MGC 2010 HYPE thread

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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by vskid » Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:17 pm

You know, I might actually be able to go. The chances of me going increase a ton if 1) I can pick up someone(s) along the way or 2) someone picks me up on their way there (so we can split fuel costs, I live ~30min north of SLC). At $2.50 a gallon, getting 40mpg (would be easy to get), it would cost $180 for me to get there and back. Not too bad, but if that was split 2 or 3 ways, it would be much easier to bear.
Oh, fun fact, Google Maps says it would take me 18 days to walk there. :mrgreen:
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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by Metallica Man X » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:11 am

so if you hopped on a bike...you could cut that down to only 6 days if you really worked it :lol:
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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by vskid » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:36 am

Metallica Man X wrote:so if you hopped on a bike...you could cut that down to only 6 days if you really worked it :lol:
I think I'll stick to driving, it'll be worth the ~$180 to cut the travel time down to 20 hours. :wink:
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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by gannon » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:14 am

Speaking of the suite, I remember last time I was there we were all in the tub together with our laptops
...then the water somehow got turned on :shock:

I might be able to make it next year actually though :P

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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by bicostp » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:25 am

gannon wrote:last time I was there we were all in the tub together
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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by benheck » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:57 am

3 words for MGC 2010:

BILL

PAXTON

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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by nightwheel » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:04 pm

vskid wrote:You know, I might actually be able to go. The chances of me going increase a ton if 1) I can pick up someone(s) along the way .... it would cost $180 for me to get there and back. Not too bad, but if that was split 2 or 3 ways, it would be much easier to bear.
Oh, fun fact, Google Maps says it would take me 18 days to walk there. :mrgreen:
You know, if you could swing by Western Kentucky and Pick me up. I'd be very happy!

Anyways, whether I be picked up by a member or take a bus to Wisconsin. I'm hoping to come to MGC in 2010.
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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by vskid » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:20 pm

nightwheel wrote:
vskid wrote:You know, I might actually be able to go. The chances of me going increase a ton if 1) I can pick up someone(s) along the way .... it would cost $180 for me to get there and back. Not too bad, but if that was split 2 or 3 ways, it would be much easier to bear.
You know, if you could swing by Western Kentucky and Pick me up. I'd be very happy!
Using the previous numbers ($2.50 a gal, 40mpg), it would be $260 total (I leave Utah, pick up you, MGC, take you home, I go home). I'd probably only charge you the $80 difference (or whatever it ends up being). I wasn't sure where in Kentucky, but pretty much everywhere west of Louisville was close to the same distance. Those cost estimates are likely on the high side, hopefully gas will be about $2 a gallon, and 45mpg would probably be easy without using the AC.
You're out of the way, thats for sure, but it should be fine (unless I get other passengers that object).

EDIT: Anyone else looking for a ride, I'll let you figure out the cost. I live in Clearfield, UT, use Milwaukee, WI as the destination, add your address in between. Its $0.0625 a mile for gas. The cost from my house, to there, and back is $180, we'll split the gas costs for the distance I take you (unless you're way out of the way, you'll pay all the cost of me going out of the way and split the cost when we get back to the path I would be taking). You could also fly into SLC and I'll drive you the full way (if its cheaper for you to do that than to fly to Wisconsin).
I don't know if I'm going for sure, yet. By the beginning of 2010, I should know.
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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by Triton » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:36 pm

assuming i take my BMW on the trip i have room for appx 3 passengers in moderate comfort, so i might be able to pick up one or two people along the way. same deal as VSkid offers, but between ottumwa IA and milwaukee WI but about double the fuel cost, i KNOW my bmw wont get 40mpg lol, figure it at 25-30 tops.

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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by alentris » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:13 pm

I'll be there! (can't wait). Hooray for being a wisconsinite!!!

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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by Turknatr12 » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:51 pm

YAY, my video made the thread! I'll be looking forward to come again!

This sounds weird, but Kyle bought a 24 pack of MT Dew with a can design that I hadn't seen before or seen since. Have YOU?
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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by eagle5953 » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:14 pm

I remember that! It was only around for like 2 weeks...

Think it looked a bit like this:
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Kinda wished I had saved one...

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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by Metallica Man X » Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:45 am

benheck wrote:3 words for MGC 2010:

BILL

PAXTON

PINBALL
Awwww heck yeah!

ooh ooh, and I just now thought of something else too! perhaps I'll drag my koos along...and play an "unplugged" Possum song for everyone, since peeps seem to like that song! 8)
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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by jones » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:09 am

Triton wrote:as far as i know they are talking of the show being in Milwaukee in 2010, closer to the airport and a bigger venue and all that jazz
That sucks... The Olympia was always cool and Milwaukee = fail.

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Re: MGC 2010 HYPE thread

Post by Turknatr12 » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:48 am

eagle5953 wrote:I remember that! It was only around for like 2 weeks...

Think it looked a bit like this:
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Kinda wished I had saved one...
Yes! It was soo cool! But I still wish it actually said Mountain Dew, not Mtn.
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