Arlington Fiero Picnic June 5th

Thanks for the info Patrick.

rdewilley

Things change fast...

Steve made the same discovery as I did about Compatibility View being required to see his webpage properly on IE8. He therefore made some changes to the page and now it's fine. Compatibility View is no longer required.

 

 

 Patrick Thank You for staying on top of this.  I started a new 9-5 style job Yesterday, and am swamped with the initial getting setup. 

Congrats on the job, David.

I signed up. But if I don't get tires on this side of the border, I will pop by Discount Tire in Arlington/Marysville to buy new tires for my car before showing up at the airfield.

BTW...CDN Tire on Marine Drive has 1 215/60-14 tire they could sell me. The tire was discontinued 4 years ago. They said I could have it for $48. But I need 4 tires. It was a MotorMaster something.

Capt Fiero wrote: Ken be careful with cross boarder tire shops.  This maybe total rumor but I heard they were checking. If you do get new tires I would coat them in a layer or dust or something to make them look older before you come back.

I'd be pretty careful...

Way back in about 1976, I went across the border in my '67 Chevelle SS396 just for an hour or so. All I bought was gas. On the way back, I was accused of buying and installing new tires because the "nubbies" were still on them.  I explained that I had just bought the car about a month beforehand and the tires were on the car when I bought it. I was telling the truth!

Anyway, they asked me a bunch of questions over and over, trying to trip me up. They finally let me through.

 

Yeah, just make sure you pay in cash. NEVER LEAVE A ELECTRONIC TRAIL!

My friend is a border officer and he says you just have to declare and most of the time, you just pay GST and PST.  Sometimes they don't bother with charging duty.  However, if you don't declare, a whole set of other rules kick in.   

As it turns out, I have a scheduling conflict (kid has a piano recital) because the Pontiac show n shine is a week later than usual. I won't be able to make that.  So Arlington will be my big event for June. 

fourpoint9 wrote: I'll delete the 2nd entry for the Grey Fiero  :)

Thanks Steve.

 

I think I'm registered. I did it through the website.

If anyone see's an error in the below info, please speak
up. Otherwise this is the schedule for Arlington.   JUNE
5th 2010 Saturday
6:15am-6:45am
We will meet at the Tim Horton's just East of the Corner
of HWY 10 and 152nd Street in Surrey at that time we will
all check our FRS's Radio's and set all radios to channel
20. If you have spare radio's please bring them as it
would be nice to see a radio in every car. MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE GOOD BATTERIES. Most people grab coffee and a pop
while we look over the cars.
VOX IS NOT PERMITTED ON THE DRIVE. If your radio has VOX
capability Please do not use it. VOX is the Voice
Activated portion of some Radios. It might be great in
the forest, but in a car on the highway with cabin noise,
and wind and stereos they have a tendency to activate the
radio and lock out anyone else from talking.
6:45 we will leave and head for the border Crossing at
176th street.. Make sure to have your Passport with your
driver's license with you.
After we all clear customs we will regroup just across
the border at a gas station for those that wish to fill
up with the cheaper American fuel. Then I-5 bound.   We
will make one stop at a rest area about 1/2 way down,
sorry I don't remember the exact address. Just keep your
eyes and ears open. After re-grouping at the rest area,
next stop Arlington, Look out Jet City here we come.    
Once we arrive in Arlington

9:30am Arrive at Arlington
Take exit 206 and head east about 3-4 blocks to a Food
Mart there will be a grocery store where we can buy
picnic supplies. There will also be a car wash close at
hand.-
Plan is for those that want to give their car a quick
scrub to do that first off.
Then head for the grocery store and get whatever they
plan to bring.   Buy anything you want specialty grilled
IE steaks and sauces.
We will then caravan to the ultra light air field for the
actual picnic
The picnic starts at 10am
We will depart Arlington at 5pm, with cleanup starting
at 4pm.

Quick info
GMRS Channel 20
Meeting at Tim Horton's HWY 10 and 152nd Street in
Surrey. 6:30am
Cross Boarder at 7am need passport .
My cell is 1-604-807-2623
My email is capt@captfiero.com