UCP Meet up...ideas?

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Aussie Members already meet up fairly regularly...once or twice a year...

Feel free to tag along, you know, whatever. it's cool.

[hec16]

USA i also go for detroit

[ScionDriver]

If it's the US I suggest off the beaten path: Lebanon, Kansas. it's the geographic center of the US so then it's just as far for everyone on either coast and it'd be kind of cool if we all DROVE their since we're a car website and then we can all say we drove to the middle of the US. Kind of an interesting adventure, IMO any way.

[Niko_Fx]

whereabouts are they niko?

He lives in Adelaide. He has posted photos of Kangaroo Island, Port Noarlunga, Melbourne, Marion Bay - Yorke Penninsula, Sydney, Mt Lofty and Hanhdorf, etc... Everything is just beautiful.

[digitalcraft]

I'm a firm believer that the west coast and east coast of the U.S. are more different countries than say western Canada and western U.S.

[cargirl1990]

So, you're saying there's a chance?

LOL! maybay....

[CdocZ]

Out of the way places could be a little difficult. For example, I am in Cleveland-area most of the upcoming year and without a car.

[cargirl1990]

Out of the way places could be a little difficult. For example, I am in Cleveland-area most of the upcoming year and without a car.

i thought it was Hell. Satanland.

[LTSmash]

Well, I already suggested Monaco...

Until then, you should all come down to Vegas.

[CdocZ]

i thought it was Hell. Satanland.

That is from when I spent most of my time at home in the suburbs of Washington D.C.

I should change it then I guess. Coldenflat, maybe?

[wwgkd]

Well, I already suggested Monaco...

Until then, you should all come down to Vegas.

A year ago I won a 4 day trip for 2 there, but I couldn't afford the taxes on the thing so I had to pass it up. Definitely some entertainment there.

[DesmoRob]

A year ago I won a 4 day trip for 2 there, but I couldn't afford the taxes on the thing so I had to pass it up. Definitely some entertainment there.

In that case, I would have sold the opportunity to someone for twice the cost of the taxes. They'd have still saved money, and you'd have some spare change. Otherwise its just a wasted win .

[fisetdavid26]

While I like the idea and would dearly love to see it works, it's not gonna happen.

The logistics behind planning such a meeting on a worldwide scale are way too complicated, unless one of you folks wins the lottery and is willing to pay for everybody's plane tickets for us all to come and crash at his/her place.

I work a lot these days and most of my money go into my cellphone and interwebz bills, car payment, and girlfriend. The latter is especially expensive. I haven't got much left, and my everytime-I-go-out-I-must-drink-alcohol lifestyle doesn't help. There's no way I could save up for a trip unless it's incredibly cheap (Varadero in Cuba last year cost me $700 CAD for a week, in a 3.5 stars hotel that was actually very decent with decent food, right on the beach and booze at will - we got a group price, we were 38).

IF we decide to go ahead and do it, we'd have to plan it at least a year in advance so people can save up for it. Young folks here like me who work for stupidly low wages ($12.50/hour in my case) don't have much money.

Expect a lot of MIA members anyway.

And no, I'm not being pessimist, just realistic. I do hope it works though.

And on topic I suggest Le Mans. And we crash at Wouter's afterwards.

[wwgkd]

In that case, I would have sold the opportunity to someone for twice the cost of the taxes. They'd have still saved money, and you'd have some spare change. Otherwise its just a wasted win .

I was trying to get the money right up to the deadline, so I didn't really think of something like that. It was a wasted win.

[DesmoRob]

While I like the idea and would dearly love to see it works, it's not gonna happen.

The logistics behind planning such a meeting on a worldwide scale are way too complicated, unless one of you folks wins the lottery and is willing to pay for everybody's plane tickets for us all to come and crash at his/her place.

I work a lot these days and most of my money go into my cellphone and interwebz bills, car payment, and girlfriend. The latter is especially expensive. I haven't got much left, and my everytime-I-go-out-I-must-drink-alcohol lifestyle doesn't help. There's no way I could save up for a trip unless it's incredibly cheap (Varadero in Cuba last year cost me $700 CAD for a week, in a 3.5 stars hotel that was actually very decent with decent food, right on the beach and booze at will - we got a group price, we were 38).

IF we decide to go ahead and do it, we'd have to plan it at least a year in advance so people can save up for it. Young folks here like me who work for stupidly low wages ($12.50/hour in my case) don't have much money.

Expect a lot of MIA members anyway.

And no, I'm not being pessimist, just realistic. I do hope it works though.

And on topic I suggest Le Mans. And we crash at Wouter's afterwards.

You need to upgrade and go newer my friend. If she was problematic from the beginning, things will only get worse . Kind of like a car!

I too can see that it will be a big problem for everyone to make this work. The main things in life most people don't have is time and money. Those things are difficult to come by for some, and perhaps we'll have to wait till we're all retired before we can make it work as a complete team. All I know is the next time I decide to go on a vacation, it will either be to the US or to Australia, and when it happens I'll be sure to get in touch with the locals there to schedule my own little gathering.