Hey folks...thought I would give you the newbie view of the event:
I have lurked for about a year doing LX platform purchasing research, and finally dropped the buck on a 300C SRT 8 in mid January 06. Shortly thereafter I saw the first thread on the M&G and decided to attend....two days later Linda asked for volunteers and I decided to volunteer. Didn't know ANYONE, just knew everyone had LX bods like mine. I showed up at Irvine, did the volunteer meeting on Friday, and then hit the ground running parking 300Cs and Magnums (since I own an SRT8 300C I wanted to see the other models
). I worked with Andy, and Brian, and others to get the cars parked......piece of cake, and we were done by 1145. I then walked around taking pics of everything and everyone in sight. The cars were incredible....my favorite love being the Top Banana which I came THIS CLOSE to buying before I purchased the SRT8.
I roamed around talking and taking pics until the afternoon, when fatchance, knock_out_punch, myself, 5 or so others, and Ralph and Adam were left. How freakin' cool is it that I got photos and autographs from them two months after buying my car?!!! What an incredible experience!!! I got my pics with them both at that time, and then we all called it a day and headed to the hotel.
First stop was Cbutler32's room for a kick-butt drinking and bench racing session. Dan-"it wasn't me!!"-realtor, scott from GSM, vvv90, and others made this one hell of a good time. After, starving, we hooked up with rest of the the crowd waiting out front for transpo to get to the local Yardhouse, got there, found the wait was an hour, and met others arriving when we hijacked the shuttle to get back to the DT. The Yardhouse beeper was a casualty of the night, ending up staying in my pocket all night long. Dang thing never did go off....would have been a long wait for food.....
We hopped into the DT restaurant, put 7 tables together...thereby owning the restaurant, and proceeded to drink, and drink, and finally, after Chris helped out with the food serving...to eat. I took a boatload of pics, hung out with AWESOME folks from all the forums, and just had one hell of a good time.
Thanks to all of you for accepting a newbie into your ranks at first blush. The rides were great, the people topnotch, and the times were awesome. I am sooooooooo glad that I bought the LX 300C SRT8.....the M&G has further expanded the experience to a level that I didn't even know existed.....the hard work of all the committee members, linda, tom, john, etc., etc., etc......really made this a killer time for me, and I appreciate it, big time!!!!!
THANK YOU to all of you!!!!!!! Yeehaw, man,....when is the next one?
James