Huge Yaris Meet??

[yaris2010RS]

Originally Posted by KCALB SIRAY

If you guys factor in mountain runs and ripping up the canyons, take into consideration the can of worms that could open up. Following the ground rules of any planned and organized event, safety is the MOST important issue with any event. The organizer is putting themselves at great risk in the event something happens to someone under the direction or leadership resulting in an accident. Don't get me wrong, if the OP wants this to be as big as he wants it to be, he needs to think everything through and these are the most important issues. It sounds like he wants it to be more than just a hand full of cars gathering in a parking lot of a Chick Fi La. With tracks and courses comes insurance to back it up in case of problems.

I love the ideas coming in here, OJ is a great guy and I'm sure he can make this happen for all of us. I love the Colorado idea myself.

i thought of this already but at the same time, at no point did the op ever say it was his event or he would take responsibility. to drive on public streets in a group the insurance of the drive is held liable (and considering most of us are driving half way accross the country we should definatly make sure our insurance is in order)

as for the possibility of a track event, usually the tracks will have insurance (hence the hefty fee to use the track) personally for the most part i think this meet will be mostly about meeting in a parking lot (i dont know what a chick fi la is but sure) getting to know the other fellow yaris owners and getting faces to the names and some sight seeing and some long caravans on some nice winding roads. very responsible but at the same time fun and cool.

[KCALB SIRAY]

Originally Posted by yaris2010RS

i thought of this already but at the same time, at no point did the op ever say it was his event or he would take responsibility. to drive on public streets in a group the insurance of the drive is held liable (and considering most of us are driving half way accross the country we should definatly make sure our insurance is in order)

as for the possibility of a track event, usually the tracks will have insurance (hence the hefty fee to use the track) personally for the most part i think this meet will be mostly about meeting in a parking lot (i dont know what a chick fi la is but sure) getting to know the other fellow yaris owners and getting faces to the names and some sight seeing and some long caravans on some nice winding roads. very responsible but at the same time fun and cool.

So who is organizing the ideas then? I'm totally reading that the OP wants to head this up. If I am wrong, there still has to be organization. Tracks do charge yes, but there are also many behind the scenes aspects that include paperwork for these events. It would have to be one hell of an event to stand alone or have it at a track night with walk-ins (probably the best way to go). The track having insurance is true, but most entries have to provide proof of insurance, ID etc. Just saying these thing can't be overlooked. Contacts with the event schedulers and owners might even yield a big discount on entry as well.

Never heard of Chick Fi La??? OMG, the best spicey Chicken sammie EVER I'd probably have to cross the boarder just to have one myself lol. Let me know and I can ship one haha

Don't get me wrong, but this is a huge undertaking that needs direction if the OP just wants to throw it out there and not follow through with an idea. It's a great idea. I've done similar with ImportAlliance each year and the list starts out huge and by the end few people commit.

OP? When you have the general month set, will you be taking on the next step of organizing this?

As of right now, I'm in. This is a great idea and would love to hob-nob it with fellow YW members. Its a great way to put the community name out there. Even contacting online magazines/off the rack magazines outlets to inform them of the event might even yield some media coverage. The more people know about it the better the turnout. Open it up to other vehicles expands the community name as well. I saw someone mention this earlier as well.

Word of mouth is the greatest tool you can have, as well as all the other members in this community.

[JumpmanYaris]

Originally Posted by KCALB SIRAY

OP? When you have the general month set, will you be taking on the next step of organizing this?

Yup

[Thirty-Nine]

I'd love to do such a thing. Just depends on where (and when, of course).

[yaris2010RS]

LET DRIVE TO EUROPE!! LOL jksjks

come on guys, lets make this happen

maybe we should invite the scion ppls too?

[frownonfun]

Well the geographical center of the US is kansas. And that's pretty much the most boring state we got. So I vote we don't go solely on geographical center.

I think maybe we should just split it up into at least 2 different locations. East and West. Somewhere like Tennessee or Kentucky and Nevada or Utah. Come to think of it Utah has some scenic stuff. Moab and arches and all that.

[.Kevin.]

I feel we should do a global split

Everyone on east side goes up to the centre north of the USA and everyone on west goes down to the centre of the united states.

Canadians would obviously go centr upwards.

[Flipper_1938]

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[yaris2010RS]

i dont think it will be a high enough turnout to split it up. if utah has scenic stuff AND fun roads then utah it is. ill bring a copiolit and 2 days of straight driving.

[.Kevin.]

This makes me wanna do it tmr! Atleast if this does fall through I'll have time to fix my car up, and hopefully someone will come meet me so I can follow ;b

[The Marshall]

I'm in if high mileage stock Yarii are allowed lol

[.Kevin.]

Mileage is not a problem, and neither is stock or HERRA FRUSH WIT DICIPRINE.

It's kind of

Hang out
Look at eachothers cars
Maybe track and race around

and none of its obligatory, especially if we're all in a hotel we can just hang out make friends etc hell maybe even get discounts on sweet parts if Garm shows up :)

[frownonfun]

I'd be okay with a Colorado meet as well. Pike's peak, Sand dunes, canyon of the ancients... there's plenty to see.

A Glacier National Park meet would be sweet too but that's in Montana and kinda outta the way for everyone but the Canadians. Still, I'm lookin' for any excuse to go back to Montana.

[Slick]

Ohh, I vote Colorado :D

[yaris2010RS]

im good with colorado. that seems perfect place and quite central us to me.

[Flipper_1938]

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[yaris2010RS]

im good with the caravan to moab. but for the meet i think colorado is a great place for us all to meet

[frownonfun]

I like the idea of Utah if we are splitting the meets into east and west but not if we are just doing one location. I agree that Colorado is pretty central. Or Missouri. A St. Louis meet would be cool. I've never been there but I imagine there is stuff to do.

It's just if we are serious about doing this we need to peg down a few potential locations and then get a consensus on one from there. So I'm voting Missouri or Colorado. Kansas, to me, is out of the question.