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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 11:35 PM
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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?
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Old Sep 17, 2006 | 12:22 AM
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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?
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Old Sep 18, 2006 | 02:01 PM
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Livermore sounds good I live in San Jose and I have 2 friends w/rx7s in San Leandro that are coming thru...
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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yea wee should definatley organize something.
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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 04:29 AM
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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.
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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Funkspectrum
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.


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Old Sep 29, 2006 | 09:37 PM
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10am on the 28th?
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 01:47 AM
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10am on friday the 27
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 12:59 AM
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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
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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 01:44 AM
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i dunno now... im not taking the caravan. My sister is letting me stay overnight at her house in beverly hills.
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 11:53 PM
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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.

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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RotorMotor2
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:
well it looks like the NW folk will be meeting with the Norcal RX-8s at

SANTA NELLA CA. (102 mi. from Sac, 42 mi. from Gilroy)
[Bay and Sac caravans join up]
8:15 am. depart: 8:45 am.

which will put us at


LOST HILLS CA. (129 mi.)
10:30 am. depart: 11:00 am

using the stops from before.

Santa Nella info...

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

Lost Hills info...

Exit I-5 at CA46
Carl's Jr. lot west of fwy

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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 01:05 PM
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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.
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 09:27 PM
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Is there any more info on the 8:00am meet in Tracy?
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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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.

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I'll be there plus three friends in my FD and a miata, maybe more people.
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by aoc007
I'll be there plus three friends in my FD .
That is a lot of people for a FD
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 05:22 PM
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haha youre distorting my words and changing the quote! including myself 2 in the fd + 2 in the miata
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where is the link to the NW caravan?
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 1.3 liter V8 eater
where is the link to the NW caravan?
The NW caravan times are posted on the first page of this thread
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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Icemark
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?
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