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Patrick 
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 Posted: 27 February 2011 at 4:05pm |
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Jeez Dave, I'm kind of relieved to hear it's your knee that's acting up, as I didn't want to hear about your bottom. Take care of your knee(s). Send Lisa outside to shovel the sidewalk.
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beken
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Posted: 27 February 2011 at 4:25pm |
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I'll be there in case somebody shows up. If nobody else does, than I'll have the track to myself.
The roads are bare where I am and my MINI has snowtires. So I should be able to get there. |
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beken
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Posted: 27 February 2011 at 5:54pm |
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Well. Lesson learned.
TBC was booked full for the night. I take it nobody booked a reservation for us. Next time we do this on a Sunday evening, we need to book a reservation and have firm commitments. I would also suggest that those who have Entertainment coupon books bring their coupons. |
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Bassman
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Posted: 27 February 2011 at 6:09pm |
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Nice to know Ken, thanks...were you aware of this Dawg?...wow, could have been interesting...
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Dawg
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Posted: 27 February 2011 at 7:43pm |
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Nope had no idea. I don't remember seeing anything about reservations and the guy never mentioned it when he emailed me. All he said was get there at least an hour early.
Well, let me find out what it takes to make a reservation and then we can talk about rescheduling. The Dawg |
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Bassman
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Posted: 27 February 2011 at 8:25pm |
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Goes to show how good the roads are for the place to be busy:)...lol
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Patrick
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Posted: 28 February 2011 at 12:29am |
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People in the neighborhood walked over.
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Posted: 28 February 2011 at 6:59am |
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Nice neighbourhood...lol
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beken
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Posted: 28 February 2011 at 1:09pm |
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Their parking lot was full too.
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Patrick
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Posted: 28 February 2011 at 1:21pm |
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Those were cars that couldn't make it home through the snowdrifts. In retrospect I guess we were pretty naive to think that a group of us could just turn up there on a Sunday evening (during the reduced price time) and all get on the track together. Apparently, everyone else and their dog has the same idea.
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Posted: 28 February 2011 at 1:24pm |
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Fish & Chips must be really good there 
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Posted: 28 February 2011 at 2:35pm |
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Bad bad joke... |
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Patrick
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Posted: 28 February 2011 at 3:58pm |
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Actually, that was pretty funny, Johnny!
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Posted: 11 March 2011 at 1:38pm |
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Ken:
I have sent an email regarding the procedures involved in pre-registering. I haven't heard back yet. I'll send them another one. The Dawg |
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Posted: 11 March 2011 at 1:53pm |
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In the process of sending the latest email I ran across this review. It explains a lot I think.
Well maintained cars and great track make for
an excellent on-track experience. Off-track, be prepared for variable
and disappointing customer service. Lost reservations, snotty cashiers,
and a general disdain for customers are a long held tradition of the
staff at TBC. I've been bringing a group to TBC every year
for my birthday since 2004, and we have NEVER made it through the
reservation and signup part of the evening without an uncomfortable
exchange with TBC's incompetent and cocky staff. If there were another track close to Vancouver, we'd NEVER go back to TBC based on their reputation for extremely poor customer service. In the end, it may be better to pick a full price day, at least we'll get to race.As soon as I hear more I'll pass it along. The Dawg |
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Posted: 11 March 2011 at 2:39pm |
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I saw something on the UBCSCC forum recently about a go kart place near Sumas.
http://forum.ubcscc.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4338 Looks like the place is only about 15 minutes away from me. |
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Posted: 11 March 2011 at 3:25pm |
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I just went to the website and holy sh*t! We're talking a serious place here. They actually have "real" carts to rent too not just the regular ones.
The prices are WAY more however. Not practical for a club meet I don't think. Good place if we ever want to step it up a bit. The Dawg |
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Posted: 11 March 2011 at 9:06pm |
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I have and will drop off an entertainment coupon for whom ever wants it as I have family commitments and cann't stay for the meeting. rdewilley |
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Romeo
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Posted: 12 March 2011 at 1:37pm |
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The Sumas Go-Kart centre is pretty damn awesome, excellent track too. Couple of points though: We can't use the competition karts (Those are the ultra-quick, 140km/h top speed ones) as they require a special license from the actual go-kart centre itself. The lower end karts arn't as evenly-matched as they say. Racing in a few different karts, you'll be in one that is several km/h faster than others, and other karts that are noticably slower than other karts.
Despite those two things, I had a fantastic time last time I went, and even with an extremely large group of people, the track is just right to keep things intense. Passing in particular feels exhilirating as some spots barely have enough room to support two karts side-by-side, making for an adrenalized-heat between the two. |
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beken
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Posted: 14 March 2011 at 3:35pm |
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I don't go very often, but I have been to TBC a few times, including before Dave and Lisa got married on their wedding day. I have not had any bad experience with the staff there. I suspect if you look around, you can find a bad review about pretty well anything and anywhere. If I'm upset enough, even I can write a bad review. I would take any bad review with a grain of salt, as well as any overly good sounding review of any place. The fact that there is a bad review just indicates to me that the people there are human and are capable of having a bad day every now and then. For some reason, however, TBC remains busy enough to stay in business.
There are other good outdoor goKart tracks around also. F440 comes to mind. F440 I have an Entertainment book and can probably get coupons from others who won't be using their TBC coupons. If we can find a time where 5 or more can make the timeslot to commit and front up money in advance, we should have no problem booking a timeslot and go racing together. Otherwise, there is no reason we have to make this a club event. |
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