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Old Jan 9, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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Mercedes Benz SLK & SLR roadster owners are invited to meet rain or shine at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, January 21st in Livermore, in the Vasco Plaza shopping center at the corner of Scenic Ave. and N. Vasco Road for display of their cars and camaraderie.

No reservations are needed. We will leave at 11:30, drive through Livermore, up Corral Hollow Road through the Altamont pass (windmill) back road area to Tracy, north through the delta and to Discovery Bay for lunch at Woody's Beach House Bar & Grill.

Check out the route on the attached map.

There is no cost. Join us for an enjoyable day.

For specifics about this and other events contact
tom_brasher@prodigy.net, 408-578-2620, or
stephenmotzko@yahoo.com, 925-426-9957.

On the event day you can call the cells 408-705-5726 or 408-218-3236.

Also, Please mark your calendars for the next dates so we can see you and your SLK.

Next Dates
February 18, 2006 - Includes Behring Auto Museum
March 18, 2006 - TBD
April 22, 2006 - Peninsula to coast
May 20, 2006 - Hollister to King City (Hwy 25)
June 17, 2006 - Wine Country
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Old Jan 15, 2006 | 12:49 AM
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One more Week and at 6 confirmed cars so far...
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Motzkoman
One more Week and at 6 confirmed cars so far...
It looks like no rain, so me & the wife will bring our Kleemann .

Lunch menu looks pretty appetizing per your separate email Mr. Motzko .

See ya,
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Yellow R1
It looks like no rain, so me & the wife will bring our Kleemann .

Lunch menu looks pretty appetizing per your separate email Mr. Motzko .

See ya,
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We look forward to seeing you again...looks like we have about a dozen or more cars already confirmed and I think you will like the drive...Sunday was so sunny and beautiful, I actually did a dry run and the route is GREAT!

See you Saturday...
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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 06:27 PM
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I"ll be coming as well with my wife.
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 01:50 AM
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I"ll be coming as well with my wife.
I look forward to meeting you...I think you will like the group and drive...we have 15 confirmed cars and another 6 "maybe if it doesn't rain"...looks like a great day to me...
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Looks like great weather (mostly sunny 58') and a
great turnout, 16 confirmed cars and another 6 maybes...
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What time do you estimate you'll be at Discovery Bay? I might be able to attend if only for lunch.

Better yet, maybe I can catch you in Tracy and hang out thru lunch.

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Originally Posted by dsb
What time do you estimate you'll be at Discovery Bay? I might be able to attend if only for lunch.

Better yet, maybe I can catch you in Tracy and hang out thru lunch.
I think we will get to Woody's about 1 or shortly before...my guess is that we will be there at least an hour...

It would be great to see you...

We have 16 SLK's confirmed and another 6 maybe's...
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Bummer. Its raining. CA weather forecasters are pretty bad IMO. Ah well, maybe next time .

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Bummer. Its raining. CA weather forecasters are pretty bad IMO. Ah well, maybe next time .

See ya,
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It's stopped raining up here and I think we will have a good meet drive.

Weaqther forecast;
Today: Mostly cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 57F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.

Worst case, we use that roof...
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21SLK's...wow...great drive...more to come...
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Originally Posted by Motzkoman
21SLK's...wow...great drive...more to come...
A Quicktime movie complete with music of the 1/21/06 meet and drive can be seen here:
https://home.comcast.net/~c.mcdonald/0601SLK.mov

Past Quicktime movies of all the meet/drives back to January 2005 can be seen here:
http://home.comcast.net/~motzko/Steves_SLK_Page.html

Quicktime player or the PC or MAC is available free at:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime


Thanks again to all who attended and made the event a success.
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