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Do any of you know the weekend during which the big Flint car show will be this summer? I guarantee we don't want our Vibe meet to be during that same weekend.

what big car show?/!??!?!If you know the name of it, I can find out...got friend's in the press.Desi

The Flint car show I'm talking about is on the grounds of the Sloan Museum and the International Institute. So far as I know, here in Michigan it's second only to the one on Mackinac Island. Please have your friend check it out.

We're both drawing a blank....the only thing that we can think of is buick's 50th anniversary which was last year, but I don't believe that they're doing anything like that.

LOL! I don't understand your drawing blanks on this, 'cause this car show has been one of Flint's biggest happenings every summer for decades - and it is held exactly where the big Buick show was last summer. I attended that Buick 100th anniversary show and all these others and know what I'm talking about. Sure wish I could think of the official name of that car show. They get about 1,000 cars, give or take a few, every summer and it is always on Saturday and Sunday.

Yea!!! At least one of us knows what's what! Yeah... that's the one. Many thousands of people attend it. I notice that one site said it's only on Sunday. Hogwash! It's both Saturday and Sunday and has ALWAYS been this way. I always go on whichever day looks to have the best weather, but that being even, Saturday is the best day to attend because frequently on Sunday lots of cars leave early. Of course, you can get around that by attending earlier on Sunday. It's always a great show, with car fleamarket, food, radiostation and all. I urge everybody to attend.

hey at work i'll turn....ready for this(drum roll please......) 39 the 29th, this could just be a birthday party

hey, glad to see you're still around.... will be fun! another girl to attend!

Quote, originally posted by AtWork »To those coming through Tronna ( ahem, ArcsVibe) we can work something out am sure Check out the ontario forum MI thread, already got a group assempled there for a 401-402 to MI gathering starting from MTL with the last person in london.Been wanting to take a look at your Vibe, heard/read a lot about it.

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »Been wanting to take a look at your Vibe, heard/read a lot about it.lol! sure it's just the vibe you want to check out?

Quote, originally posted by trdvibe »lol! sure it's just the vibe you want to check out? Nah I'd rather check you out. oh yeah. I just read about her Vibe in the Ohio meet article before I joined this forum.

Any Ohio members take a look in the Ohio Forum http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=8189 Trying to get a caravan or something going for the MI Super Meet.

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »Nah I'd rather check you out. oh yeah. I just read about her Vibe in the Ohio meet article before I joined this forum.lol. you don't have to defend yourself to me. feeling guilty or something? dont know why.... lol.i can't wait for this meet! i get to meet a ton of you guys finally after yap with you online for almost a year now!

Here is a site about Flint car shows to be held this summer. To give credit where credit is due, this is a link from one of the sites SilverAWD26 posted:http://www.sloanmuseum.com/car_shows.htmlThe only show that would concern us is the "Summer Auto Fair" that will be held June 25-27, 2004.Come here, my friends, for a great time.When is our Michigan Vibe meet scheduled to be?

Quote, originally posted by Houston »When is our Michigan Vibe meet scheduled to be?The 26th of June.

sweet! then i can go to that too!

It's great that you can attend both car shows. These two shows are only about 15-20 miles apart. I noticed that your address is Eagle River Alaska! You gonna drive down?Since this big Flint show is going on at the same time as our Vibe meet, there ain't no "outsiders' gonna show up for the Vibe meet. That don't matter, really, because you folks seem to be just fine. I met lots of you at the Fenton '03 meet and it was great.Come on over and attend both car shows... spend the entire weekend in this area.

no driving down! i'm flying! there are some other out of towners also coming to the meet in june! i think it will be fun to incorporate one of these shows into my weekend! we don't get those up here (not really any way)

I just talked with the sales manager at Joseph Pontiac and they confirmed the date of June 26th for our meet. I will just have to let him know how many we are expecting when the date gets a little closer. He told me that they will be better prepared for us this year.

Quote, originally posted by silverawd26 »Maybe make the meet a 1 day thing, but not as long at the dealer and move it to a nice local park if famalies attend and want to spend a nice day out in the sunshine. I like that idea! Much nicer than spending the whole day in a parking lot, imho

I knew it was an antique car swap thingy. We should be ok, though. So what's the big plan stan?

Oh ya, I can see the dealer being a good place to check out everybodies cars and such, but I imagine on a hot day with no shade...a park to retreat to for more socializing would be great.

maybe like rob suggested, doing part day at the dealership and then maybe a cookout at one of the local parks after.... like around 1 or 2pm.

Rob like always fantastic suggestion!!We can have a "check each others cars out" thingy in the morning and lunch at the park later in the afternoon nice idea I'll sneak in the Italian sausages LOL

Going to a park for a cook out or what-not sounds like a great idea Rob. Finding a park close enough to cook out/socialize might be a problem. I am not sure about any city/county parks around Fenton but as far as someplace like Kensington Metro park (approx 30 min away) which is absolutely beautiful tends to have the shelters book up very quickly, and cost roughly around $100 for the day, not to mention the $5 per car to get in. Across the road is Island Lake State park (mwebb's idea) is also very nice, but since I have never booked a shelter there I am unsure of their availability. Either way if a park like Kensington or Island Lake is going to be used reservations are a very good idea and without them all the shelters fill up very fast on nice summer days. I live in Brighton (close to both parks), so if you want me to check anything out let me know.

very good point. i think we need to figure this out pronto if we want to do this at a park also....

Kensington and Island Lake are basically the same distance. They are at the same exit, only Kensington is on the north side of 96 and Island Lake is on the south side. Exit 151 on I-96. I would recommend Island Lake, but thats because its not as big and isn't as crowded. Kensington does have a paved path that is eight miles and circles the park. Island Lake has a 4 mile path (I think), but it doesn't circle the park. It has an end to it. I just htink it would be easier to get into Island Lake.

I don't have a problem with meeting elsewhere after the dealer myself. I think that's a good idea, but the dealer (Joseph Pontiac) is the official location that is GM-friendly as well. Last year we had two s/c vibe's for the members to view and test ride. It would have been more difficult for GM to deliver them if the meet was held elsewhere. We can plan LATER the exact times and if an after-meet lounging is planned.Thanks......rasermon

Quote, originally posted by trdvibe »very good point. i think we need to figure this out pronto if we want to do this at a park also....Well I'm with you guys, I'd like to have 2 days so we can have the dealership meet, then a park meet for some outdoor activites. Even if we gotta drive 30 mins to a park... lol whats 30 mins to us who are already driving several hours to get there?

Quote, originally posted by Toasted7 »Trying to get a caravan or something going for the MI Super Meet.Hey guys, anyone wanna caravan with me from Oxford or where ever I might be living at that point in time?

Before everyone picks a park, why don't we go to Seven Lakes State Park. It's about 15 mins down the road from Josephs actually it's only 7 miles....we could do that in 5 mins.I can't find a nice website yet but it looks goodhttp://areas.wildernet.com/pag...D=165Here's another website, the DNR's...http://www.michigandnr.com/par...d=492Desi

Sounds great!!

Hotel rooms would be about the same if you guys went online and booked them yourselves. Plus, after hearing that people want to stay somewhere's else, it would be too hard to figure out where everyone wants to stay and all that.Sorry for the inconvenience,Desi Segundo III

Thanks for atleast looking into it for us.

Been along time since i've posted.. heh. been working 80 hours a week since october last year. plus 7 hours of school. :/ I may be in kentucky on the 26th i'm not sure yet. If anyone knows when the gratiot cruise is. Doing a Geology trip to kentucky for a week in June all we know so far is it's not the week of gratiot cruise. But anyhow ran into Mark last night at school, he remembered me from the Fenton meet last year and informed me you were planning another big meet.

It is going to be bigger this year. If at all possible, we would love to have you there again. I guess you will just have to see how everything works out in your schedule.

ahhhh wrong name. damn i'm an idiot.

You know, I just realized something.. I've been talking about the nice Florida weather and all, and by the time of the car meet everyone will be enjoying the June weather, and I'll be shivering because I'm not used to weather colder than Florida's

Last year GM showed up with a SC vibe and lots of great inside info. Will that happen again this year? If so, please take lots of notes and let us all iknow what was learned.Some super meet spokesperson should probably post an invite over at MatrixVibe.net, and any other related sites.

excellent idea, joatman! should def get the word out to everyone else!

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »Last year GM showed up with a SC vibe and lots of great inside info. Will that happen again this year? If so, please take lots of notes and let us all iknow what was learned. I been in contact with the right people at GM. I will announce later if things workout.I was busy last year greeting all the members, so Nick took care of the note taking.

Tell them to bring a GTO or a G6 for me to drive!

I want to see a supercharged Vibe heh... take that for a little spin...

I am going to try to make it this time, I tried for the ohio one but dates didn't work out. I would LOVE to join a convoy...I would even drive a little out of the way (from St.Louis, MO) to hook onto that Ohio convoy....how many heading up from ohio now???-Phil

yes! s/c vibe!!!! we def don't have any here!!!

Ohhh I wanna see someone's S/C Vibe take on a GT.

Hey guys,I'll most probably be coming unless something does come up. I'll let ya guys know like a week in advance that if I'm coming or not. It'll probably be me and brother at the meet.Inder Singh

Pending any unforseen problems, I will be there as well.

I was wondering when we would hear from you Cathy! I'm glad to see that you should be able to make it.

This sucks...I live in Byron, MI--which is 10-15 minutes from Fenton (almost got my Vibe from Joseph)--but I'm currently in Vancouver, BC, trying to educate myself. If I was back home, I'd totally be on board with helping you guys with things.So are those June dates solid? I'll be home May 22-27...It was amazing to see all the Vibes roaming the streets when I was back home this winter. They're getting pretty popular here in Van City too.Later,The biggest Red Wings fan in Canada