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Old May 2, 2006 | 10:42 AM
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Stupid VDOT, I just went to the website, that SUCKS MAN...

what are we gonna do...lets meet up, I dont care, Fudds is a good place...I guess, around 7pm...who's in, or make a suggestion...but im sure there are gonna be people at that area regardless, since there is a shopping center and such...so dunno?
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Old May 2, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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**** beans... Now what're we (car enthusiasts) gonna do?
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Old May 2, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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Old May 2, 2006 | 12:24 PM
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heh, I go to mason, but i dont drive my FD there, I drive my daily 01 Eclipse...
Seen a black FD and a DG FD before.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 12:36 PM
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How about Burger King on 28?
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Old May 2, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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Nope, havent seen a black one @ Mason...but will keep my eye out...heh

Burger King on 28, is that the one in Centreville, across from McDonalds you are reffering to?
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Old May 2, 2006 | 01:08 PM
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Why doesn't everyone just go to another car meet? I know there is always one at the burger king on 28...the one out near dulles...where 66(i think it is) crosses over 28. I could have my roads mixed up......the burger king thats a little ways past old town manassas. This place also fills fast so space is still an issue.

Or there is also a small....very small.... local car meet at the shell station every day off of burke center parkway. The Shell next to wendys....Sunday night when i was driving through wendy's i saw a nice evo, a silver supra, and a few civics sitting over there.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 01:09 PM
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yeah, the one across from mcdonalds is where I was trying to explain in my rambling
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Old May 2, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Brent 94

Or there is also a small....very small.... local car meet at the shell station every day off of burke center parkway. The Shell next to wendys....Sunday night when i was driving through wendy's i saw a nice evo, a silver supra, and a few civics sitting over there.
Stay away from the one at Shell in Burke... It's a bunch of High school kids that are too interested in lookin' tuff, and racing for 5 bucks......
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Old May 2, 2006 | 03:39 PM
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I would defintely be down to meet/have dinner or whatever everyone is up for...I know there are a lot of 7's in the area and it never seems the "nova" guys every really get together like soem of the md guys etc I say lets set up something for around 7-7:30 saturday night....
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Old May 2, 2006 | 04:42 PM
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Well, nova's like a couple times smaller than Maryland, however we are pretty much just as rich as the whole state (course I personally am poor as hell). I might be up to meet, need to find junkyard locations for a s4 fc fender on the driver's site if any of you know of some or one.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 09:32 AM
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Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that there is also a Burger King/McDonalds in Manassas, close to DMV where alot of cars meet up(big parking lot), true there are alot of Ricers and kids with hatchback turbo civics racing for $'s, but thats just life i guess, but its a fairly large crowd, and its going on Fridays and Saturdays...just thought i'd let yall know, althought i havent been up there in like a year...heh

Now not sure but Centreville has a Burger King and a McDonalds on opposite sides of 28, and I never heard there were car meets there? The more i think about it, the more my head hurts...Dughhhh...

Some one gimme a map...
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Old May 3, 2006 | 09:46 AM
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That burger king doesn't have much of a parking lot IIRC.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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You're thinking of the right one in Manassas Max, right down by DMV...
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Old May 3, 2006 | 12:30 PM
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Ok, thanks for the clarifying that...however we need a nice place to meet up, so how bout we give 3 possible locations and make vote like this

1) Manassas
2)Fuddruckers
3)123 X-Megameet location

1 being the most favorable, since there will be other cars there...
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Old May 3, 2006 | 01:02 PM
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Honestly I don't car if its with another car meet or not...I would rather just meet/hangout (via dinner or whatever the case may be) w/ fellow rx7/rotary guys So I would be down for the fudd. idea...so we should just set up a time say 7pm and start a list!

1.) Nick (turb0x2)
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Old May 3, 2006 | 04:42 PM
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2.) Vlad (Max_Spd) Fudd's (aka Neutral on Location)
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1.) Nick (turb0x2) Fudd's
2.) Vlad (Max_Spd) Fudd's (aka Neutral on Location)
3.) Charlie (caredden) Fudd's (don't care which one)
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Old May 4, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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might go just to see some other 7s, all 3 of those places are pretty far away, I live near Dulles lol.
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Old May 4, 2006 | 07:55 PM
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Hey, I live in Manassas, If I can make it, you can too...so sign up...heh
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Old May 4, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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You guys realize that the Megameet no longer exists right....? Taken from another forum;

"Message from the MEGA MEET President

We are sorry to say that yes the rumors are true....the Mid Atlantic MEGA MEET (MAMM) is no more. Due to the over whelming request for use of the lot from other shops, company's and organizations and the size that the meet has grown to, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) does not want to deal with the issues anymore and has pulled the permit.

We where running off of a test type of permit and VDOT has not done anything like this before. They only did this as a favor because they to wanted to see the youth have a place where they could hang out legally and enjoy the hobby that we all love. But due to the rapid growth and huge amount of phone calls / e-mails sent to VDOT questioning why they could not have a permit to do the same thing, the VDOT upper management decided to end the test type permit, shut it down and end all the issues.

The burnouts that occurred at the top of the lot and the number of people that hung out up there instead of coming down to the main lot during the April 1st meet was also an issue. However, we like to focus on the large amount of good we have done over the last year and a half. VDOT did recognize that we raised over 2500 pounds of food for the victims of Hurricane Katrina / Rita and over 5000 dollars for the American Red Cross. Not to mention the amount of cars and people we had shoved into that small lot and never once had an incident. This is a great reflection of how much everyone that attended our meets appreciated it and we want to thank you for that.

Due to how much it would cost to run this in a private venue, we will not be able to continue. We are a non-profit organization and have actually lost money over the last two years, but it's ok because we have had a blast. I have talked with a few people and it would cost around 70k a year to move the MAMM into a private venue. I would like to say that maybe we will be able to find a place, but the chances are just very slim. We are willing to have mature suggestions sent our way about where to move the MAMM, but please keep in mind what we need to follow….

1 – The parking lot / venue must be FREE of all costs.
2 – The parking lot / venue must be able to hold over 1000 cars.
3 – The parking lot / venue must be easily accessible.
4 – The parking lot / venue must be away from all residential areas.

We only ever charged $1.00 per car because we wanted everyone to enjoy the meets and not worry about how much it cost to get in. This did make it very hard for us to keep the meets running but thanks to our sponsors, we were able to do so much and have the meets turn out great. Just think, we started with an idea of providing the areas modified vehicle culture a place to go and hang out and enjoy what we all love, but do it legally with out getting hassled by the police and have to run from spot to spot. We started with numbers like maybe 100 to within the first year having around 1500-2000 cars throughout the night. The coolest thing is that I saw more cars and better cars at our meets then allot of the local car shows.

It was a great time while it lasted and it never would have been possible without the support and help from the following people….

The MEGA MEET Management

Ryan Leffas - my right hand man and the one who I know will be more heart broke then me about the meets being canceled
Heather Marshall - for allowing me to see my idea / dream come true
Terri Cook - for all the wonderful ideas and support
Matt Nemetz - the guy that knows everyone and everything

The staff

Simon - from beginning to end, we could always count on you being there
Brian - for always being there to do what needs to be done
Drew – the one who never says never
Josh - who lived to kick someone out
Scott - the I'll do anything guy
Sam - though he may wobble and stumble, he never fell
Eric - thanks for all the ideas and hard work
Jon - always there to help with what needed to be done
Elson - the big guy with the camera; Thanks man for all your hard work and excellent pictures

Also to all of our sponsors for believing in us and what we did. I am sorry the way this has ended and wish there was more I could do….

Executive Audio
Frederick Nissan
Jada Toys
Laser Quest
Meguiars
Milbert Amplifiers
NOPI
Promotion Tuning
Redline Max
Red Shift
STFU-N-RACE
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Underground Motorsports
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We thank you, wish you all the best and will keep you all in mind for any other shows or events we might do in the near future. We will be working with you to return your sponsorship fee. But due to having so much out there in supplies and advertising already for what we thought was going to be the 2006 season, it will take some time. Please be understanding because most all of it will be coming out of my own pocket. But hey, I have about seven-hundred dollars worth of MEGA MEET t-shirts that are now useless and if you need a few trash cans or anything like that let me know. The main problem is all of the supplies cannot be returned.

But most of all, thank you to the people that supported the meets by attending and making us what we where. We at one time were the largest event of its kind and it felt really good to have the local police tell me that we are doing a great thing. They were happy to have us in the area and still will continue to support the ideas that we have. Thanks to the Prince William County Police Department, Capt Rudy and Officer King for helping us when we needed it. Also thanks to Billy Beavers from VDOT for giving us the chance to do what we did.

I hope that you all had a great time while it lasted and I am sorry that it had to end this way. But please know that the lot will be watched by the police this weekend and they are going to be kicking everyone out. My staff and I will also be there to explain it to the people that did not know or did not see the post.

Thanks again for a great 2005 season and 2006 season opener,

Bryan Marshall
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www.megameet.org"
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Old May 4, 2006 | 10:04 PM
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Yes, i found that out, and that info was relayed in the earlier posts of this thread, thanks...

Now we are just trying to make a more personalized RX-7 Meet locally, going on this Sat. @ 7pm at the Tysons Fuddruckers...So Put Your Name on the attendance list and Join Us!
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might go just to see some other 7s, all 3 of those places are pretty far away, I live near Dulles lol.

I am in chantilly buddy...
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Old May 5, 2006 | 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Max_Spd
Yes, i found that out, and that info was relayed in the earlier posts of this thread, thanks...

Now we are just trying to make a more personalized RX-7 Meet locally, going on this Sat. @ 7pm at the Tysons Fuddruckers...So Put Your Name on the attendance list and Join Us!

LOL, i got OWNED! Guess i missed that, i saw the list for Fudds, and assumed it was a meeting list before rolling out to the meet.
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Old May 5, 2006 | 08:41 AM
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Well most of you could get there in like 10 minutes or less with your twin turbos, I can get there in an hour on my stock n/a lol. dunno, I'll probably go less something irreversably irreversable pops up. or something.

1.) Nick (turb0x2) Fudd's
2.) Vlad (Max_Spd) Fudd's (aka Neutral on Location)
3.) Charlie (caredden) Fudd's (don't care which one)
4.) Mike (sintri) (don't really care which, they're all far lol)
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