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Southeast Get Together

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Posted by: GrayGhost1

Alright, after seeing how much fun Joey, Geno and the gang had I think it's time to plan a get together in the Southeast. What would be an ideal location and what would be fun to do. I guess this would be the unofficial planning thread.

I'm open to anything but it seems like Atlanta might be a good central location but maybe there's an alternate.

Posted by: Joeychgo

Works for me. Although, make it central to where most of the members are. How many members do we have in Atlanta?

Posted by: Jamler3

!!! SOUTH BEACH BABY !!!

I'd cruise to that show for sure!!!

Posted by: redn8

If the timing is right I can make Atlanta. It's about a 3 hour drive for me.

Posted by: SolacE

Sounds interesting...just depends on when it is I guess.

Posted by: 94PumiceMkVIII

I live in Montgomery, AL about 2.5 hours from Atlanta. I would be up for that.

Mike Donley

Posted by: GrayGhost1

What would be some fun things to do? Show 'n shine? Drag race or autocross? Baseball game? Of course food will have to be brought into the equation. It looked like the spread this past weekend was enormous. We southerners have show our appreciation for food too!

Joey, do you have a member list that can be distributed to the Presidents and VP's of the Chapters?

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

sounds cool... ( whoa im the only non-gold member or admin that posted in the thread) LMAO

Posted by: eL eS

Howdy folks. I apologize for the absence. I have had an extrodinary amount of travel this year which means two things the economy is great and more people are going crazy. I work in the the behavioral healthcare industry

. Looks like next week will be the end for a while, lord I hope else I am gonna go stark raving mad.

Hey my uncle is in law enforcemnet up there maybe we can get him to chase us around town with the lights on. Man the publicity we would get if we paint LvC.com on the tops of our cars

Posted by: eL eS

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Originally Posted by Jamler3

!!! SOUTH BEACH BABY !!!

I'd cruise to that show for sure!!!

Yeah i think there is a road in that area named Lincoln Rd it is in a rather upscale area. well what isn't down there right!

Posted by: straps

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Originally Posted by eL eS

Yeah i think there is a road in that area named Lincoln Rd it is in a rather upscale area. well what isn't down there right!

There is a Lincoln Road but it is a pedestrian mall now . Lots of upscale shops and clubs. South Beach is an amazing place though. Unlike anything you've ever seen. The women are INCREDIBLE. I have a pool furniture repair business and work right beside the pools. Its tough to concentrate sometimes. It is great to cruise the beach though, especially if you are into celebrity watching. Last month I saw the Hilton sisters (a disappointment up close) and Angelina Jolie (very nice).
C'MONNN DOWNNNNN.....

The strip in Ft. Licquordale is a nice cruise too...

Posted by: eL eS

haha licquordale I love it. Hey we can drive over pedestrians so maybe lincoln rd isnt out of the question.

Posted by: eL eS

Are you folks up to a chat this thursday? I really would like to get together and maybe joey to see what/where we can met soon. I have to put some faces to these names before I go crazy.

Posted by: Chris_n_FL

I'll be busy this thursday....going to see a small flick called STAR WARS!!

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

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Originally Posted by Chris_n_FL

I'll be busy this thursday....going to see a small flick called STAR WARS!!

ditto

Posted by: Beamer

Not far from Atlanta but I do not think I'm up to that. I guess it would all depend on when and my money situation. After driving to NY and back numerous times since moving here I hate road trips that last over an hour

Posted by: eL eS

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Originally Posted by Chris_n_FL

I'll be busy this thursday....going to see a small flick called STAR WARS!!

YIKES I forgot my wife and I are going as well. Time to finish this story once and for all.

Posted by: lsbit

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Originally Posted by eL eS

YIKES I forgot my wife and I are going as well. Time to finish this story once and for all.

Don't post about it. I don't get to see it till the weekend!

BTW...I never checked this SE section to post. OOoops.

Posted by: eL eS

Don't worry I will not spoil it for the rest.

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

ok i think the star wars hype is diminishing. are we going to set a meet? or even a chat? come on guys lets do something...lol

Posted by: ERIKEN

How about Jacksonville? for a meet

Posted by: SurfjaxLS

I wouldn't even have to move, sounds good to me eriken.

Posted by: eL eS

Well if the Florida folks would like to catch up for a day maybe we could do daytona and take over the beach with the Lincz and Caddiz. Doughnuts on Daytona Beach I am sure the milk will already be there

Posted by: ERIKEN

Daytona Beach sounds good too...lots to do and see there with the hassle of big city Atlanta.

Posted by: eL eS

How is the area over there around July 4th? Might be a possibility for me and the family to get out. I am in the process of selling my home so it will be hit or miss.

Posted by: lsbit

Well, I saw Star Wars finally... But moving on.... I need a vacation. I plan on taking an extended 4th of July weekend and will likely take some time in September.

I always forget to post and check here. Ooops.

BTW -GrayGhost: That was me you saw in Fountain City today on Broadway. It wasn't hard for me to spot your car. Looks even better in person. I knew I would run into you sooner or later. Knoxville isn't that big of a town.

Hope to see you at the Kmart Saturday also. Forget you saw my car...I usually keep my cars cleaner than that. Darn West Knoxville pollution.

Posted by: GrayGhost1

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Originally Posted by lsbit

Well, I saw Star Wars finally... But moving on.... I need a vacation. I plan on taking an extended 4th of July weekend and will likely take some time in September.

I always forget to post and check here. Ooops.

BTW -GrayGhost: That was me you saw in Fountain City today on Broadway. It wasn't hard for me to spot your car. Looks even better in person. I knew I would run into you sooner or later. Knoxville isn't that big of a town.

Hope to see you at the Kmart Saturday also. Forget you saw my car...I usually keep my cars cleaner than that. Darn West Knoxville pollution.

Great to see you on the road with the LS! I always make a notion to wave at a fellow LS'er. I was headed to FedEx to drop of some packages then onto the house. I live in Fountain City so I'm around that area quite a bit.

The LS looked good! It didn't seem all that dirty but was it hot as hell today or what? Sheesh! I'll drive out to the car show on Saturday and we'll hook up. Make sure you get that LS clean!

Posted by: lsbit

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Originally Posted by GrayGhost1

The LS looked good! It didn't seem all that dirty but was it hot as hell today or what? Sheesh! I'll drive out to the car show on Saturday and we'll hook up. Make sure you get that LS clean!

Thanks. I still get my hair chopped in Fountain City, but I moved west 9 months or so ago. Now that I have learned some of the back roads via Western Ave, it's not too bad. Nice roads for the LS.

I might be there in the Mustang Saturday. I am not sure what I'll be doing before that, so I am not sure what car I'll end up with. It's a black '95 GTS. Just look for the black Mustang without power windows or locks.

I used to park it with the hood up when I had the Kenne Bell on it, but I don't do that now that I am running it N/A.

I'll try to wash the car in the morning when it is only 80 degrees out. Today was the first day I had to complain about the temp. I burned all the hair off my arm by my elbow getting in the LS.

Posted by: SurfjaxLS

Too bad I haven't seen any modded LS's around Jax. Every LS I see has some old guy driving it.

I know there are some Marks from LVC in Jacksonville, but haven't seen any of them around.

But I guess I can't complain too bad because I'll be going to school in Austin this fall, so maybe I'll run into Quik LS.

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

yeah noah, we should try to set something up for the 4th i wont be doing anything.

Posted by: dertyclown

hey southeast come to the IL meet in Aug. Ill bet I get arested for somthing!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: lsbit

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Originally Posted by GrayGhost1

The LS looked good! It didn't seem all that dirty but was it hot as hell today or what? Sheesh! I'll drive out to the car show on Saturday and we'll hook up. Make sure you get that LS clean!

I cleaned it and went there for a while. I was talking to Mike (Copper Fox body Mustang with the Twin Turbo setup). I didn't see you, but I could have missed you. I should have given you my cell phone number.

Posted by: GrayGhost1

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Originally Posted by lsbit

Unfortunately, I didn't go over there because I was working on two sets of angel eye headlights for customers. It's about the only time I have to work on those. I work so late in the evening that by the time I get home I only have time to process some orders and then go to bed. You ought to just come by the house sometime and we can chill out and talk cars. Just bring beer!

Posted by: lsbit

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Originally Posted by GrayGhost1

You ought to just come by the house sometime and we can chill out and talk cars. Just bring beer!

That'll work.

Posted by: ERIKEN

Daytona Beach really sounds good!!!!

Posted by: 92lsc

How about St. Augustine Beach.

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

if a date is set, wait until my car is fixed...lol.

Posted by: eL eS

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Originally Posted by JoeyLincolnMK8

if a date is set, wait until my car is fixed...lol.

speaking of broken down cars... I drive I75 a lot and I have never seen a Lincoln on the shoulder other than mine. Anyone else notice this in their area?

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

oh yeah, car is working fine now... for the exception of my SCT chip being fragged!

Posted by: eL eS

so your have the car chipped ehh. Is it a single setting or do you have the option of multiple tunes?

Posted by: lsbit

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Originally Posted by eL eS

speaking of broken down cars... I drive I75 a lot and I have never seen a Lincoln on the shoulder other than mine. Anyone else notice this in their area?

I drive the section where I40 and I75 are the same. When I first got my LS, I saw about 2 or 3 broken down within a couple of months! I freaked out. A friend of mine kept saying...nice choice.

They are also the only cars I saw in the service bay when I would go to get parts for my car. I met a couple of people that way and pointed them to this forum. One of them did pop up here and had the coil problem. The other had delayed shift problems and never saw him post.

Glad to say, I haven't seen any broken down lately, and I haven't had to go to the dealer for parts in a while. I have noticed quite a few newer Hondas on the side of the road though. Strange...comes in waves, I guess.

BTW El Es, did you notice I got the 'mis' fixed in my car?

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

come on guys.... lets do something, before the southeast starts to get hit with hurricanes.

Posted by: GrayGhost1

I'd say let's get together on September 17-18 in Atlanta. One of the biggest car shows in south east will be there called NOPI Nationals. We can get a section all to ourselves as LvC. I did this last year for the other Lincoln club. It was pretty cool and a ton of cars were there. I'm thinking around 7,000 cars and trucks.

Posted by: eL eS

Quote:

Originally Posted by lsbit

I drive the section where I40 and I75 are the same. When I first got my LS, I saw about 2 or 3 broken down within a couple of months! I freaked out. A friend of mine kept saying...nice choice.

sorry for the late follow up.I have been busy as hell a work and selling my house. Closed the sale last friday and have everything in order again well except work it is always in disorder.

What was the final outcome on the mis?

I always noticed the same ting about my local FLM dealer when I visit for oil changes and such. Lots of LS' on the lift with stuff pulled off. the owners never sem to hang around though, prolly cant bare the torture.

I keep trying to find them to invite them to the group though.

Posted by: eL eS

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrayGhost1

I'd say let's get together on September 17-18 in Atlanta. One of the biggest car shows in south east will be there called NOPI Nationals. We can get a section all to ourselves as LvC. I did this last year for the other Lincoln club. It was pretty cool and a ton of cars were there. I'm thinking around 7,000 cars and trucks.

Yeah this is likely to be the best chance for me outside the florida area through the rst of the year.

Posted by: lsbit

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Originally Posted by eL eS

Yea, the forum just isn't the same without you.

Congrats on the house stuff. We just closed on the house we are buying yesterday as well. We won't be moving until later this month though. I have also been really busy at work. I have been working on that EMR (GE) quite a bit, btw. My eyes are dialated (sp?) now also, so hard to see.

As for the mis...It was that injector. I finally said screw it, ordered the injector for $65 and installed it. I was shocked that it fixed it.

I just couldn't break down and send it to the dealer.

Posted by: Joeychgo

SO are you guys set on a date now?

Posted by: eL eS

Quote:

Originally Posted by lsbit

Yea, the forum just isn't the same without you.

As for the mis...It was that injector. I finally said screw it, ordered the injector for $65 and installed it. I was shocked that it fixed it.

I just couldn't break down and send it to the dealer.

Congrats on the home purchase! It is tougher than nails down here to find a home. So we moved into an apt home. Very large very comfortable and we are very hopeful we will be able to find a new home soon.

Oh centricity... How are things with it? I have a friend at a large hospital working on the project who claims they are always having problems. I think he is just BS'ing but they are doing a data conversion and that can always be a big pain in the posterior.

Man so it was the injector huh, we first good for you doing it yourself or as we would say in the Navy Bravo Zulu for a job well done. Did you get to visually inspect each injector pulse or did you just swap and take the beast out for a high speed test run?

So do you think you might make it to the hotlanta NOPI event? I plan on being in Atlanta Thursday night and hitting the sites Friday and attending the show on Saturday.

I am considering a trip to Six Flags with the wife and my 6 year old on Friday and heading out for testosterone filled saturday. I will use Sunday as a drive back to my mediocore IT life of EMR software fixing. Boy do I deal with some ID10Ts.

Posted by: eL eS

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Originally Posted by Joeychgo

SO are you guys set on a date now?

Well I know for certain that your SE P and VP will be there having a damn good time. We have been talking about this for a while now but no real concrete confirmations other than Ken and me.

You think you might head down?

Posted by: lsbit

On the injector...I swapped one cylinder for another waiting to see the code change, but the CEL never came back on. I figured the pulse would look the same on the scope, even if it was bad, as it was not completely dead or anything, so I just replaced the one I thought was bad. I knew immediately when I started the car that it was fixed...although my mouth was hanging open in shock the first couple of days I drove it.

You know...you let a problem linger for so long you figure it will never get fixed. Gas mileage went up .5 mpg.

The EMR...I can tell you that Oracle has dismounted 2 out of the 3 days we have been using it now. It is not in production yet. We have the PM product too, so I will be doing the data dump into the EMR soon. I think I would like the EMR better if it was SQL! BTW, there is ID10T's everywhere.

I don't think I will make it to Atlanta. It looks like we will be moving in September, and that weekend is the scheduled garage sale. Things may change if the x-owners can move earlier.

We have many homes and areas that are nice to live in Knoxville, but many of the homes look the same, especially on the west side of town. The build quality is usually TERRIBLE here. You have to really be careful. There are 3 major builders that buy everything here and build...they suck. We found a house that is different than any other we have seen here though, and the build quality is pretty good. The guy who built it is from northern Ohio where the homes have to be built for more severe weather, so he did things that would be considered upgrades down here. We were going to have him build a home for us, but the price was just too high for us right now, so we were lucky enough to find one used that we settled on.

Whoa...enough typing for now. My eyes are still dialated from yesterday. WTH!

Posted by: eL eS

Quote:

Originally Posted by lsbit

On the injector...I swapped one cylinder for another waiting to see the code change, but the CEL never came back on. I figured the pulse would look the same on the scope, even if it was bad, as it was not completely dead or anything, so I just replaced the one I thought was bad. I knew immediately when I started the car that it was fixed...although my mouth was hanging open in shock the first couple of days I drove it.

You know...you let a problem linger for so long you figure it will never get fixed. Gas mileage went up .5 mpg.

Swapping it around is most likley the easiest way to fix it. Yeah afet I fix things or had things fixed it took about 2 weks before i felt like the other shoes was not about to drop. I must say though this thing is running very nicely right now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lsbit

I have worked on both Oracle and MSSQL and hands down MSSQL has delivered better reliability and greater performance.Ease of administration of the MSSQL is excellent. Oracle will have to change things dratically for me to ever consider it in product implementation or as a career choice.

[quote=lsbit] I don't think I will make it to Atlanta. It looks like we will be moving in September, and that weekend is the scheduled garage sale. Things may change if the x-owners can move earlier.[[quote]

I was going to yard sale too but I just couldn't stand the thought of haggling over a quarter. Plus I didn't feel like dealing with a bunch of old buzzards with the heat we have down here. I donated everything I could and curbed the rest and let the buzzards pick it over before trash day.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lsbit

We have many homes and areas that are nice to live in Knoxville, but many of the homes look the same, especially on the west side of town. The build quality is usually TERRIBLE here. You have to really be careful. There are 3 major builders that buy everything here and build...they suck. We found a house that is different than any other we have seen here though, and the build quality is pretty good. The guy who built it is from northern Ohio where the homes have to be built for more severe weather, so he did things that would be considered upgrades down here. We were going to have him build a home for us, but the price was just too high for us right now, so we were lucky enough to find one used that we settled on.

Whoa...enough typing for now. My eyes are still dialated from yesterday. WTH!

I had a great experience with the customer support of the last builder but they really did not control the build quaity much at all so we had leak problems and issues with the stucco.

I'd like to buy one of those 1950's minute man missl silos and make a home out of that. Hell or high water or nuclear fallout we would be good to go.

WEll sorry ya cant mak it but 06 is rapidly approaching us and w will defintely be meeting again then.

Posted by: newnanls

the southeast chapter could do NOPI in september i think it is. its south of atlanta at atlanta motor speedway in the town of hampton i believe.

Posted by: eL eS

Quote:

Originally Posted by newnanls

the southeast chapter could do NOPI in september i think it is. its south of atlanta at atlanta motor speedway in the town of hampton i believe.

Hey welcome to the SE newnanls. Let me know If I can be of any assistance.

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