[Arizonad54]

Official Thread for March 1, 2008 Group Drive

If you have questions, concerns or end up needing further directions cause you become separated from the group at any time, feel free to call me. 520-237-9037. Also, please bring a walkie-talkie, it never hurts to have one handy.

LUNCH: Everyone's been asking, so I'll discuss it first. With the numbers of people that will be attending, I thought it might be tough to manage a BBQ, so I've reserved Risky Business in Tucson. Don't worry, I reserved pretty much the entire restaurant and Ben (the manager) is excited to have us and willing to accommodate everyone. Obviously checks will be split. If you are wondering what kind of restaurant this is, it's basically along the same lines of a BJ's/ Chili's/ Applebee's.



Here's their menu if you would like to flip through your many choices; Risky Business Food Menu

The Gameplan:

We'll take the I-60 to the 177 to the 77/ Oracle and meet up at Risky Business with the Tucson crew. From that point we'll do a drive to and up Mt. Lemmon (there'll be plenty of photo opportunities along the way).

9:00 - PHX folks to meet at AJ's Fine Foods parking lot in the strip mall just south of the 60 and Val Vista. (http://www.ajsfinefoods.com/locations.php?ID=15)
9:15 - PHX folks to leave for Tucson
11:30ish - Tucson and Phoenix folks to meet at Risky Business on Oracle and Pusch View Ln (just south of 1st Avenue, 10515 N. Oracle Road at Pusch View Lane)
1:00 - Head for Mt Lemmon. It'll be about a 1/2 hour drive from the restaurant to the bottom of the mountain.
1:30 - Ascend the Mt. Lemmon
2:15ish - Photos / Relax/ Adore snow on mountain
2:30 - Head back down. The Tucson folks will show the PHX folks where to get gas, and we'll give you a heads-up how to get back to I-10.
5:00 / 6:00 - PHX folks should be back at home for dinner time!

Driving Instructions:

1 - Start out going NORTH on S VAL VISTA DR toward US-60E
2 - Make a RIGHT at US-60E from S VAL VISTA DR
3 - Merge onto US-60E
4 - Stay on US-60E for 40 miles
5 - Take the AZ-177 exit toward KEARNY/WINKELMAN/DUDLEYVILLE.
6 - Turn RIGHT onto AZ-177/S RAY RD. Continue to follow AZ-177.
7 - Stay on AZ-177 for 30 miles
8 - Turn RIGHT onto AZ-77 S.
9 - Stay on AZ-77 for go 55 miles (It eventually becomes 'Oracle Rd'
10 - End At Risky Business, 10515 N Oracle Rd (Just south of 1st Avenue, on the West/ Right side of the road)

Total Est. Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes Total Est. Distance: 125



Here's the road up Mt. Lemmon-



Here's the list of probable attendees-

1. Chris - e46 m3
2. Chris - e46 ZHP
3. tomdub - e36 m3
4. nukeduster + 2 roomies - 3 m3's
5. nasrudin - e46 m3
6. somedumbass - The Love Boat
7. ChaseBimmer - e36 m3
69. Tchao - the business
9. Dinan_e34 - e34
10. mpoweraz - e36
11. chris-k - m3
12. LMSwanny - e46 m3
13. Andy - e46 m3
14. Dcaero - e46 m3
15. CiDirkona - MKV GTI
16. jbob - e30 John Deere
17. Petrucci - e36 M3
18. Chiefwej - e39 540
19. Perrin - Mini Cooper S
20. 1997bmwe36
21. M3_Dust - E46 M3 or whatever I trade it for before then
22. JimsR E36
23. lenny- e46 328i
24. AvantYeti - Audi Avant
25. 78Rabbit0984 - 07 Rabbit
26. Mattlll16 - Audi A4
28. UrbanCynic - GT or Rabbit
29. Solefood - VW Jetta
30. GP0800 - Mini Cooper GP
31. NüR-SPEC (greg) - e30 ///M42
32. Nick - VW GTI
33. Ieatfishburritos - Audi B6 S4
34. Duckfan (maybe) - e46 M3
35. el_pimp - e39 540TUCSON
36. Animat3dM3 - M3 of some sort (who cares)
37. MarkChai - B6 A4 Avant
38. AZSightSound - 04 VW R34
39. Shift330 - e90 330i
40. Bavarian_Motorist (either in the 840 if it is finished in time or in the Cooper S)
41. Ferrarif355 - the Wifeys Audi TT
42. xlr8_mysoul - Minicooper S.
43. soni (jeff) - e46 m3. I will introduce myself at next weeks meet. looking forward to say hi!
44. Devo - Invisible E30, maybe.
45. e30e - e36 M3
46. Sanatarium - Volvo s40 (maybe)
47. AZAudiA6Q - C5 Audi A6
48. NOM3RCY - Ian - e46 M3
49. Jazzcat - VW MK IV Tdi
50. Ghostryder79 - VW GTI
51. Istara - 04 Mini Cooper S
52. Minidad - Mini Cooper S
53. VittoMRK4 - VW MK IV
54. ///ACS330ci - Euro 330 or Cooper S
55. Rick540i - 540i
56. Mazur - E30 Supercar
57. MrBabune- e36 M3
58. Diztek - B6 A4
59. Bryan - e30 m3
60. Adrian - e46 330Ci
61. Cowboybebop - e46 M3
62. Superv - VW GTi
63. Nmulax - e90 330i
64. VittoMRK4 - VW GTi
65. Ubercube - VW r32
66. Mark5694 - Jetta GLI
67. Type44 - Audi S4
68. Lunamar - Audi B6 Avant

[Arizonad54]

Check out AZEuropeans.com for more details

[nmulax]

Good call on posting this over here.
Hopefully some other guys from this board see it. Like I said on AZEuros, I'm hoping to make it - just depends what time I get home from work Friday night.

[shahils12]

how did this event go?

[nmulax]

Yeah, I'm curious as well since I didn't make it.
Too damn early, couldn't be gone all day, and my rubber has maybe 5 miles of life on it; so I didn't want to push it.

Doesn't seem to be a bunch of AZ people on here. Maybe they don't know of the site, or more likely that the enthusiast don't have new BMWs.

[f30er]

haha, unfortunately i didn't make it out either....same prob as nmulax with the tires....i drive ~10 miles a day now so i'm not worried about replacing mine just yet....

[shahils12]

I actually use to live in AZ (both in Phx and Tus), so it was interesting to see a meet there. The Mt Lemmon drive is phenominal, IMO

[SteanLV]

you guys should of just drove out for mfest!