Minneapolis-St Paul area Z enthusiasts - '13 Spring Meet & Cruise!
 

Group meet and cruise to Schell's in New Ulm! Brewery tours FTW!

George of George's Steak House in New Ulm has graciously volunteered to host the after party. So my plan is to meet somewhere in the south 'burbs, drive together to Schell's, tour the brewery, go someplace close by for a group photo, then end up at George's for the rest of the day. I was going to bring my wife and invite some friends.

Let's do this!

I think a lot of us are hoping for a warm spring season, so we will try and shoot for the end of April or beginning of May. Last weekend of April would be the 27th or 28th, and May would be 4th and 5th or 11th and 12th.

I'll start the list of participants:

1. Dave - SmoothZ
2. Ryan - SR71
3. Jotham - jstar809
4. George - geoszzz
5.

this is like a 2 hour drive :(
But I'm down.

I vote for the last weekend in April, if weather permits. I'm a gymnastics coach and I have boys nationals in Portland, OR , from april 30-may4th. And then girls nationals from May 9th-11th.

If it is none of those dates, I'm down to pound :tup: Just gotta make sure I get a clear bra put on first!

im in

Hey Dave,
Only weekend I have off is May 4 & 5... hope we can make it...:tiphat:

Jerry & Cathy...

Sweet! The list is growing! Now to figure out how to accommodate everyone! LOL

Add your name to the list, boys and girls.

1. Dave - SmoothZ
2. Ryan - SR71
3. Jotham - jstar809
4. George - geoszzz
5. Nick - Sotomatic - IS350
6. Scott - ScottmanZ
7. Jordan- odoyelrules
8. Jerry and Cathy
9. Mai-Z

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So how does Saturday April 27th sound for a tentative day?

I drove to Owatonna today and noticed that the roads seem to be cleaner and have less crap on them. I hope that's a good sign if we're going to drive southwest toward New Ulm.

If the roads still suck, we can delay it for another couple of weeks. However, I plan on going to Zdayz which is May 16 to 19.

1. Dave - SmoothZ
2. Ryan - SR71
3. Jotham - jstar809
4. George - geoszzz
5. Nick - Sotomatic - IS350
6. Scott - ScottmanZ (370Z)
7. Jordan- odoyelrules
8. Jerry and Cathy (370Z)
9. Mai-Z (370Z)
10. Sam- MyFrLdyZ

Wow, this weather.... :mad:

Just when I thought the streets were looking good enough, I take my Z off storage insurance and then it snows.

GRRR!!!!

This weather doesn't look too promising...

:tiphat: Hey everyone, I just stumbled on to this forum and thought I'd say hi. I have a 04 350 and live in Burnsville, I'll probably be more of a lurker on most the forum since it's 370 dedicated but I'll be posting here for gathering/meet info. I hope this cruise happens but it kinda looks like it may be postponed unless we can get this weather turned around. :rolleyes:

Anyways I hope to meet everyone at the upcoming meets.

-Ryan

Might have to turn this into a summer event. :-)

yea that snow was really making my penis soft.

Guys, I'm about as frustrated as one can be about this crazy weather we're getting. I think we're going to forego the Spring event and move it to the end of May or even into June.

I'd like to do June 1st, but I think that's going to coincide with Cars and Cafe. We could try for May 25th or June 8th.

In the meantime, I would like to set up the starting point for this group trip at the Buckhill parking lot just off I-35 in Burnsville. It's close to the freeway and has little traffic, so we could possibly stay in the same group through the lights to get on the freeway.

I'll continue to update the thread. Go ahead and add your name to the list if you haven't and also invite your friends and car enthusiasts.

Hey Smooth, name's Will. I was hoping I could tag along (when the weather plays nice), and represent Fargo.

Hey Dave,
June 1st would be my choice, working May 25 & June 8th...
Rode up to Edina in the sunshine last Sat. A 107 mile trip...:tiphat:

Hi, guys! LOL @ this weather! Looks like June will be the time we do this. Too much going on in May for me. I'll keep you posted.

bumping the thread to get everyone interested.

What are we going to do with this weather pattern? ;)

Stay tuned for details. I'd like to get this going some time this month.

You can look up long term weather forecasts. That might help with the planning.

lol - I know you're from Houston, but the forecasters here in MN are terrible. They can't even get it right for the next 2 days.

I just checked Wunderground because I'm going on a double date next Saturday. Doesn't look good.

I'm looking at Saturday, June 22nd.

I think if a bunch of us meet at Sonic the night before and talk about the drive, we may get a pretty decent showing.

I'd like to join you boyz, but I'm in LA that weekend coming up. Just my luck right? Hopefully next time!!! :)

I just started a thread on this ........ but thought I'd copy it here for a hopefully a faster response ..... sorry if you're seeing my words twice .......... just hoping I get some feedback before I take my car to the shop.

Any of you guys here in the Twin Cities have the brake vibration issue with the sport package big breaks?? If so, what did your dealer say? If they gave u great service ......which local dealer did you use??

I've read several threads already about others with the same issue. Seems like the brakes are not recalled by Nissan ........ but some owners have experienced the same issue I'm having ........ which is vibration under braking.

Sometimes its worse depending on how much I drive through the day. When the brakes are warmed up after driving for a while ......... it goes away .......... but when they're cold, they're VERY GRABBY with soft pedal, and vibration I can feel in the steering wheel. This is only under breaking though.

Not kool at all for a car that's only 2 years old with about 23K miles.

Thanks, Dez

22nd weekend I'll also be in L.A. Will actually be staying in Simi Valley area...

small world right?? ........ I'm there for one of my best friends wedding in Chino Hills, then i'll be around LA and Pasadena.

22nd works for me :)

For sure! As of right now, it looks like I'll be out there for the whole week trying to figure out a job opportunity out there. Just not sure how I feel about moving out there right now....

Heck, I was excited to move from San Diego to Montreal, then Montreal to here. :D

Thanks for all you input Dave.....I actually WILL be here for these dates now. Postponed going out there until after the 4th to have more time to weigh out my options.

Have to work this weekend (22nd) maybe I'll get in on another ride....:tiphat:

Grr! :)

I'm kind of free this weekend, but I can't do it on the following weekend unless we do it on Sunday.

Working Friday Sat & Sun...Grr...:tiphat:

My summer is almost booked up - we have 3 weddings in Sept...

lol - I guess I should plan events months in advance.

I totally forgot that this weekend is Back to the 50's. It'll be fun to cruise around and see all the old cars in town.

I'm still looking at this Sunday. Please PLEASE put your name down in this thread if you're definitely free on Sunday.

Mai-z

and

1. SmoothZ - DAVE
2. SR71 - RYAN
3. HYPERZ33 - JOTHAM (LOL)
4. neighbor with Harley (possibly)

I know there are more interested, so just give them time to post up. :tup:

What time are you guys heading out? I'll be down in Inver Grove doing Auto-X Sunday morning, if you guys plan to eat or bbq after, I'd head your way to meet up! LMK

Due to lack of interest, this event will be postponed. Sorry for the short notice.