Future meet idea(April/May)

[NJ346]

After reading the thread in the Lounge it seems some ppl still haven't experienced sonic. I think it'd be a cool idea to have a little cruise that stops at the lighthouse and ends at Sonic in waretown. The trip from the lighthouse to Sonic would be a nice little run and we could either take the parkway or rt. 9. I think this would be a great way to start off the Spring. Anyone else for making this an official NJFBOA monthly meet?

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

You could even make it a weekly meet, or biweekly. If I get to take a separate car down the shore this summer, I'm def down for this. If not, I'll see if I can bum a ride since I'd be 5 min away.

[NJSPEEDER]

Taken to regional forum

[Slow-V6]

I would be down for that as well.. I like sonics food. There is also Webers Root Beer stand off Rt 30 in Lindenwold that is a good cruise in also!!

[69BirdX]

i would def meet up. webers is always fun

[Jersey_TA]

I'd be up for it Vin.

[bandit88]

I'd be up for it....... Sonic is close to my house and the lighthouse is always awsome

[camaro2you]

Im in!

[GrandmasterCow]

me too !

[miketa95]

never been to sonic or webers, sounds cool.

[MonmouthCtyAntz]

never been to sonic or webers, sounds cool.

Been to the one in waretown twice, best fast food by far...

[NJ346]

It's good to see people are interested in this. I'd really like to get enough popularity to get this to be one of the Monthly meets coming up for NJFBOA, so spread the word! This would be a great way to start off the cruising season!

[MonmouthCtyAntz]

It's good to see people are interested in this. I'd really like to get enough popularity to get this to be one of the Monthly meets coming up for NJFBOA, so spread the word! This would be a great way to start off the cruising season!

Yea its a little hike for us guys near Phili but im sure once a mth wouldnt kill anyone...like maybe on a weekend afternoon

[NJ346]

Yea its a little hike for us guys near Phili but im sure once a mth wouldnt kill anyone...like maybe on a weekend afternoon

Im not looking to make it a monthly meet, just want it to be a one month thing like the big NJFBOA events are.

[sweetbmxrider]

haven't been to sonics yet. i would be interested though.

[BonzoHansen]

Cool idea. I love the idea of cruises. I make trips in the Z to places like Carlisle and Chatterbox a few times a year, and I hit the beaches regularly. And ideas like this from club members are the best for the club.

Since the OP mentioned this as a monthly club meet idea, I figured I’d lay out our criteria and then you can all see how we might be able to this or anything else as a club monthly meet. We set up all our meets in advance, before we announce anything. We talk to the establishment to insure they can accommodate us. So that takes some legwork.

• All official monthly club meets must be in NJ. So the GM Nats in Carlisle are out.
• All official monthly club meets must be appropriate for all club members and their families. For instance a casino is out. This also eliminates late night meets.
• The place needs to be able to seat/serve us as a group. That is the whole idea of a club meet.
• It needs to have ample parking or agree to save enough spots together if parking is tight (and still leave room for other patrons). Again back to the concept of a meet. We initially plan 15-20 cars/20-30 people for monthly meets.
• We need to be able to hang for a while, at least 2 hours.
• The place cannot be too hard to get to, and should not in “bad parts of town”.

Now regarding this particular idea. The south monthly meet rotation is March, June, September, and December. Weather can be good or bad in March. June can be tough for any cruise that takes us into popular beach areas due to traffic concerns. It makes it hard to arrive on time for things. It also makes a cruise less attractive to some. Maybe a route can be planned to bypass problematic roads, but really anything around Belmar/Pt. Pleasant/Sleaside/LBI/Ocean City/Cape May/etc. is probably going to be a problem. That is why we did Circus Drive-In in October. September might be real nice for this. So maybe we could shoot for September, possibly the 19th.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for this if it can be worked out. I’m just highlighting this from a club perspective since the OP asked. There is more to it then someone saying “let’s go here”. So, if you want to go to Sonic, we need some help. And if anyone knows any other place might be a good idea, see if it meets these basic criteria and let us know.

[NJ346]

Next time I head over to Waretown I'll see if I can catch the owner and pass the idea by him.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Next time I head over to Waretown I'll see if I can catch the owner and pass the idea by him.

You can always make it an unofficial club meet too. Just a bunch of local friends/members hanging out. Works the same way :nod:

[NJ346]

You can always make it an unofficial club meet too. Just a bunch of local friends/members hanging out. Works the same way :nod:

Yea, we were doing that from August to the end of September. I had a few ppl from Lacey and also Jersey TA(Rob) and a few others would show up from time to time. We had at least 7-10 cars and we're doing it on Wednesday nights. Here's a link to one of the little meets we had going at the end of Aug. http://good-times.webshots.com/album/565653346Euoias?start=0

[BonzoHansen]

I agree, and someone mentioned before making it an occasional cruise deal.

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Yea, we were doing that from August to the end of September. I had a few ppl from Lacey and also Jersey TA(Rob) and a few others would show up from time to time. We had at least 7-10 cars and we're doing it on Wednesday nights. Here's a link to one of the little meets we had going at the end of Aug. http://good-times.webshots.com/album/565653346Euoias?start=0

Don't like May/June/July? And text me like last year, I never remember haha

[Jersey_TA]

Definitely always fun cruising out there Vin. The roads I took from 72 were nice. There will definitely be a few cruises up there this year.

[bubba428]

IDK about monthly but I do beach/BBQ with a few friends of mine from CFMperformance.net...its usually just me/my buddies, Kristen and Firebirdkid and pumm3l(kristens husband) but we're more than open to more people. I think this year we'll have quite a few more I know 7pointoh has expressed interest and MsBitch may show. Theres also a day being planed for an atco track rental, and a few other NJ meets with them. almost always on saturday, we usually do a picture shoot...lotta fun

[Slow-V6]

Sonic is usually good about car hangouts or club meets. Well at least the sonics in virginia Beach are. We usually just parked the cars up in the back out of the way of everyone and ate in the outside dinning area. Also I am in TTAC which is tidewater trans am club ( Virginia beach) and we have monthly meetings at a Pontiac dealership and then cruise as a club to a resturant to eat lunch. It is fun and we get good perks at the dealership like Discounts on parts, and we are able to use there Lifts one day a month. We intern provide them with a reason for people to stop in there dealership. But thats if you all want a official club type thing or not. I am game no matter what!!

[BonzoHansen]

Sonic is usually good about car hangouts or club meets. Well at least the sonics in virginia Beach are. We usually just parked the cars up in the back out of the way of everyone and ate in the outside dinning area. Also I am in TTAC which is tidewater trans am club ( Virginia beach) and we have monthly meetings at a Pontiac dealership and then cruise as a club to a resturant to eat lunch. It is fun and we get good perks at the dealership like Discounts on parts, and we are able to use there Lifts one day a month. We intern provide them with a reason for people to stop in there dealership. But thats if you all want a official club type thing or not. I am game no matter what!!

That is awesome, The Maryland Camaro Club has a similar relationship with a dealer.

[ta350]

• The place needs to be able to seat/serve us as a group. That is the whole idea of a club meet.
• It needs to have ample parking or agree to save enough spots together if parking is tight (and still leave room for other patrons). Again back to the concept of a meet. We initially plan 15-20 cars/20-30 people for monthly meets.



I dont know if they will be able to save 15-20 spots.... theres no true parking for that there.

Should call and see what arrangements can be made

ps- 2 fbodies there all the time..... must be workers

[NJ346]

I dont know if they will be able to save 15-20 spots.... theres no true parking for that there.

Should call and see what arrangements can be made

ps- 2 fbodies there all the time..... must be workers

Yea, there's a v6 firebird there. a girl that's 17-18 owns it and she's hot:lol:, just doesn't know when to shut up. Anyway, a few f-bodies will be hitting up Sonic in the next few weeks. I bunch of ricers are going to be having a meet there so we're gonna go and I'm gonna see how the owner likes having 30 cars there.

[Jersey_TA]

Yea, there's a v6 firebird there. a girl that's 17-18 owns it and she's hot:lol:, just doesn't know when to shut up. Anyway, a few f-bodies will be hitting up Sonic in the next few weeks. I bunch of ricers are going to be having a meet there so we're gonna go and I'm gonna see how the owner likes having 30 cars there.

Hey Vin, make sure you say our meet is for american car enthusiasts(sp)

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

There is also the SOnic in Vineland (Millville). LOTS of parking there. I would def be down for some form of a SOnic meet :) I love my choc coke!!! :)

[Jersey_TA]

There is also the SOnic in Vineland (Millville). LOTS of parking there. I would def be down for some form of a SOnic meet :) I love my choc coke!!! :)

I still say that drink was "festive".....lol you know what I mean. j/k

[sandynmark98z]

sounds good

[ta350]

I still say that drink was "festive".....lol you know what I mean. j/k
:rofl:

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

Yeah i know...ill wear my festive shoes while i sip my feastive drink ;)

I still say that drink was "festive".....lol you know what I mean. j/k

:rofl:

:scratch:

[Jersey_TA]

Yeah i know...ill wear my festive shoes while i sip my feastive drink ;)


LOL ;) I don't think you'll ever forget that.....it was 2 years ago.

[chemicalstylez]

I still wish we could do a cheesesteak run to tony lukes...

[Slow-V6]

I still wish we could do a cheesesteak run to tony lukes...

Is that parking lot there still all Messed up?? I havent been there in like 3 years so I dont know. I remember the last time we went it had a horrible parking lot..

[Jersey_TA]

Is that parking lot there still all Messed up?? I havent been there in like 3 years so I dont know. I remember the last time we went it had a horrible parking lot..

I was just there in the spring for the corvette run and their parking lot across the street is fine. We had 60 vettes there and you know how some of them can be when it comes to parking. lol.

[Slow-V6]

Cool!! I would be down for a cruise over there..

[CJDZ24_Z28]

Great idea but like Kelsey said the Sonic in Millville would be much better for us as they have a TON of parking. Also the new Sonic in Wildwood NJ is good also as they have a huge parking lot(wal-mart) Let make this work. Sonic is the SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*************t!!!! Yum

[NJ346]

Great idea but like Kelsey said the Sonic in Millville would be much better for us as they have a TON of parking. Also the new Sonic in Wildwood NJ is good also as they have a huge parking lot(wal-mart) Let make this work. Sonic is the SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*************t!!!! Yum

I wouldn't have a problem with the Sonic in Wildwood. That'd also be a nice cruise to the lighthouse and just relax with the t-tops off.

[sweetbmxrider]

I still wish we could do a cheesesteak run to tony lukes...

when its legal for me to drive 8-)

[Jensend]

The basic idea is good. However, two things need to be considered in the planning. First, Sonic has fairly limited on site parking in Waretwon. The adjoining Diner is not happy about the competition and is NOT tolerant of people parking in their lot and going to Sonic. Trust me on that. Second, though the early spring might be a bit cool, it is a much safer bet as a date as Sonic becomes insanely busy all the time once the tourists begin to descend (generally any time after Easter). I'm less than 5 miles away, so I can go there anytime. I try to avoid the place except during off hours during the tourist season- very tight parking when busy.

[Blacdout96]

I got another place we could have a south meet at......White Castle in Toms River. and itd be perfect cause some of us stay there for the after hours and hang out at Wawa.

Also there is a Sonic being built in Somers Point, we'll see if they have ample parking for us. God i can taste those brown bag specials and banana cream pie shakes now.

[sweetbmxrider]

eh white castle used to be blown up by the "street ricer" scene so i'd stay away from there for anything official. 37 is cool though, just low key spots set back some.

[Blacdout96]

....who cares about ricers, its a free country, if they wanna use the parking lot, then fine, but like we said, this is during the daytime, not night, so they are not out at that time. if people want to stick around and cruise 37, different story, plus we meet up at the Wawa's there at night.

[Jensend]

The issue isn't ricers, it's the fact that the police are very "discouraging" of gatherings involving performance cars of any type in that area.

[Blacdout96]

if were paying patrons, what are they gonna do. theres no law saying how many performance cars can be in onew parking lot at one time. are we doing burnouts, or blasting our stereo's, disturbing the peace, or carelessly driving, nope, just getting some sliders and having a good time. i dont understand what it is with people being scared of the police. because they dont like it doesnt mean they are gona come in and shush us out.

[Jensend]

No one is saying they are afraid of the police. The fact is that people who own fast food places make their money on rapid turn over. Despite what you may think, most are not pleased to have people stay on the premises for extended periods of time. I know for a fact that some owners ask police to help in this regard by enforcing loitering and other related nuisance statutes.

It's also a fact that if you are cited by local police and go to court, the court will virtually always take the side of the police unless there is clear and verifiable evidence to the contrary. Ask people who've been to Seaside Heights, for example. Don't forget, the summons written by police are an important source of municipal revenue.

You are, of course, welcome to see this as you choose. I have sufficient personal experience to know the truth about what I'm saying. I worked with people who were local police officers for over 25 years. They made it clear about the way things work. Perhaps your experiences will be the exception.

[Jersey_TA]

TR is hit or miss depending on which nights you go. I always organized cruises going down there to the small wawa and a few of us would go and eat at the small pizza place in the same lot. I definitely love the vineland sonic since the lot is huge. Hmmmmm we'll be down there for the south meet hopefully at the Texas RH :)

[Blacdout96]

No one is saying they are afraid of the police. The fact is that people who own fast food places make their money on rapid turn over. Despite what you may think, most are not pleased to have people stay on the premises for extended periods of time. I know for a fact that some owners ask police to help in this regard by enforcing loitering and other related nuisance statutes.

It's also a fact that if you are cited by local police and go to court, the court will virtually always take the side of the police unless there is clear and verifiable evidence to the contrary. Ask people who've been to Seaside Heights, for example. Don't forget, the summons written by police are an important source of municipal revenue.

You are, of course, welcome to see this as you choose. I have sufficient personal experience to know the truth about what I'm saying. I worked with people who were local police officers for over 25 years. They made it clear about the way things work. Perhaps your experiences will be the exception.

Congrats, wanna cookie? dont care what experience you had or who you know, or how things work, I understand tickets are a major source of revenue for townships. As far as Im concerned, looking at the way white castle is the last couple times I was there at night when cars were out, parking lot was loaded, people stayed for a while, noone had cops called. Though White Castle may make their money on rapid turnover, when I am usually there when cars arent out (Fall and winter mainly) the place is dead, no business, so im sure getting some business from us wouldnt hurt them, its not like we'd be there for 4 hours in the parking lot or inside, it could become a cruise day as well. theres so many options that could become of anyplace, we dont haveto stick at one place. Hell we could go there, and then to sea side hieghts or whatever piece of **** boardwalk they have there is called, or somwehere down the shoreline.

[B4C]

So when is this meet happening?? I would like to go hopefully the nova will be on the road soon but if not Ill have to bring the mark.

[NJ346]

So when is this meet happening?? I would like to go hopefully the nova will be on the road soon but if not Ill have to bring the mark.

Not sure. Anyone wanna throw a date down for when they'd like to see this happen? I've been pretty busy and haven't been able to stop off at the sonic to pass the idea around. If it's a small gathering of like 10 cars then I wont even bother asking the owner because we wouldn't be bothering business that much. We had 8 cars pile in there every Wednesday night during August and no1 ever said anything.

Who would be interested?

How is the weekend of April 25-26? Weather should be really nice by then and should be just about hot enough to cruise with the t-tops off.

[FBODS4EVER]

im down

[B4C]

Got my nova going in for body work so if the meet is somtime in late april it should be on the road I would rather take that than my ford:nod: :nod:

[DevilDougWS6]

april is cutting it close to time for me to leave the country for a year. but april 25th sounds like a good date for me.

[Jersey_TA]

april is cutting it close to time for me to leave the country for a year. but april 25th sounds like a good date for me.

A year...damn man that sucks. On a side note I checked out the parking lot at the new texas RH and it's HUGE

[DevilDougWS6]

yeah well its really only a 7 month deployment, but im leaving may 18th for our 3 monthish workup training.

[69BirdX]

Im down for whenever

[NJ346]

There will be a local group of ricers gathering at Sonic tonight. I will be going with a few friends to see how it goes.