[V8] Back home from Carlisle

[Ron Wainwright]

Tony, it was a huge disappointment not be able to make
it Carlisle & meet you :-(
but I'm sure there will be other opportunity's ;->

 But as far as the people & personality's you meet on
your journey.......I agree whole heartily with your
thoughts! I've had the great pleasure to meet a bunch
of listers from many different lists & every
experience I've had has been a pleasurable one! & I
hope I've left the same pleasant impression on those
I've meet..BUWAHAHAHA ;-)

 But glade everything went well..& you'r home safe &
sound!

 Ron

--- Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Well, I returned home from my Carlisle/Vacation late
> yesterday. 
> 
> Quick rundown for those of you who don't know me. I
> live in Oklahoma City. My 4000Q was wrecked about
> four months ago. I bought another in NC and sent the
> $700 a month ago. On the 16th I flew out and picked
> it up in Raliegh, NC. Then I visited a Diesel lister
> (Nick) in Faison, NC. He and his wife were gracious
> enough to make dinner and allow me to spend the
> night. They were VERY kind hosts, especially
> considering they have never met me before. The next
> day i toured Halifax, NC for about three hours.
> Then, onto Dave C's in Wilmington, DE. I had the
> great pleasure of meeting his wife, Beth, and their
> three cute and very energetic children. They also
> treated me very well, with dinner and a place to
> sleep. BTW, those of you who haven't had the chance
> to see his car, it is absolutely beautiful. The
> pictures I've seen did not prepare me for how the
> car looks in person. We headed to Carlisle on Friday
> morning. Was there till Sunday morning, then went on
> to Shenandoah National park i
>  n VA for some camping/hiking. Headed out late on
> the 25th
> 
> I will have to say that so far, every experience
> I've had meeting a lister has been better than I
> have imagined. I guess this is something that a lot
> of people don't understand, but it is very much like
> an extended family. It's funny, Audi's are what
> bring us together, but that's not what makes
> everything so great. It's the people and
> personalities, the families. I enjoyed meeting Arryn
> and his wife as much as seeing his car. Same for
> George Tur and his son Chris. Keith was all that
> I've imagined and more. I did not have a chance to
> talk to Scott a lot, but hopefully next time.
> 
> It was about 20 hours driving time from VA. All
> together, I put about 2000 miles on the new car. It
> didn't run flawlessly, but pretty close. At least I
> didn't have to do any roadside repairs ;-)
> 
>  To all of those whom I had the great pleasure of
> meeting, thank you for making this such a fun event.
> I met a lot of great people while I was there. Saw
> some awesome cars as well. A few names I recognised
> were Enzeder, Scott, George, Keith, and of course
> Dave C. These were from the V8 list. There were a
> few others I know from the Quattro list as well. 
> 
> Morgan, you and your help did a great job organizing
> this event. It was truly a pleasure.
> 
> I won't be back for a while, as it's two driving
> days for me. But, I will make the trek again when
> the restoration on the 1979 Audi Fox GTI is done.
> Probably about four years.
> 
> Oh well, back to work on the cars!!!
> Tony Hoffman
> 
> (This is getting cross-posted so everyone can see
> it)
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