where should i fly to? Charlotte (CLT) or Columbia (CAE)? Whats the nicer airport/area? or are there any other suggestions on where to fly to?

PS..
if anyones interested in these i can bring them up to show, and hopefully sell
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-parts-sale-wanted-44/fs-racingbrake-4-pot-aluminum-calipers-155007/

 

how about you fly into asheville ( 2 hours from charlotte west), pick me up, take me along with you, then i will buy the calipers if they fit my car :P

Sound like a deal?

 

I live in Charlotte, about 30 minutes from the airport. It's a nice airport so i would recommend it, but i have never been to CAE. Also it's about an hour and a half from CMP. When are you comming down here?

 

end of october, 22nd to 27th.

thanks for the help guys, more opinions welcome!

 

hah perfect i will be back from my girlfriends and on fall break starting the 22nd :P

so uh... why are you flying then going to CMP? shouldnt you bring your car or something?

 

will be flying up to race w/ Skip Barber, so i will be using their MX-5s and will have a rental car to terrorize the streets with

 

SCSI - where are you staying?
CMP is 20 minutes from anything halfway decent. When we drive from Atlanta, we go thru Columbia and stay in the Camden/Lugoff area. There are hotels and food and stuff there.
Kershaw is barren is except for a decent pizza joint and a scary hotel.

Camden is closer to the Columbia side - 30,40 minutes from the airport.

 

interesting, thanks very much for the input! i dont wanna stay at some scary hotel where i might die o_O how far is Camden/Lugoff from CMP? i dont want to have to make a huge drive every morning, but the places i were looking at are all 20mi away anyway.

btw, i'll be going to RA again mid november

thanks for all the input guys! i really appreciate it!

 

Most people attending races or track events tend to stay in Camden. I reccommend the Colony Inn, I've stayed there a few times for driving events the team was attending. Prices are fair, beds are comfy, and there are a lot of places for food very close by.

 

Holler at us Ga folks when the Nov event is around.

Camden is about a 15-20 min ride from the track. But seriously, the Executive Inn near the track (5min away) is hideous. Kershaw has no fast food, no chain food (Chili's, Hooters, etc), not much of anything.

I can't speak for the Charlotte way in, but if coming from Columbia - you get on I-20 and go about 25 min to the exits for Lugoff or Camden. The hotels are a few min off the interstate. From there, you have to head north 20 min to the track and there is nothing along the way. 0. Farms, swamps, a Jehovah's witness church....

After a track day, it is nice to head a few miles north into the center of Kershaw and try Gus' House O Pizza. I really wasn't expecting much when we went - it is small but damn the food was good and cheap.
But if you are staying a few days - Camden/Lugoff have a bunch of options.

What weekend in Nov? Doing another Skip school there? Kinda funny because last time you were here to do RA, we couldn't meet up cause I had driven up to CMP I think.
My guess is on your Nov trip, It will be the same weekend some of us ATL folks will be in Savannah for Roebling Road.

Dano

*edit* - just saw I8U's post. We stay at the Colony Inn also. It is an old school small hotel run by an older couple. Not fancy by any stretch - but a good clean economical place. No business centers or gym etc - real keys, a nice weekend breakfast, very safe, they still hand write reservations. Very nice folks and track-ho friendly.

 

thanks for the tips! i think i will definitely have to give that place a call, and will look at flights to Columbia

ill be in GA Nov 14-16th for an MX-5 race w/ skip barber

 

There is also a Holiday Inn Express (I think) nearby. Do an Expedia search on Camden and Lugoff.

Remind us about the MX-5 Race when it gets closer. I am free part of that weekend and might come up that way and hang out. My little track toy is an MX-5 so I would love to see some of that.

Dano

 

ill remind you guys

just made my plane, car, and hotel reservations! i hope this was the right place.. http://www.camdencolonyinn.com/

 

now that ive got all my reservations taken care of, anyone interested in the brakes? of course you can take a look before committing to buying them!

G3tR3DDY2GR3DDY, if you're serious, maybe we can meet up somewhere in the middle?