should be centrally located so not to exclude a certain quadrant of atlanta. what about braves parking lot. dont they auto cross there sometimes also?

I'm fine w/ 1/2 price Andretti's on Monday nights.

booo : ( I can't do monday nights lol.

but if thats the best thing for everyone go for it! lets try to make 90% people happy or something

but again as i stated, if we are going to meet at one place every month, i would really like a shop type location. I would not prefer a restaurant (same one) every month.

But like lets say august, hey lets meet at the whatnot restaurant somewhere.

september though, hey lets do a dave and busters thing, we can chat in the parking lot for a few hours and then go street race in video games!

btw! woo people are pitching in ideas i like it!

and @forged we never mind a gt-r being there. Of course.. you'll have to share it!!

I'm sticking to my previous suggestions, just not into the coffee shop meets/etc. Dave and Busters isnt too bad of an idea with the parking lot size. Forged is not central to anything really, its up off I-75 North on Cobb Parkway so I dont think its a good meet point. No offense intended to Forged but going up I-75 after work on a weekday is a no-go, the traffic is horrible on Cobb Parkway and on the highway headed north.

I'd show up sometimes and other times would head to a shop to hang out. Depends on how the crowd/location was for the monthly meets. Is there a D&B somewhere near the perimeter or middle of Atlanta?

Would it be unreasonable to do some meets at Starbucks or Dave Buster on top of the monthly meet? Why can we do both?

I think that's what Dai just said. Excuse me I'm a little slow this morning.

just in the mornings huh... :p

most normally though i think weekends would be better for the monthly idea anywho.

also i just thought about how we shouldnt have a parking lot idea for the monthly meet because we can have an exclusive monthly z meetthat shifts and does different things.

we can all also try to make the C&O meet each month and caravan there together as well. That can be our parking lot meet.

There is a D&B in Gwinnett. I think there is Malibu Grand Prix on that side of town too. Just throwing that out there.

Central location is relative. You have to realize there are guys coming from Kennesaw, Rome, Alpharetta, Gwinnett, maybe a few from South Atlanta, etc. With the majority of the guys coming from North Atlanta, and us being right off of the interstate I feel it is a central location. I was just offering the location up, if you guys don't want to do it here that's no big deal and no offense is taken :) We do happen to have a D&B within about 2 miles from here as well :tup:

Central is not relative, central Atlanta means central Atlanta. Local is what you are talking about (or Central to Forged). Local would be what is close to the group in Marietta, etc.

That being said, if mostly everyone lives in Marietta and that area and the meet is there, the non-local people who dont want to be in traffic forever probably wont come. I've been up I-75 numerous times on weekdays and it isnt worth it for any car meet honestly. I'd rather meet up somewhere where everybody drives a little to get there.

(Refer to my previous comment about enjoying the drive in my car, assuming its not in dead stop traffic)

Besides, the meets off Barrett at the Starbucks are a joke :roflpuke2:. If that is the idea about the monthly meet is to drive up I-75 in traffic and then head on to a Starbucks near there, I'll save my gas.

Well, the local G35 and 350z people do have our monthly meet.

Meet starts at 3pm on the 3rd Sunday of the month. We should go in to eat at 4pm at Taco Mac.

If you miss us on the parking deck, ask the Taco Mac hostess for the big car group and you should be sent to sit with us.


Address to use to get to the parking deck:
Taco Mac Perimeter
1211 Ashford Crossing
Atlanta, GA 30346
(678) 336-1381 phone

Directions:
--Get to I-285 and exit north onto Ashford Dunwoody (one exit east of GA 400)
--Go straight on Ashford Dunwwody past Perimeter Mall
--Turn left at Perimeter Center West just after passing Perimter Mall (there is a Bank of America on the right and a McDonalds on the left)
--Turn right onto Olde Perimeter Way (it is a shopping center)
--Taco Mac is on the left hand side of the lot, there is a parking deck after you pass the Taco Mac. (Ashford Crossing is actually a road within the shopping center)



However, I think we'll skip this month due to Forged Performance having their Open House on the Saturday before.

Well, by that viewpoint central would be downtown Atlanta. I doubt the majority here would want to hangout/park in downtown Atlanta. Seeing how most the owners seem to live north of Atlanta, it would make sense to meet somewhere north of Atlanta. If you have a meet in Gwinnett then the Kennesaw/Rome guys have to drive quite far. If you have a meet in Kennesaw, the Gwinnett/Alpharetta guys have to drive pretty far. Finding somewhere in the middle would be nice, which is what I meant by Central. I did not say central Atlanta, I said a central location. So yes, central is relative and is dependent on who is coming and where they are coming from. The general consensus seems to be that everyone wants to meet on the weekend, which eliminates the traffic factor. Somewhere around 285 between I75 and I85 or close to it would be perfect IMO for most. Since you seem to be against Forged we will remove that from the options. I simply offered it up because guys said they wanted a shop/part install option. I also agree the Starbucks on Barrett is a joke. Lets here your suggestions for places. I think D&B and Taco Mac are great suggestions. Perhaps something around the Perimeter/Dunwoody area is better for everyone?

see the easy solution to this is moving it around : )

lets face it, not 100% of people will come to every meet. Based on attendance we can rotate/move it around. I mean comeon were all smart here, a little adjustments / dyanmics won't hurt no one. : )

but appreciate the Forged guys offering their shop. Im sure sometime we'll do that.

Maybe we should take baby steps! lets work out August!

August might be a good time to do a slightly later meet, do some detailing, installing cus of the zcon.

I think that's a good idea. We could always do a car wash meet and go from there to take pictures somewhere. Then drive to dinner. Just an idea ;)

If you want to do a meet here it's fine with us. We can do a monthly special on things that people would like to do to their 370Z(like Gen 3 intake install for $170 labor). We could include an upgrade dyno day to the guys that have changed parts out. Our shop is very interested in hearing what you guys want. That includes parts wanted, service wanted and ideas that other shops could care less about.


Also we can have a detail day. Bring the dude in the Genesis and I will give you the bay in front of my desk(you can fit 3 cars)for the day.