Great Lakes Get Together

[neutron256]

I'd like to but it's probably going to be to far for me. I might be up for a regional meet at some point though.

[Polac_Rudie]

Originally Posted by eikond

We had a little "meet" yesterday at an autocross in Cleveland..
4 86's were in attendance.
2 Red FRS
2 Blue BRZ's




Looking forward to see in Don put something together.. should be fun! Always great to meet fellow car owners.

Unfortunately, there is no perfect date for every person.. so you just have to set a day and go with it and hope as many people as possible can show up.

Was this the charity event? Laps for Tina>?? --- I wanted to head to it but had a father's day gig with the family. Either way would be awesome to do some kind of get together at AP. In pending the date

[eikond]

Originally Posted by Polac_Rudie

Was this the charity event? Laps for Tina>?? --- I wanted to head to it but had a father's day gig with the family. Either way would be awesome to do some kind of get together at AP. In pending the date

Yes - laps for Tina.

I didn't participate with my car as I'm still being careful with it during the break-in preiod. I'm at about 450 miles now.

Another BRZ owner was there with his blue limited. He got at least 4 runs in.. Looked like he was getting pretty quick his last couple runs. I didn't catch actual times... but I was watching and I was impressed with how quick the car seemed to turn from a distance.


I got to ride along in one of the FRS's. The owner is Andrew Pollatta.. I'm not sure if he's a member of this forum or not.. I'm told he won nationals in a class for SCCA in 2010.. so he's fairly well-reknown. It was a thrill to ride with him.. Obviously he's an amazing driver and I was incredibly impressed with how he handled the car.. especially on stock tires, having only owned the car for a week and with my added weight in the car with him. It was neat to see what the car do in capable hands.

[ubersoph]

Originally Posted by eikond

We had a little "meet" yesterday at an autocross in Cleveland..
4 86's were in attendance.
2 Red FRS
2 Blue BRZ's

haha we had the same thing go down at an SCCA event in milwaukee this weekend

[apexaddict]

Originally Posted by eikond

I got to ride along in one of the FRS's. The owner is Andrew Pollatta.. I'm not sure if he's a member of this forum or not..

Yes I am here!

I was very impressed with the balance of the car... it doesn't really have any bad habits. The lack of overall tire grip and front camber is noticeable, but for the most part, understeer is pretty minimal. If you keep the inputs smooth, the car will stay tidy, but it will also respond well to a quick lift and a flick of the wheel. The only time you can really get it to push is if you try to brake too much going into a corner, or try to carry too much speed, or be too aggressive on your steering inputs, but those are all driving mistakes - aside from that it's extremely manageable by throttle and an overall complete joy to drive. It's a good car and should be even more so with a couple of tweaks. In fact, I think a lot of people jumping in and modifying the suspension right off the bat are taking a step backwards, and I feel that in a lot of cases the car is going to end up handling worse for them.

Anyway, that's just my .02... as for the topic, I would probably also be interested in a meet of some sort, somewhere around the Toledo area would probably be as far as I would go, though.

[Rampage]

Don asked for suggestion on dates so I would like to throw out July 7th or July 21st as proposed dates. Maybe by then he will be starting to catch up on orders and have time to breath again.

[Don@Accelerated]

I missed the attention this was getting!

[Don@Accelerated]

I'm thinking more like August!

[eikond]

Early August would be great!

[Rampage]

August works for me as long as it is not the weekend of the ALMS race at Mid-Ohio and/or I have not relocated to the Carolinas by then.

[B_Rad]

Depending on the date the wife and I could make the trip up from Indy! I have family that lives both in Toledo and SE Michigan (Adrian). Would be a good excuse to go visit.

[Rampage]

The ALMS/Indy race at Mid-Ohio is August 3-5. It is a family tradition that my boys. grandson and I attend this race yearly. If the Get Together is the following weekend August 11 or 12 then I would love to attend.

[Sccabrz192]

I spend a bit of time on particular weekends down in the Toledo area and would be willing to stop by if it happens to fall the same weekend as a NWOR event.

August 25th would be a great day to hold it!

[Mageep]

I'd be game as long as it isn't the first weekend in August... Thats the Solo National Tour in Peru, IN...