re:USA Quattro Meet

[SOP8920@Siena.edu]

Huw wrote:
>You got it, brother.  Why not a convergent rolling convoy (apologies to CW
>McCall) so people who don't have time/$$ can link up along the way for a bit
[snip]

I really like this idea. A one Lap kind of idea, sorry Brock Yates, that 
allows people the flexibility to get on the train at various points throughout
the country. Or Two "trains" working their way to a convergence point.
I've been mulling over a post-graduate, tour the Country, kind of trip for some
time now. It would be incredible to work this in conjunction with the List.
We pick up people as we roll along, drop people as their schedules dictate.
We could call it the Great Quattro Adventure! 

>Will we be arranging pit stops to keep our cars running?  Can someone run a
>statistical analysis of the number of failures we can expect with all these
>cars trying to run trouble free at the same time?  How about a chain of
>dealers and shops willing to look over the cars briefly for safety checks
>and fix broken stuff at some kind of one time discount.  How about a made-
>for-cable documentary?  

Definately a must. Seems I run into something broken about once a month. Most
of it seems to be catching up to my father's neglect, and things have calmed
down recently (knock on wood). Perhaps we could get a sponsorship through a
dealer or AoA to follow us with a support team? I'm sure the cost to AoA would
more than equal out in terms of publicity. Hmm....


As for the NE, the rolling mountainside offers a great deal in terms of
beautiful twisties to run through. Small-towns are always entertaining with
their warm and friendly, get to know you, kind of attitudes. Beginning a
"train" here would be a good place to start.  
So here is the
REAL question: How do we get this thing rolling, from a academic discussion to
a practical experience? I don't want this idea to die out.. it would be much
too great of an experience. 


                               -Osman Parvez
                                89 200q
                                Siena College
                                Albany NY