Caravan through the Bay Area??
 

Where is the caravan meeting up in the bay area? I have a few friends that want to go and would like to schmob down there all together. Is everybody meeting at a certain place?

sup greg, yeah lets set one up, lets see if somebody in the west bay like frisco or somewhere wants to set up a small caravan to come to the east bay like antioch, and then well take them to tracy and then to 5 to meet up with the larger caravan coming from canada and sacramento and such.....

Yea sounds like a plan. Livermore is a better place to meetup since it closer to 580, and most people in the bay area either take 580 or 80 to get to 5 towards LA.

anybody else have any ideas?

Livermore sounds good I live in San Jose and I have 2 friends w/rx7s in San Leandro that are coming thru...

yea wee should definatley organize something.

The norcal group is meeting up at a little rest stop on I5 just south of tracy. It's right before a chevron station on the right side of the road. I'm sure that most of us will have 2 way radios so I'd suggest getting a set if you don't already have one. Check the West forum in the stickies for the caravan thread.

For the 10am meet at Tracy and caravan down.
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...hmentid=198022

http://rx-sevenandahalf.com/misc/tracymeet.jpg

10am on the 28th?

10am on friday the 27

How many people are coming in this caravan? This is the only bay area one? I live in the east bay and was planning on going later Friday but if thats when it's happenin I'm down!

-Andy

i dunno now... im not taking the caravan. My sister is letting me stay overnight at her house in beverly hills.

I was trying to set up a north bay to east bay caravan to meet with the canada caravan in tracy at that cheveron listed above? any intrest? start in SF then take 24E to 680N to 242N to 4E through antioch and brentwood and then to tracy........... interest? any chance the livermore guys want to set one up to go down 580E to tracy? anybody have any idea when the "west" caravan from canada is going to pass through tracy?

Okay, for the late Nor Cal Caravan here is the map/route and expected times.

Note: This Caravan will be running about 2:15 hours after the way too early in the morning/ RX-8/ Nor-west Caravan

Tracy rest stop:





Leaving the Tracey South bound I-5 Rest stop at 10:00AM

First Leg
Total distance to drive 'til next stop: 38.1 mi
Estimated time: 34 Minutes

Depart on Local road(s) (South-East) (0.1 mi)
Merge onto I-5 (37.4 mi)
Turn RIGHT onto Ramp towards CA-33 / Santa Nella / Gilroy (0.4 mi)
Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-33 (0.1 mi)
Keep STRAIGHT to stay on SR-33
Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s)
Arrive at Santa Nella For Gas up and meet up with any late South and Mid bay drivers.

Exit I-5 at CA33
Rotten Robbie's truck stop west of fwy.


2nd Leg
Leaving Santa Nella at 11:00 am
• Total distance to drive 'til next stop: 99.3 mi
• Estimated time: 1 Hour, 26 Minutes

Depart on Local road(s) (East)
Turn RIGHT (South) onto SR-33 (0.2 mi)
Turn RIGHT onto Ramp towards I-5 (0.1 mi)
Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-5 (98.1 mi)
Turn RIGHT onto Ramp towards CA-41 / Kettleman City / Paso Robles (0.3 mi)
Keep STRAIGHT onto Local road(s)
Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-41 (0.6 mi)
Turn RIGHT (East) onto Bernard Dr
Arrive at Jack in the Box/ Kettelman city around 12:30pm

The Jack in the Box at Kettleman city off ramp, is a huge parking lot, and there are at least a half dozen gas stations within the two blocks. It is also the cheapest gas for around 150 miles.

Third Leg

Leaving Jack in the Box/Kettleman city off-ramp at 1pm.

• Total distance to drive until next stop: 139.2 mi
• Estimated time: 2 Hours

Depart on Bernard Dr (West)
Turn LEFT (South) onto SR-41 (0.6 mi)
Turn LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s)
Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-5 towards I-5 (137.9 mi)
Construction between Lebec and Valencia (SB) (August 2, 2006 - November 10, 2006)
Turn RIGHT onto Ramp towards Rye Canyon Road (0.2 mi)
Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto Local road(s)
Turn LEFT (South-East) onto The Old Rd (0.2 mi)
Turn LEFT (North-East) onto Rye Canyon Rd, then immediately turn LEFT (North-West) onto The Old Rd (0.2 mi)
Arrive at Old Road Gas/Food stop at/around 3pm.

This stop also has a huge parking area, mutiple gas stations and fast food joints with radically easy back onto the freeway access. It is a much better choice than the earlier Northern Pac/RX-8 Caravan's stop (Exit Valencia, Right on Valencia, Right on The Old Road and right into the Westridge Plaza, Exact address: 26858 The Old Rd Valencia, CA 91381).

4th leg:

Leave Old Road at 3:30pm

• Total distance 'til Hotel: 78.7 mi
• Estimated time: 1 Hour, 9 Minutes

Depart on The Old Rd (North-West)
Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-5 towards I-5 / Los Angeles (12.2 mi)
Construction between Lebec and Valencia (SB) (August 2, 2006 - November 10, 2006)
Turn RIGHT onto Ramp towards All Trucks (0.3 mi)
Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-405 [San Diego Fwy] towards I-405 / Santa Monica (62.1 mi)
Road widening near Westminster (EB) (May 22, 2006 - February 16, 2007)
Take Ramp onto SR-73 [San Joaquin Hills Trans Corridor] towards CA-73 / CA-55 / San Diego Via Toll Rd (2.4 mi)
At exit 16, take Ramp (RIGHT) onto Bristol St towards Irvine Ave / Campus Dr (0.4 mi)
Turn LEFT (North-East) onto Campus Dr (1 mi)
Bear LEFT (North) onto MacArthur Blvd (0.3 mi)
Arrive at Hilton Irvine Airport. 18800 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine, California, United States, 92612.

With late afternoon traffic figure on a 5:00-5:30 arrival time (depending on LA traffic).

I drove this route last week in my vert, and while I didn't stop on the way back other than at Kettleman city if we are in a hurry, we can drop some of the other stops.

how many people are going to be in the RX8 caravan that is "way too early" and how many people are going to be in this 10:00 caravan? I would rather go in the larger caravan because it would be way cool...... what time is the Canada caravan going to be passing through tracy?

The RX-8/ North west Caravan should be leaving 8:45 am from the Santa Nella stop.

Here is their times:

I should be passing thru on Thursday, we like to be there on Friday so we can gt set up and ready for the morning ppl.

Is there any more info on the 8:00am meet in Tracy?

yeah, with only 4 1/2 days to go there sure is a lack of activity on these fourms... I want to know how many people are in the 8 am caravan and how many are in the 10 am caravan so i can decide which one i am going to and plan a small caravan through the bay to tracy to meet up....

Typically in the late Caravan there is around 5-15 cars, but there is a whole thread in the west section that outlines who all is going.

this is the current list:

1. Nader/Funkspectum/Multi color TII
2. Mark/ Icemark/ Red FC3C
3. Zach & Berry/ BoostedRex/ FD
4. Jason/ DragonRx7/ Black TII
5. Gerrit / Bastard / White S4 TII
6. Preston / *RX007* / FD
7. Ben / Karack / Red S4 TII
8. Rob/ Robtech/ gutted white and gold S5
9. Jeremiah/ Newsome79/ Montego Blue FD
10. Kevin/ snub disphenoid/ Silver FD
11. Rob/ sykminded/ white s5 vert
12.Nick/SmogSUX/White AE TII
13.Dustin/Rotorman85/White s4 NA
14. Aaron/impulsive chip/black&primerblack, red hood s5
15. Wes/ uhh okay/ BB FD or SW20
16. Chris / cjbechtel / Black 88 TII
17. James/ spoolin7/ Pri gry 87 TII[/QUOTE]
18. Marlon/fdmk4user/ Black FD

I figure probably a equal mix of both as far as times.

I'll be there plus three friends in my FD and a miata, maybe more people.

That is a lot of people for a FD

haha youre distorting my words and changing the quote! including myself 2 in the fd + 2 in the miata

where is the link to the NW caravan?

The NW caravan times are posted on the first page of this thread

Thats it? oh, what exit is the Rotten Robbie on in Santa Nella? And are you guys still meeting in Tracy at 8am?