We looked but didn't see you out by the street waving or anything! haha

Fierobear, spddy, Rie and I came over a few months ago and checked out a LOT of hotel/situations all the way from SLO to San Simeon... I think the cheapest one we found other than this one where I always do my stuff was $89-129 IF we were able to fill the whole place. That was a place down in SLO with a pretty cool, but funky for a car show parking lot... Most were lots higher. Even the Motel 6 in San Simeon just down the street from our hotel is over $100 per night in July.

Hopefully people can go ahead and plan ahead though and get the good rate, at the right place.. especially since the margarita machine is coming.. It is best for people not to have to drive after partaking.. Of course you young folks don't have to worry about that! haha

lol true about us young 'uns.

Heya!!! fyi people, I am (well, my moms is...) planning a wine tour Sunday, July 18th. We'll probably get going after the run to Caramel is done, which is about a 4 hour thing... depending on how fast people decide to run. :P I just talked to my mom, and we might do just one winery around 11, for the people who aren't going on the run. Then around 2 there could be 3 wineries. No more than three. I'll be updating once we turn ideas into plans.

Janell

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You know one thing, I think this event is rigged! Notice that Songman is one of the people putting it on, and it's at a place that "he" uses all the time... He thinks the plans for Sunday may be a bit bad, so lets plan a scenic route, or hell.. He even agrees with Janell on the Winery tour... Has anyone else thought of this...

Just come out and admit it, dude... You are taking the woman out for a weekend adventure, you are planning a scenic route, then taking her to the winery tour... I mean come on.. She can't be THAT cheap of a date, and since you two are getting married, you would think you would try to "wine her and dine her, and show her a nite out" in a different manner than with the Fiero goup!

Goodbye everyone.. I am running to my truck and locking the doors! I at least have the advantage of driving over the fieros to get away! ha ha

--- Goobher!

Oh, come on now! Rie and I can drive every inch of this with our eyes closed! We're over here all the time.. We just get a kick out of showing 'inlanders' how pretty the coast is! haha... And at this moment we have about 30-40 bottles of champagne and wine in our house for our reception! Do we really need to drive anywhere for wine?

And by the way.. I don't think the Sunday plans are bad.. But I know that there are a lot of us who have already done the Hearst Castle thing and some folks might like to drive the twisties a little. Sunday is a long day! There is plenty of time for everything! I guess maybe I am hoping that the scenery might bring a few people back for the Coast Run in November too!

A note for people going to Hearst Castle.. The tours fill up early!!! Be ready to get up EARLY Sunday morning and get registered or you won't get in...

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quote Originally posted by Songman: Oh, come on now! Rie and I can drive every inch of this with our eyes closed! We're over here all the time.. We just get a kick out of showing 'inlanders' how pretty the coast is! haha... And at this moment we have about 30-40 bottles of champagne and wine in our house for our reception! Do we really need to drive anywhere for wine?

I was just talking about the whole cheap date thing... I mean cum on, dude... You can AT LEAST take her to Claim Jumper, or Outback or something... Why you gotta plan your last date before you marriage (or first after) being a cheap ass, taking her to the damn free winery tours!

--- Goobher!

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quote Originally posted by FordsNeverDie: I was just talking about the whole cheap date thing... I mean cum on, dude... You can AT LEAST take her to Claim Jumper, or Outback or something... Why you gotta plan your last date before you marriage being a cheap ass, taking her to the damn free winery tours! --- Goobher!

*rolls all over floor laughing* man, have you EVER been to the Paso wineries? and if you have, how the heck are you calling that a cheap date? :P my family has connections. There's cave tours at Eberle, the tasting room for Eagle Castle is in... you guessed it! the castle! and Le Cuvier has a niiice twisty road leading to it. You can NOT call wine tasting in Paso cheap... normally. we'll probably get some nice deals, tho. depends on how impressed the owners are with your cars, so shine 'em up!!! :P

oh, and fyi... the whole wine tour thing was my idea, thankies much.

Janell
*edit* was that even coherant?

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Claim Jumpers huh? Hmmmmm.. Let's see... You cover the wedding, the reception, the 3 nights in London, 3 nights in Paris, 3 nights in Lucerne, 3 nights in Venice, 1 night in Florence, 3 nights in Rome, the custom interior in her car, the paint job on her car, the rest of the WestFest trip.... not to mention my kit car getting ready for WestFest..... And I'll spring for Claim Jumpers and even pay for you and your lady! hahah

Oh yeah! Forgot to mention taking her and the little one to the East Coast to show them all the places I visited when growing up.. and going to see their new family... And my goodness.. how could I forget the trip to Egypt in March 2005....

You can believe I am going for the cheap date! haha.. I'm just lucky that I got a good woman who puts up with me and my Fiero habit....

So will this just be wine tasting? Or will Jack be there as well? Has anyone called the Captain to see if he can attend? Or is he still at sea!

I know the feeling! It cost me $40 and my truck is a dang little Ranger!

quote Originally posted by Songman: I know the feeling! It cost me $40 and my truck is a dang little Ranger!

Sheesh... Mine is basically Karosene! That's expensive ass K-Gas...

Alright I am registered and all set. My only question is what is the fee to enter into the car show? I would just like to know for reference. Also those of you that are leaving thursday, see our thread about the caravan. I would like to get a large group of fieros on the way up there. It is the only way to travel Goodnight.

PS feel free to email me about anything. Malakyt@cox.net

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/041599.html

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quote Originally posted by Malakyt: Alright I am registered and all set. My only question is what is the fee to enter into the car show? I would just like to know for reference.

Show registration info and schedule have been added to the first post of this thread.

CHEAP DATE??? CHEAP DATE??? Who you callin a cheap date Goobher??!!......I AM NOT CHEAP!....I am, however, easy ......

:P~ *Meow to Songman*

Yep....He spoils me * does spoiled dance*.....unlessss.....he's gonna call in his markers at a later date.....HHhhmmmm

Hell Goob, I wanna stock up on all the free wine I can before Europe....that Frenchie stuff is too expensive...

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CHEAP DATE??? CHEAP DATE??? Who you callin a cheap date Goobher??!!......I AM NOT CHEAP!....I am, however, easy ......

:P~ *Meow to Songman*

*Note to self* Shield Nidya from Rie...Nidya might start getting ideas....

Ohhh! Hey Rie I am so happy that you and Dale are making that big jump! Good luck!

P.S. Did you mention that you planned to go to Egypt in 2005 if so me and Nidya were thinking that it would be a cool trip to tag along with you guy's...Let the planning talks begin...

^^^

Any new folks signed up or anything yet?

I am trying to get a couple more people to go from here. There is a guy that i met today that i showed this:

Dude... your sunroof comes off. He always wondered what that deflector was for. But he might come, and i am talking to another guy that has three fieros, and actually bought his last one at west fest in 2000?? That is what he said. Right now this is the list from tucson:

Moi, Karl, TJ, Katie... hopefully two more to be added. We are going to try and bring all of our cars up there. But gas prices... aye chi... dont know how to spell that one. Goodnight

-Daniel

I just did. I got my hotel rooms awhile ago too.

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Well, so far I'm sorta bummed. I'm the only one from Phoenix interested so far. I have one person that "might" go, but thats a mighty big might! :-( Oh well, I'll hang with the Tucson guys and cruise in style in my almost complete restoration project.

My only questions (for the next five minutes)
Does anyone know what the class for daily driver is?? can you have mods done to it?

-Dan

Dan,

I'm out of town right now and can't get to my notes, but we are working through the specifications for each class. There are some criteria for that class but I can't remember... We should have them all posted soon...

Hey - Just updated the post above with the names of who is updated...

i just called the hotel and they dont know anything about the event. I tried to get the rate for that weekend but everything is full =( ... Where's this Manish guy?

Did you tell them you are with the Dale Houston Fiero group? If so, I just don't know
why they can't get it straight unless they keep getting new employees or something.
Try again, we had made reservations with Armando with no problems.

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quote Originally posted by 88White3.4GT: i just called the hotel and they dont know anything about the event. I tried to get the rate for that weekend but everything is full =( ... Where's this Manish guy?

I am on the phone with them right now making a reservation. After my reservation, there are 19 rooms left. Here's what I did after 5 minutes on the phone...

Call them and tell them you need to make a reservation. When they ask you for what date, tell them you are part of the group that has 40 rooms reserved for July 16-18th under Dale Houston. Tell them you need to reserve one of those rooms for yourself.

I finally just told the guy "Look... Our group "Dale Houston" has a bunch of rooms booked for July 16-18th. Can you just look up that date and find the info out and give me a room?" Finally, he said "Oh yeah.. here it is"...

I agree.. This dude knew nothing at all about what I was asking for... Dale... Can you talk to this manager guy tonite, and tell him to leave a note in big ass letters at the front counter, explaining if people call asking for this, to look up xxxxxx?

--- Goobher!

PS: Anyone wanna bunk? The guy said there are like 3 or 4 rooms left in our group that has 2 beds? If anyone wants to bunk, i'm up for it... I'll call back and change my room, then we can work it out later!

I just got home tonight.. I'll call him again tomorrow. I've called him on this twice in the past and asked him about it face to face last week... I will tell him to put a note or something up.

Also.. Don't let them stick you with a room for the Houston wedding party on June 7 unless you are coming to our wedding! I didn't think about that danger when we set up the rooms for the wedding! haha

quote Originally posted by Songman: I just got home tonight.. I'll call him again tomorrow. I've called him on this twice in the past and asked him about it face to face last week... I will tell him to put a note or something up. Also.. Don't let them stick you with a room for the Houston wedding party on June 7 unless you are coming to our wedding! I didn't think about that danger when we set up the rooms for the wedding! haha

Unless you reserved 40 rooms for your wedding party as well, I think I am okay!

Again, there are only 19 rooms available as of earlier today...

--- Goobher!

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quote Originally posted by FordsNeverDie: Unless you reserved 40 rooms for your wedding party as well, I think I am okay! Again, there are only 19 rooms available as of earlier today... --- Goobher!

The good news is that when I spoke to Manesh (hotel manager) the other day, we have our room block and rates locked in until the event. It will still be helpful to make your reservation soon, but the rooms will remain available.

quote Originally posted by fierobear: The good news is that when I spoke to Manesh (hotel manager) the other day, we have our room block and rates locked in until the event. It will still be helpful to make your reservation soon, but the rooms will remain available.

That's kewl, but it doesn't help having the price locked in, and a hotel to contact, if no one knows what the hell is going on!

I'll take care of it today... As I said before, since we don't have a clue as to who has tried to reserve their rooms, it is difficult for me to double check it with the motel and make sure everyone is covered... But we will get it handled. Obviously there are a lot of people waiting till late to reserve their rooms. Hopefully, as of this afternoon there will be a note on the desk for all the help to follow.

quote Originally posted by 88White3.4GT: i just called the hotel and they dont know anything about the event. I tried to get the rate for that weekend but everything is full =( ... Where's this Manish guy?

Did you ask for the manager? If not him, then ask for Luis, the assistant manager. I know we shouldn't have to go that far because the employees should know what is going on at this point but obviously they don't. From their standpoint, I can see how they might not be able to keep up with every show. This hotel is very popular for car shows. We've only had 19 people sign up in the 4 months since I made the deal with them. I can see how it might slip their minds.

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I just got off the phone with them, this time they knew; but I didn't know you'd only get that rate for staying two nights instead of one night. Would it be cheaper to bunk with someone?

quote Originally posted by 88White3.4GT: I just got off the phone with them, this time they knew; but I didn't know you'd only get that rate for staying two nights instead of one night. Would it be cheaper to bunk with someone?

Huh? I wasn't aware of this. Songman, was that the deal?

just for my info... please go to this thread... https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/041887.html

Janell
ps: thanks!!!

Well, we never actually talked about that scenario because we assumed people would want to stay two nights since we are starting activities early and ending late... I can see how that would be the case though since we basically booked all of their hotel except for those few rooms that had already been booked.. And especially so since we didn't get all the rooms booked before the deadline. Any rooms that ended up not getting booked for that second night would be lost money to them.

People who come alone to Fiero events often share rooms. The trick is just finding someone who is also traveling alone. If it were me, I would start a separate thread titled just for that purpose.

quote Originally posted by 88White3.4GT: I just got off the phone with them, this time they knew; but I didn't know you'd only get that rate for staying two nights instead of one night. Would it be cheaper to bunk with someone?

I said in a previous post... If people need someone to bunk with, whatever the cost of the rooms are, we'll split it, and we can all bunk! I have a room with 2 beds in it, and won't be needing the 2nd!

fordsneverdie - check your pm's

I talked with Manish again today about the problems we are having with reservations for the show. He said that in light of the situation, the safest bet at this point is to call and either ask for him or Luis (assistant manager). They both know the situation very well... He also said you can send him a direct e-mail for reservations at innkeeper@courtesyinns.com . Be sure to include your name, address, phone number, credit card info, and phone number. Or at least a number to call you to get your credit card info if you don't want to e-mail it. And don't forget to tell them that you are with the Dale Houston Fiero Group...

For anyone who is going early with the Thursday group... Make sure you request a room for Thursday night as well. Mid-July on the Central Coast might mean full motels and no rooms unless you reserve that extra night now.

quote Originally posted by 88White3.4GT: fordsneverdie - check your pm's

Replied!

quote Originally posted by RBeaubien: Well, so far I'm sorta bummed. I'm the only one from Phoenix interested so far. I have one person that "might" go, but thats a mighty big might! :-( Oh well, I'll hang with the Tucson guys and cruise in style in my almost complete restoration project.

I'm going too. I originally was planning on leaving Friday, but I talked the ol' lady into going Thursday.

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