Vote for Location of the "Huge Meet"

[JumpmanYaris]

So there isn't any arguments about choosing location, we are doing this poll
take ur time with this

Attractions

Colorado Springs:

http://www.gardenofgods.com/parkinfo/index_149.cfm

http://www.ghosttownmuseum.com/

http://www.sevenfalls.com/home/index.cfm

http://www.cmzoo.org/

http://www.visitcos.com/

http://www.rmsolo.org/schedule.html

Denver Colorado

http://www.elitchgardens.com/

http://www.aquariumrestaurants.com/

http://www.lakesideamusementpark.com/

http://www.hellodenver.com/Attractions.cfm?gclid=CIepp5PCt6UCFcPD7QodlQ7MZA

San Antonio, TX

http://sanantonio.ripleys.com/

http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/

http://riosanantonio.com/

http://www.buckhornmuseum.com/

http://www.toweroftheamericas.com/default.asp

http://www.thealamo.org/main/index.php

More to come......

[CTScott]

Are you going to make this a poll, or is it just a thread looking for input?

[JumpmanYaris]

Are you going to make this a poll, or is it just a thread looking for input?

poll is up

[Kioshi]

Like Jumpman said, dont choose ASAP...

I'm tied between Colorado Springs and San Antonio, Texas.

[JumpmanYaris]

I will post up places of attraction of each city to help with your decision

[CTScott]

I really like the idea of this and think that I can talk my wife and kids into the long trip to wherever it ends up being.

[echaru]

St Louis, Missouri sounds pretty good, closer to my house. What's the date?

[TRDMarty]

Death Valley California???? :iono:

[JumpmanYaris]

^that would be the west coast if you go to this thread youi will see why we are shooting to US center

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31788

[Lorenzo1950]

Well, it might as well be in Alaska. Too far for me. I could drive maybe 300 miles but I am leasing the car and am only allowed 12,000 miles a year.

[cali yaris]

You left out Nashville/Import Alliance as a choice, so I guess it's not being considered. Can you confirm that, please?

[LA Yaris]

Why not have it in SoCal ??

Lets all meet up at the happiest place on earth Disneyland !

Or Vegas !

[Lorenzo1950]

The location is going to be a very difficult choice to make. You can't make everyone happy. I don't mind driving, but not to the other side of the country where I would normally take a plane. I still think the meet should be in the center of the US. The majority, 57.14% of the members seem to agree that it should not be in a location that makes driving impossible for most of us. I am not being nasty, these are the facts at this point in time.

[Kioshi]

Why not have it in SoCal ??

Lets all meet up at the happiest place on earth Disneyland !

Or Vegas !

SoCal isn't the only place where we have Yaris owners...lol
If I'm willing to drive, you guys down south better be able to put out as well!
And DisneyWorld is way better.

Being "considerate", Jumpman is trying to have the location as center as possible.

He can add Nashville...But at the end of the day, the polls will show where most people are willing to drive.

I'll take a week off from work and try to avoid summer classes~

And looks like Texas and Missouri are tied.

[why?]

really nothing anywhere near the east coast. Both Iowa and Missouri are 20 hours drive for me. We'll see where this goes, still would like to go.

[MadMax]

Depending on the date of this huge meet, folks should consider the weather!

Now, I'm not trying to sway anyone's vote; but temps here have been in the upper 70s/low 80s this past week. And in addition to the attractions listed in the first post, we've got the Texas Hill Country starting along the northwest edge of San Antonio (http://www.visitsanantonio.com/visitors/plan/local-info/index.aspx). There are some beautiful roads and scenery out there, and lots of places to visit! Here are a few shots of Sprocket out in the Hill Country...

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/Yaris/IMAG0139.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/Yaris/IMAG0128.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c209/M2Repsol/Yaris/IMAG0142.jpg

Cheers! M2

[yaris2010RS]

57.17%


?? where did u get this number? lol

[LA Yaris]

SoCal isn't the only place where we have Yaris owners...lol

That's true but we are the ones with the best looking Yaris's

[mryaris]

Since I live in Colorado I'd like either the Springs or Denver, but would be willing to drive up to 1000 miles to attend a car show. As many have already mentioned, picking the location for a national event is difficult. A lot of people don't like driving very far, but if you don't have it in a centralized location nobody will show up (or very few anyway).

All through the 90's I made pilgrimages from Denver to Indy, Nashville, St. Louis, Detroit, Columbus and even as far away as Portland, Maine & Daytona, Florida in my '88 Fiero GT. Many people from the west coast never made the trips, which was too bad, but the one year they held it in Vegas even fewer people attended because those on the east coast and in the midwest did not want to drive 2000+ miles for the show so only California people were there.

I think anywhere in the central US is your best bet.....just about everyone will have a road trip to get there, but no one group will have to drive an insane distance to get there.

[MadMax]

?? where did u get this number? lol

I think that was the percentage that chose "@ my house (not going)" when he posted...

[yaris2010RS]

lol, i love how the "haters" posted first with their option of not going...... lol. the other options are going up finally

[cali yaris]

^ If he didn't want people to have that option to choose, he shouldn't have included it.

He also didn't answer my question: :rolleyes:

You left out Nashville/Import Alliance as a choice, so I guess it's not being considered. Can you confirm that, please?

[JumpmanYaris]

Well idc but I dont think it can be added to the poll but sure trow it up there

[YarisPete]

Okay I drive a Yaris Baby! It's my turn to vote and here it is!!! I want to meet in Denver and the Broncos Suck!!!

[rene0023]

So there isn't any arguments about choosing location, we are doing this poll
take ur time with this

Attractions

Colorado Springs:

http://www.gardenofgods.com/parkinfo/index_149.cfm

http://www.ghosttownmuseum.com/

http://www.sevenfalls.com/home/index.cfm

http://www.cmzoo.org/

http://www.visitcos.com/

http://www.rmsolo.org/schedule.html

Denver Colorado

http://www.elitchgardens.com/

http://www.aquariumrestaurants.com/

http://www.lakesideamusementpark.com/

http://www.hellodenver.com/Attractions.cfm?gclid=CIepp5PCt6UCFcPD7QodlQ7MZA

San Antonio, TX

http://sanantonio.ripleys.com/

http://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/

http://riosanantonio.com/

http://www.buckhornmuseum.com/

http://www.toweroftheamericas.com/default.asp

http://www.thealamo.org/main/index.php

More to come......

Hey dude your house is winning the contest. Your wife knows about it? :bellyroll:

[DevilGirl]

Why not have it in SoCal ??

Lets all meet up at the happiest place on earth Disneyland !

Or Vegas !

Happiest place on earth is Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. :biggrin:



(It definitely is for me anyway... That's where I got engaged!!)

[DandiDani]

Hey dude your house is winning the contest. Your wife knows about it? :bellyroll:

lol. i do now :laugh:

[47_MasoN_47]

I'd go if it were in Nashville, but I don't make enough money to leave the southeast.

[john21031]

How about Anchorage.? Equally far to everyone, at least it's fair :)

Oh, and a good endurance test for the cars and the drivers.

[manish126]

hi, I really like the idea of this and think that I can talk my wife and kids into the long trip to wherever it ends up being.

[frownonfun]

subscribed and St Louis gets my vote.

Been wanting to take my kids here anyhow... http://nascarspeedpark.com/trackinfo_mo.aspx

[fnkngrv]

If you are going to list Texas then why not also suggest Austin? Austin has a lot to offer as well...just a thought. I will say up front that I chose St. Louis. I won't travel further west. I don't mind traveling however to be point blank blunt I am honestly fed up with so many peeps expecting people to go to Cali for sh!t. Leavin it at that.

[MarshmallowYaris]

Like a couple people have mentioned, the date is going to be important! I live in St. Louis and of course voted for St. Louis, but coming here in the winter months would suck.

When is this supposed to happen?

[KrazyDawg]

TX for the lower gas prices and warmer weather = higher MPG.

[LA Yaris]

This meet never going to happen !!

[JumpmanYaris]

TO BE HONEST I GAVE UP A LONG TIME AGO WHEN SOME MEMBERS WONT PUT A LIL EFFORT.

[KCALB SIRAY]

You gave up on the meet because two or so people didn't agree? I'm lost I guess

[JumpmanYaris]

its more then just 2 Mike, and looks like people cant even agree on a location because they dont want to drive.

[cali yaris]

^ that's BS. How dare you blame everyone else.

I gave up when you wouldn't consider my choice, a huge meet that is already going to happen anyway. Didn't even include it in the vote, after several people said they liked the idea. Whatever!

Mods can close then?

[JumpmanYaris]

Why are you saying that it was not consider? When I posted saying sure let's put it up there but I didn't know how to added to the poll, I did say that.

And its not all but when you see that the last option is dragging the rest of the options, hopes kinda goes down the drain. I asked is it even worth having 5to 10 people drive a good amount of hours if others arent willing to go?

You tell me.

We can still make it happen.

[frownonfun]

well i haven't given up. we got St. Louis and San Antonio leading the poll as actual locations so I say we have a run off between those now. Or in a few more days. No rush I guess. Just sayin we can start narrowing it down now. Not every person on the forum is gonna show up but that's obvious. Doesn't matter where we have it. Oh well. You can't win em all.

EDIT: also Garm I totally see where you are coming from on the Nashville thing but nothing is stopping YW members from showing up there if they want. if it's a big event it's likely to draw many of us out and that's good. but i don't see anything wrong with trying to have a separate meet from that one. right? and i'm pretty sure jumpman did openly ask if a mod could add it as a choice.

[why?]

Why are you saying that it was not consider? When I posted saying sure let's put it up there but I didn't know how to added to the poll, I did say that.

And its not all but when you see that the last option is dragging the rest of the options, hopes kinda goes down the drain. I asked is it even worth having 5to 10 people drive a good amount of hours if others arent willing to go?

You tell me.

We can still make it happen.

dude if you really want to do this you need to be the one cheer leading everything. Doing this type of stuff is not easy, it is not something that just takes a little effort. There is a reason promoters make a ton of money, this stuff is hard as heck to do. You need to be the one pushing and pushing and trying and being positive. If you aren't positive about it, don't expect anyone else to be.

[JBougie]

I'd go if it were in Nashville, but I don't make enough money to leave the southeast.

If it's in STL - it's only a 6 hour drive from you. You're 3 hours from me, and STL is 3 hours from here ... so no excuses :P

[JBougie]

There is still 6 months left until it's "Go time" for this meet if you want to do it in June - no functions are ever organized that quickly.

Yes, we have some people who bitch because they would have to drive more than 20 minutes - but outside of there, there are plenty of us who are taking this serious and want to do a meet.

Keep up the planning and keep up the organizing. Even if only 8 of us show up, we will still have an awesome time. Then next year it will get bigger, and the year after that, etc.

And I am not up for having a YW meet at IA, personally.

I'm all in for STL. Or Texas even. Really, I'd drive anywhere as long as it wasn't to the West Coast.

[JumpmanYaris]

dude if you really want to do this you need to be the one cheer leading everything. Doing this type of stuff is not easy, it is not something that just takes a little effort. There is a reason promoters make a ton of money, this stuff is hard as heck to do. You need to be the one pushing and pushing and trying and being positive. If you aren't positive about it, don't expect anyone else to be.

you know whats the difference? They get paid for that and I don't .

@ frownonfun thats is why I wanted to make this happen separate this IA meet form it just for us YW members, that was my main goal but looking at the poll like i said hopes goes down but I do still want this to happen even if we end up doing it in IA

[frownonfun]

If you aren't interested in attending the meet then just unsubscribe. It's really that simple. No reason to close the thread.

[MarshmallowYaris]

I wonder if we could take a spin out at Gateway Raceway if we had a meet here in St. Louis... since NASCAR isn't using it anymore, I think it could use some love.

[frownonfun]

That'd be sweet but I think it's completely closed. Think they are trying to sell it off. If someone knows how to get in touch with the track owners I guess it doesn't hurt to ask. But I think it's a long shot.

But that gets me thinking, I'm pretty sure Texas Motor Speedway has days where you can bring your car and drive on the track. I'm sure other tracks might have similar accommodations. Even if you aren't big into NASCAR, driving on a high speed track sounds pretty fun.

EDIT: Then again it doesn't even really have to be a NASCAR track. I know there are all kinds of smaller, independent tracks all over the place and maybe it'd be easier to get an event together at one of those.

[JBougie]

I know another Yaris here in town who isn't on the forums, and they said they would caravan with me to whatever meet is organized :) So that is two of us!

[cali yaris]

Actually there is NOT freedom of speech on a privately owned forum, and you sir are out of line. :frown:

i don't see anything wrong with trying to have a separate meet from that one. right? and i'm pretty sure jumpman did openly ask if a mod could add it

I don't either, best of luck with it. Like I said before, he decided not to include it as a choice in the first place, it doesn't matter now -- but it means I'm out to focus on IA. I'll stay out of this one now, I don't want to be causing any tension (if I did, I'm sorry).

[ryota]

really nothing anywhere near the east coast. Both Iowa and Missouri are 20 hours drive for me. We'll see where this goes, still would like to go.

agreed, all of the locations are quite a haul from NY (especially Texas). I too would like to try and make it to this event. might I make a suggestion have the event in or around Lebanon Kansas. supposedly that is the exact center of the country and would be fair towards all travelers (not biased for one coast or another).

[Yar15]

Not coming to the America, when in Europe :)

[Trubin]

St Louis, Missouri the gateway to the west.
I know I am a noobie, but I will be willing to take a drive up there, I always wanted to take ride up the Gateway arch, take a look at the local parks museums, they got some night life too, oh and casinos I believe. Plus that location is in the center of US. but have to have someone in that area, meeting in a 7/11 parking lot can become boring.

[yaris2010RS]

think this thread was long lost..... too many negative members

check out the IA meet if u still looking for a RoadTrip and meeting some yaris ppl

[Yar15]

St Louis, Missouri the gateway to the west.
I know I am a noobie, but I will be willing to take a drive up there, I always wanted to take ride up the Gateway arch, take a look at the local parks museums, they got some night life too, oh and casinos I believe. Plus that location is in the center of US. but have to have someone in that area, meeting in a 7/11 parking lot can become boring.

If you end up to arrange there, its good place. Gateway is Finnish-born architects design

[Calspeed]

Okay... San Francisco at my house. I can fit 8 Yaris but many members! BBQ is on me too. Now was it that hard?

Miguel

[JBougie]

I sooooooooooooooooooooooo hope this happens in STL!!!

[Calspeed]

<bump>

:iono:

Miguel

[P Davis]

How about a meet in Pigeon Forge Tennessee :thumbup:

[MickZEL]

It is a pity that the list is not in Moscow

[90tsi]

Well other than someone from stl im pretty sure im the closest. Im only bout hr and a half west. I can say gateway would be a great meeting point. On the weekend the dragstrip still open for test and tune and they may still do a little bit of drifting. There are many place for good photos and what not.

As for IA thats is my plan for the big gathering. Only reason i could go to a stl meet is the close location. I dont the i could swing the time off from work with out diggin in to IA plans/funds. But if something in stl were to happen i would def make it a point to head that way.

[SoCal]

^^^^^^^^^^^:thumbup:

[MickZEL]

You're doing the photo at the meetings?
Put here to view it.


Explain please how to upload photos to the forum

[cali yaris]

1. upload your photos to a photo hosting service (photobucket, flickr, etc.)
2. click on this icon when you make a post: http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/images/editor/insertimage.gif
3. copy in the URL (web address) for the photo you uploaded to the photo hosting service.

[KCALB SIRAY]

Sooooooooo, is anyone else confused as to what is actually going on here and when its actually happening? I'm hearing places tossed left and right but nothing decided on. It's getting late in the season believe it or not and if something is going to happen, a date and place needs to be set. Thoughts?.....

[jambo101]

How about a meet in Pigeon Forge Tennessee :thumbup:

Best location yet, i know some exciting roads nearby
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/jambo101/DSCF2109.jpg

[KCALB SIRAY]

Date?

[SLIK4]

Date?

+1

[TRDMarty]

Death Valley California!!
July or August or September??:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::bi ggrin:

[skootdog]

Heck I'm about center of the nation, just a little south. I'm ready when ya'll are!

[P Davis]

Best location yet, i know some exciting roads nearby
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/jambo101/DSCF2109.jpg

Deals gap!! Have you been on the Dragon it rocks.

[aruester]

I have to say, I've been on Deal's Gap on a motorcycle and a loaded track Yaris would be awesome too! Being in Germany I won't be able to make it but next year my Yaris might just make that trip!

You guys should set a date for the Gap!

[jekqmb]

St.louis is ideal, I live in st.louis city i could set everything up with a meet location and i know some very great spots. I could also help with a hotel stay and set up events for a weekend for us.

[YAR1S]

The dragon!

[Klink10]

Good one "Yaris", I vote Dragon also.

[Red Horse]

Lets go Black Beach in San diego its a nude beach.

[KCALB SIRAY]

psst guys?! This isn't happening. OP stated that he will not be organizing this meet and to use the IA meet as the designated date and location. But anyone else will to start there own thread and organize this is more than welcome to do so.

[Dadams]

I say we still have one in SAN AN sometime VERY soon! Im thinking maybe just southern yarii owners? If anyone wants to do it I am so totally down! :D

[Dadams]

Lets go Black Beach in San diego its a nude beach.

+1 :D

[12 yaris]

My most desired places for the meet to be.
1.Hershey,Pa.
2.Carlisle,Pa.
3.Gettysburg Pa.
The places that were chosen sound great,however I could not attend.

[JumpmanYaris]

My most desired places for the meet to be.
1.Hershey,Pa.
2.Carlisle,Pa.
3.Gettysburg Pa.
The places that were chosen sound great,however I could not attend.

Why couldn't you?

[12 yaris]

Ok,twist my arm I'll go.
Meet me at the bar,or casino!!!!!

[DevilGirl]

My most desired places for the meet to be.
1.Hershey,Pa.
2.Carlisle,Pa.
3.Gettysburg Pa.
The places that were chosen sound great,however I could not attend.

Why couldn't you?

Probably for the same reason I couldn't. Too far for some of us who have complicated schedules.

And the places listed in PA would be great for me.

[12 yaris]

Should we make plans for a PA meet?

[LA Yaris]

^ NO!...... jK

[12 yaris]

Must be the water.......

[12 yaris]

Will we ever have a huge meet?

[JumpmanYaris]

When it gets about 60degrees in hell

[12 yaris]

I hope too have one before that happens.

[why?]

my guess is when gas gets to below $1 a gallon again.

[vadr45]

The dragon!

YeeHaa, Jen - the Dragon it is, the Dragon it must be, the Dragon it will be!

The Dragon is the only destination for those of us East of the Big Muddy. Meet at the overlook on the "date certain" and challenge the rigs around those 318 curves over 11 miles!