"HEMI-Powered" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Steveo added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...
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> > Anyone go this year?
> >
> Yepper! Cruised Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights.
> Didn't get any pictures this year at all. My long-time illness
> has so sapped my energy and endurance that I simply can't walk
> around with a camera for more than 15 minutes.
>
We went up from Medina Ohio Friday, got there about 6pm. The weather was
perfect for it fri and sat, until the rain sat evening.
It seemed like a good turn-out to me, the news was estimating 1.2 million
people. I had a great time, we stayed at a motel off 14 mile and came home
Sunday morning in heavy rain the whole way home. Seen some nice rides on
the highway that probably rarely use their wipers otherwise.
>
> Monday, my wife and I in my 2007 Tor-Red Charger HEMI R/T did 4
> loops from about Birmingham just north of Maple Road to the
> Shrine of the Little Flower at 12 Mile Road. This year during the
> week was no different than in previous years - the cruisers just
> didn't go from where the old Totem Pole and Wigwam were, at 10
> Mile, nor to Square Lake Road where Ted's was. Now, on Wednesday,
> we managed 3 loops, I think, but on Friday, we went south, turned
> around at 12 1/2 mile and went north, turning east to go home at
> Big Beaver north of Birmingham. Miles? 11.2. Time? 2 hours 15
> minutes. Gas mileage with my 5.7L HEMI, what I though was an
> amazing 8.9.
>
> During the daylight in the week prior to the cruise-proper,
> always the 3rd Saturday in August, there are SOME cruisers, but
> mostly, you see people parking their cars at multiple places
> along the "loop". In prior years when I felt better, I could
> usually knock down 800, 1000, or more pictures of which about 1/3
> got thrown away for the usual reasons.
>
> I have only tried going on Saturday once, two years ago. That
> year, I was asked to help out the guys who built the High and
> Mighty II drag car. But, despite a driving rain at 9:00AM,
> traffic was already heavy and there were NO parking spots I could
> find within at least half a mile!
>
> For the record, unlike the twits who drive silly-ass cars in the
> cruise lane, i.e., the curb lane next to the spectators in front
> of businesses, I cruised in the 2nd or 3rd lane but still have
> one MAJOR blast with the windows down sucking up those great
> sounds and smells, talking to some owners when stopped, the whole
> thing. What a rush!
>
Oh yeah man, the sweet smell of high octane did abound..I'm sure I inhaled
my share where we were seated, by a red light. My eyes were burning a
couple times. lol It's hard to put into words just how big that event is.
Thanks for the reply.
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