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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Xiek
Umn, is there an intinerary yet for events? to help plan when I should be there, welcome dinner and such?

I went to the registration link on the AMVIV site and it was a broken link. reg1.htm is where it took me.

says the demographic are is not a registration page..
The itinerary should be up in a day or 2. Basically, there is a run on Thursday afternoon and a Motor-In Thursday evening.
Friday has the driving school and NAMCC races at the track all day, a morning run which ends at the track for lunch and the race, an afternoon run, the "Meet the MINIacs Mixer" in the early evening, then the Strip Cruise later.
Saturday has a run in the morning, Poker Run in the afternoon. The banquet dinner is Saturday night. Tickets have to be pre-purchased before you leave for Vegas, and attached to a registration.
Sunday morning is the farewell breakfast and a morning run, followed by a visit to the pub for those not driving a long way home on Sunday.
The Boot N Bonnet Show is at Palace Station all day both Friday and Saturday.
Thursday and Friday mornings there will be an "excursion" for anyone who wants a cool car-related Vegas thing that isn't a long drive.

As for the registration link being broken, sorry. I missed one of the links when I changed the name of the page this year. It's now fixed.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Agro
The itinerary should be up in a day or 2.
Cool. Will one of the runs be down to Route 66 again? That's a big one for us.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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The full day runs have been dropped this time around. So no Route 66. Sorry. If you can get a bunch of people to ask for it, we can always resurrect it for 09.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Agro
The itinerary should be up in a day or 2. Basically, there is a run on Thursday afternoon and a Motor-In Thursday evening.
Friday has the driving school and NAMCC races at the track all day, a morning run which ends at the track for lunch and the race, an afternoon run, the "Meet the MINIacs Mixer" in the early evening, then the Strip Cruise later.
Saturday has a run in the morning, Poker Run in the afternoon. The banquet dinner is Saturday night. Tickets have to be pre-purchased before you leave for Vegas, and attached to a registration.
Sunday morning is the farewell breakfast and a morning run, followed by a visit to the pub for those not driving a long way home on Sunday.
The Boot N Bonnet Show is at Palace Station all day both Friday and Saturday.
Thursday and Friday mornings there will be an "excursion" for anyone who wants a cool car-related Vegas thing that isn't a long drive.

As for the registration link being broken, sorry. I missed one of the links when I changed the name of the page this year. It's now fixed.
The Pub visit sounds fun.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby03
The Pub visit sounds fun.
The Pub is always a good choice....
Brad...my new co-pilot this year is expecting a full on explaination of that "night" in the Pub! You tell it so well.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by willum
The Pub is always a good choice....
Brad...my new co-pilot this year is expecting a full on explaination of that "night" in the Pub! You tell it so well.
I can do that.
 
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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 05:57 PM
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Hello!!!!!!!!!
I just booked my room at the Palace and registered my car...
This is my first time going and im SO EXCITED!!!

I'm going on my first MINI run on Dec. 30th in the Hollywood area, so hopefully some of you will be in Vegas as well...

WOW i'm excited

Allen
 
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Agro
The full day runs have been dropped this time around. So no Route 66. Sorry. If you can get a bunch of people to ask for it, we can always resurrect it for 09.
That is unfortunate to hear. Route 66 was one of our main reasons for driving down to AMVIV.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Agro
The full day runs have been dropped this time around. So no Route 66. Sorry. If you can get a bunch of people to ask for it, we can always resurrect it for 09.
That's too bad. I enjoyed the Route 66 run thoroughly last year.
Especially after watching the movie "Cars".
 
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 10:13 AM
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Our thinking was that with only 20 cars, the run wasn't that popular, mainly because it is a full day run. We are planning on including the route map from last time in the route book, so you won't get lost if you decide you want to do it again.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 11:05 AM
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We also ran into terrible traffic around the dam - both on the way out and, especially, on the way back.

T
 
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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agro the shorter runs sound great. tho last year's longer runs were super fun, it did make for a loooong day.

way to keep it fresh! can't wait to see the official itinerary
 
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Old Dec 28, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DrkSlvrS
We also ran into terrible traffic around the dam - both on the way out and, especially, on the way back.

T
Unfortunately, that's Vegas on a spring weekend...everybody pouring in from all directions. The dam is the only way from points east unless you make a big detour. Hopefully the new overpass will fix that.
 
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 10:40 PM
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You're correct, the overpass construction was part of the traffic problem ... how is that overpass progressing? Quite an engineering feat.

T
 
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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http://www.hooverdambypass.org/
 
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DrkSlvrS
You're correct, the overpass construction was part of the traffic problem ..

T
That was a nice run that day, wanted to spend some more time in Oatman but had a nice lunch with everyone and loved the Dam run even though it took forever to get through it.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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Less than 3 months! W00T!
 
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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Tower room booked, requested garage view. Reservation person chuckled at that. (I guess its a mountain view too).

Waiting for paypal to recognize my new bank account to officially register. Now I have to finish the cosmetic mods and buy a car bra for the road trip portion.

Maybe I'll have the tartan interior in by then.

Coming to AMVIV V!
 
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 08:52 AM
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Oh...btw, the schedule and events pages are now up. The schedule page is a chronological listing of what's going on over the weekend.
The events page has all the sub-events broken down by category, with short descriptions of each item.
 
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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Is there a strip cruise this year?

The hotel for my work thing is booked solid...I'm thinking I may end up camping at the Palace Station with y'all...
 
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 06:07 PM
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Strip cruise on Friday night:
9:00pm - 10:30pm Fabulous Las Vegas Strip Cruise
T
 
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by batgirlwildcat
Less than 3 months! W00T!
Did I hear less than 3 beers???

Keith
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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Less than 3 beers? In 3 months? I doubt that very much. I think there will be more than 3 beers consumed before the start of AMVIV.
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Agro
Less than 3 beers? In 3 months? I doubt that very much. I think there will be more than 3 beers consumed before the start of AMVIV.
I'll drink to that!
 
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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Hey Keith are you taking your classic to AMVIV or your new Mini?
 
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