At TDIFest OH8, the driving event in question was a timed rally, obeying all speed limits, on back roads. (Back roads that I would've loved to hit in the Miata, but I never got a chance.BEN721364 said:
) (Although, autocrosses have been done before.)
No, not Dallas. The 2009 TDIFest is going to be in Dulles!BEN721364 said:Some would say that the D C metropolitan area fits your description, "Sometimes the term "densly populated area" seems to mean that an area is overpopulated with dense people."
Slow learner sums it up!Lug_Nut said:No, not Dallas. The 2009 TDIFest is going to be in Dulles!
Not to worry, I understood from the start that you'd had enough of 'foggy bottom'.
But it took 28 years? Slow learner or was there some final straw?
The whole purpose of the TDIFest is a fund raiser to help defray the out-of-pocket site hosting and costs of the one man operation called TDIClub Online LLC.
Fest attendance in past years has been in the 100~200 range.
We're a small group of skinflints that buy diesel cars. We haven't the money ourselves nor sold our integrity to deep pocket sponsors to front track rental fees or insurance riders for such.
Vendors at the TDIFest are typically small sole-proprietor to perhaps 10 employee size concerns. Most of all are on first name basis with their customers.
Some attendees haven't the vacation time to drive cross country to attend, so some do fly in,occasionally from overseas.
The main choice of location for the TDIFest is where the volunteers that won the bid to put on these events choose to live. Having a core group in proximity to each other and local knowledge of venues and attractions by necessity requires a critical mass (I won't call it a 'density') of TDI owners.
I liked the place in the beginning bu ttraffic, politics, etc. got the best of me over time.
It's close enough.
Close but only the stub of a cigar for you. When I lived there, we identified ourselves as Northern Virginians. Of course Northern Virginia isn't what it used to be and makes little difference today. <g>va_reman said:
Fredericksburg?? Nah, more like Woodbridge.va_reman said:
Potomac Mills is definitely in Southern VA
I would not hesitate to 'brave' a meeting in Northern Virginia for fear of my safety. I wouldn't however look forward to poking along I-81 all the way from Bristol. The revenue collectors along that highway especially are brutal. That said, I-81 traverses some beautiful country in the Commonwealth.VeeDubTDI said:Yeah yeah, we've already been over that. If it's really that important to you, we will change the name of Fest to TDIFest 2009 -- Dulles, VA.
It is part of the greater Washington metropolitan area.
GTDI4 said:Dulles - Is Washington D.C.
End of story.
boredom?je said:
Exactly! I think enough hairs have been split in this thread. Why don't we just call it TDIFest2009 Planet Earth? That way only those damn annoying Kang and Kodos can complain.VeeDubTDI said:boredom?
I agreeMayorDJQ said:
!From Salt Lake City, plan on at least 2, probably 3 days to get there. From around the Chicago area it takes about 14 hours, just to give you a perspective.Alchemist said: