I've been up there before... nice place. Cascade Mazda is next to them so I needed to kill some time while they were servicing my car.
My buddy bought a bike from them last year and he was pleased with them too.

 

Sunday - April 13 meeting in Canton, OH at the Winking Lizard @ 6:30pm. Eating and drinking is the game Feel free to join if ya want!

 

Think you gave us enough notice? sheesh :P Who knows...I might be bored enough tomorrow night to drive down. We shall see.

 

Yeah, I agree on the no notice but that's how we are at times lol I don't really need a month's notice either though...*cough* May 2 *cough* Sorry, my sarcasm gets the best of me at times lol

If you have something planned it's all good. If not, and you are bored then come out and join! Name is Jess

 

hi ppl, just upgraded up my first 8 and wanted to see what the crowd was like. live in hudson but the only rex I've seen was a blk over in stow. say hi if you notice me, I have a blk cherry shinka edition.

 

Welcome to the club

 

Welcome ShinkaRex!
Be sure to come out to Winking Lizard May 2nd in Peninsula.
I drive through Hudson a lot... SR303 when I go to Streetsboro to visit family and SR91 to go to work in Twinsburg.

 

That's kinda my fault, but hey, it's for good reason.....

 

Aw crap.... I have to go out of town on business tonight or I would come join you guys. Snarf some wings for me...

I'm actually flying back from a business trip on the west coast on May 2nd as well... But I'll be there. I may be a little jet lagged, but I'll be there none the less.

 

thanks for the invite, i'll stop by. I'm always down there anyway because its close and riverview is a fun rd to drive on. parking is a pain though.

 

Hey Shinka welcome from a fellow Hudson driver. I'll keep an eye out for you but i'm not normally in town because i go to college in BG.

 

I have an appointment to take the 8 in to Fred Vincent tomorrow for the tail light condensation TSB.

Hopefully things go a little better this time.

Dealership------><-------Me.

 

bump

 

Sooo..... Nelson Ledges Fun Day is friday. Anyone else here going besides me and docgatorx8er

It would be cool if we had a bunch of RX8's on the track at once.

 

Hey Tony, give me the info on this event! I'm not sure I can make it, but I sure would like to. How much, what's required, etc...

 

Nelson Ledges? Yeah, more information on that would be appreciated.

 

The complete info can be found at http://www.nelsonledges.com. Click the link in the center of the page that says "FunDays" and all of the info can be found through that page.

Here's a brief rundown:

Basically, all of the attending cars are seperated into a few groups. Each group is allowed to run on the track for 20-25 minutes sesions, alternating who is on and off the track. It's not a race, it's just getting to run all out in a safe environment.

Gates open at 8:00am (that's when I plan to get there). I'm pretty sure there's a driver's meeting shortly there after where they tell you the rules and such. The driving starts at 10:00am and goes until 4:00pm.

The cost is $120 to drive and $5.00 for a passenger. To me it's well worth it. If anything, come up just to spectate. It'll cost you $5 to spectate, but maybe we could could take a group car photo or something korny like that .

You do need a helmet for drivers and passengers. A motorcycle helmet is ok as long as it's SNELL rated. There's also some clothing requirements that are listed on the webpage, although it's just long sleeved shirts, pants, etc.

I hope that helps.

 

That sounds like so much fun. I can't believe I didn't know about that. Some guy was telling me that I needed to be in a car club, like the BMW car club and then pay something like 350.00 to go to mid-ohio on an open track day. I didn't realize that there was a track so much closer to my house! Now I just have to beg the wife... Probably won't happen this year though, I just got a PS3, so I can't ask to go and do this. ...oh well, beggers can't be choosers.

 

Here's what you tell her:

"Honey, the RX8 is a highly tuned track car that requires meticulous care. Included in it's preventative maintenance schedule is track time. I have to go to the track on friday, otherwise my car might die."

That should do the trick. If not, cough up $5 to spectate.

 

That might just work...

Well, it won't happen this month anyway, I'm down in NC this week and won't be home until Friday Night.

 

I'll be there. Hope to see some of you there.

 

Just got back from Nelson's a little while ago. Crazy Fun!

Too tired to type anything more.......

 

Pictures of the cars: tony_673, scats, docgatorx8er

Next fund day - Nelson Ledges FunDay

Friday, June 20, 2008

 

Still waiting to here about Nelson Ledges...
Wish I could have been there. Maybe when I get my new mid-pipe (Mazsport's dual-resonated pipe) I'll make the next one. My cat is really bogging me down.

 

Just an FYI but anyone can participate in the Porche or BMW club driving school events at Nelson's. I was at the Porche one 2 years ago. Great time and I learned a ton about my car (bought some Hawk brakes the next day ). My buddy and his whole family are instructors so they tipped me onto it. I think it was ~$250 for 2 days on the track. They split it out into 4 groups and A&B go out for a session, then C&D go out for a session, then the instructors get to go out for a session.

If you really want to learn about your car I'd definitely recommend it and the 8 doesn't look at all out of place on a track with a bunch of Porches (Porchi?). There were plenty of other cars including an rx7 that was race-modified. The guy who did it was (is?) an engineer and did all the modifications himself. He was able to go toe to toe with my buddies track-only Vette. Nothing like seeing an RX with flames shooting out the exhaust to make you realize how much fun these cars can really be.

BTW I'm over in Brecksville in a dark green 04 and spend entirely too much time on 77 between downtown C-Town and the west side of Akron.

Next time I hear about an open club event I'll post it in here.