Miata Mailing List: August 1996, Message #118
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   From: Ken Warren 
Subject: RE: The REAL Games
   Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 00:33:48 -0400

On Wednesday, July 31, 1996 8:20 PM, Scott Kirkham and 
Woody[SMTP:skirkham@mail.1stinternet.com] wrote:
>>     I have been thinking about going to the Atlanta Games this October, 
an=
>d
>>     have talked to several friends about coming with me. They're all
>>     waffling.  My fall-back position is my brother, but he says I would
>>     have to pay his way and he would do all the driving.
>
>Why take a partner? Just go yourself. Maybe you can meet up with other 
Miata
>folks along the way and make it a caravan. From which direction are you 
comi=
>ng?

I second that suggestion. If you don't want to travel the whole distance by 
yourself, you might want to meet up with the Delaware Valley Miata Club. 
We'll be taking two days for the drive, and (probably) breaking our drive 
in the Raleigh-Durham NC area. You (Leigh) could probably get to that area 
in about 4 hours, give or take a bit.

>>     So a couple of questions: what is there for the co-pilot to do when 
I'=
>m
>>     off doing, well, Miata stuff?
>
>Let's see... The High Museum of Art, World of Coca-Cola, CNN Center, Six 
Fla=
>gs,
>lotsa clubs of different types (punk, jazz, gentleman's, rock-n-roll, 
etc...=
>)
>I can't even begin to tell all that there is to do in Atlanta. Suffice it 
to
>say that there is (warning! clich=E9 alert!) something for everyone.

I will mention that the last time I was in Atlanta, I found it *very* 
difficult to get a Coke. Go figure. :-)

As for clubs, I used to know several good jazz clubs down there, courtesy 
of some relatives, but it's been a number of years. I don't know which of 
them are still in business, or which are no longer worth the cover charge 
(if any).

>>  And is it possible for both of us to
>>     drive in the various events, or is it a one car-one-driver policy?
>
>I have no idea. Atlanta will most likely be my first Miata event.

Supposedly, it will be possible for more than one person to participate in 
most of the driving events. I've offered my car to a friend who's thinking 
about attending, because she wants to take the performance driving school, 
but doesn't have a roll bar in her Miata.

>>     And I would love to hear from other first-time Miata-event
>>     participants.
>>
>I'm waffling on whether or not to go. This would be my first Miata event. 
I =
>want
>to go, but the price is steep at this time. Maybe I can convince my wife 
to =
>make
>it an early Xmas present. She'll probably ask me if I would rather have 
that=
> or
>the JR CAI. That's a good question and one I must consider very 
carefully...

Maybe you should pancake on it instead... :-) If money is tight, go for the 
CAI. You'll probably buy car parts in Atlanta anyway (home of BSP, plus 
Dealer Alternative should be there); the only thing that kept me from 
buying parts in Toronto was knowing I'd have to deal with the taxes and 
duties.

Ken Warren
Grand Poobah of Motorsports, DelVal Miata Club
(That's what it says in the Roadster Review, so it must be true:-))