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PostPosted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:28 pm    Post subject: New show in NYC - VW Traffic Jam Reply with quote

Here is a new show that is next week in NYC.

http://www.volkswagentrafficjam.com/

If you can't get your car there come on out for the show anyway. Free ferry ride and free admission for spectators.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll be going to this show. It's going to be one of a kind for sure. I'm going just to take the VW on a ferry and island with the kids. Very Happy A bunch of guys are coming from Jersey as well. Should be a great time.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This weekend already.
Got my reservation weeks ago.
Can't wait to ride the ferry to Governor's Island.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The only problem with the show is getting off the ferry at 6:00pm in downtown NYC on a Sunday. It should be an interesting drive home.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mango is not ready, it is the last day of my vacation, and i don't feel like dealing with the stress of NYC so someone better post good pics so i can kick myself in the arse for not going even as a spectator. have fun!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 6:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone know if there will be any local news coverage off the show?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

caseydenise wrote:
Does anyone know if there will be any local news coverage off the show?

Probably all the coverage will be of the Ground Zero Mosque protest happening at noon that day.
I'd stay away from Broadway on the way down there if you are after 8am or so.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bright and early kids.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Any more pictures like that, very nice. Lady Liberty standing proud in the back is awesome.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did it stop raining at all?

Sorry I couldn't make it, the weather wasn't why I couldn't come.
My Mom's in the hospital.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John my thoughts were with you all day, we had 2 heavy down pours and some sun, I ended up taking your 3:30 spot and made it home by 4:30

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cool venue. hope ma pickens gets well!
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We had a great time at the Traffic Jam. It was so cool to go into NYC and take the ferry over to Governors Island. We got to check out some crazy outdoor sculptors and tour the old Naval grounds. The kids had a great time on the bicycle/car we rented. They also got tattoos painted and got to run in the rain.

The show was the perfect spot with front row parking to one of the greatest views in the city. It had a great tree-lined picnic field, good eats, music and nice shelters to rest and eat in.

We can't thank Travis, and and all her great friends for putting on this show and just having the idea of doing it to begin with. We hope it sticks around for a long time. It was a lot of hard work and we appreciate it. It was such a privilege to drive our Thing on Governors Island, thank you.

So many people took pictures and I hope some people will post them up Very Happy

Waiting for our ferry
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Here we go
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Here you go Mike
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Us leaving NYC
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And the tell tail sign it was a great show

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Sign us up for next year!!
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John i hope your Mom gets better.


looks like a great turnout despite the weather. I have it on my calendar for 2011
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cruising on the island. I was hoping to be the first Thing on the island "in my mind", but Bill from Delaware beat me to it.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What an awesome show, at no point during the day it felt like we were at a car show, we went on a bike ride for a bout an hour an explore the whole island.
Kudos to Travis, Laura and the staff who put this well organized event, those big personalized window signs with the vehicle number on made it very easy for the spectators to vote for their favorite cars.
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Even Cranky was very pleasant to me on the way back out.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's the rest of the pictures for those with access to Facebook,

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=234555&id=1443146781&ref=mf
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What a great show! Very cool location, every picture of a car had the Statue of Liberty in it. Having to take a ferry over added to the fun. Thanks to Travis and Laura and crew for getting this together, and hope that this will be the first of many.
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