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Arthritis Car Show & Shawshank Redemption Trail - July 5-9

Hope you guys have great weather. :thumbsup


Post LOTS of pictures!
 
Ok, shirt orders are in.

Cubby - One Men's Med
Chicago Dave - one 2XL, one XL , both Men's
Fireduck - one Men's Large

I am going to reduce the Rock Hall logo so it is below the XLR logo, but here is the embroidery going on the shirt. I will also put the Arthritis Foundation Car Show on the sleeve. If anyone else is interested, we can get Ladies styles as well.

I'll need orders by Wednesday night if anyone is still interested.


The shirts will be black, this is just a picture of the style of shirt.
Tim


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Teach me to be too busy with other stuff to check to see what is going on with the XLR group. Oh well. see you all there!
 
on our way

Rolling in 10 minutes :burnout::burnout::burnout:look out OHIO! ETA 7 hours!
 
Arthritis Car Show & Shawshank Redemption Trail - July 5-9

Pictures from the first day of the trip. Travelled to Manfield Reformatory where the Shawshank Redemption was filmed. We had a private tour that last 3 hours and our tour guide took us to places that the regular tours don't go to. Toured Ohio Amish Country, Dinner at Mrs. Yoder's Kitchen and wound up the day at the Milersburg Brewery.
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Wow looks like an awesome tour!


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Looks cool! Other than I wouldn't want to be locked up in that pen ...
 
Arthritis Car Show & Shawshank Redemption Trail - July 5-9

Friday, we went to the Rock &Roll Hall of Fame (known as the Rock Hall). Had a great time re-living our younger years at the Rock Hall. Drove to Columbus and finished the day at the Haufbrauhaus Columbus - on of 12 in the world. The original is in Munich.


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Arthritis Car Show & Shawshank Redemption Trail - July 5-9

Friday was the Cruise In. We had 6 XLR's and Chicago Dave's CTS wagon. We almost got our regular spot. The place was filling up quickly as we arrived. Not as many cars on Friday this year, I think the weather scared many away. The storms all went South of us and we saw a bunch of great cars. The best part of Friday is that Nils & Elise win top 100 - and a 6 ft trophy!


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Arthritis Car Show & Shawshank Redemption Trail - July 5-9

Finally, Saturday is here. The Main Event, The Arthritis Foundation Car Show featured over 1200 cars from modern cars to 100+ year old cars and over 30 classes were judged. Cubby and Supa won Best of Show for the Cadillac Roaster class as well as the XLR-V. Sandy & Steve (Graytoad) won for XLR class. This show raises funds for a great cause - Arthritis Research. This was its 34th year. Congratulations to the winners!
We finished up the day at the Blarney Stone Tavern. Safe travels home!
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One of the featured Marquees was the Shelby Cobra. Here is a beautifully restored Shelby
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Here's the Whole Gang!


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Some really good photos. Looks like a fun and interesting meet. Sorry I didn't join you.
 
WINNER - Tough Luck Award

Firstly - Just so you know - We had a fantastic time BUT none the less I think I earned a couple of 'there-there's' combined with a pat on the back or a group hug :grouphug: and have earned the Tough Luck Award.
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Tuesday the 5th we were virtually all set to leave for the show, trunk packed, just going over my mental check list (which - btw - my mental check list needs some help) when Steve pushed the button to close the trunk - - - half way down then stopped, tried again, then again, doors didn't want to open etc: we realized we had trouble :mad: The car always has a Battery Tender on it when it is not being actively driven but it was actually the original battery in the car. I usually get it tested each year but never did this year.... figures eh!

Fast forward 2 1/2 hours later, after having used a booster box to get the car to start and saw that they system was charging etc we managed to get it to our favorite repair shop and get a new battery installed - and we were on our way!

As a side note to the gang: Sorry we arrived at the BnB so late: everyone was nice enough to wait for us before departing for dinner. We had figured we would arrive 3:30 or 4 pm and rolled in around 7:15 pm.

Fast forward once again to today. On our way home we were driving around 65 mph in a section of I-90 that was under construction, 2 narrow lanes of traffic with concrete barriers immediately on the edge of the left lane and no shoulder on the right lane - when we suddenly hit something. Neither of us saw anything but we were changing lanes from left to right and we both think the front tire popped out one of the road reflectors and the rear tire ran over it having its spike pierce our tire. It was a heck of a racket as it went around a couple of times beating against the wheel well before it finally flew out then a few moments later we had a full on flat. We turned on the 4 ways and slowed down but had to limp along about an 1/8 of a mile to find a safe spot to pull over. All the while there was a terrible flapping noise: I though the tire was flying apart taking my fender with it, but we finally happened to come upon a narrow 'emergency vehicle only' pull off. Did I tell you also that we were on a sweeping curve and having just passed under a bridge with its support pillars dangerously close to the temporary lanes we were in?

My XLR does not have 'run flats' but I do have a compressor and a tire plug kit and AAA but there was a chunk of rubber sticking out of the hole in the center of my tread and we knew it was beyond my tire repair kit: besides the point that we were barely off the travel lanes of I-90 - way too dangerous even if it was the passenger rear.

I crawled out of the passengers seat (Steve was driving) fearing the worst but all was good, the sidewall was folded under the rim and amazingly there appears to be no rim damage.

Anyway, the flat bed truck was there way faster than they said: he arrived with a regular tow truck as back up for extra flashing lights etc and they were very careful with my baby, added extra ramps to keep from ripping off the nose and used a strap instead of the hook on the tow line.

We ended up at a WalMart; certainly not my first choice but one of the only choices in that area on a Sunday afternoon. The young guy that helped us was as careful - yes I showed the diagrams in my manual where the jack points were and actually had to get a new jack that would fit under the car he got us fixed up quickly. Part of the Walmart policy on tire changes is all cars must be run in a figure 8 loop 5 or 6 times out back where it is recorded on their security camera system as proof they are checked, then re-torqued them again. So here is this young guy in his early 20 at most out back driving an XLR in figure 8's; bet you he will be talking about that for a while. Anyway, they had me back on the road exactly 2 hours after I dialed my CAA/AAA number. :burnout:

I run Michelin's but now have one Dunlop on the right rear which I will replace this week along with the drivers side rear so I don't run in circles :thumbsup . The tires only have about 18,000 miles on them and I bought hazard warranty so wish me luck this wont cost me too much more.

Her she is; sitting forlornly on the flat bed :(...... it is kind of a selfie: that is me too, Steve was in the front seat with Nick our tow truck guy.
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Anyway, other than a few minor silly things I have never had any real trouble with this car at all so I guess I was due. This has just added some extra excitement to a fantastic trip with some great XLR friends.
 
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Aggghhh!

Oh, Sandy and Steve! So glad that you got home 'safely'. Guess the big guy upstairs didn't think you had enough excitement this week. We really enjoyed our time with you and are looking forward to our next adventure.:wave:
 
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Here is one more we need to add!
 

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Sandy, so sorry you had troubles, but glad they took care of your baby. It was good to meet you and Steve this week. I'm glad you guys finally made it home safely.


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Firstly - Just so you know - We had a fantastic time BUT none the less I think I earned a couple of 'there-there's' combined with a pat on the back or a group hug :grouphug: and have earned the Tough Luck Award.
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Tuesday the 5th we were virtually all set to leave for the show, trunk packed, just going over my mental check list (which - btw - my mental check list needs some help) when Steve pushed the button to close the trunk - - - half way down then stopped, tried again, then again, doors didn't want to open etc: we realized we had trouble :mad: The car always has a Battery Tender on it when it is not being actively driven but it was actually the original battery in the car. I usually get it tested each year but never did this year.... figures eh!

Fast forward 2 1/2 hours later, after having used a booster box to get the car to start and saw that they system was charging etc we managed to get it to our favorite repair shop and get a new battery installed - and we were on our way!

As a side note to the gang: Sorry we arrived at the BnB so late: everyone was nice enough to wait for us before departing for dinner. We had figured we would arrive 3:30 or 4 pm and rolled in around 7:15 pm.

Fast forward once again to today. On our way home we were driving around 65 mph in a section of I-90 that was under construction, 2 narrow lanes of traffic with concrete barriers immediately on the edge of the left lane and no shoulder on the right lane - when we suddenly hit something. Neither of us saw anything but we were changing lanes from left to right and we both think the front tire popped out one of the road reflectors and the rear tire ran over it having its spike pierce our tire. It was a heck of a racket as it went around a couple of times beating against the wheel well before it finally flew out then a few moments later we had a full on flat. We turned on the 4 ways and slowed down but had to limp along about an 1/8 of a mile to find a safe spot to pull over. All the while there was a terrible flapping noise: I though the tire was flying apart taking my fender with it, but we finally happened to come upon a narrow 'emergency vehicle only' pull off. Did I tell you also that we were on a sweeping curve and having just passed under a bridge with its support pillars dangerously close to the temporary lanes we were in?

My XLR does not have 'run flats' but I do have a compressor and a tire plug kit and AAA but there was a chunk of rubber sticking out of the hole in the center of my tread and we knew it was beyond my tire repair kit: besides the point that we were barely off the travel lanes of I-90 - way too dangerous even if it was the passenger rear.

I crawled out of the passengers seat (Steve was driving) fearing the worst but all was good, the sidewall was folded under the rim and amazingly there appears to be no rim damage.

Anyway, the flat bed truck was there way faster than they said: he arrived with a regular tow truck as back up for extra flashing lights etc and they were very careful with my baby, added extra ramps to keep from ripping off the nose and used a strap instead of the hook on the tow line.

We ended up at a WalMart; certainly not my first choice but one of the only choices in that area on a Sunday afternoon. The young guy that helped us was as careful - yes I showed the diagrams in my manual where the jack points were and actually had to get a new jack that would fit under the car he got us fixed up quickly. Part of the Walmart policy on tire changes is all cars must be run in a figure 8 loop 5 or 6 times out back where it is recorded on their security camera system as proof they are checked, then re-torqued them again. So here is this young guy in his early 20 at most out back driving an XLR in figure 8's; bet you he will be talking about that for a while. Anyway, they had me back on the road exactly 2 hours after I dialed my CAA/AAA number. :burnout:

I run Michelin's but now have one Dunlop on the right rear which I will replace this week along with the drivers side rear so I don't run in circles :thumbsup . The tires only have about 18,000 miles on them and I bought hazard warranty so wish me luck this wont cost me too much more.

Her she is; sitting forlornly on the flat bed :(...... it is kind of a selfie: that is me too, Steve was in the front seat with Nick our tow truck guy.
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Anyway, other than a few minor silly things I have never had any real trouble with this car at all so I guess I was due. This has just added some extra excitement to a fantastic trip with some great XLR friends.


I forgot to add that I had set my trip meter when we left home and we put on 2,073 klms which is 1,288 miles.... plus of course approximately 15 more miles on the tow truck! :laugh:
 
Wow, what a bunch of adventures!

Congrats to the award winners! Nils & Elise, guess it's safe to say you guys drove home with the top down -- & several feet of trophy sticking up?! :rocker:

Sandy, glad you & Steve got home safe & sound. Hopefully you've knocked out all the possible problems in one shot!
 
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Sandy,

Glad to hear that your tire rupture turned out as well as it did! Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

For me personally, this just reinforces my thoughts that when I replace the tires on Crimson Pearl, I'm going to stick with run-flats!
 

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