National Prius Meet ?

One tank!

Count me in! Just let me know where I am supposed to end up. Since I am getting about 500 miles on a tank (10 gal fill up) I will work on increasing my mileage so that I can go further.

I want to be in the 700 mile club!

Take care,

Tisza

 

1 tank to New Orleans. 8)

And if ever there's a meetup in New Orleans we can all say it took us one tank to get there, we got tanked while there & then one tank to get back.

Just sayin'!

 

For reference - this US map shows three circles of 600 miles radius each, centered in Reno, Washington D.C. and the crazy party town of Wichita. It covers most of the continental US.

 

How about Eugene, OR? It's centrally located on the West Coast. I've been told that we have the highest per capita Prius ownership. I believe it....I see Prius's everywhere!!!

 

National Prius Flash Mob

I suggest that we have 3 meetings (west, mid & east) concurrently, sort of like a national 'Prius Flash Mob'. We will inform the news media to cover the event too.

I personally wouldn't want to drive more than one full tank distance (500 miles radius).

Come on guys, this is a BIG country! :wink:

 

I definitely love the idea of the 1 tank meetup, or east/west/central. If I got more vacation time, I would love the excuse to drive out to CA, but as it is I'm very protective of my vacation days

 

Topika KS is dead center of U.S. Most major event held at the town like SCCA season final.
But anywhere able to drive from Fox Car Rental(A.K.A Hybrid Rent a Car) is location that would be sweet. :mrgreen:

 

Reno would be wicked hot in August and we would have to be careful to avoid 'Hot August Nights' and all the 'classic' automobiles.

 

i like the Detroit idea we could surround them with Prius.. Muahaha.. lol

 

Funny, V8 !!

 

Recommendations for consideration are:
East: Richmond, VA; centrally located and cheaper than DC
Midwest: Chicago; hey, even Mayor Daley has purchased a number of Prii for city use; lots of convention space and hotel choices. Cub game anyone?
West: Las Vegas; who doesnt like Vegas? Cheap hotels, meals and what happens in Vegas, stays,,,,,well, you know the rest.

However, being a baseball nut, I still like Danny's original idea of a national road show targeting locations with major league teams. Start in DC (hey, someone has to go to the National games) and move on from there circumnavigating the US picking up the Prii faithful for various segments of the trip.

 

... hmm.. 5 meet up is a good idea.. but is there any way to "connect" them.. live broadcast? that would be cool. lol.. ok.. i need a nap. lol.

Detroit wasn't my idea. Someone posted it earlier. I like the idea and felt bad because they were just browsed by *shrug* it happens.

If we did meet in Drtroit.. we would collect all the Prius and make a huge circle around GM ford has done an OK job so far. I don't get why there next hybrid is going to be a replica of the escape though.. have some imagination. *shrug* focus hybrid! why not? it would kill the prius in sales. *shrug*

nap time!

 

i like that idea

 

Danny,

What you would need is to approach all the vendors whose products people have bought and installed in the Prius, all the XM, seat covers, speakers, body mouldings, high end window tints, (Huper Optik), Toyota, mudflaps, correctly painted mudflaps, dash kits, Toyota accessories, such as the all weather/severe use floor mats, tire people, car front end protection films, hitchs for bikes, roof racks, easy oil change valve people.

Get these guys to come and do installs at these meets.

Have sessions about:

Winter driving tips, snow, ice

Best MPG technique

Keeping the car interior clean, best practices.

Have John1701a come and speak.

Do pics on cups, mugs plates, get one or more of those vendors to come and do that work on stuff.

Get an artist to do the 30 minute while you wait artwork with the owner and Prius done together stuff.

Have a "basic maint" session where doing your own oilchange is gone over, etc.

There is so much that can be done, and people would love to come to a place where they can get those custom wheels, accessories, that fit, get some instruction.

Incorporate a Buena Vista Prius tour of grand sights to see, a touring stretch of 20/30 miles.

 

Hi Everybody,

I think that from what I am seeing it might be time for someone to decide the what's, when's and where's so that we could all start getting things in place.

After all, August is only a scant 5 months away. Really close if you are planning an event. So...I am nominating Danny, the PriusChat guru and founder to make the call. I know that this thread was started by someone else but I think that we can all agree with Danny as the point person here.

I will offer up my services if there is involvement for the west coast including Vegas. I am pretty good at getting free stuff donated (actually it is a particular speciality of mine).

I eagerly look forward to the future developments of this idea. I will start saving for my tank of gas now (let's see if I put a dime away a day...)

Take care all,

Tisza

 

Those 600-mile-radius circles are not set in stone, obviously. Just wanted to give everyone a visual idea of what that would entail. Most of Florida got shafted, too, 'because I wanted to make sure New Hampshire was representin'. I actually like the idea of one meetup for the whole country, since there are already regional "clubs" that can set up their own meets, but doing super-regional meets all on the same day might be more practical than one nationwide meeting.