SPOCOM SF @ Alameda Point, Saturday Sept 23 Interested Parties

[MyRx]

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Any interest in attending this car show as a group? Some of us attended it last year and thought how grand would it be to invite the entire Norcal 86 Drive community. The organizers of Spocom and others have always wondered what the Norcal 86 community looks like. IG posts of our past summer events don't do justice on how massive we have become.

Website: http://spocomusa.com/ Registration here . If you want to attend, register and post that you registered here. As a group, you can fill this section out with YES for "...vendor booth?" In the box "If yes, which booth?" type in 86DRIVE. Spocom and I will then organize an area for us.

Registration is $43.50 now but will go up next month. Includes car, driver, and one passenger. Sorry no group discounts.

Misc info:
* The event is from 1pm - 7pm. We may want to get there early for prime group parking and [minimize] the long line.
* You have to stay inside the car show from entry to 7pm. No in-n-out privileges.
* If you are already committed to another vendor/group, then you are already committed.
* You can park outside the car show and have access to drive your car anytime/anywhere. You will be volunteered to get coffee/boba/foods thru out the day.
* Bring in your own food, BBQ, cooler, chairs, table, tent, etc etc. It's an outdoor event!
** Volunteering is always welcome. Sorry no discount though but how better to kill time by spending some time behind "backstage". **

[Clipdat]

It's basically like Race Wars.

[PMok]

Originally Posted by MyRx

Website: http://spocomusa.com/ Registration here . If you want to attend, register and post that you registered here. As a group, you can fill this section out with YES for "...vendor booth?" In the box "If yes, which booth?" type in 86DRIVE. Spocom and I will then organize an area for us.

Registration is $43.50 now but will go up next month. Sorry no group discounts.

Thanks for setting this up for us Jessie. I'm registered for the 86DRIVE booth too. This should be fun!

[Clipdat]

I think there might be some hesitation from people who were thinking about registering, for the following reasons:

1.) The fact that it costs $43.50. What does the $43.50 get me besides parking in a special area?

2.) The fact that you have to stay for the full length of the event from 1pm-7pm. This is quite a time commitment, especially for people coming from areas like San Jose, where it will already take them an hour or so just to get to Alameda (and another to get home).

[MyRx]

Originally Posted by PMok

Thanks for setting this up for us Jessie. I'm registered for the 86DRIVE booth too. This should be fun!

Do you want to actually set up a booth? Table, tent, chairs, banner (when found), etc?? I'm sure Spocom wouldn't mind.

Originally Posted by Clipdat

I think there might be some hesitation from people who were thinking about registering, for the following reasons:

1.) The fact that it costs $43.50. What does the $43.50 get me besides parking in a special area?

Nothing TBH. Just access to whatever festive stuffs occurs inside a car show.

Originally Posted by Clipdat

2.) The fact that you have to stay for the full length of the event from 1pm-7pm. This is quite a time commitment, especially for people coming from areas like San Jose, where it will already take them an hour or so just to get to Alameda (and another to get home).

It's for the safety of the patrons walking around.

[PMok]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

I think there might be some hesitation from people who were thinking about registering, for the following reasons:

1.) The fact that it costs $43.50. What does the $43.50 get me besides parking in a special area?

2.) The fact that you have to stay for the full length of the event from 1pm-7pm. This is quite a time commitment, especially for people coming from areas like San Jose, where it will already take them an hour or so just to get to Alameda (and another to get home).

The $43.50 gets you entered in the show, where I imagine you have the possibility of winning a trophy for a category. e.g., best Toyota or Best Scion etc. it also gets you admission into the event for you +1 passenger.

For those who don't think their car is "show worthy" or don't want to commit to being there the whole time, like Jessie said you can park outside and pay normal admission to come in as a spectator. I don't know what the cost per person would be, but I'm going to estimate it to be $15-20 at the gate.

Having hung out at a few of these with others who were exhibiting their cars, I would say yeah it's a long day but can be really fun since you're hanging out with other car enthusiasts. You just have to have the right mentality and commitment to it. This will be my first time actually participating in one as a registered entrant and I have no aspirations that I will win anything but were there just to have fun. Like @MyRx said, we were there last year in smaller numbers and said to ourselves, wouldn't it be fun to have more of us together doing this next year... so we're going to try it and see how it goes!


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[finch1750]

Originally Posted by MyRx

Do you want to actually set up a booth? Table, tent, chairs, banner (when found), etc?? I'm sure Spocom wouldn't mind.

I got the flags! Haha

[maxpowa]

Registered!

[TOPUTO]

im interested in joining you guys but i almost have a stock car. is that ok?


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[PRKR8NGR]

I'm all for this! ...and hopefully by then the rest of my body kit will be on and painted!

[PMok]

Originally Posted by TOPUTO

im interested in joining you guys but i almost have a stock car. is that ok?


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I don't see a problem with that, I am not aware of any requirements that your car be heavily modified to be in the show. Sign up, pay, and you're in! If you don't feel comfortable entering your car in the show, you are always welcome to come in as a spectator, but come hang out with us in our area.

[Pizazu]

Originally Posted by finch1750

I got the flags! Haha

You mean the ones that fall over?

[thecarfilmer]

I signed up

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Pizazu

You mean the ones that fall over?

They do have bags to act as water weights. Just need to use them lol