SLK/R171 Eastern Seabord Drive! Am I the only one envious of the No Cal guys?

Feb 19, 2006 | 02:13 AM

wil_sutton

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Eastern Seabord Drive! Am I the only one envious of the No Cal guys?

Those guys are having too much fun. Good for them. The rest of us need to get off our duffs and organize our own local drives. Who's with me?

I'm taking the lead, and asking for anyone in the mid-Atlantic states to contact me. I know you're out there. I used to see an R171 regularly on Atlantic Beach last summer. Let's start a dialogue and get some drives going. It's an amazing drive from Wilmington up to Nag's Head, NC. I don't have to tell anyone how cool the Blue Ridge Parkway drive is.

We have a beautiful state with some beautiful drives here in North Carolina. I'm proposing a weekend long drive sometime between March and June. I'm giving lots of notice in order to hopefully get a big response. I'll also cross-post in the R170, SLK32, and SLK55 threads.

Let's make plans to go somewhere, see something, do something...

Feb 21, 2006 | 05:27 AM

surfeast

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I live in Wrightsville Beach and would be happy to be a host and or starting point. One of my favorite drives is 17 between Charleston and Hilton Head.

Feb 27, 2006 | 12:58 PM

wil_sutton

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Thats a great drive... and north from there is also a great drive. That could really work... You're in Wrightsville, and I have a place in Morehead City... Sounds like good start/stop points for a leisurely afternoon...

Now we just need more interest! I just don't see many around here...

Mar 1, 2006 | 10:23 AM

Motzkoman

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Originally Posted by wil_sutton

You may also want to try that other board [benzworld]. I usually post on each in the events section, with links on the R170, R171 sections and on this board there is a SLK55AMG section. Once you get response and have a drive planned, send a basic announcement to the local papers to put in their "drive" or "events" sections...we have picked up participants that way, too. One last recommendation is to also check with your local chapter of MBCA, the mercedes club. Good Luck...hope you get it going...

Mar 2, 2006 | 10:19 PM

wil_sutton

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I really appreciate the encouragement, Motz... I'd really like to get something going. I'm heading to the other board right now, and I'll look into the club, but I'm not familiar with it. Dunno if it's strong around here or not... probably not if I don't know about it.

I lived in Newport Beach, CA for a while. We've got some great drives around here, but I'm not sure we have anything to compete with the 1 from Santa Barbara to the border...

Enjoy your drives... maybe one day we can all run the Rockies together...