Festiva Madness 3rd Annual Meet Saturday Oct 3, 2009 in Raleigh, NC

[V8Festiva]

Man i wish i could make it

Wish you could also. It is going be lots of fun.

Lots of phone calls and e-mails the last few weeks.

Many are from Festiva owners that are not on the site.

The e-bay ads and Craigslist ads are pulling in lots of calls etc.

This is going to be a very large meet.

Hope the local news will come out and do a story.

Dean
Raleigh, NC

[TominMO]

Hope the local news will come out and do a story.

So call 'em up to make sure they know.

[Britstiva]

So call 'em up to make sure they know.

I've got a connection with NBC-17... I'll contact her and see if she is interested in doing a story too!

[sam.1956]

^^That'd be Mondo KOOL! The angle is, "we're doing our part to save gas and reduce landfill volume by keeping these hardy little commuter-friendly and fuel efficient vehicles on the road". If they decide they want an "official" contact, either myself or Dean can provide details.

Thanks Jeremy!

[TominMO]

^^ Oooh this is gettin' good! Wish I could attend, but alas...

[V8Festiva]

I've got a connection with NBC-17... I'll contact her and see if she is interested in doing a story too!

Connections are great to have.

Dean
Raleigh, NC

[Britstiva]

I just emailed her and gave her my phone number... I dropped her some tidbits to peak her interest. So as soon as I hear from her, I will post an update!

I was on NBC-17 a couple of months ago doing a story on paranormal investigations.

[Britstiva]

I just received a call from her and she said that they have a lady who does stories on "going green" and she thought she would be interested in doing the story.

It's not official yet. The other reporter is going to call me to discuss it. But she thought it would be a great story! Especially since most of these cars get 40+ mpg and we're talking about a car that's atleast 20 years old.

She was very amazed about that.... so it's very possible that we'll have a camera crew with us at FM3!!

I'll post another update when I hear from them.

[Sparky]

Gee, I'll have to dig out my "good" t-shirt!!

[sam.1956]

I was able to post the Madness Meet info on WRAL-TV's website in their "Out & About" section, but we're limited to 500 characters. I had to be brief. Which, as most of you know, is exceptionally tough for me.

http://www.wral.com/entertainment/out_and_about/event/5981509/

The WRAL posting does have a link back to page 1 of this thread.

[V8Festiva]

I just received a call from her and she said that they have a lady who does stories on "going green" and she thought she would be interested in doing the story.

It's not official yet. The other reporter is going to call me to discuss it. But she thought it would be a great story! Especially since most of these cars get 40+ mpg and we're talking about a car that's atleast 20 years old.

She was very amazed about that.... so it's very possible that we'll have a camera crew with us at FM3!!

I'll post another update when I hear from them.

You may want to link them to some pictures of last year's meet.

The Festiva/Aspire convoy could reach 35 or more cars.

A few pictures along with meet details are posted at www.FestivaRescue.com

Dean
Raleigh, NC

[scitzz]

I am about 99.9% sure to be going, wooohooo!

[Team Lightning]

Vacation approved. I should be there!!

[eurotiva]

Just talked to everybody in Florida and we should have 5 cars coming maybe 1-2 more. Woot.

[V8Festiva]

Just talked to everybody in Florida and we should have 5 cars coming maybe 1-2 more. Woot.

Think I will do an award for most cars from a single state outside NC.

Dean