I live in South Jersey and I really wanted to go to this event, but I didn't get my car back until this morning, but it looks like I didn't miss much.

It's a shame because I know a lot of hard work went into organizing this event, but it's just too much to do. Trying to coordinate three days of this is overly difficult.

Probably would have worked better if it was just a simple car show in a parking lot with a $5 fee to get in and a few awards given at the end of the day.

 

I think they should be closely linked, but I thought that forcing the show to be in a drag strip parking lot just made it more expensive and made it a more remote venue.

This is my suggestion for next year, assuming it stays in NYC.

Friday night, do a scenic night cruise. How was Times Square? Do that again if it was good, or maybe some cool waterfront route?

Saturday afternoon, book a parking lot in the Meadowlands and have the show there.

Saturday night, book the track for Maxus, but also invite lots of other Nissan and Infiniti clubs. Rotate the cars. Let the maximas run their bracket, then in the downtime when results are being tabulated and adjustments are being made, let the Zs run, etc. There aren't enough Maximas to justify renting out the track this year. I noticed a lot of time with no cars running. To turn a profit, invite more cars besides Maximas, and let them run when the track would otherwise be vacant.

Sunday, do the usual cruise and BBQ

 

Just some quick pics I took.

my fav 3rdgen.

 

i'm going to give you what might happen because majority of you guys are playing monday morning QB over here...

Maxus is all about getting everyone together. not location X for one even and location Y for another event at the same time.

Friday night...you think traffic is going to be clear Friday night? People from out of state that's stuck in traffic will be late. they WILL miss out on the cruise. Also out of state drivers just did 6-7 hours behind the wheel of the car...you think they want to get back in the car in 2 hrs to drive in NYC streets? think about it...it's not as easy as YOU think.

sure...let's book it like we book airline tickets on orbitz. not exaclty...since the reconstruction of the meadowlands they are charging A LOT to rent out their lot. with the number of ppl they want A LOT of insurance ($$$). also you have to contend with SCCA guys since they get first dibs on renting out that lot first since i believe they have some deal w/ them. you got the $ for all that by yourself (considering you're getting 0 cash from sponsors).

ok you want a night track...what time at night? what time does etown close? how many hours can you possibly be there? let's say it's at 6PM...you have a good 5 hours to race (i assume they close at 11- if that). so you have 5 hours...you'll need to run with G's Z's and hope you get a few runs in. also it's a clear cut that at MAXUS the Maximas are the slow cars (with G's and Z's running around), yeah that's a big morale booster. the quick 8 is all G's and Z's and maybe 1-2 maximas.
i assume you'll need to charge for this too...so if you want to do a show and track YOU PAY TWICE. remember you have pay $$$ for the track too. are you going to eat the cost of one of the venues? probably not.

where? parking lot? you'll need to pay for a permit for a park...(more $ out of your pocket). then BBQ...who's going to buy the food? yup you guessed it...THAT'S YOU! who's going to cook? who's going to direct traffic?

it's easy to sit there and talk trash about something...but when you walk a mile in their shoes THEN you will know.

sooo Maxus 2011...you're signing up to do it?

(don't take offense but i'm just giving you a look on how it is from behind the curtains)

 

i agree...not sure what was the deal w/ that.

 

Yeah, but that 'Cuda was pretty nice..

 

here are some vids. I am uploading more. Please don't mind me and my 5yr old comentating..LOL

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y19.../maxus%202010/

 

Look it's ME

 

ok imo i think it was ok then at times i thought it was lame , it seem like all the time they had time to get it together feel like the outcome was rush , and everything feld apart at the end , now as far as the judgin i think that BOMB ...bigtime !!! it was not in order at all !!!, cars was in wrong classes .... In my eyes if someone throws a show or a event they should already have their own staff for the event, Judgin, takin the money etc ; , no one should have to volunteer if things was in order. if whoever throws a event and had a problem they should have ask for help or made the staff bigger when takin on the responsibility of the show like that ... i understand the idea of maxus but IMO i would just make maxus the more a carshow and have a dyno there ...for example if there is only 150 and only 20 cars go on that track what is the point of gettin a racetrack ??? i think its a waste of money , if anything if i would of thrown it , it would be a carshow and the winners of the classes in the show would get a big prize so the would make the people come out and join in , i think people would come in if they was knowin they gota shot of winning headers or a lipkit or something... but overall from 1 to 10 . i give it a low 6 .....

 

agreed...i believe that corey was suppose to have more people help him out...but people bailed on him. what is he going to do? you wanted him to hire paid judges?! LOL are you going to pay them big time?

i assume you didn't go to the track and run right?

i get what you're saying but (i believe - and correct me if i'm wrong here) that people who went to race did ok. i tried to get as many cars through the track as possible. someone red light and i told him to get back in there and go again.

 

t6378tp your car is too damn sick...

 

DanNy, you did great job. you did what you could and to make the event as successful as it was and it was all out of the kindness of your heart.

+1 for you.

 

Geographically too far out of the way for everyone including people who live in the south, states are too damn large down there, would be even harder to get a good showing.

DC and NYC seem to make the most sense for the most people. +1 for NC though...

 

Florida meet 2010, but Im not planning..

 

thanks...i appreciate that.

i tried to get the track guys to put you back in so you can qualify but the announcer which is the one that was running the board said no way...some crabby old dude.

 

Many, many cars with decals on them. Considering this was the crowd eager to drag, it's not a shock. I have some too, I'm no saint, and we're proud of those power mods. Having a NWP decal somewhere on your car, anywhere, was kind of a requirement for admittance.

But I have to say, of them all, this one here stood out from all the rest. Whoever this is, love that sense of humor.

 

LOL planning is the hardest part.

 

I have a idea to cut cost, how about hosting the event at a track but only rental out half or part of the parking lot.

This way if someone wants to run they can and just pay the normal fee and people in the show don't have to pay the cost for renting the whole track but it keeps both events and people together. It sucks alittle for the track guys but they still get to run and against over cars encase the turnout is low like this year. I've seen and been to events where this was done and long as the track people are not ****s it works well since they will get money from their normal customers and from the event. It also makes the event look alot bigger than what it is which makes the sponsers happy cause more people get to see their stuff.

Just a idea

 

I had an idea, too. Kind of out of left field, so bear with me.

One of the first things my wife asked was if I bought anything, thinking there were vendors, which there weren't except for Hill's Garage and their lonely dyno. I'm thinking an event like this would be a goldmine for a small team of paintless-dent-removal specialists. Now I know that might seem like a slam, but I'm totally serious. They could clean up for a discount, and lots of needy customers could leave the event happy.

 

I personally had a blast. There was a few things I would have tried to do different but over all it went fine. The issues I saw was the car show judging and trophy part, it just seemed like it was thrown together last minute. Unfortunately with anything in life you can't make everyone happy, someone will always find something to complain about.



I'm in love with your car. I couldn't stop staring at it

 

i'm with you on this one.
BUT...how much would people be willing to pay for that service?

 

The average PDR is $100. Figure a captive group of a few hundred cars, you could charge $50 each and still clean up. There are usually 2 or 3 traveling PDR guys in any given area. I bet you could get at least two guys to buy into the idea and see how it works out. (And with support for credit services, too. None of this cash-only BS like Hill's did.)

But you know, I'm just pulling this idea out of my dookie. You'd have to talk to someone in the business to really establish feasibility.

 

here's a problem (it's a good idea don't get me wrong)...
for a PDR guy to go remote he's usually guranteed X amount of work. like if he goes to a dealership he knows they have 6 cars to work on.

if a PDR guy makes the trip out would he know exactly how many would pay the fee to do it? people had problems paying for a t-shirt or the admission to the track.

it's not something you can pre register since every car is different and every dent is different. some charge per panel..some charge per dent.

i went to a porsche meet and those guys were willing to pay for a PDR guy...would maxima owners pony up the fee?

 

i had a blast too...i was only comparing the show to last years. i feel that was more organized last year. however i understand it is hard to organize this event and I did have a blast. My shifter bracket snapped when my friend was running my car on the track and found that the maxima community was VERY helpful in fixing the problem so I could at least drive the car till i get it fixed. It's nice to see that stuff too.

 

is there anyone on the west coast able to put this together for next year? or will maxus continue to be a east coast thing?

 

All very good points to consider, Dan, and exactly the kind of discussion you would have when trying to establish feasibility. But I'm not the guy to have that discussion with. My suggestion would be to physically or electronically file this idea away so that you can revisit in depth for the next go around, Maxus or otherwise.

 

My quick thoughts...

Overall, I thought there was some organization issues (compared to last year). It seemed like alot of people really didn't know what was going on 1/2 the time. There is a lot of work put into getting this weekend planned, just getting the hotels setup can take weeks. Like Corey said, as far as being in NYC, that track was our best option, although I don't think they like anything foreign there.

The show was severely unorganized. Last year, we had 3x as many judges, and IIRC we tried to place the same gens together so you knew who you were competing against. Most of us this year didn't know who was even in it or what class you were being placed in. I can somewhat blame myself for this for not stepping up and volunteering like I did last year in DC. All of us *****ing about this can do the same, a couple more judges/personnel there would have made a huge difference in how people were parked. Last year, if you weren't in the show, you parked in a completely different lot, which eases the guesswork on who was actually showing. The judges/organizers did what they could with who they had available at the time.
None of this matters now for this year, but it will be remembered and applied the next time around.

On the flip side, I had a great time seeing some old friends (Carson, Paul, Mysti, Alicious, Cutlr, Karim, DJ, Erty, anyone else I missed...i'm tired) and meeting some new faces (Rochester, Cattman, Ken, others who names I forget already)

Thank you to everyone who showed up, and everyone involved in getting this together. While it didn't go as smooth as we would have liked, and 1/2 the people didn't show up who said they were, it turned out ok.

How can you ever have a bad time being surrounded by all those Maximas, and pulling a Uey with 30 of them in the middle of a busy road?!

 

shoutouts to danny for helping out fri he was the first to greet me and everyone else i wasnt there sat but even today was a liloff at first gettin the whole scenic cruise / photoshoot together then we got lost but after that it was cool shoutouts to kingjames and his lady (im srry i forgot your name) but they won everything i guess that was they're long distance prizes lo have a safetrip but it was cool

 

This was my favorite max there, i would do ANYTHING to have that motor. Everything about this car was PERFECT and i took like 43698 photo's of it.

this was my first maxus and i didnt know what to expect, it got talked up alot but didnt have as many cars there as i thought, i only live 30 mins from the track so im familiar with it but i thought it would have been alittle more packed. i also noticed a few locals from the org didnt show up. i enjoyed my first maxus, but im looking forward to next year already. lol

 

i had fun seeing new faces and putting names to faces ya know. hung out wit the mass/ rhode island guys and had a great time.. had to change a rim that got split in half haha .. had a good time .. i say rhodie island or maryland again next year for maxus or sumthing

 

My quick thoughts:

I didn't go to 09 Maxus so can't compare but this one was ok. I did go to a Maxus in Dallas in 2005 or 2004?(I think) and remember it being nice. Seems like the planning for Maxus 2010 could have been better...but still got to talk to some cool people and share some knowledge of my Maxima mods. The thing that annoyed me at times was people touching my polished manifold, don't understand why people do that since it leaves fingerprints

Watching and hearing some screaming Maximas running down the track was awesome. I am wondering what that blue 5.5Gen maxima had, it ran a 13.4 at one point

I got to stay with the in-laws since they live in NJ so it wasn't too bad money wise. I couldn't stay for the BBQ on sunday so don't know how that went??

Wonder where next year's MAXUS will be...

Some pics:

 

c'mon someone do it...i'll even consider flying out and you can hear all my bad jokes.

 

Also, not many people talked to me, i did see a lot of familiar cars from the org, but i was parked pretty much as far down as it goes. i knew a couple people from a local meet we did but thats about it.



That was my car parked at the end. lol

 

DanNY, was that you who I gave some sunblock to at the Tech Inspect?

Is that the car from Maryland? If so, I believe he said he had 3 runs in the 12's then had some mechanical issue

 

yes...thank you...i still got burnt but thank you. i had so much in my hand i didn't even know how to put it on..LOL. not my best moment.
that's what happens when you're super dehydrated, hot, and trying to think.

 

JayPee...and yes, maryland

 

Shoutouts to the cranberry 5th gen? I briefly road in to MD on I95 with this afternoon. Definitely the best part was hearing those roaring engines heading down the track... even if I did pay for it later that evening (painful migraines late Sat night had me call it a day early Sunday and head home).

I heard the BBQ didn't go well... $5/person, not alot of vehicles showed and the food was meh.

 

BBQ was fine, just like a regular max meet. I'd guess 50+ showed?

 

What I posted I heard from 3 separate friends who stayed when I left before the BBQ... but of course that kinda thing is gonna be subjective...

 

Hello, I remember your car looks nice but I think your hood was closed. what mods you have

Nice car, I remember the rim and thought you took it off to show off your brakes or something and seen the crack and was like WTF sucks it broke good luck with getting it replaced