Haven't driven the car anywhere meaningful for a few weeks now, itching to go for a nice drive somewhere this Saturday before the rain starts becoming a regular occurrence...anybody up for a last minute drive? lunch afterward? Open to route suggestions...

 

Love to make a weekend getaway out of it with the girlfriend but I've already committed to one of my stores for their Jaguar XE "Art of Performance" event.

 

Been driving mine to Big Sur regularly since the tourists have pretty much left and traffic's been light, I'm up for almost anything...

 

I have to work on Saturday, but if you show up in Dallas, we can go for a nice long drive on Sunday...

 

Why not mention it here too? USA Western - AK CA NV OR UT HI WA ID - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum that way some locals might see it?

 

Always felt no one visits the regional forums :-)

 

Totally open for a drive! If this gets underway, let me know when and where and I'll definitely be there.

 

I'm up for putting more miles on the car...which is all cleaned and waxed!

 

Yeah same... I used to follow that forum but I wasn't really seeing any traffic. I even posted a couple times and didn't really see much in the way of responses. So I stopped monitoring it, and just focus on this one now.

As for the drive, we had a plan in the previous pre-el nino drive event thread, but it never really got off the ground. Might be a good place to start from if we do this. I think I might be available, depending on the time and locale.

 

OK, let's do this!

9:30am-10am: Meet at Stanford Shopping Center (exact location TBD). Can grab coffee, chat, hangout.

10am-ish: Depart for Santa Cruz. Route will be combination of 280, Foothill/Eden Road, Highway 9, Highway 17. I'll put the map up shortly. There are a couple of wineries along the way, so maybe stop by for some photos.

12pm-ish: arrive Santa Cruz for lunch (restaurant TBD)

LMK if you are confirmed, I'll make restaurant reservation.

 

Not sure if I can make it, but if I can I might join you midway (as I live fairly close to where 9 connects with 17) or meet you in Santa Cruz.

Thanks as always for taking the trouble to set something up, T!

 

OK, here are more details:

Google Maps Details: https://goo.gl/maps/3Znapbc5X4y

The first part is on 280, so just a very relaxing drive
We take a detour to go through Stevens Creek Reservoir via N. Foothill Blvd, Stevens Canyon Rd
Back on highway 9 to highway 17

Bliss Dance Treasure Island San Francisco
Large empty parking lot with great views of SF
For SF/North Bay/East Bay people to meet up and drive down to main meeting point
Depart 9am

Max's Opera Cafe Parking Lot Stanford Shopping Center
Main meetup point
Hangout for 30mins, chill, wait for people to arrive
Arrive 9:45am
Depart 10:15am

Wells Fargo Saratoga Parking Lot
14428 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
Just a quick stop to regroup, anybody from South Bay who wants to join...
Arrive 11am
Depart 11:10am

Pono Hawaiian Grill, Santa Cruz
Final destination for lunch
Arrive 12pm

 

Sounds great T, I'm down...was either gonna drive my roadster or the Jag somewhere on Saturday so let's do it!

Unless I missed it, please give me a starting point address so I can punch it into my nav or I'll get lost for sure,lol!

 

The main starting point is

711 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304
This is Max Opera Cafe, big parking lot for the mall.

The Treasure Island location is for those from SF/North Bay/East Bay to drive down to the Palo Alto.

See you Saturday!

 

Photo from last time

 

Weather is looking great for tomorrow. Drive while you can before El Nino hits :-p
Drive before all the holiday madness :-)

 

Man...can't believe it but I'm gonna have to bail T, small issue just came up and I need to handle it tomorrow.

Bummer because I was SO looking forward to driving...you guys have fun and looking forward to pictures and maybe some video.

 

no worries...I'm determined to do the drive even if no one shows up :-p Really need to drive the car to recharge the batteries LOL

 

Good attitude T...that's how I feel every available non-rainy day around here.

 

I'm serious, I'm worried about the batteries since I haven't driven her in a while!