2010 University of Maryland Spring CAR MEET (for CHARITY) - SUN MAY 2ND
 

2010 University of Maryland Spring Meet for Charity
hosted by College Park Tuning with help from Sigma Chi
• Dyno pulls
• Thousands of different cars
• BBQ
• Live DJ
• 50/50 Raffle
• Raffle Prizes
We will be asking for 1(or more) non-perishable food item per person as they enter the lot. If you forget to bring an item or prefer not to, we will collect a $1 donation on your way into the lot. All the donations collected from admission, food sales and the 50/50 raffle are going to be donated to Martha’s Table (http://www.marthastable.org).


Location
University of Maryland – College Park Campus, Parking Lots 9 & 11. Overflow parking at the View and Lot 4
*Once these lots fill up they become exit only for the rest of the day (this is a police rule we have to follow)*

Find it on google maps -- http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...00375&t=h&z=18

Date
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Time
Noon, 12:00 pm. If you show up before this time you will NOT be let into the parking lot
We usually start packing things up at 7pm

Food
• BBQ, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs on the grill
• Soft drinks and other refreshments
*There will be a separate place just for water*

Dyno
• $75.00 for 2 - 3 baseline pulls w/ A/F and printout. RWD or FWD only
• If you are interested in dynoing your car, please send an email to collegeparktuning@gmail.com or follow this link. We are trying to have people pre-register for the dyno.

Basic Rules
1. Be respectful of other peoples cars. Please do not touch a persons car without their consent
2. No tents
3. No alcohol
4. No grills (you can bring other food or drinks)
5. No scandalous attire (this is a family event)
6. Chairs are permitted everywhere but a parking space
7. No saving spaces (You might wind up next to a Honda or a Ferrari and maybe make a new friend)
8. No burnouts or anything stupid. Police will be at the event and patrolling the surrounding roads


The Last four years meets were great successes. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us! We look forward to seeing you all again!

last year had ~5000 cars. it was really fuckin hot. bring water, and hats.

i didnt see an official thread, so i made one. i know we have already mentioned this and the plan is to meet up same place we did last year @ columbia mall. hopefully this time im not arriving on a spare tire. haha.

1. kersh4w

Count me in. What time do you want to meet in Columbia?

I might be able to make it down from Gettysburg. What time at Columbia Mall and where is the mall exactly (yes I can google/mapquest it, but this will help)!

THanks!

Im gonna be there. Im not meeting at the mall though. just see you guys there.

I guess I should wear my Teamnuegen T-shirt. Is the rest of the group coming to the event?

Columbia mall is along route 29 in Columbia. I guess from G-burg you come down 15 to Fred-neck and head east to B-more. 29 is a south exit near Ellicott City

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie...03484&t=h&z=19

we met there last time.

if we cant get more than 5 other cars together i'll just roll with my e30 peeps. it'll be less driving for me since we start in cp and end in cp....

come on.

Thanks, Zoom and Kersh. I plan on meeting you guys at the mall. Looking forward to it! What TIME!!!!!

lol. im super excited for this. ive never been

Trying to get off work to get down there Sunday.

Roxie, where's the pics of your new Wheels?

Well, sorry to have to say that I won't be able to make it down to the show this weekend. Damn!!! Something has come up and I will be busy now.

Sorry! So wanted to meet some of you guys!!

in the multimedia photogallery

well, we fail as a forum this year.

last year was pretty cool with like 10 cars or so. but if we cant even get 3 cars together im not going to the mall.

i live next to college park so i'd only drive out there for you guys. 1 guy showing up is not enough.

I just wish I would've looked at this earlier, I definitely would've drove down there.

No, mall? O.k., just meet you down there. I'm the VR with the transformer logo in the rear side window and has a carbon fiber hood.

Well, For the most part anyone who didn't go didn't miss anything. No organization, the Campus rent-a-cops were asses, fairly boring.

The flyer said no-one before 12 noon. So, I got there about 1:30. By that time, they had closed off parking any closer than the opposite side of the arena. Well that sucked, but hey I figured it was just because it was going to be so good. So, I made the best of it and parked by a bunch of nice looking non-Mazda tuners. (Another nice looking VR apparently parked next to me later on. Are you on the board?) So, I walked in. To my dismay, the supposed show area was only about 1/2 full! Of those, there was some cool cars. 2 Lambos, a couple of bikes with really nice paint jobs, etc. However, mom and pop's suvs and junkers were also there equally. (Maybe, when you expect 5000 cars you might actually have a registration and separate spectators from tuners.) I had my can good (this was suppose to be a charity food drive event). However, there was no one to give it to. Was there any staff? I never saw any. Anyway, I saw some guys just chuck their can into the woods rather than carry them around. Nice. I and a couple other people left them near a sidewalk hoping someone might actually get them. (Any hungry college students on campus should check those woods.) So, my daughter and I walked around a bit, got bored (and hot as hell) and decided to leave.

Other weird things. They had a raffle drawing, but I never actually saw anyone selling tickets. No signs for much of anything. I never did see where they were doing the dyno. Last year it was front and center. Hell, the best cars I saw were outside the event area.

Maybe when you have a 7 hour, 15,000+ person event, you actually have something fun to do. Some bands playing music? maybe a climbing wall or something? Have more than, what, 5 shops showing their wares. More than 1 food vendor with a line 50 yards long. With all the ethnic groups that attend this event they couldn't have anything better to eat than mom and pop with a hamburger grill? Maybe the military showing off some cool toys? Maybe invite a local car dealer or 2 with the lastest model? I'm sure they would like the exposure after the recession. Yeah, that costs money, but why not have a $5 or $10 a head entrance fee and do it right.

The one bright spot, I chatted briefly a nice couple with a bright blue 8.

If anyone stayed later, did it get any better?

Sounds rough. Like you mentioned, the previous years were better.

It does sound rough. Maybe next year we should all try to do something to help out? Make our own food stand or something.

Nice bumpin into ya zoomzoom. Some cool cars but as you said the show has become a little chaotic. Did see an 8 stripped out with a rollcage and a mess of other goodies.

sorry i couldnt make this one. i was at a meet in pa @ the sonic in morgantown. it was for make a wish foundation.

There was easy over 1000+ cars.

Post up some pix kersh!

this is why i don't go to car meets/car shows anymore. eastcoast has NEVER been good. we should all get a lesson from the guys in cali...

^well lets all go to sevenstock :)

Anyone up for a caravan?

^^would you happen to know the date for SS? can't make a caravan til we find the date/times lol

i was there too... and we got there about one and the lot was already closed off. traffic was horrible. and it was HOTHOTHOT. i walked around for a little took some pics(ill put up tonight) and then felt sick and nauceous and overheated so i sat in the car for the majority of the time.

Kersh4w i saw you leaving when i was coming back from getting food. i wasnt in the 8 when i saw you though so you prob didnt see my car... your looks good btw!

nope I have no idea.

But i think its sometime in august???

Anyway a caravan from East coast to Cali.. its a little rough lol


Super fun though probably. :)