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Post by rcollum on Jan 14, 2020 13:23:56 GMT -5
LOG40 ANNOUNCEMENT! LOG40 has been POSTPONED until September 10-13, 2021.
Our 2020 national Lotus Owners Gathering will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah from Sept 18 - 21.
More information will be shared here and on Lotus, Ltd's site (lotusltd.com/)
Why Salt Lake City? Primarily, because Geely, who owns Lotus, purchased what used to be called Miller Motorsports Park, and is now called Utah Motorsports Campus.
www.utahmotorsportscampus.com/
Sounds like it will be worth considering towing your Lotus out for the track! (Deb & I will fly out, and rent a car, and do some sightseeing in the area.)
--Bob Collum
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Post by rdgrcr on Feb 10, 2020 12:37:53 GMT -5
At one time, I was interested in trying to get the car shipped out there. Not sure have is a financial viable plan anymore. September is pretty filled up for me, but its not out of the question.
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Post by rcollum on Feb 10, 2020 12:45:45 GMT -5
At one time, I was interested in trying to get the car shipped out there. Not sure have is a financial viable plan anymore. September is pretty filled up for me, but its not out of the question. In the nearly 30 years I’ve been going to LOGs, I know of many times people have looked, and been unable to get a good enough deal. You can possibly get a good deal to transport several cars out, because the truck and driver have a gap in their schedule. Then, when they realize you want to use the car for 4 days,and have it shipped back…they want you to pay for the driver’s food & lodging, and it’s unlikely that a ‘good’ shipper happens to have the ship-back days free.
About 10 years ago, LOG was in Vegas. A friend of ours scoured the internet, and found a good deal for a closed truck from Richmond to LV. They picked up his M100 Elan, and our friend flew out to Vegas with his wife. When the car didn’t arrive the morning it was promised,he called the trucking firm. After several tries, he reached them, and they claimed not to be able to reach the driver. A day or two later, that driver was stopped at the California border, after somebody reported their shipped car (on that truck) missing. The driver refused to open the truck. That stalemate lasted a couple of hours. My friend finally got his car back, but it could just as easily have been shipped overseas!
The moral: Cheapest ain’t necessarily the best. We are flying out to SLC, and spending an extra week with several friends from out west. I’m keeping an eye out – seems logical that Geely(who owns the SLC track complex) might bring in some Lotus cars for people to drive on track. I’m hoping!
--Bob Collum
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Post by ksm on May 24, 2020 18:10:01 GMT -5
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Post by DWilde on Aug 11, 2021 18:35:16 GMT -5
Obviously everyone knows this gathering is a go for Sept. 10-13, 2021.
I plan to drive from Annapolis and back. Any other locals making the road trip?
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Post by rcollum on Aug 11, 2021 18:37:27 GMT -5
Debbie and I are flying out. See you there!
--Bob Collum
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Post by ksm on Sept 10, 2021 15:13:38 GMT -5
Enjoy LOG this weekend!
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Post by rcollum on Sept 10, 2021 21:33:34 GMT -5
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Post by rcollum on Sept 11, 2021 14:42:56 GMT -5
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Post by rcollum on Sept 11, 2021 17:49:23 GMT -5
Here are a couple of interesting shots from the concours today... There have been a couple of disappointments at LOG this year - neither the Evija (which was promised), nor the Emira (which was hoped for) was here. It's probably a Covid SNAFU, but still, disappointing! Well, let's be thankful we had a 'Lotus' SUV preview, of sorts... --Bob Collum   |
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Post by rcollum on Sept 18, 2021 8:38:29 GMT -5
Oh, yeah... you don't see one of these on the road every day... an Exige V6 Cup. Not technically road legal, but an East Coast Dealership brought one with a dealer plate! --Bob Collum  |
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Post by rcollum on Sept 18, 2021 8:58:06 GMT -5
Whenever Debbie and I go to a distant LOG (especially when it's a long-enough trip to choose to fly), we try to add on a week of vacation at the end. This time, we got together with a couple of LOG friends, and rented a house in Moab, Utah. We did 'western' things... (No reason you could not also plan a mini-vacation after next year's LOG, in West Virginia!) novalotusclub.freeforums.net/thread/909/log-canaan-valley-sept-2022--Bob Collum     |
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