jslik350

i'm down man, northern va z owner here

05-Z

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Last week I attended the NoVa Mustang meet with my friend, and I must say these dudes were seriously on the ball. They had an agenda, recapped last meet, intro'd new members and what they did for a living, and talked about upcoming track meets and stuff. They even talked about posting and forum issues.

Either way, I'd be down.

kcobean

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Yep, that's the way the DC Mazda Club is as well (at least that's the way it was when I was a member quite a few years ago). It wasn't just a bunch of guys who got together whenever to talk cars. When your members are paying an annual membership due, they should expect some amount of organization. I really liked it. At the Mazda club, we did an event at Summit Point, we had monthly meets, we had tech sessions at Rosenthal Mazda, etc. I think it would be really cool to get something like that started for the Z's and G's in the area. I believe there are enough enthusiasts here in the area to reach the 'critical mass' required for a club to actually grow roots.

kcobean

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Update:

The calendar at www.capital350zclub.com has been updated to include Hot Import Nights, Tail of the Dragon, the Falls Church HS Auto show, and this weekends events, the first National G Club meeting in Rockville and the NOPI XBOX Challenge at VMP near Richmond. There have been some significant changes to the site, so check it out when you have a chance....And say HI!

jester7500

The site looks great Kelly, awesome job!

kcobean

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Thanks man! Been workin' hard on it in hopes that a local club will get some use out of it!

jester7500

Bump for a great site that everyone here in the Mid-A should start using!

SimplyJ

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I agree, the site does look great. I also agree that the club should organize some track sessions at Summit Point or VIR, possibly lift days (at a local dealer or maybe altered), maybe have a weekly happy hour event, etc. Some of this may require dues to be paid, but if there is a high enough level of organization and participation I think people would pay up.

valdeztke

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We are on top of it ..
Ask Jester we did a happy hour ... I think if Friday falls through we are going to do another one ..

SimplyJ

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yeah i saw the post... unfortunately if it rains I'm stayin in the library. My @ss belongs to school until tuesday

jester7500

Yeah we should do an "Install Day". Juan, you mentioned a local military base where you can rent out lifts and power tools, which one was that??

valdeztke

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All of them have it. i just have to figure out how many people are allowed to get onto it ..
Let me ask around and see what I can do ..
But back to the bar at hand ...

kcobean

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If I remember correctly (from my military days), you have to be a member of the military to use these facilities. I replaced the clutch in my RX-7 at one of these shops and saved myslelf a bundle, but I don't know if civilians get the privilege.

valdeztke

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Well to get on post you have to have a current driver liscence, vehicle registration ( not copy ), proof of insurance, for a day pass.

As far as using the lifts they are 4.50 an hour and you can use the air tools that are there as well. I talked to the guy this morning and he said as long as one person had a military ID we could rent the lift(s).

I dont think they would let us roll in with 40 cars or anything but if we wanted to gather up a few of us for some simple mods we could def do that.
Let me know if anyone is interested and I will get more details.

abstrakt

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Hey just checked out the site...really well done. I like the calendar on the main page so you get an idea of whats going on in the area