Oct 27th - Let’s drive!
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Topic: Oct 27th - Let’s drive!
Posted By: beken
Subject: Oct 27th - Let’s drive!
Date Posted: 15 September 2013 at 5:44pm
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One of the things we are short of this year has been drives. There has been requests for a drive and fall colours will be upon us so let's do a photo-op drive to Harrison Hot Springs.
It occurs to me that we have Fieros from all over the place from Vancouver all the way to Hope. I don't know how many will still be on the road but how about a meet up and join the parade as we make our way to Sasquatch Park at the end of Rockwell drive. 
Other than myself, Glen and Joe, can anybody else make it? It will be a Sunday afternoon drive. If you can join, please post on this thread and state where you can meet up along Highway 1. Then we will set up a route and schedule for meet up. -------------  Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
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Posted By: ARTIC-1
Date Posted: 15 September 2013 at 6:55pm
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Iam there!-LOL Would be a nice Fall drive up to the park Green point is a nice place for a day picknick lots of Free parking for sure. ------------- SNOW MAN 87-GT/AUTO-2.8_ WHITE 88-TTop/ Duke-2.5. RED |
Posted By: redwilley
Date Posted: 22 September 2013 at 7:43am
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I may possible be able to attend the drive Oct.27/13.
I could meet up around 200th st. Exit on freeway. Redwilley ------------- redwilley |
Posted By: Jim85GT
Date Posted: 22 September 2013 at 9:43am
Hi Ken, I would like to come on the afternoon drive on the 27th of October but-------my car is still off the road so, it will have to be the SVT Focus.
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Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 23 September 2013 at 12:40pm
Sure, you can bring up the rear to make sure none of us break down and get lost. Or drive on past us all and take pictures.  ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Jim85GT wrote:Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 12 October 2013 at 4:51pm
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Okay...time to get this organized. Who's coming? What is a good time to
meet up with you and where are you coming from? I can free up anytime after 10:00am. or can start in the afternoon. Add your name in this thread and where you are so I can plan the route, as well as what time you can start up. We will firm up everything by October 25. ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Jim85GT
Date Posted: 12 October 2013 at 5:05pm
| Hi guys. yes I am still planing to attend but so far still have the SVT only. So count me in.. |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 10:11am
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We meet at McDonalds on Willingdon just off Highway 1.
Glenn and I met up there last time we did a drive. We leave McDonalds at 11:00am. Anybody want to catch us on the way to Harrison? Let me know where you are. I will post a final proposed route on Friday night. ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 11:34am
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I don't know who posted this to Craigslist this morning, but kudos to you for doing it. ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: hedoerks
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 4:54pm
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Hi Guy's
I've put my Fiero in the garage for the winter but would like to take it out for a last run to Harrison. Since I live very close to Meadow Garden Golf Course would I be able to join you there instead of McDonalds. Also; Ken may I suggest a slightly alternate route. We turn of the Lougheed at the (the Meadow Gardens Golf Course). We go north from there and take Dewdney Trunk past Stave Lake hydro dam and rejoin the Lougheed after Mission. This way we would avoid the Maple Ridge and Mission city traffic. See Map:https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Meet+at+McDonalds+on+WIll ingdon+off+Highway+1.+&hl=en-GB Henry Doerksen ------------- Henry Doerksen |
Posted By: hedoerks
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 5:10pm
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And I thought that the West Coast Fiero Club web site would recognize a URL
and make it a link. But it didn't. So let me try again. Alternate route to Harrison:<https://maps.google.com/maps? q=Meet+at+McDonalds+on+WIll ingdon+off+Highway+1.+&hl=en-GB> I give up. Just copy and paste! ------------- Henry Doerksen |
Posted By: Capt Fiero
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 5:44pm
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I was going to log in and fix it for you, but it appears someone has removed my admin rights. So sorry I can't help.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Meet+at+McDonalds+on+WIll ingdon+off+Highway+1.+&hl=en-GB - For Henry ------------- Capt Fiero 88 Fiero GT 5spd V6 Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 5:50pm
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It appears there's been a few changes. We can no longer select to receive email notices when PMs we've sent have been opened, and the max file size allowed to be uploaded when posting images has also been reduced. I suspect someone has gone in and simply reset things to "default", which is not always necessarily best. And oh yeah... the forum has now gone back to reporting at the bottom of a post whether and/or when it was edited. |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 6:10pm
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Close Dave, but no cigar. Henry wanted https://maps.google.com/maps?q=McDonalds+on+WIllingdon+burnaby&hl=en-GB&ll=49.260663,-122.986751&spn=0.000056,0.049438&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.528905,101.25&hq=McDonalds&hnear=Willingdon+Ave,+Burnaby,+British+Columbia,+Canada&t=m&fll=49.260803,-123.005676&fspn=0.017589,0.049438&z=15&layer=c&cbll=49.260247,-123.006764&panoid=iWaXO42_B_NxbzqNnXUw5g&cbp=12,152.75,,0,5.4 - THIS . EDIT- Actually, that's probably not what Henry wanted either. |
That's just where the drive starts. I think he wanted an alternate route on a map. Oh well...Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 6:27pm
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Henry wants something like https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=McDonalds&daddr=Horseshoe+Bay+Ferry+Terminal,+West+Vancouver,+BC,+Canada&hl=en-GB&sll=49.26025,-123.006765&sspn=0.001099,0.00309&geocode=FUS_7wIdCHan-CHjTDn8tRUFqynvbiUKuHKGVDHjTDn8tRUFqw%3BFT5j8QIdSgOn-CHhQG2HC3oCbSmTV9T19muGVDHhQG2HC3oCbQ&oq=horse&mra=prev&t=m&z=12 - THIS , but I don't know his route. Note, this not the proper route! |
Posted By: ARTIC-1
Date Posted: 23 October 2013 at 9:32pm
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Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge its an nice drive in the Fiero. Did it this summer,Lots of corners,not a fast road.The Dam is a cool stop.Cheers  ------------- SNOW MAN 87-GT/AUTO-2.8_ WHITE 88-TTop/ Duke-2.5. RED |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 24 October 2013 at 10:48am
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The drive is looking like this....
1. We leave McDonalds at Willingdon off highway 1 at 11:00am Sunday, October 27. We will drive along Highway 1 ($3 toll on the Port Mann bridge) to 200th St exit and then take the exit and go to Ricky's on 88th Ave and 204 where we have our meetings. There we will regroup. 2. Then we will head under highway 1 at 202nd and get back on Highway 1 eastbound towards Abbotsford. 3. We will take the McCallum Road turnoff at Abbotsford and head for Highway 11 (Glady's Ave) and cross to Mission. From Mission, we will proceed East along Lougheed Highway and then follow signs to Harrison Hotsprings. We will park near the boat trailer parking area and regroup. There are a few people from the Harrison area who may join us. We should be there around 1:00pm and we will had for the Sasquatch park day area. Hope you can make it. We leave whenever and head back via Highway 1. Officially, once on Highway 1, the drive is done. You can return home any way you want. I will likely follow Jim in his Focus ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 24 October 2013 at 10:50am
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BTW....since this has been posted on more than 1 forum, it
is likely there will be road safety patrols along our route so we do not condone speeding (so if you must, do it at your own risk) and especially no dangerous driving...pass carefully on the Lougheed, if you must. ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: redwilley
Date Posted: 24 October 2013 at 6:04pm
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Will be going Sunday. Meet up at Ricky's.
Looking forward to run. redwilley ------------- redwilley |
Posted By: ARTIC-1
Date Posted: 24 October 2013 at 7:00pm
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You picked a good time to See Harrison. https://www.harrisonbeerfest.com/  ------------- SNOW MAN 87-GT/AUTO-2.8_ WHITE 88-TTop/ Duke-2.5. RED |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 24 October 2013 at 8:33pm
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In case you missed it, those in the Maple Ridge/Pit Meadows side will have
to meet us at the Mission Bridge when we cross the Fraser from Abbotsford. You should have chimed in earlier if you wanted to meet up in Pitt Meadows. Those on the south side chimed in first so the route go set up as such. We leave Ricky's at noon so will likely be at Mission around 12:30? See you there. ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 24 October 2013 at 10:18pm
If for some reason you need Admin access, let me know.
And Patty, nothing has been reset. To my knowlege. The image upload limit has been 200k for a long time. Used to be 100k as a matter of fact. Dawg - sysop ------------- You dream it up....I'll make it |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 24 October 2013 at 10:48pm
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Sorry Damien, but I'm not imagining this. Changes have been made... by someone. The image upload limit had been raised to... I believe it was 400k, for quite awhile. Take a look at the images in http://www.westcoastfieros.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3224&PN=1&TPN=1 - This thread for example. If the limit had never gone beyond 200k, how can you explain that both Colby and I uploaded and posted images that are around 400k in size?
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Posted By: Dawg
Date Posted: 25 October 2013 at 6:49pm
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Well, I didn't do it. Only one other person could have and that would be
Graeme. Bandwidth reasons perhaps? Either way, 200k is plenty I think. I also checked the general file upload limit. It is 2mb, which is the maximium the software will allow. Dawg ------------- You dream it up....I'll make it |
Posted By: hedoerks
Date Posted: 26 October 2013 at 1:00pm
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Hey Ken
Why did you reject the Dewdney Trunk route? I realize that, if we meet at Ricky's we will have to pay another toll, but if you stayed north of the Fraser there would be NO toll! This route takes you past the Stave Lake Dam which is quite beautiful this time of the year. Hopefully this link works. The image was too big too include on the form. https://www.dropbox.com/s/rvlytx2ez0wyj44/Screenshot%202013- 10- 26%2012.44.54.png ------------- Henry Doerksen |
Posted By: hedoerks
Date Posted: 26 October 2013 at 5:46pm
For those of you who are going to take the northern route to Mission I would like to join you if you are taking the Dewdney Trunk route past Stave lake dam. https://www.dropbox.com/s/2zrvvedyu4jssqm/Screenshot%202013- 10-26%2017.15.11.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/2zrvvedyu4jssqm/Screenshot%202013-10-26%2017.15.11.png - Dewdney Trunk route ------------- Henry Doerksen |
Posted By: Jim85GT
Date Posted: 26 October 2013 at 8:50pm
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Hi Ken can you please give me a call in the morning on Sunday so we can head out at the same time. My phone number is 604-591-8154 and I will most likely be up any time after 5am. Thanks Jim |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 26 October 2013 at 11:39pm
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The night before our drive....I guess a couple of things I need to address..
I will be in Burnaby on Sunday morning. Hence the first meet-up point will be in Burnaby. McDonalds on Willingdon is an easy place to describe so that's where we're meeting. I had intended to take the northern route out, but a group chimed in first, to say they wanted to meet on the south side. Rickys where our meetings are held, everybody knows where it is so that is a good place to meet. So those who wanted me to take Dewdney Trunk road, you should have said something earlier. However, nobody is stopping you from taking that route and meeting us. I think a good place to meet would be at the Mission Hills Medical Clinic parking lot at the junction of the Lougheed Highway and the Cedar Valley Connector. That is where Dewdney Trunk Rd, The Mission Bridge highway and Lougheed Highway all come together. Leaving Rickey's a noon, we should be there around 12:45pm. I will be hungry by then but would like to get to Harrison as soon as possible. I will grab a light snack before starting and will probably munch on something along the way. We need to meet up with Joe and I don't want to keep him waiting too late. Also I need to get back in time to visit a friend who just had a baby. If anybody is going to meet us in Abbotsford, please chime in. I am considering taking Harris Road instead of highway 1 to the Mission Bridge. My cell# is 778-882-7761 for those needing to see where we are. See you Sunday... ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Fieroman88
Date Posted: 27 October 2013 at 7:24pm
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Great Drive. Thanks so much for getting this off the ground
Ken. We had a great run and lots of fun. Had one issue on the way back as my coil packed it in. Fortunately I carry a spare, Unfortunately I swapped out he distributor before I checked the coil. Always check the coil first (haha) Great weather, lots of sun and fun roads. ------------- Fieroman88 |
Posted By: Jim85GT
Date Posted: 27 October 2013 at 8:18pm
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Hi Ken, I know you had to leave at a certain time today. I didn't have a chance to say thanks for putting the drive together, it was great that Henry had a chance to show us a different route that made the trip even better. Too bad I didn't have my 85 out though. I hope we can all get together and do more trips like this and possibly and Okanagan trip some time next year.. Jim ps forgot to say thanks to Glen for his support for Ken and getting the drive set up. |
Posted By: ARTIC-1
Date Posted: 27 October 2013 at 9:09pm
We had a good time,green point is a nice spot to meet up. ------------- SNOW MAN 87-GT/AUTO-2.8_ WHITE 88-TTop/ Duke-2.5. RED |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 27 October 2013 at 10:48pm
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Thanks to all who showed up. It was a great time. Thanks for taking the lead for a bit and showing us a scenic and twisty route, Henry. That was great. You should do it more often.
Sorry Maureen. We couldn't find you when this picture was taken. 
Yes, we will have to put another drive together soon. We do have a standing request for Dewdney Trunk Road and I have a few ideas to bounce off a group of drive organizers. ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 28 October 2013 at 10:57pm
..and one more. The rest can be found in my Fiero set on my Flickr page.
------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |