It's been a while since we've done something locally. So, here goes. The Winter 2008 Houston area MB GTG will be held on February 9, 2008. I've decided to do something a little different this time around. We'll meet at the Cracker Barrel at 18151 Katy Fwy for breakfast at 8:30am. Attending the breakfast is optional. If you do not wish to attend the breakfast, just meet up at the Cracker Barrel parking lot by 9:45am. We will depart at 10am and go to the Sterling McCall Old Car Museum in Round Top, TX. Traffic and weather permitting, we expect to arrive in Round Top around 11:30am. Admission to the museum is $5 for adults, $3 for kids. If we can get more than 10 people to come in our group, we can get a discounted admission rate. After that, we'll head back home (or to other destinations) at our own pace. Since it's about the same distance from Austin to the museum as it is from Houston, we're inviting fellow MB owners from Austin to come down and join us for some vintage autos and fun. Bring the family along and make this a nice outing. Make sure your MBs are up for the "journey". Get that oil changed, those belts adjusted, those tires rotated, fill that fuel tank up, bring the camera and come along!

Addresses:

Departure Point:
Cracker Barrel
18151 Katy Fwy.
Houston, TX 77094-1208

The Cracker Barrel is located on the eastbound side of the freeway. If you're coming from the east, take the Greenhouse exit, make the u-turn and it's right before Barker Cypress. If you're coming from the west, just take the Barker Cypress exit. Of course, if you want detailed directions from your house, Mapquest will be able to provide that. Due to the ongoing construction along the Katy Freeway, keep an eye out for lane closures. Periodically monitor this site: http://www.katyfreeway.org/closures.html, so that you may take an alternate route to the departure point should a lane closure occur on the freeway that weekend.

Destination:
Sterling McCall Old Car Museum
4214 S. State Highway 237
Round Top, TX 78954-5173
Museum Website: http://www.oldcarcountry.com

RSVP in this thread. I've posted this to some other MB forums too. So if you're also a member at one of the other forums and come across one of the threads for this GTG, keep in mind you just need to RSVP at ONE forum, not all of them.

 

The Lone Star section of MBCA is coming down from Austin. They made some reservations at a nearby restaurant for lunch after the tour for anyone who wants to get a bite. They've made reservations for 20 people, which they can change up to 24hrs before the GTG. So also let me know if you want to attend lunch afterward so I can tell them to increase the number of attendees or not.

Restaurant Info:

Klump's Restaurant
101 S. Washington
Round Top, TX 78954
979-249-5696
TUE 8-2, WED-SAT 8-9, SUN 8-2

 

The Austin group will be leaving from Mercedes-Benz of Austin at 9:30am for anyone from Austin who wishes to caravan with them.

Austin departure point:

Mercedes-Benz of Austin
6757 Airport Blvd.
Austin, TX 78752-3602

 

Their website appears to be down. Sounds like fun but I work on Saturdays! lets keep up the texas stuff though...

 

bump

 

Bump. Just 3 more days.

 

Man I missed this!!! Are there going to be any other MB or import shows in the area? I live in Killeen, TX close to Austin but I want to attend a couple shows and get some ideas for the car.

Greg