Re: Offroading during National DML Meet

From: Barry Oliver (barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com)
Date: Fri Apr 08 2005 - 01:22:08 EDT


Heck, I would rather SPONSOR a lister mechanic like Bernd to come up..
nothing against local mechanics, but we do have alot of indegenous
talent here on the DML...

> rwerning@wi.rr.com wrote:
> One of the coolest things I saw at the hummer event was that they had contacted
> a local dealer and arranged to have a mechanic onsite to help with broken down
> vehicles. They had an area set up in the parking lot of the hotel most ppl
> stayed at, and then any vehicles that needed to be worked on were attended to
> in short order by the mechanic (for a price of course).
>
> Many of the Hummer owners work on their own vehicles, but it was great having a
> qualified mechanic there to help out, offer advice, or get a needed part
> dropped off ASAP. I don't think there was any hummers down for more than a
> couple hours. Well - except for the one that rolled over, but it was the owner
> of the local hummer dealer that did it, so he just went and got another one to
> use.
>
> I don't know if this sort of arrangement could be worked out for the Colorado
> event, but contacting a local dealer and working out something where they would
> fix any vehicles on a priority basis would be great.
>
> - RJ
>
>
> In article <60234.199.64.0.252.1112825152.squirrel@janor.ath.cx>,
> dml@bleazard.net ("Jason Bleazard") writes:
>
>>
>>On Wed, April 6, 2005 5:03 pm, rwerning@wi.rr.com said:
>>
>>>Not sure what all happens at the events,
>>
>>Neither are we! LOL. This is the first time we've attempted anything on
>>this scale. Usually at the BBQ we just all get together and do whatever
>>we feel like doing at the time, which usually seems to involve a lot of
>>standing around and saying "I dunno... what do *you* feel like doing at
>>this time?"
>>
>>Personally, I like the fact that the BBQ is so laid back, but I kinda want
>>this Colorado meet to be a bit more organized so we don't waste the
>>opportunity to do the things we want to do while we're there.
>>
>>Thanks for the suggestion, BTW. Definitely some good ideas in there.
>>Keep them coming :-).
>
>



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