CARS & COFFEE ALERT - LAFAYETTE, July 28
 

A Cars & Coffee event is scheduled for the 28th of July in Lafayette:

Cars & Coffee Louisiana

7/28 - 6pm @ Bullritos on Kaliste Saloom, Lafayette, LA

A little too far for us in NO and surrounding areas to drive to especially being an evening event, but maybe you Lafayette (and maybe Baton Rouge?) Z'ers can make a showing there... :tup:

We might have to try and make this.... Weather permitted. :tup:

I wasn't even going to try to put together a trip for this... ! :p

I'd try to make this if I knew any other 370s were going to be there.

You know, I wouldn't mind taking a trip during the day out there, go to the Cars & Coffee in the evening, and do a hotel stay overnight and cruise back the next day... :driving:

C'mon guys, pipe up ! I don't want to call it unless we have a few takers. So far two uncommitted responses - how about the Lafayette crew? This should be a definite for you guys. Baton Rouge Z's, this is not too far for you either - a nice afternoon cruise, some good Tex-Mex dining at Bullritos (Bullritos - Lafayette | Urbanspoon) and then the Cars & Coffee thing and more fun to all hours of the night, then a cruise back on Sunday with a brunch stop along the way somewhere. :happydance:

(so I guess I am calling it after all, Dang it!) :bowrofl:

haha... I probably wouldn't spend the night since BR is only like 45 minutes away but you can count me in for a trip over there.

An insomniac?

Same person who thought of Cars and Coffee in BR last time at 8am in the Morning on a SUNDAY.... :tup: :confused: :gtfo2:

:bowrofl:

8am? On a Sunday? wtf?

You should have heard the women appreciating that schedule! :roflpuke2:

They were valiant though - they all made it :eek:!

It was some of the guys actually that wussed out... :icon14:

Hey, I wear my wuss badge proudly!! Count me in for the cruise and Mexi food, not sure about staying overnight. Waiting on my new clutch for the 370, fried it up in Branson, should have the 350 clutch installed, so I may be in the pumpkin.

I'd have probably wussed out on that one too. Sunday mornings is when I spend quality time with my mattress.

Shall be in Houston... but I hope it goes better than the last BR meet.

^_^

Fixed... :icon18:

...in which case I wouldn't blame you ... :tup:

Cool! Sounds like this show is starting to take shape... :happydance:

lmao

Oh nothing exciting... literally. There was like 3 Corvettes and a really nice 911 GT2. The C&C in NOLA a few months ago was like a Ferrari haven, it was awesome.

The twin peaks one just wasn't anything special.

That's because the Ferrari's were all out there the night before! Someone on the C&C crew was not apparently aware there was a Ferrari meet the night before... yeah, it was a downer, but hey, as far as I am concerned, I enjoyed the cruise there and the company of the Z crew that showed up... :hello:

We are up to (4) Z's so far:

Myself (I'll be staying the night over in Lafayette)
Bucketman
Plunkett (350Z)
w0rM

EDIT: I just received a suggested route that takes us through some twisty roads at the Junction of I-10 and Grosse Tete - from the map it looks like Hwy 411 or Hwy 77/977... about a half hour of twisty winding roads :driving: :tup:

Sorry guys cant make this one. I will be in North Carolina for Import Alliance Summer meet!:happydance:

UPDATE: I booked a hotel room in Lafayette at the Hilton - Executive King suite for $115 for the night. Booked it through Hotels.com, they had the best rate. TIMES: I expect to be leaving from Covington around Noon to meet up with the guys in Baton Rouge about 1'ish. Best place to meet in BR appears to be the Target off of I-12 (North side of I-12) on Siegen Lane.

w0rM: Want to drive up to Covington and meet up with me here then cruise on to BR pick up the additional Z's there? Or you want to head on over to Siegen Lane (It'll be a short back track on I-12 from the I-10/I-12 merge). Let me know what works for you.

I'll probably just hookup with you in BR. There's actually a chance I try to have my new exhaust installed that morning so I'm not sure if I'll be able to leave early enough to meet you guys in Covington.

PS Target is probably the perfect place to meet up in BR. Access to the interstate is super easy and they have a huge parking lot.

Cool! That works! Looking forward to meeting you in person.

Not yet... I'm hoping no later than Thursday. Would you be available to hookup during the week after work hours next week?

Likewise :)

Paul, Are yoou saying you want to get to Lafayette around 2 or 3 pm. The car show doesn't start till 6pm. It is barely an hour from BR to Laf. Even with running some roads we will be there way early. Just wondering how your brain is decoding things. Now if some Laf peeps have any ideas and something to do!?!?!?!?!?!
Also am a little confused about the target location. Target off of I-12 is Millerville. Siegen Target, that is I-10. Either is fine for me just want to know which one.

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the one on Millerville.

I figure if we leave Covington at 1pm, we'll be in BR by 2pm. Usually we hang around the Target for a while (Millerville is correct - I misread the Google Maps legend), so if we leave at say 2:30 - 3pm, we'll be in Lafayette around 4pm, or a little after due to our little planned detour. Stop at a Starbucks get some coffee, then head over to the C&C to get a good parking area, get some eats, and watch other cars roll in. Just a no rush deal. If we need to push it back by another hour, I don't think it'll be a big deal at all... :cool:

Works for me!

Yep I'll be at the Target around 2ish. I think the wife may be coming with me! Shocker!

:tup: Nancy says she's glad she will have company! :tiphat:

Sorry guys... Looks like I can't make this one.

I'll have my Katie with me too. :)

Excellent - the ladies won't be bored :)

Hi Katie from Paul & Nancy!

See y'all there in a couple of hours...:hello:

Dude... we'll catch you and Hillary next time then...:ugh2:

Awesome! Be safe!

We had a great turnout of Zs! Altogether, we had 10 Zs show up to the event. We had 1 240, our 3 370s and 6 350s. Here are a few pics I took with my cell phone. :)

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:iagree: A great time was had by all. Some of the other cars that showed up: Lambo, Viper SRT, Mustang Cobra, Skyline GTR (Right Hand Drive), and a WRX. I'll post pictures this evening time permitting...! :pics:
We did take over the show though!

Looking forward to those pictures Paul.

Houston's C&C is this Saturday at Vintage Park. Another 1,200 cars are expected.

You guys need a road trip!

Mike

1,200 cars... I'd love to be lost in that... how long is the event, a couple of days? couple of weeks!? :eekdance:

Anywayz... here are the pics from the C&C in Lafayette (Hover over the Thumbprint for title)

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PS: THE FRS is a SCION not a SUBARU like I mistakenly titled it!