umvue

Meeting time:
Nov 10th, 9am. Leave at 9:30am

Meeting place:
In & Out Burgers
6015 Johnson Dr
Pleasanton, CA
[This is a bit far from Mine's Rd. If someone knows a better parking lot in Livermore, please feel free to suggest.]

Route:
1) Go up Mine's Rd
2) Mine's Rd becomes San Antonio Valley Rd
3) San Antonio Valley Rd becomes Mt Hamilton Rd

Stopping Points:
1) Junction of San Antonio Valley Rd/Del Puerto Canyon Rd - Is this junction good for a stop?
2) Lick Observatory
3) Other points?

Lunch:
Sam Kee Restaurant
1942 Aborn Rd
San Jose, CA
[This is the only suggestion we have in the discussion thread. Anyone wants to suggest alternatives? Hmm... Maybe it doesn't matter, we always end up eating at places we didn't plan... ]

Cars allowed:
S2000s + exotics + friends of S2000 owners
[I will post a thread in ferrarichat.com to invite exotics cars to come join us. Hopefully we will see some of them this time. ]

We have (3 + 3 maybes) persons signed up so far:
umvue
scottrnelson
JohnA
jalbrah (maybe)
jedwards (maybe)
CaliS2k (maybe)

See you guys this Saturday!

S2000boi

umm sam kee restaurant is on

mckee
san jose

not on aborn road

umvue

I can't find the McKee one at Yahoo Yellow Page. Can you give me the exact address of the restaurant?

S2000boi

HEY WHATHE. U MIND IF I SHOW UP FOR THE LUNCH AND TAKE SHOTS OF THE S2000? since i'm in the club and we met a bit on aim, i'm sure you guys won't deny me to the lunch eh?

S2000boi

i think the one on aborn is newer. and the one on mc kee has tight parking space and u don't want to park s2000 or exotics there. hella bad old asian drivers. they might wreck your car. besides the one on aborn road is close to my house

umvue

BTW, we don't need to be too anal abt the lunch place. We always ended up in a different place anyway.

I went to the Ferrari site. They will have their own drive on Nov 10 also. So I guess we can't find anyone of them to join us.
http://209.196.179.161/discus/messages/112...html?1004752187

I will go to NSX site and see if they can join us.

umvue

Hey guys, what happened? No one signed up?

Come on, you don't really need to show up even if you sign up. It is more like a gauge to see if there are enough interest.....

Is this drive too hard for people?? Maybe we can change that to another Novice Drive along Sierra/Calaveras?

Also, if we don't have a drive this weekend, the next drive will be very likely three weeks later due to Larry Hopkins event and Thanksgiving....

scottrnelson

The junction is a good place to stop. It's also a good place for lunch (if we were arriving there later) or to get a drink.

There are several turnoffs, both on Mines Road and on San Antonio Valley Road that could hold 10 or so cars. I just don't know where they are on the map. I have a map that shows all of the main roads in the area and includes all that we'll be travelling on. It should make it more clear for those who have never been along the whole route.

There should be a safety discussion before starting out, specifically with regards to passing. There will be a few cars or trucks that we'll have to pass. Most are good about using turnoffs, but it's good to discuss how to pass safely. There is also the issue that we may encounter a few fast motorcycles who will want to pass us. It would be nice to work out a safe way to let them by.

I'm looking forward to meeting the rest of you who will be on this drive.

umvue

[QUOTE]Originally posted by scottrnelson
[B]The junction is a good place to stop.

JohnA

I'm up for it. Hope we have good weather. Do we still roll rain or shine?
JohnA