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TGB4 2013 Announcing "To Go Before 2013" - A National Owners Celebration | June 14-16 2013

Discussion in 'To Go Before 2014' started by Danny, Mar 11, 2013.

  1. PaJa

    PaJa Senior member

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    Unfortunately I rescheduled my West USA road trip from June to Sept/Oct.
    I wish you, my friends, great and pleasant event.
     
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    Good thing our Prius is very easy to "spot" in parking lots...
     
  3. JMD

    JMD 2012 Prius 4 Solar Roof

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    Right on Rae.

    Funny story when I first got my Prius my wife and I went to the movie theater and we were a little late and not much thought about the exact location I parked the car. It was the second or third row is all I can phantom. When the movie was over there must have been 15 Prii in the parking lot, maybe 4 the same color. We laughed but found it quickly.
     
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    I'm marking my calendar!

    Looking forward to seeing my What Drives US buddies!!!
     
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    Agreed!:) I'm on the East Coast and cannot make CA easily, even with a son in West Hollywood!
     
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    Sounds great. Because not all Prius drivers in the area tune in to PriusChat (I know that's hard to believe) I suggest that you make a flyer and offer to post it at Toyota dealerships. Similarly some sort of with-video thing for SoCal TV stations. Then they can pick a 'slow news day' to slot it in.
     
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  7. Rebound

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    That's a caravan of two from the Bay Area! Where's Mike?
     
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    I avoid the LEFT coast. I'm in Georgia. That would be quite a haul for me, even at 50 mpg.
     
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    Shucks. Too far. Even at warp speed.
     
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    Anyone arriving from out of state I would suggest using Ontario Airport. Not only is it closer to Riverside it's a lot easier to get in and out of there. Okay I better start looking for wherever the reservation post/sign-up is.
     
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  11. hill

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    You gotta go where the people are ... and that's where the largest bunch of Priuses get snapped up ;)
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    Well anyone in San Diego want to meet up/carpool to the event? So excited to be coming home to California and being able to join group meets. Just need to leave New Jersey first.
     
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    I don't want to give Danny a hard time, but I figure I should needle him a little... the hotel has electrical connections for plug-ins, right?
     
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    Danny and the crew of PriusChat are awsome. Obviously I wont be able to make it to the event but I know that everyone who does attend will have a great time with a wonderful bunch of people. Prius people are the best people!! I know this first hand from my meeting with 49 other Prius enthusiasts back in 2009. Make the effort and go people, you will love it and have the best time.
    This type of event can only happen in 1 place at one time. Make the effort even if you need to travel, it WILL be worth it. How would I know? I traveled from Adelaide South Australia to Detroit via Chicago to meet with a select group of Prius enthusiasts and it is something I still tell my friends about today. It was well worth the 14 hour flight and driving through snow from Chicago to go to Detroit for that event so if you live anywhere in the USA you have it easy as far as getting to this event.

    Thanks Danny, Toyota and the team for organising this event and when you get around to organising the event for 2017 can you please make it in August and somewhere under the track of the total solar eclipse on 21 August 2017.

    Love your work!!
     
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    Pat draws our attention to this

    NASA -
    Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 Aug 21


    which I have to say, looks pretty good. Especially for drier areas with less chance of cloud cover. So after Danny manages this one, he can just move along to the next.

    But for this one, I'd agree that the enthusiasm is well placed.
     
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    I even considered this as we are contemplating coming over to y'all this summer, but that won't be in June... (kids in school).

    I have you beat... (just on the grand scale of things, I'm in the Netherlands).
     
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    Not much further lol

    When I got my first Prius we decided to go on a road trip so we drove to Maastricht for the weekend. We stayed in a place called Heerlen. It was a great trip. My son loves Holland, clean tidy, nice people and great looking girls I seem to recall being his analysis.

    The Prius did us proud

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    Please excuse my Yankee silly question. There is a body of water seperating the UK from Continental Europe. How did you get accross? Ferry or the Tunnel?
     
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    Lutchenko Will Perrin

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    We have a rail tunnel. You drive your car on and 30 mins later you're in France :)
     
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    The Friday party, and Saturday event are a go, the caravan, while impressive as it's going to be, I may have to miss!
    Looking forward to meeting all that show!
     
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