Where did you DRIVE this weekend? (Roadsters only!)

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Re: Where did you DRIVE this weekend? (Roadsters only!)

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I DROVE to Quicksilver park in Almaden then through some twisties near Guadalupe Reservoir...it's cold here about 48F with some rain in the forecast so I had to take her out while it's dry!
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Partly cloudy sky and almost 70 degrees here so I DROVE to ZCarGarage on Sat to check out a customer's new 2012 GTR!
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I was fortunate to drive it for a few miles and did a write-up for the blog:

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First roadster drive of 2011! Does it count if my wife was in the car and I was pushing? Total of 150 ft, from the U-haul trailer to the driveway.
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Cruised around Katy, TX. Ran a few errands..

Stopped by the local Barber shop and got cut a haircut :)

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Then stopped by the local Quick Lube , and had my buddy Rueben lube the chassis and put in some fresh fluid in the differential. I HATE the smell of gear oil.

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Hey Dave does it count the 100 feet I pushed it to get in on the trailer:)
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Sounds like you and Dave had a good old fashioned East Coast Roadster run...
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For all of the ROADSTER owners in the Mid-West, Yes I did take a drive today ( got near 60 today ) And yes i did ENJOY THE RIDE. It's been a long winter. Started right up went about 20 miles. :D :D :D :D

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Beautiful weekend in Houston, TX with temps in the mid 70's. Went to the local car gathering at Diner 59, where there was a huge turn out of over 150 cars.

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Here is a link to the whole albums of photos taken by the organizer.

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Jackie and I too took advantage of the glorious weather to venture out. There was a local gathering of hot rods up in Conroe and a car/motorcycle show over in Tomball.

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We parked across the street

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Tomball, check out this highly modified Healy. Has a Ford 5.0 V8 and no doors. Didn't somebody do something similar to a Roadster?

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It was a partly cloudy 67 degree weekend. The three of us DROVE around town before the next storm comes in tonight:
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Anything you're not telling us , Alvin?

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Well I'd guess that the "three of us" did not refer to the Roadster! :-)
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notoptoy wrote:Well I'd guess that the "three of us" did not refer to the Roadster! :-)
Can you imagine the sheer volume of baby pictures he's going to take?
Time for a 1500?
Maybe 2 more weeks and I can post something here not involving pushing one onto a trailer, weather is looking better finally.

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Does a few inches backward and a few inches forward under its own power in the garage count? After almost a year of pushing it back and forth I was happy.
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Yesterday we just returned from a week away in Adelaide. About 900km (call it ~540 miles) each way. Spent four days at Womadelaide world music festival, and then wandered to some wineries in the wonderful Mclaren Vale region just south of Adelaide.

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Half in Victoria, half in South Australia.

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In the shade of an olive tree at Lloyd Brother's vineyard - one of our favourite vineyards in the region, which also has extensive olive groves. We bought many yummy delicacies here!

The car ran great the whole time - all we did in preparation was a quick oil change and lube of the front end the day before, and we (Lou and I) re-installed the windscreen washer which had come out for an overhaul a while back. Needed it, too, with a couple of places plastering the front with bugs. Not a great *driving* holiday - the trip across is just major highway, but fun nontheless.
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