Anyone here going to Boxstoberfest?
 

I've only seen it mentioned on ppbb.com. I've love to meet up with some people on my way down from AK. Perhaps we could caravan together?

http://www.boxstoberfest.com

I can not make it, but if you want to meet in Seattle for lunch that would be great!

Just let me know.

@ Schnell,

You have balls to travel that whole way,that's one heck of a road trip.

Agreed, I would love to go, but it us one hell of a trip

Heck, that's only about an hour drive for me. I'm planning on it so far. Would be nice to meet up with some 986forum guys!

Definitely!! We went last year for the first time and had a ball. Heading south on the Thurs before the event and spending the day Friday in Austin, then off to Friedricksburg Fri afternoon. I don't think our routes will coincide though. Its either straight south on I35 or the back country through KS and OK. We'll look for your license plate when we get there though. It should be a blast again.

Bob

My route will take me from Lethbridge, Alberta through Montana, Wyoming, Denver, Amarillo, and ultimately San Antonio. I'm staying with friends down there for a few days before the event kicks off.

265 miles? That should take about 3 hours... right?

I think I shall go. Any DALLAS FOLK want to caravan?

I tell you what we should do... if y'all likes you some GOOD BBQ, we should swing down to Llano, about 40 miles south of Fredericksburg, and eat at Cooper's Pit BBQ. It has to be THE best damn BBQ this side of the Arctic Circle!

Hey Fray: You REALLY don't want to get into THAT discussion do you???? :) Best bbq this side of the arctic circle....pshaw. A couple of slabs of ribs, a couple of pounds of burnt ends and a half gallon of beans from one of several in KC will be forthcoming (assuming they survive the trip!! hey.. it IS a two day trip ya know). You can provide the beer and we'll have an on-site comparison!! ( I was going to bring it last year but wife MADE me come to Austin several days early, since she was working there for the week, and four days in the car with it didn't seem the best for anyone involved:) ). You were baiting me...right??? :cheers:

Hehehe Bob, I'll trade you some beer for some BBQ! No problemo!

Count me in! +1 for Cooper's too

This is only a few weeks away!

I'll be there Friday and Saturday... I have to work Sunday, and it's mostly a 'so long' event that morning.

Y'all should come on down!

I'm still on for the event as well. Looks like there's a go-kart session taking place in Austin on either Thursday or Friday (more of a grudge match between me and a freind of mine), then the Friday meet 'n greet at the Auslander, Saturday's drive, then SASCA is having an autocross on Sunday.

After this trip, I'll never want to drive again!

Less than two weeks!

I need to order new rubber for my front end, and get it put on next week sometime. Hopefully the drive out there will be a good enough break-in for 'em!

I started another thread and we should all get on the same page I guess...

http://986forum.com/forums/regional-forum/12406-boxstoberfest-sept-7-9-a.html#post113527

Hey, if you are going to Boxstoberfest, please PM me with your cell number so I can compile a list for everyone.

I will be staying in New Braunfels Friday night and driving up early on Saturday morning, where I hope to meet up with all you people at the airport hangar where the bunch is meeting for breakfast and driving instructions.

Although it should not have to be said, avoiding Austin while driving to and from Fredericksburg is an excellent idea. In October of last year, on a sleepy Sunday afternoon, I was caught in more than an hour's worth of bumper to bumper traffic without any apparent accidents or construction work to clog up the roads. You have been warned!

If you're coming from Houston, take 10 to 35 North (New Braunfels) and then over to Fredericksburg via Blanco through Lukenbach. 1888 is a WONDERFUL twisty road to get there :)

Rodger, are you REALLY planning to drive from Alaska to the boxstoberfest?

That's just outrageous if you are. I bet you'll win the award for driving the longest distance for the event!

I looked around for cheap hotel rates... I figured if I can save a tank of gas by staying out on f-burg for the night on Friday, I would... but dang, nothing 'cheap'...

Bump! One week!

I ordered some new rubber for the front... I'll have 'em mounted next Thursday, and will change the earl, too. I have about 7500 miles on the oil, but I do a lot of daily driving and short trips, so I'm probably going to try to stick to a 7-8000 mile interval. Hopefully the ~100 mile trip out there and back Friday will break in the tires well enough.


I'll be driving out Friday afternoon for the meet-n-greet, and will drive back home for the night, then come back out in the morning for Saturday's events. It'll just cost me less to drive home, and it's not that far anyway.

I'm all pumped about next Saturday morning too!

Got the AC blowing again, and broke the news to the wifey that I would be packing the humps in the front trunk (if they both fit) so I can drive around in style on Saturday.

Mark (Houston_C4S) is coming over Monday to help me remove and re-install my side skirts so they're not half on and half unstuck. I'm going to drill new holes in the bottom this time so they don't stress the taped areas so much they break away from the car.

I think I'll make up some 986forum.com flyers to pass out to people at the event. I'll have enough to give all you guys some to pass out too.

Hey guys, I've made the trip down and am currently in Amarillo. I gave myself plenty of time to make it in case I had any problems.

I'm staying with a friend in SA, but plan on racing some go-karts at Iron Rock Raceway Thursday night, then maybe an autocross on Sunday in SA.

Of course, this is assuming I don't find a buyer for my car.

My wife now tells me she's going to be in Austin all week for work. Good and bad.. we'll have a place to stay for Thurs night. but I'll have to make the trip by myself. I'm leaving from KC on Thurs early a.m. to hopefully get there early evening. Since she will be working all day Friday, does anyone have any free time on Fri, just to knock around Austin for the day? Or better yet... find a few good roads somewhere close by?

Bob

Like fast go-karts? A friend of mine and I are planning on hitting up Iron Rock Raceway in Austin at some point. Be forewarned, though, we take our karting pretty seriously.

I love fast go karts!! :) Let me know when you're going to be there. Sounds like a lot of fun.

Bob

Rodger, I used google maps to re-create your route from Anchorage to Fredericksburg. Holy crap that's a long way to drive for a one-day get together!

From the way it looks, your one way trip is the same as a round trip to San Franscisco and back for me, living in Houston!

Just look at a map. Plenty of curvy roads. Go southwest of Austin toward Wimberley. In Austin, geton Loop 1 (also called MoPac expy) and go down 2222. It's short, but lots of curves going downhill. Go down the Capital of Texas Highway, lots of nice scenery.

If there were several people going, I'd be up for going to Llano to Cooper's for some good BBQ!

The wife would probably enjoy some of the antique shops on 6th street, and you should eat lunch or dinner at Katz, an amazing NY deli.

BTW, right on 6th street is one of nicest, coolest Whole Foods grocery stores. Your wife would love that.

Just give yourself plenty of time to sit in loads of traffic on the freeways. It's worse than Houston, and that's saying something!

Thanks for the tips, I've got the Garmin ready and lots of retro paper maps on hand..but there you go again braggin on y'all's bbq again!!! Come on...show me!! (after all it IS my state nickname! :) :cheers: ) Hmmm a spirited run in the Boxster after racing gofast Karts, a trip to what some locals consider great bbq, then off to Freidricksburg! Sounds like a great plan to me! Oh,,, forgot.. have to pick up honey bunch somewhere in there too :)

Randall: She's worked quite a lot in Austin this last year, and I've been down a couple of times for a day or two (unfortunately flew down since I didn't have the time to take the box) so we're very familiar with 6th street. There's lots of pretty cool places around there. We haven't seen Katz though. We'll have to search it out.

Let me know what you're up for, Bob, and when your schedule works out. I'll be getting new tires and changing my oil on Thursday, but will be free on Friday. If you wanted to have lunch at Cooper's out in Llano, then head to Fredericksburg, that would work, however if you have to come back to Austin to pick up the spousal unit, then you might want to just do Katz' Deli. Go to Cooper's on Sunday (I couldn't do Sunday, tho, I have to work).

We're moving the go-kart thing to today, since we want to be tired all weekend. We're leaving SA around 0900 and should be at Iron Rock Raceway around 1000-1030ish.