east coast fall drive anyone??? [Archive] - RS6.com

mike03rs6

September 23rd, 2004, 21:18

i've been on a few vw R32 drives recently up at Bear Mtn in NY(near the top of garden state parkway) and i was wondering if anyone would be potentially interested in coming to an RS6 meeting and drive. we could set up a meeting at a local spot for food then goout for a cruise from there. the roads are great, the scenery is awesome and it would be cool to get all the local rs6 owners together. let me know if anyone would be interested!!!!
time and date to be determined but hopefully some saturday or sunday in october.
-mike
:addict:

LIRS6

September 23rd, 2004, 21:41

Nice idea - keep me in the loop, altho October looking busy already for me.

nyrs6

September 24th, 2004, 04:08

I agree. I think at the end of oct sounds good.

Finnus

September 24th, 2004, 13:18

I'm in. We had an absolute blast on the Spring meet driving between Kingston & New Paltz, NY.

Finnus
:addict:

nene

September 24th, 2004, 13:47

I'm in from Mid-End of October.

mike03rs6

September 24th, 2004, 14:01

judging from everyone's responses, it seems like saturday 10/30 might work on for the most people. should we pick 10/30 as "THE" date???
i'm still new to this board, so if any of the rs6.com elders have any suggestions on meeting places,routes,times,dates or anything at all, it would all be appreciated.
i'd just like to get out, meet the group, check out the cars and go for a drive.

Erik

September 24th, 2004, 14:08

Go anywhere, just make sure you find a few M5s to eat :D

http://www.rs6.com/articles/021.html

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nyrs6

September 24th, 2004, 17:43

Sunday the 31st would be better. But we can have a vote what date.

Anybody have any ideas about location. Somone already mentioned bear mountains. Somebody also has to make a route. Last meet speedracer and Robertv made the route maybe they can do it again. Anybody else want to make a route.

One other note also somone should bring a decent cameras. But we have time for that.

PS. hope that this meet will be double. The last meet we had 5 RS6s plus more audis and a porche. hopefully almost 10 RS6s this time. And of course other audi owners welcome.

RS4Ever

September 24th, 2004, 21:26

you guys better take a camera while out there.

get some clips and stuff.

sounds cool.

:0:

nene

September 24th, 2004, 21:56

I'm good for either day. 30th or 31st is good for me.

I just got a brand new Nikon D70, so I've been practicing with it.

salandt

September 25th, 2004, 03:42

Sounds like fun... I'm in. Both days are good with me.

nene

October 3rd, 2004, 03:31

Are we planning to make this official? Such as post on other forums as well?

mike03rs6

October 4th, 2004, 14:53

i say we continue to shoot for saturday 10/30. this way if it rains and sunday is clear then we can go sunday, also sunday is halloween, i'm not sure how many people on this board have kids or some other form of trick or treating responsibilities.

i was just up at bear mtn yesterday with the VW R32 guys. those roads are a blast. the roads are kind of tight for the RS6, but the car really handled well. we can meet up at the home depot parking lot at the palisades park mall then head over as a group.

i'm not a master organizer of these type things, i'd just like to meet up with the other rs6 owners and go for a drive.

Buckeye Boy

October 11th, 2004, 03:23

I'm interested too...it's my birthday, too, so my wife can't give me too much grief!!:hahahehe:...can we do daytime so it's safer driving and we don't miss trick or treating?

incognito

October 13th, 2004, 08:08

Im interested in a drive meet....I live about 20-30 mins from the palisades mall....bear mt. is like 15 mins from me....i live off the taconic parkway north.....town called mahopac....anyone fimiliar with it....well if u guys are planning on making a meet....now is the time to do it....hope it happens

RobertV

October 22nd, 2004, 16:05

I plan to crash the party with my BMW X5 and leave the Audi at home.
I know, I know....but you folks will be surprised at what this 4.4 X5 can do....much better balance and road feel over the 02 S6 I had :D Those of you that were on the last drive up in Kingston know that I pushed the S6 pretty hard :)
I slapped a set of 20" with some sticky rubber on the X5 and I'm pretty happy with the "new" ride.
BTW....I just left a deposit on a new E60 M5....whish that was here now, it would be a blast with your beasts.:rs6kiss:

incognito I'm in Yorktown Heights off of RT129, so yes, I have heard of your town.

Link to movie from last drive, PLEASE RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE AS (http://users.bestweb.net/~rev/rs6_springride.mov)

Speedracer

October 22nd, 2004, 20:39

Is this the robert im thinking of? This is Cooper, Johns son. Your X5 has 20's and your getting an M5?! When did that happen? My WRX is still all together but now its rediculously loud because of the 4inch downpipe and complete lack of cats :) My dad and I deffinately want to come but I think we will each come in our own cars now...

incognito: Yeah i know Mahopac. I have several friends who live there. Do you also have an RS 6? The reason i ask is because a guy i know with an S4 said he raced one there.

Sohoboy

October 22nd, 2004, 20:47

:0: Fall RS6 et al. drive i n Boston.
Hey guys, a few buddies of mine are contemplating doing a mini Audifest in the Boston area on Thanksgiving weekend sometime prior to, or after the BC/Syracuse football game.
Already one RS6, TT and an A4 in the mix

RobertV

October 23rd, 2004, 04:50

The S6 went back under lemon law, I had to replace it with another V8, AWD and something that handled well. I drove a E500 wagon with a sport pac, it was somewhere between a Lexus and a BMW (a nice car, most would love it, but a bit isolated for me, not enough feedback.)
I was tempted to get a S4, but I had a pretty bad taste in my mouth dealing with AOA and the S6. I had a S4 overnight, great car, did everything well, but lacked the refinement the S6 had.
I drove the X5 4.4 with sport package twice, and it was the best choice for me. I never thought I would like a truck...er....I mean a "SAV" but it has grown on me in the last 4K miles. If the numbers had worked for the 4.8is X5, I would have one (same performance numbers as the S6...yummy!) I mounted 4.6is five spoke wheels with 275/40-20 in front and 315/35-20 in the rear, made a huge difference compared to the stock 18".

Check out a few photos here: (http://users.bestweb.net/~rev/PICS/X5/)

The deposit on the M5 only secures me a spot in line. I do hope to be in the car in a years time, but we will see. I have been kicking myself for not getting a PCar when I got the S6, so I thought the M5 would help make up for that;)

Look forward to the drive and meeting up with you both!

luv2xlr8

October 23rd, 2004, 16:20

My dad just reminded me of what MY name is on here so i dont have to keep using his

ohhhhhhhhhh i thought you put some blinged out chrome wheels on haha.:doh: Those look really good though. So the Date for this drive is next saturday(sunday if its raining) correct? Where is everyone meeting up? Also what time will everyone be meeting?Do you want to meet up and drive there together. I know you said I should not make my car loud but i just had to haha. It will make for some good sound clips.

Cooper :incar: :race:

nyrs6

October 25th, 2004, 01:03

So who is making the route? :rs6kiss:

luv2xlr8

October 25th, 2004, 02:14

i dont know what the full route could be but when we went on a different Audi drive, we went on 9w. They called it the "Clifs of Insanity". That should really be part of this drive.

incognito

October 25th, 2004, 22:53

Originally posted by Speedracer
Is this the robert im thinking of? This is Cooper, Johns son. Your X5 has 20's and your getting an M5?! When did that happen? My WRX is still all together but now its rediculously loud because of the 4inch downpipe and complete lack of cats :) My dad and I deffinately want to come but I think we will each come in our own cars now...

incognito: Yeah i know Mahopac. I have several friends who live there. Do you also have an RS 6? The reason i ask is because a guy i know with an S4 said he raced one there.

Umm....I havent really raced anybody yet....Nobody wants to pick a fight...like they say, need to find a vette or porsche and they are usually older drivers. I still hope he was talking about me...havent seen any others in mahopac...

Yorktown Heights....not too far from me at all...work there also...

About this east coast drive fall....we gotta do it....I have on my list of ppl is my rs6, s4, tt, a4 3.0, a4 1.8 ...... my brothers e55 is it comes in....im sure i can get a couple more cars to attend... Good luck planning the drive.

RobertV

October 26th, 2004, 03:20

I am working on the details. I have the Cliffs route, but we may want to alter that some (the Audiworld guys just ran there on the 24th and attracted a little attention from the local authorities :doh:
I want to suggest that we meet just off of RT6 and the Palisades Parkway in Harriman State Park near the Silver Mine area (I'll scope it out tomorrow.) This would be a good central place for the folks coming from all different areas/directions.
I'll post a meeting time and place tomorrow.
The foliage is at the peak....make sure you bring cameras!!!!:thumb:

smeeg

October 26th, 2004, 04:01

Harriman State Park sounds great, if some of you guys dont know how to get there..you can get off taconic to mahopac and from there me/incog will lead the way if you guys want...bear mt is a fun ride...scary...twistys...short ride...but alottta fun.

luv2xlr8

October 26th, 2004, 16:27

"Harriman State Park sounds great, if some of you guys dont know how to get there..you can get off taconic to mahopac and from there me/incog will lead the way if you guys want...bear mt is a fun ride...scary...twistys...short ride...but alottta fun."

Yeah I was thinking that some of the stuff at Bear mt. may be a little too tight for the RS6's but it should be alright. If Robert can do it in his X5 then the RS6 wont have a problem:D Im excited how my car will do in the twistys against the RS6's since i have at least 150hp less than them. If you guys from the mahopac area are going to drive up in a group I would like to meet up with you for the drive there. Oh have we picked a time yet when everyone is going to meet?

smeeg

October 26th, 2004, 19:21

actully i was there with my x5 to go see my girl..no probs at all...just i wont fit in...ive got a shitty a4.....but atleast its turbo :-D...anywho...its an audi..and its quattro...and the roads are fun.....it will be a good time..they have plenty stops there(mostly fastfood areas) we can even go shopping(woodbury commons is near)
http://www.premiumoutlets.com/images/map_woodbury.gif

incognito

October 26th, 2004, 20:08

Hey...Today is October 26th...We need to plan this, its getting late :) .....I dont know if a weekday or weekend is better...I work on the weekends with some of my friends but we dont start till 3pm so we can make it in the morning UNLESS you guys would rather drive in the night --- Its COLDER so you will feel less lag...a little funner to drive also......lux..as soon as we get some dates we can plan meeting up...I'll be able to meet up with whoever, esp if u live 20mins away...Well lets start planning this out because it seems like there will be a good amount of cars!

RobertV

October 26th, 2004, 21:30

Lets all meet at 10am this Saturday in Anthony Wayne Recreation Area which is Exit 17 off of the Palisades Parkway. It is Exit 17 coming from the north and the south on the Palisades. There is a parking lot on the right as you enter the A Wayne Rec Area. We will leave promptly at 10:30am.
Rain date will be Sunday at the same time, but it looks like Sat will be a wonderful day weather wise.
I have a great route up Perkins Memorial Dr and Seven Lakes Drive.
Here are a few photos from today:

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October 26th, 2004, 23:07

Looks great! Thanks for doing the recon. I'll be there. Let's hope the weather holds and we have a nice clear, dry day.

smeeg

October 27th, 2004, 04:20

sounds good to me...im in

freerider

October 27th, 2004, 15:30

Wish I could be there. Never saw or maybe never will see so many rs6's together.

Don't forget the film it ey?!

Greetz Johan

smeeg

October 27th, 2004, 22:36

perhaps some cell digits to whoever wants to meetup at mahopac...

incognito

October 28th, 2004, 07:36

This Saturday October 30th at The Anthony Wayne Recreation Area which is Exit 17 off of the Palisades Parkway is the date. Its going to rain saturday night so we should be ok. Anybody else that is willing to go please post a reply....I say we try to meet b4 10am...so we can leave by 10am....More driving for me since a couple people have to leave by 2pm....Well like I say if anyone can make it post a reply so we can figured out how many people are going....Hope as many people as possible can make it....

smeeg

October 28th, 2004, 13:13

count me in :)

calemany

October 28th, 2004, 16:05

Hi guys. I think it's great thatI opened up the forum and found the drive info. I would be pleased to attend. Are we talking about the palisades in NY? I am horrible with directions and the one thing I don't like about my RS6 is the nav system. what would be the closest place I can input to get near?

luv2xlr8

October 28th, 2004, 18:07

My father (speedracer) and I are deffinately coming:) Although we wont have RS6's we will mostlikely come in our own cars (911sc and my WRX). At the moment my car is really loud but it sounds really good (well i think so anyway :applause: ). I have an STi muffler that dosnt make any noise at all. Would people rather me put that on? Wahoo this is going to be fun. Does anyone know if the guys from speed technik are coming with their RS6? I really want to meet those guys because I want to intern there for a school program in the spring.

P.S. im on a bunch of Subaru fourms and i would like to see if you guys would like some STi's to show up.

smeeg

October 28th, 2004, 19:17

the more the better!...
calemany : if you can hop on the taconic north and get off the mahopac exit(jefferson valley.. not exactly sure what its called) but you can follow a bunch of us from there if youd like...tomm is friday and day after that is saturday!...so its right around the corner! :applause:

smeeg

October 29th, 2004, 02:25

yup! its mahopac/shrub oak exit :)

nyrs6

October 29th, 2004, 03:00

My dad and i wont be able to come so please take pics :D

:rs6kiss:

incognito

October 29th, 2004, 04:36

Originally posted by nyrs6
My dad and i wont be able to come so please take pics :D

:rs6kiss:

Thats too badd... was looking forward to look at ur modded rs6...well if seems like we have a couple people so far....can i get another I from all the people coming??

calemany

October 29th, 2004, 16:09

I.m in.

RobertV

October 29th, 2004, 16:38

For those of you coming from NJ, you should hop on the Palisades Parkway near the GWB (or any point north of the GWB) and head up north, it would be a huge waste of time to come up the Taconic and head back west over the river.

Here is a link to the A Wayne State Park with a map link (http://nysparks.state.ny.us/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/nysparks/parks.cgi?p+150)

This will get you close: Bear Mountain, NY 10911....zoom in and look for the A Wanye Rec Area.

SO 9:30am meet, 10am sharp we leave Anthony Wayne Recreation Area EXIT 17 on the Plaisades Parkway.

smeeg

October 29th, 2004, 18:48

where we going after a.wayne rec park?

RobertV

October 29th, 2004, 19:29

I wanted to get a sense from the folks that show up what they prefer. If the weather is good, there are some fantastic lookouts that might be good to see/snap photos OR we may just vote for a full out assault on the great curves and just drive for a few hours.
I will bring a modified Cliffs route printed out.
Feel free to email me and we can exchange numbers/ ideas.
revemt@juno.com

luv2xlr8

October 30th, 2004, 04:57

i vote for full out assault!:incar:

RobertV

October 30th, 2004, 12:40

See you all there :0:

RobertV

October 30th, 2004, 19:28

We had a very small gathering today....blame it on the weather.
The roads were full of leaves and just a bit wet....but the drive was still a blast.
Here a few photos...
This is incognito's ride
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Shots during a break
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<img src = "http://users.bestweb.net/~rev/PICS/Falldrive/RS6_4.JPG">
Fog...what fog?
<img src = "http://users.bestweb.net/~rev/PICS/Falldrive/RS6_5.JPG">

Hope that the others post their photos soon.

calemany

October 31st, 2004, 01:16

:king: hi guys. Well let me say that if someone didn't show up because of the rain,.......well....... you lose. I thought we weren't going to push it because of the rain. Thankfully the AWD held up just nice. I also have a new found respect for X5's... or was it the driver???. I'll se if I can upload the pics tomorrow. Right now I'm still working on gettin my pulse rate down. Thanks. See you soon. Carlos.

ps. I thought we weren't going to go up Perkings:p

nyrs6

October 31st, 2004, 02:27

Originally posted by calemany
:king: . I also have a new found respect for X5's... or was it the driver???.

Not that an X5 cant perform well. But it was the driver :D. :incar: i can witness to that, from last meet.

smeeg

October 31st, 2004, 03:40

yup ill post my photos as soon as i find the wire lol...but yea that last turn....was thinking about it all day....long story short....awd kicks ass....let me down a bit..but saved my life(:o )....but the a4 did pretty decent around the death mtn..or whatever its called....anyway the meet was nice, not bad for a first meet in my life:applause:

RobertV

October 31st, 2004, 12:40

Carlos, make sure you email me at revemt@juno.com for the links/info you need.

Smeeg, glad you had a blast, next time we will do it in the dry and make it a longer run! Chime in and let me know when you three have more time, maybe Sundays work better for you too?

NYRS6, THX. Next time, we will make sure that you guys can make it too. Sundays work better for you...right?

Not sure if we can fit another drive in before spring, but I'll start another thread for that.