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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Yep that was me...
Remember guys a 240D cruising speed is maximum speed. 85mph!

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1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

I'll be looking for the "old, slow" crowd!


Tim

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2009 VW TDI Jetta Sportwagon 172k miles (rear-ended harder than Elton John on 8/4/13. Total loss)

1991 Volvo 240 142k miles (T-boned by a stop sign runner. Total loss)

Ive put together a meeting point and time for early departure of Houston on the day of event ,please respond with any suggestions.290 TO US 36 looks to be the best direct drive to the event .The mapquest.com site will bring up a map to print with this address, 4696 FM 3242 CAMERON TEXAS 76520. The map for our rallying point on the morning of,IHOP -IHOP.COM will give you directions to their hwy 290 location ,heres the address and phone #,
13335 FM 1960 RD. WEST. HOUSTON TX 77065. 281-469-0430
I would put this drive at about 2 hrs to the meet so to leave the Houston IHOP AT 10am would be right for a 12pm arrival.Meet and greet at IHOP before 10am on March 3 and have a safe drive to the event .Should we give out cell #s?

Only via PM I would think.
OK, we need a DFW person with good organizational skills to arrange our caravan.
I do not fit the requirements.....
Err on the side of being too early. Randy will be ready.....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I might try to do something like that except you diesel guys wouldn't be able to keep up with my 144MPH, manual transission 300E

I'd be glad to run reconnaissance this weekend to see if there would be a good meeting spot around I-20 & I-35E for the Dallas folks, then if some Fort Worth folks say they're going we can do an additional meetup down in Hillsboro?

Looking forward to this.

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Drew
1993 300E 2.8 (Ol' Army)
Garnet Red/Palomino 62K
(and also this and this)

We'd catch up to you when you stopped half-way there to pull the drain plug and change your oil

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2009 VW TDI Jetta Sportwagon 172k miles (rear-ended harder than Elton John on 8/4/13. Total loss)

1991 Volvo 240 142k miles (T-boned by a stop sign runner. Total loss)

Just another option to consider: There is another IHOP on 290 at Highway 6/FM1960, 8 miles up the road (in the direction we will be heading).

Any guys coming from Katy will likely come up Barker Cypress or Highway 6 to 290. If we meet at the IHOP further west, they will not have to drive in towards town just to come back out. Not a big deal on an all day trip, but I thought I'd mention it.

BTW, I have the official go-ahead from the CEO, so barring flood or other natural disaster, I am in.

Tim

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2009 VW TDI Jetta Sportwagon 172k miles (rear-ended harder than Elton John on 8/4/13. Total loss)

1991 Volvo 240 142k miles (T-boned by a stop sign runner. Total loss)

Your sure thats an IHOP Tarbe ,just checken ,the web site mentioned 11 locations .Either way that sounds better for all of us to gather at the one you mentioned .Can you give map and directions for its local? Ill then edit the above post,thanks.

http://ihop.know-where.com/ihop/cgi/site?site=01449&address=

It is south of 290 on the east side of Hwy 6 - immediately west of Gander Mountain.

They call it FM1960 in the link...I always considered it Hwy 6 south of 290 and 1960 north of 290.

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2009 VW TDI Jetta Sportwagon 172k miles (rear-ended harder than Elton John on 8/4/13. Total loss)

1991 Volvo 240 142k miles (T-boned by a stop sign runner. Total loss)

DONE ,thats the new rallying point ,I hope we have a dry day for the event ,that Centerville meet was a perfect blue sky day .I like the March month decision ,right when spring hits.

Now we need a rally point for DFW.
Somebody suggested the Tcheck bakery in Hillsboro or the Starbucks @ junction 368 on I-35.
Take your pick!

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Aquilae non capunt muscas! (Eagles don't hunt flies!)


1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

Well I made a quick jaunt down I-35E on Sunday to scope out some spots.
Map

• Waffle House at the NWC of 35 and Wintergreen. There is a 7-Eleven that shares a parking lot, but no diesel.
• Exxon/Subway at the NWC of 35 and Parkerville with diesel available
• Shell/Whataburger at the SWC of 35 & Bear Creek with diesel available

Mostly depends on whether you want to fuel up at the meeting spot or not. Any of these sound good? Or if you guys just want to meet down in Hillsboro, that would be fine as well.

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Drew
1993 300E 2.8 (Ol' Army)
Garnet Red/Palomino 62K
(and also this and this)

We are trying to figure out a rally point for the entire DFW not only for Dallas.

The ones you suggested are 40 miles north of what we are considering and totally out of the way for 3/4 of the people in DFW.
The starbucks has a diesel pump close.

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Aquilae non capunt muscas! (Eagles don't hunt flies!)


1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi