Houston Meet Up - 8/29/09 11:00 AM

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  1. ggood

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    Hey you all!

    We are having a Houston meet and greet this Saturday, Aug. 29th, at 11:00 AM, at the Beck's Prime in Memorial Park - 1001 E. Memorial Loop, Houston, TX. quantumslip, Xman Live, and I will all be there with our Gen 3 Model Vs, and Dan (of hypermiler fame) has promised to show up with some scan guages and either his 2007 Prius or Mercury Mariner hybrid. Come say hello, kick some tires, pump Dan for hypermiling tips, and maybe even go for a spin.

    All priuschatters, hybrid owners and hypermilers are welcome to join us, and Dan will also be flash mobbing his Houston Hybrid & Hypermilers Club.
    The more people, models and colors that show up, the better!

    Word of warning, the parking lot right by Beck's may be full of golfers, so you may need to park in one of the other lots (by the ball fields) and walk over. When we go out to kick tires, we'll pick a lot to converge on.

    Here's a link to the google map (if someone can tell me how to embed it, that would be even better):

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    #1 ggood, Aug 24, 2009
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    Dan. MPG Centurion

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    Fantastic. I'll definitely be there.

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    #2 Dan., Aug 24, 2009
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    See you there. :)
     
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  4. Dan.

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    OK... I've spammed as many as I can think of. Here is a link list for all the cross posting. Maybe Danny could put it on PriusChat facebook instead of H³C facebook. I'll tear down the logo as well if it offends.
    Code:
    http://tinyurl.com/googleMapAug29
http://tinyurl.com/priuschatAug29
http://tinyurl.com/cleanmpgAug29
http://tinyurl.com/facebookAug29
http://tinyurl.com/hhhcBlogAug29
    1001 E Memorial Loop, Houston, TX 77007 - Google Maps
    Houston Meet Up - 8/29/09 11:00 AM - PriusChat Forums
    Sat Aug 29th, Becks Prime in Memorial Park meetup - CleanMPG Forums
    PriusChat Meet and Greet | Facebook
    Houston Hybrid and Hypermilers Club: Sat Aug 29th, Becks Prime in Memorial Park, Prius Flash Mob ;)

    11011011
     
    #4 Dan., Aug 24, 2009
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  5. ggood

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    I forgot to add, quantumslip has the new USB interface installed in his car, so anyone with an ipod or iphone can plug it in and see how it works. :rockon:
     
    #5 ggood, Aug 25, 2009
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    yep, USB action will be there!
     
    #6 quantumslip, Aug 25, 2009
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    XMAN LIVE "Just have Fun!"

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    okay this Moderatoor pulled my plug from the Main 2010 discsion thread. Not very cool at all. I know to have seprate thread under club area, but agree that we could get a litte more visibilty by at least putting a post on main thread.

    check it out.
    Okay moderator pulled plug for Houston meet-up from the Main 2010 discussion thread. Not happy, not very cool at all. I know to have separate thread under club area, but agree that we could get a little more visibility by at least putting a post on main thread. I would have put some updates each day to bring it to the front of form, once event past I would have let it die in the history of new Q&A… Many people are new due to Toyota Pg3 and do not know how to did around to get to some club thread. This was a knee jerk response that was not needed. Give me a break… oh my listed twice… with link pointing to main thread wow. I am so impressed.

    Check it out.

    http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii-2010-prius-main-forum/67875-houston-meet-up-8-29-09-11-00-am.html

    I will Cc this link to moderator to see if he want to put his two cents, in … I will get over it. I know he mean well. If he could say his peace he would say if everyone does it…bla…bla…bla… Dallas event got to do it for almost a week and when they pulled they put a plug on main page. Where the love J

    http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii...m/67875-houston-meet-up-8-29-09-11-00-am.html

    unable to even reply...
     
    #7 XMAN LIVE, Aug 25, 2009
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    I don't get it, I closed it and you had a link back to this forum to continue the discussion. This way all the discussion takes place in one thread instead of all over the place. Was all the info in the above post necessary? You could have just contacted me via a pm and we could have talked about why I closed it and my thoughts of having all the discussion take place in one central thread. I also was unaware of how posts were let go in the past, as at that time I was not a moderator here.

    There was no 'intent to harm' by closing the thread, from a personal perspective I found it made more sense for all the discussion to take place here. I also see your position on bumping it to the front each day...

    Anyways, the thread is now open again but I would ask next time a problem such as this could be solved with a simple pm and some discussion.
     
    #8 Paradox, Aug 25, 2009
  9. ggood

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    Hi Xman - you may have have missed it, but I had already posted crosslinks in both the Gen 3 Main forum and the Gen 2 Main forum. I think it's fine if those threads and yours are locked, so long as the cross links still work and the posts aren't totally deleted. I do agree with you that the separate events forum is probably a bit of an invisible ghetto, since a lot of people may limit themselves to looking at just a few main forums.
     
    #9 ggood, Aug 25, 2009
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    Agree, could have been resolved using PM, this is a two way street. I have agreed to let it go and just have fun... Thanks for your support.
     
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    There is a fair chance the wife and I will show up also.

    Mike
     
    #11 mjrauma, Aug 26, 2009
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    So Far:

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    Dan.
    ggood
    XMAN LIVE
    quantumslip
    Adam (from facebook)​

    Maybe:
    mjrauma
    Musa (facebook)​

    So 5 confirmed and 7 possible.

    Should be fun!

    11011011
     
    #12 Dan., Aug 26, 2009
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    I might come with my girlfriend. I say 'might,' because me and my girlfriend are training for a marathon, and we're planning to do a long run on Saturday, so we might being running/resting at that time, depending on when we start. But I've had my Prius for a week now, and would certainly like to come out and meet some other Prius owners. We'll see!
     
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    With the weather like it is, I hope you're starting early in the morning!
     
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    Ya, and I just remembered this is the week for our short run (6 miles), so we shouldn't be too tired afterward. The only thing is, my girlfriend has been traveling the past two weeks for work, so we might be, um, preoccupied for a few days since we haven't gotten to spend much time together lately. We'll see. Do y'all do this very often?
     
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    This one is kind of spontaneous. We're just playing it by ear. Some of us got together once before so people could look over my car, when there were no other cars in Texas yet. Dan has a Houston Hybrid & Hypermilers Club that I think gets together on a regular basis. He's planning one for Sept. 19th.
     
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    please show up, i would like to see a SR in person!
     
    #17 quantumslip, Aug 27, 2009
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    Anyone got any PMs indicating others may show up. I would like to see P, 3g, 4 with sun roof
     
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    Oh we have a page 2, with names of others that may show up. Very cool!
     
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    bump...

    It's tomorrow at 11am. See everyone out there.

    I'll be bringing my Prius since I'm doing PHEV research on it I have some really cool gauges that the tech types might find interesting.

    11011011
     
    #20 Dan., Aug 28, 2009
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