no further! sorry yall!

so lets do a las vegas meet!

[shadycrew31]

ok well i was hoping we could kinda leave cali for this one guys. i really want this to be more of a east west meet. that way we can all go somehwere in the middle. be equal distance to travel from either coast. and the south north guys will be close to.

[playr158]

werd^^^

who needs vegas

[Jdog1385]

we can always go to vegas on the way to cali. take the death vally run to cali. bring some water with ya. we'd get some sick pics out their also.

[shadycrew31]

soo i guess lets have a roll call of whos down. just add to the list lets get this thing statred now. if you knwo of anyoen else that may be intrested tell them to i want thsi thing to be f'ing huge.

1. shadycrew31(for sure)

[playr158]

i'm in if my car is outta the shop by then....
if so......you'll get the chance to see the only celica s15

[Jen]

California? UM.. how about we consider the people over here in Florida.. like.. on the east. Driving to Vegas.. then ending up in Long Beach? Not good for us on the east side at all..

Sorry, but if that happens.. I wouldn't be able to do it. I thought we were going to do something like in the middle.. that would accomidate.. EVERYONE.

[NEVERSTOP]

I got an idea that will make everyone happy...

Have the west coast people meet in vegas, and have the east coast people meet somewhere over there

then those that choose to come to the east/west meet can head to that and the ones that arent down for that can just go home.

I would suggest where I live for a meet like this:

Its a fairly good sized city.. actually its like 6 combined but there is a really nice strip that has ALOT of weekend cars etc... we also have a REALLY nice dragstip that nopi was at last year and will prolly return next, maybe time it with that, we also have some pretty cool places for pics etc and water, there is also the district which is like 4-5 city blocks of bars/nightclubs and it stays open till 3am

there is also a mall that they do car shows at all the time.. im sure we could work something out for that.

also plenty of hotels etc that are usally pretty cheap.. would diffently work out some grouprate for a discount

I am about 300 miles west of chicago and about 4 hrs north of st louis... I would suggest stayin out of a large city... it would be too crowed for a large group of cars wanting to cruz around and would be really easy to get lost for those that dont know the city.

I would diffently be down to get everything organized for this on this end if you guys would wanna work out the details for the smaller meets.

Just a few thoughts to kick around

[Yota]

I agree with Never...

I live in one of the 6 smaller cities combined to make the one. My uncle is a manager of a hotel RIGHT NEXT to the district. Its got a parking garage next door, and I could ask him if he would be able to work out some extra deals for anyone willing to come.

There was a Grand Prix GTP meet here last summer where I met a guy who drove all the way from Canada to be here. Its a great place where the cops really aren't THAT horendous.

[playr158]

haha awesome how come never always has it all down i'm in with his idea......Woot meet at never's house hahaha

[shadycrew31]

hmm i guess like i said before i want this thing to be big. so im gonna find a big city that is literally in the middle of the us. and those who want to come can come. those who dont wont. but if everybody wants it to be in there home town we wont get anything done. i like never's idea.... the only problem is most of the middle states are kinda dead. i want at least some clubs ya know.. so heres 3 ideas.. denver, st louis or davenport. st louis is the most fun then denver then davenport. all of them are somewhat central. so those are the choices i would like to hear which one yall would like. the only reason im only giving 3 is beacause i dont want to clutter this. i am hosting this meet, i dont wanna come off dickish but those are the choices. oh and anybody who would like to help me figure all this out. pm me please.

[BlackCelicaGT94]

clubs?? most will be under 21! why not look into renting a small club out?? i don tknow but im not gonna go to a meet and just have it be NOTHING at night cuz i cant go club

[shadycrew31]

im not 21 either, but there are 18 and up clubs. the whole point is something with a night scene! so were not all bored sitting around.

[Mynzeyes]

clubs are ghey. hangin out all night chewin the fat is the best way to go. .

[NEVERSTOP]

clubs are ghey. hangin out all night chewin the fat is the best way to go. .

True but clubs are always an option for some...

Once agian gonna say keep it outta a LARGE city.. thats just gonna make probs... I dont really care where we do it though.. just offered up Davenport cuz its a central location where there are lots of meets every year but where evers cool

[shadycrew31]

ok so davenport it is. its dam central! and i wanna see nevers car!!!. ok so now we need a list of for sures and maybe's. i will start this again

1) shadycrew31

[Jen]

1) shadycrew31
2) Jen [maybe]

[BlackCelicaGT94]

screw that! thats a 30 hour drive


Natalie

[Nemises]

iM DOWN TO HEAD ANYWHERE AS LONG AS I CAN HOOK UP WITH A FEW OTHER CELIS FOR THE DRIVE SHOULDNT BE A BIG PROBLEM i KNOW A FEW FROM AROUND HERE.

[shadycrew31]

tight tight

1) shadycrew31
2) Jen [maybe]
3) nemises

[Yota]

I'm down..I live here! lol

[NEVERSTOP]

screw that! thats a 30 hour drive


Natalie

Well thats why I offered haveing a meet in some place in the west like losvegas etc and then those that felt like coming to dport could and those that dont wanna travel that far dnt have too.. thatway everyone is happy

and also would suggest one for the east coast too

1) shadycrew31
2) Jen [maybe]
3) nemises
4) NEVERSTOP

Also we should start figuring out times that would work for both the smaller meets and the big one. I will talk to yoda sometime here and between the two of us can figure out details and decide on what would be good places to meet/check out etc

[madmods]

I am down for the run or vegas! I lost my license nov 6 for a year, but thats not stopping me from driving!

[shadycrew31]

well were prolly not doing it in vegas. since people from the east coast would have to travel twice the mileage. the west coast people would drive like 15-20 its just not fair. thisi is a central all 6gc meet... so saddle up!. mad mods are you still down if its in davenport?.

1) shadycrew31
2) Jen [maybe]
3) nemises
4) NEVERSTOP
5) yota

[BlackCelicaGT94]

i dont see 30 hours for the whole west coast being equal to as if someoen came from Orlando and New York City they are looking at about 17 hours or so

[shadycrew31]

well its not 17 hours from ny trust me i have actually driven across the us. and getting out of ny takes at least an hour so yea j/k. haha. but again from philly where i grew up to denver is 2 days. its about a day and a half from philly to davenport and a day and a half from la to davenport. just for some reference. yes it may take a lil longer if your north or south on either coast... but dam guys how many of you would love to see some of those cars from all over that you always make comments on ? this is your perfect opurtunity!!. so come on this meet will be the meet of all meets.

1) shadycrew31
2) Jen [maybe]
3) nemises
4) NEVERSTOP
5) yota
6) playr158
7) pimped6gen

oh yea and if you want to be added, and you were on the first list i made let me know. i wasnt sure how many of you were really down.

This post has been edited by shadycrew31: Nov 21, 2004 - 5:23 PM

[NEVERSTOP]

how about instead of people being selfish and stubborn we work together so this can actually work.... you know.. just a thought

Natalie - how about you organize the Vegas meet, which you seem pretty up to doing.

We need someone on the east coast to organize a meet also.. NE one interested??

We will need to find a time that is gonna work for the most people, also need to calculate driving time etc.

something like this is ONLY gonna work if we pull together and help each other.. otherwise it will be just another good Idea that never got off the ground.

I would suggest once we get someone willing to organize the east coast meet that we start 3 new topics.. one main one for the "LARGE" meet with links to two other topics one for the east and one for the west.

And make it clear in all 3 topics that if the person chooses they don't nessarly have to attend the large meet but can just go to one of the smaller ones.. then everyone is happy

[Akimbo]

How many hours from Chicago is Davenport?

[BlackCelicaGT94]

little under three hours akimbo

[Yota]

So I've been thinking of some ideas to put forth into the meet while everyones here so that things don't get dull.. I came up with a few, let me know what you think....

1. We could have this car show here for our 6g's and anything else that would happen to come along with magazine coverage from Import Tuner or Super Street or something along those lines. It would be a great way to showcase our rides. Theres a tuning shop (if thats what you'd call it, right never? lol) called Automotive Innovations. They hold car shows and events all the time in the Summer. I could talk to the guys there and see if they'd be willing to sponsor a show for us. We could even have a couple of contests for the cars (best overall, cleanest, best sound, etc.) and maybe we could get some type of prize thing from Automotive Innovations. Even JC Whitney's main warehouse in only 30 minutes away, maybe they'd get involved...

2. We have a dragstrip that we could prolly run up to one day and throw down some times and have a good day running our Celicas.. I know not everyone's car is built for the track, but its an option. I also might be able to get access to a dyno....But I'm assuming that IF I could do it, there'd have to be a number of people interested in doing so...

3. If we go enough people to come, it would be really cool to get a group photo of all the celica's together and made into a poster for everyone? I think that'd be bada$$.


These are just some ideas, if you guys like them and want me to pursue them, I'd be more than happy to do so. If you also have any other ideas or additional input feel free to respond!

This post has been edited by Yota: Nov 24, 2004 - 3:35 PM