Summertime questions for midwesterners

[FloRidah]

Hi,

My wife and I just had a wonderful weekend in Kissimmee, FL where we had one heck of a great rally. Had 50 vehicles caravan to a restaurant, you can check the thread out under the Florida forum.

My question is this. We spend our summers in northern Illinois. Would love to find a way to have some sort of event or get together with SSR owners during the summer. Does anyone know of any that are planned?

I mentioned to some of the midwesterners about the auto museum in Volo, Illinois which is something every car buff should visit at least once. If there was any event even close to there we could likely schedule a group run in that direction.

Would welcome any information, we are willing to travel to events in the midwest as well as the schedule permits.

Best regards,

Dennis & Jo Miller
FloRidah

[Achias]

Where in Northern Illinois do you go?

We had a rally a couple years ago at Starved Rock State Park, and had at least a dozen R's there. Nothing has been done since, but it would be nice to do again.

Chevy SSR Photos | Chevrolet SSR Pictures - Starved Rock Run

Dave

[HarleyGuy]

Dennis & Jo;

Well, northern Illinois isn't really all that far from southeastern Michigan.
(Chicago to Detroit is about a 5 hr drive).

The biggest car event in this neck of the woods is the Woodward Dream Cruise and it's HUGE!!

The WDC is annual event held in mid-August and it is huge.

Checkout the Great Lakes Thread for the schedule.

The SSR group will have hotel rooms blocked for this event so everyone can stay in the same location. If you're planning on attending this event make sure that you book your rooms as soon as they're available.

You're also welcome to come and join us for any of the mini-runs that we do here in the state and you can also find the information for those runs on thte Great Lakes thread.

Also, for the National Rally in Flagstaff, AZ:
We're going to have a small "convoy" leaving from the Ann Arbor, MI area on August 30th and we will be arriving in Flagstaff on Monday, September 5th.
You're welcome to "convoy" with us.
If you may be interested in going with us send me a PM.

[YellowDZH]

There is an event in Maggie Valley NC in May. Check out their posting.

[FloRidah]

Originally Posted by Achias

Where in Northern Illinois do you go?

We had a rally a couple years ago at Starved Rock State Park, and had at least a dozen R's there. Nothing has been done since, but it would be nice to do again.

Chevy SSR Photos | Chevrolet SSR Pictures - Starved Rock Run

Dave

Hi,

Thanks for the response. We are in Lake in the Hills, near Crystal Lake.

I did find the event in Detroit and we are looking into going to that one. Anyone interested in a caravan from the Chicago area???

Heard about the Starved Rock event this weekend in Orlando and would love to do that one. Hiked the Blackhawk trail in 1951 as a Boy Scout and have wanted to take my wife out there for years.

Regards,
Dennis Miller
FloRidah

[cjanke]

New member today. A North Shore owner of a Slingshot for a year now. Anxiously awaiting good weather to get out on the road. We go down to Starved Rock once in a while and would love to participate if anything gets planned.

See you on the road!

[FloRidah]

Originally Posted by cjanke

New member today. A North Shore owner of a Slingshot for a year now. Anxiously awaiting good weather to get out on the road. We go down to Starved Rock once in a while and would love to participate if anything gets planned.

See you on the road!

Hi,

I say welcome aboard to the forum, twas just six months ago I got a similar welcome.

Grew up in Palatine and now our primary residence is in Florida. We sold a truck and a convertible with the idea of replacing it with one vehicle. When I got home the dealer directed me to this web site and gave me my log in information and sign in name so I just started looking around.

What a wonderful thing happened to me. As our Florida guru, Dicktator says, you joined a family and he is spot on. We went to our first event two weeks after buying the SSR at Fantasy of Flight not 20 miles from our home and we were hooked. What a wonderful group of folks and such fun. Just completed the weekend in Kissimmee, FL and would suggest you check into the forums and then Florida and you can see for yourself. We did have several folks from IL and IN attending. You will enjoy the many pictures and comments.

Forgot to also mention that they had already schedule one "tech day" where several volunteers worked on my vehicle installing frame stiffeners, led turn signal mirrors and much more. I have since volunteered where I could as well.

And finally, to top it off, my wife had a BMW hard top convertible that is four years old and had just rolled 16,000 miles on it. She drove the SSR for an hour then her BMW and pronounced the SSR sits higher, drives better and is a lot more fun to drive, I want one. I asked her if she was willing to give up the BMW and she said if we could trade pretty close to even, absolutely.

She now owns a 2006, black SSR that just rolled over 10,000 miles. Pin stripes go on Wednesday, SS accessories on Thursday and Friday we have another tech day scheduled where we install frame stiffener, radiator support, turn signals, moleskin so the window tint does not get scratched and a "kill switch" so we can cut off the battery for extended periods of time when not in use. Her vehicle will make it to our summer home in IL because we both knew that we just could not go that long without missing the most fun vehicle we have ever driven.

We have already met several midwestern owners and hope you will join in the fun. Our lives have changed a good bit in the last six months. As we told our neighbor when we got home from Kissimmee last night, we had an absolutely wonderful weekend with many new frieds, it was a blast.

Looking forward to meeting up with you in Windy.

regards,
Dennis Miller
FloRidah

PS: Have Cub season tickets, sell off some of them to fellow Cub fans at my cost if you have any interest.....

PPS: If nothing else we could hook up and one of the many car nights scheduled throughout the summer in the burbs......

[FUZZY]

Been to Volo a number of times. For car gurus it's definately a bucket list to do item.

Didn't hit many cruises or shows last year due to working heavily with the boy scout troop and having to travel back and forth to KC, MO.

Wouldn't mind hitting a show or criuse in the area, but I'd probly be in something other than the SSR since the wife has it in KC.