I've been talking to our brothers/sisters in Canada about having a 2 day meet in Seattle this summer
We now have 113 people interested in coming to this meet. 57 of those interested are from Canada.

International mazda meet

Where: XXX Root Beer in Issaquah Washington: 98 NE Gilman Blvd, Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 392-1266
When: August 23rd, starts at 3pm and ends at 10pm
How much: FREE
Who:Any Mazda enthusiast

There will also be a XXX Root Beer prize drawing and Mazda swap meet, so if you have parts and want to sell them post up what you will be bringing in the sign up thread.(This forum/event is not responsible for the sellers and their products, While this forum/event can not guarantee the validity of sellers claims in any manner, sellers are responsible for the completion of all deals made through this forum/event, so buyer beware. Just because someone is a member of this forum does guaranty that they won't rip off a fellow Mazda enthusiast)




Info/directions for XXX: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=XXX+Drive-In&fb=1&latlng=0,0,8729660217000278577&near=Issaquah,+WA&oi=manybox&ct=11&cd=1&resnum=1

Hope to see you all there

All the planning will be done on the mazda3forum.com northwest section. Link:http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=108319.0

I might be down for this - could be interesting

This sound like fun and would be interested as well.

Sounds like fun

it sounds like fun, lets get the word out so we can get a really good turnout

If it is big, I will show up.

Im in and hell yeah if its going to be during HIN its a big weekend anyways! Lets do it! I got about three other 8's that are down!

we need an update on this.

we need an update on this.

Check out the link to the 3 forum for small updates. Once we get a date and place figured out it will be posted here. Hopefully we will get a date and place soon.

^cool thanks!

I would recommend a hotel on the east side outside Seattle for price reasons.

Also it would be pretty cool to have it coincide with a track day. The NWalfa club has a Bremerton track day on May 23rd, August 21st, and Oct 25th. They may let us run with instructors if we talk to them ahead of time.
http://www.nwalfaclub.com/track/calendar.php
I could work on that if people are interested. I'd need to know if people would be up for a weekday event or not and how many.

The other suggestion is we could organize a drive with Kristopher_d and www.the-winding-road.com. He does Monthly drives down here and always has interesting scenic back roads. He could probably get us a group rate if people are nterested in hitting the twisties.:)

All excellent suggestions. I like the track day or group drive idea the best. And yes, I can definitely do discount for a large enough group.

23 May is do-able for a track day for me.

So were you thinking - track day on May 23rd, Mazda Meet on the 24th, and TWR drive on the 25th? :)

Let's see, that would be 2-3 tanks of fuel on the 23rd, 1/4 to 1 tank on the 24th, and a tank on the 25th. Man that sounds like a REALLY good weekend.

i should have all of those days off.. count me in..

Ima interested..but seems like Ima a bit far away...T-T

ahh i just checked the track day info.. i don't have any track/driving school experience.. bummer.. i'm still in for the other 2 days though..

*update* Check first post

I've requested information from King County Parks regarding the "Event Pad" (what Cirque du Soleil uses 6 weeks out of the year). If we do this July 19/20 or August 2/3, and the price is right, I might be willing to cover to the event pad costs. No promises yet, as I don't have a price from Parks and Rec. I'll update when I have more info.

So the actual dates are still up in the air I guess? No prob.

I'll be down for a nice drive after getting back stateside if i got the 8 back up in WA. If I do show i'll drag along a noob to the RX side of life with his 8 in tow. This is only if its after the 15 of july cause i wont be back before then and wont have my car until after that date as well.

Okay, the dates available for August: Saturday August 23rd or the 30th (labor day weekend) What date would work for you guys?

I would say the 30th for labor day weekend then others from up north would be more likely to show up.

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