M.B.E.G. Spring Coastal Cruise Saturday May 18 2013
 

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North Meets South
 

Sounds like fun ! .

Maybe I'll drive SWMBO's nice Euro Spec. 300TD .

Please don't keep this a secret!
 

Please don't keep this a secret! Please tell all your friends (North & South) about the cruise. We would like to have the largest crowd of all the events so far, and you can make it happen! Please p m or email any So. or No. Cal. members that you can, so this will be a big event. Sat. May 18 Please put it in ink on your calendar!...Rich

Once again,
 

I plan to attend! Though in my case I'd plan to depart with the So Cal crew. These drives of Dennis and Rich are hands down, by far the best ones in all California!

Count me in. Rich and Dennis outing is always GOOD.

Penciled in guys...always a good time.

Up and back to Lompoc from OC is a LONG day. Maybe we'll stay up at Buelton or something, go wine tasting Sunday.

--Chris & Sherry Brown




EDIT: Ooops....out. Leaving for a big trip 3 days later, too close and too far. We'll catch up with y'all next one. Have fun!

I opened up my messages and saw it was a GTG and was like "YES!!" haha very excited, you can count me in!!! Hopefully I will get my dad to bring our 220 and I can bring my 300E! :D

Good to hear that you will join us, it has been a long time....Rich

Roll Call Thread
 

Here is the route map. Please print a copy for yourself.

We will drive down to Santa Monica and grab a motel Friday night and drive up the route with the bunch. should be fun as the herd grows and we over take Lompoc. :D

De-Bugging the 240 today from our run to Portland and back, 1778 miles. got in yesterday at 5:50am from an all nighter. :icon_eek:

Charlie

If that is the case, there are NO Northerners going South. I don't see a problem with that. It is great that both you and Jim are willing to drive the extra distance to join us. Thanks, Rich

Rich/Dennis,

Another great drive you guys set up for us - Nancy and I enjoyed ourselves thoroughly, and the company as well - perfect weather you ordered up for us too!!

Many thanks, looking forward to the next adventure!

The drive down to participate was well worth it !

Thanks!

It turned out to be a great event, the best so far this year (oh, it's been the only one this year Dennis). The weather could not have been better! 8 cars total with a good mix of age and body style attended (I'm talking about the cars now :D). As always, Jim gets the distance award for driving the farthest (about 450 miles) and Charlie at second with 340+ miles before even starting the cruise. Then there is Paul and Bob from the San Diego area (135 miles).
Gary, along with Leslie and their dog Tobi, drove the nicest 123 coupe I've ever seen. Buzz brought his 124 diesel, one of 6? in his fleet, a really nice car. Paul drove his one of a kind SL with a 617 engine! Jim brought "The no stress express", a 2011 E350 and his friend Nancy. Charlie drove his 240 from Portland a few days earlier to be there for the cruise. Bob "greased" his way up from San Diego in one of his SDL's. Rich drove his 240 4 spd with "ice cold A/C" from Hesperia and I borrowed my daughter's 300CD for the trip (I sold "Betty" to Rich, so I no longer have a MBZ to call my own)
We made it to Triple D's grill in Lompoc to find Andrew (I hope I remembered your name correctly) who had driven his 87 TD from "SLO" (San Luis Obisbo) to meet us for lunch.
I've posted a few pictures, and would encourage anyone that took pics to post them as well.
We're planning another drive for the fall (Canyon Cruise), so stay tuned!
See you soon.......Dennis

Here's the hungry group ready to turn into downtown Lompoc for lunch

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/...1&d=1369001723

Thanks to all those that attended. Although there were the usual suspects (Jim, Bob, and Buzz), it was nice to see Gary and company again. It was also a pleasure to meet Charlie and his wife after corresponding so much here, as well as Paul (mach4) with his AWESOME SL Diesel. I know I did not get the prize for most miles driven (it's hard to beat Jim), but I did rack up a total of 504 miles for the complete trip. As always, every time Jim goes on one of these drives, he shows up with a newer/nicer car than the previous one. I wonder what it will be next time?:D
Again, thank you all for joining us, and please don't keep these drives a secret!

Saturday`s GTG Rich and Dennis put together was a great event. wasn`t many coming from the North, so my Wife (Adele) and I decided to drive on down to Santa Monica and figured it would be more fun to go with the group on our way up to Lompoc. More old MB`s the better.

We located the meet up place in the morning and then searched for a motel for the night. HMMM Santa Monica isn`t big on motels, and then with a Bike race and some school graduations. found a room at the Days Inn and might have been the last one. :eek: That`s what I get for not calling ahead.

Sat morning headed down to Norms Restraunt and there were about 4 MB in the lot, dang thought I would beat them there.
Rich, Dennis, Diesel Chatter (buzz), then Ah-kay rolled and Jim B and his lovely friend Nancy, and Mach4 (Paul) with his 83 300SL Diesel Conversion.
Gary and his Wife Leslie and their Golden retriever "Toby" were there with the best looking Petrol Green 300CD I have seen in a long time.

We had Breakfast and chit chat getting to know each other a bit, and to finally put a face to a name, sure makes it more personable when reading through the threads or PMing some one.

then it was out to the parking lot for pictures and get organized for the run up the coast.
Little bit on Hwy 101 but mostly on Hwy 1 along the coast. was a great day, no fog and not too warm, but the wind sure blows down there. the view out on the Ocean seemed to go on for ever.
We had a couple stops on the way to Lompoc, and the final destination was at triple D`s for Lunch. where we met up with Andrew (Shortsguy) and his W124 Wagon.

Lunch was great, and more time together, but before we knew it, it was time to say our good bye`s. most everyone had some driving to do to get home.

By the time we got back home, we logged on 747 miles. we had a great time and would do it again. Plus it was another get away with my Favorite Wife. :D

Thank You Rich and Dennis for your time organizing this event.


Charlie

Thank you for joining us and devoting all those miles to do so. It is really OUR pleasure to do these cruises. It was also a pleasure to meet you and Adele. It is great to see couples enjoy these drives together. Thinking back on the first drive my brother and I went on, it seemed to be poorly planned. He and I decided that we would plan one that would be fun and well organized. Since then, we have had many very enjoyable trips that have happened without any major problems, and were enjoyed by all that attended. Lord willing, more great and fun trips are planned for the future!

This one...
 

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Of course it may probably be BANNED from your future driver events !!!

A mere one week after the drive, the '11 e350 Sport got traded in on this brand new car:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/open-discussion/339301-brand-new-car-jim-b-pics.html


But, I'm hanging on to my beloved '91 SEC and '95 e420 though! So maybe I could arrive in one of those....again...