how about somewhere over here where's it sunny and nice...

Vegas? or San Diego?

heheh.

just thought i'd share my opinion early this year...

-Cheston

 

come on maxus is in summer, so most of places is sunnt and nice
go east coast!

 

just thought I'd add that.......

 

You guys just had one on the East Coast... I vote West Coast.

 

I still think Dallas is one of the best places for Maxus. Why? Because it appears most Maxima owners on this site reside in the midwest and south/southeast. Unfortunately, majority should rule on this issue. Dallas is a good place because they've got a track, a huge Nissan dealerships, dynos galore, and a good night life.

Dave

 

i think there are more east coast people here so we need to incorporate them.
i say st. louis. st. louis has a good track, a decent night life and is gorgeous. plus, there are quite a few things to see there. (go cards!)

 

Really? What do you base that on? I'm not saying your wrong, but I would like clarification.

How about Washington/Baltimore area? Close enough for New York and New Jersey to make it.

I think Maxus to should move around the country. It was in Dallas not too long ago.

 

It was in Dallas almost 2 yrs ago. And personally we will have alot more support from vendors, dealers, nissan if it is held in Dallas. That was the biggest MAXUS we had because it was centralized. People came from CALIF and NEW YORK CITY directions and they still made it. If its at in one corner of the U.S. you will have MUCH less show. Like SE-R.net they have theres everyyear in Dallas and just plan it that way. Big RACE TRACK meets, dynos, etc and its HUGE 2 day event.

 

East coast because now I live here but you know what. Dallas is the best plan , why because like they said its centralized not one sided to one side of the U.S. PLus with the fact that 5 months ago I lived in texas and now live here, it would be a great opportunity to see some close friends as well, hehe. But Dallas seems the best becuase its the Half point.

 

Russ

Look at a map. DC is in the middle of the East Coast. It is not in a "corner" in the US; it is not East Bumphuck. The last summer meet in DC had about 50 cars.

http://members.nbci.com/vqlover/eip2000/

GR8BONE's site has photos too.

You do have valid points about the vendors however. You have both Courtesy and South Point. We do have several big Nissan dealers in this area though. We also have Nissan Pavilion. (Not saying we would be able to get that though.)

On another note...
When was the last time the West Coast got a shot?

Paul

 

lets have maxus on one day at 3 locations...dallas, NE and west coast...hehe...we could set up PC's with video and broadcast all three "meets" to each other and we can all be one big happy family

 

once again let me just add EAST COAST!!! how about the middle US states....anybody/anything out there?? then everybody can meet at a halfway point!? naw, forget that, EAST COAST!!

 

late, IMHO.. I think the Pennsylvania, DC or West Coast in that ranking order should host Maxus..

Whomever said Texas has the most members is out of their wits#;>) Those Northeast dudes are no joke!! The Large PA, DC and NY meets have pulled in way more Maximas than Stillen day ever has(especially Philly). Can anyone in Texas prove me wrong with some pics?? West Coast??

None-the-less the West Coast should host it this year or definately next year(I'd say NORCAL).

 

Hey man not to be rude or anything, but you have to understand one thing. You guys have meets and can have them anytime you want during the year. It will be just like another LOCAL meet for you guys and the surrounding counties. MAXUS is a meet for U.S. wide. That means it needs to meet everyones criteria so they can make it. Basically the center of the U.S. is great, Dallas, Oaklahoma, Austin, Sante,FE somewhere! Just make it more centralized so EVERYONE can at least TRY to participate every year. And let me tell you, MAXUS can have more than 50 members easily attentending if it is done correctly and not at the last min like last years MAXUS. Wonder how SE-R.net has over 150 people showing up in dallas every year for there ANNUAL meet.

 

EAST COAST!!! is my vote. DC sounds like a good spot for anybody on the East Coast. Texas is a bit far for us NorthEastern guys.

 

Yeah, so DC would be really easy for us West coast guys.....


LOL

 

Why don't you guys think about us West Coast guys traveling all the way across the country just for Maxus? Would you drive to the West Coast if Maxus was here? Most likely not...

To make life easier for both sides, I'd have to say Texas. To make things fair, I'd have to say West Coast.

 

I aint leavin Jersey...so looks like I'm not going.

 

tough case, but old subject.

i believe east coast still holds the record for most attendants for a meet. so if you want the biggest meet, tri-state, or DC is the place.

west coast is got lots of owners too, so it will be a pretty big meet too if it's in CA, it's good idea too.

to be in the middle of country, well, it's right, that way you have a chance of getting people coming from both east and west coast(travel half of country instead of the whole country), but also the chance is that people won't come at all.

so, it's hard to be fair and be close to everyone. i still suggest multi-location meet on the same day.
becaue 80 ppl in CA, 50 ppl in TX, 100 ppl in DC, is better than 60 ppl in a unique location in the middle of country.
btw, how many people were at the ATL maxus again??

 

id have to agree with chris ...
have 3 meets on one day or hell stagger the meets to see if each part of the country can out do each other.. that would be cool...

 

I think Chris is on to something here. So far its one the best ideas. Somehow you would have to leverage our limited resources to pull it off. You might have to get a different sponsor for each region.

Something else here...

Have a 3 year rotation. It rotates each year to a different region, splitting the US into thirds.

1) Texas/Central
2) West Coast Location
3) East Coast Location (rotate North and South each time)

and back through again. Texas, WC, EC.

Or just have a anarchy and fight it out every year.

 

Haven't we been through this? Do you know how far Dallas is from the NE? Over 2,000 miles! There are a lot of maxima folks in the texas area, and those are the ones who would go to dallas. it'd be about the same crowd as a local texas meet... I'm not driving to dallas, and most people from the east and west coast aren't either. Sure, if you want to have the biggest crowd, texas might be the best bet, but if you want to give everyone a chance to make it, the only option is to rotate the location.

 

i repeat!!!!

 

ny state ! so that the ppl north of the border can attend
camman guys
lets get some canadians in this

 

fine 4 locations...add canada to my list...

 

As has been said already, look at the distance that the East/West coast guys would have to drive to make it to a meet on the other side of the country.
To drive from SoCal to DC area, you're looking at close to 3000 miles, and vice versa.
I know it's no sunday drive to go from NE to Dallas or anything, but it's 1000 miles better than driving to SoCal.

I drove my car to Atlanta this year, which was right about 1000 miles each way.. there were 4-5-6 Maximas from Oklahoma alone, and many from Texas had to cancel at the last minute (Shing, Nismo, I think Russ). others flew in. JustinMC, Kaleb.

If I had the finances to drive to NY, I would gladly do it for a meet like Maxus, PROVIDED there will be more than 30 cars show up. This year in atlanta, we were at a disadvantage, because things just didn't happen as the organizers would have liked. I still walked away with a set of $1600 rims from Butler Tire (we held the even in their parking lot), and Courtesy Nissan gave away close to that much $$ in mods and t-shirts and goodies. not to mention shipping tents all the way there.
Had there been more planning and pre-committed people attending, there would have been more stuff going on and probably much more people show.


As for my recommendations, I'd say someplace near St. Louis, Chicago, Ks City, Tulsa, Dallas, Indianapolis, etc.

that will put us geographically near the middle of the country, so noone can really complain that the "other guys" don't have to drive as far.<B> Heck, we're goign to a CAR MEET! we're supposed to enjoy driving our cars! </b>

 

I'm still saying Dallas because:

1) Courtesy Nissan will host it
2) We aleady have midwest Max owners that bust their butts to get the Maxus ball rolling and organzied
3) Dallas has a pretty decent 1/4 track
4) There are dyno shops that could handle the load.
5) Dallas is a halfway point. Many guys from the lower east coast can easily make it to Dallas. The NE and S Cali guys will have to drive nearly 21 hours to get to Dallas, unfortunately.

Holding Maxus in one corner of the country does no one any good. The meet should be centralized and always held in one place. It reduces aggrevation and frustration because everyone knows where it will be, it is easy to set up, the date never changes, and EVERYONE CAN PLAN WAY IN ADVANCE. A lot of other auto clubs hold their meets in the midwest (Dallas, Kansas City, St Louis) for this very reason.

Dave

 

so please tell me, when they had in tx last time(the 1st one), how many people <b>actually</b> travelled from east and west coast, given the fact that it's the half way point between east and west???

 

I can't tell you that, but I CAN tell you there were many mane people that didn't go because it was near the east coast. only 1 person drove down from NY, and I don't think anyone from Texas actually drove. there was one from Kansas city that drove (Alex), then the Oklahoma City guys (slickismax, Josh, EricGP, couple others), and myself drove from oklahoma.
there were approx 35 Maxes there, with about 40-45 .org members present.
back to vouch for the Dallas thing, we had about 20 at the dallas meet a few weeks ago.. this was a pretty last-minute thing, as far as there were no sponsorships or anything.

at the last maxus in Dallas, there were lots more people there. I was just a newbie then, and Maxus was over right about the time I figured out what the heck it was. Otherwise I would have attended too.

We've now got over twice the membership than we did then, so there could easily be well over 100 cars there.
sure, if it was on the east coast, there would be more people from the NE area attending, but you would have ZERO SoCal or NorCal guys show. few from the midwest will show. I know slickismax and I will probably go unless it's held in new york, simply because I can't afford to take a week off work to drive 2000 miles.
I know there are lots of others that will have to drive that much to make it to central US, but then again, it's "fair" because the east and west coast guys all get to drive. the midwest guys are lucky because it'll be in our backyard.
glad I live in oklahoma.

 

I see your point but you don't see mine.
Sure by putting it in the middle point, you will have the chance of people coming from east and west coast, but number wise, it will still be short compare to a meet that's at east coast or west coast.

If you want everyone to at least stand the chance to attend Maxus at one year or the next, rotate the location, east, middle, west. because even if you pick the middle point to be fair to both east and west, most of the people on the two coasts <b>will never</b> travel half of the contry to go there. Is this point that hard to see???
It's pretty clear after last Maxus in ATL, it's alot close east coast than TX, but you said yourself only 1 guy came from NY. Enough said??

 

San Diego works for me

 

Well then, what's our objective here?
If the whole intention is for everyone to be able to attend at least one Maxus every 3 years, then sure.. we shoudl rotate it.
but if our intention is to get the biggest group of everyone together, I think the best chances would be in the central US. I agree there's a bunch of people that won't come, especially from the NE area.. but then again, the NE has huge meets of their own fairly often, and the west coast has Stillen Maxima Day.

if we're out to please the masses, we gotta figure out what it will take to please them.. do we want to make it easily accessible to a few people each year, or do we want to make it semi-accessible to everyone every year.

basically it comes down to the old saying "you can fool some of the people all the time, or you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." or however that goes.

 

I agree on Dallas. Most people in that area, plus a good city with alot to do. Plus, I'll show up

 

 

austin

 

Besides, I had to miss the last one since I was in California!! Not this time....

 

If the goal is obtain the highest number of attendees, you'll hold it on the East Coast. (Highest population density) If your goal is to be fair or equitable, then it should be rotated through out the country. Each location has something positive about it.

In the DC/Baltimore area we have 3 drag strips nearby, several places to dyno, and nightlife. We also have Summit Raceway, were you can drive your car on racetrack.

http://www.summitpoint-raceway.com/

Texas has its strong points as well as the West Coast. Most people have pointed out those strengths already.

How many Canadians out there? Maybe one year we can hold one up on the border.

 

But now I read way back, to have meets on the same day in three different places. OK if we have it in socal or norcal, I aine going. But every one there in California already have good oustanding meets and so does the Ny area and texas. Now In Atlanta we can hardly ever get us max ppl together which sucks, but if we all pick a central location for each region to have it at then things would be fair enough. For example for the east coast Somewhere like North Carolina or Virginia, midwest Well if you live in the upper states somewhere like Kansas or OKlahoma or whatever else is inbetween the upper states and texas. Socal well every one in or near California could meet in Either one being that Cali isnt too big but have a central location for the Cali guys. Just think three meets, same day, Great phenomenal turnouts, why because everyone gets what they want and it would be great for every one at a half way point regardless of Location and it wouldnt be 1000k miles or even 900 miles jsut to get there. I know some of us can suffer traveling alittle bit out of our state. I lived in Texas for close to ten years before moving here, I did visit relatives here every other summer but most of that 900 to 1000k mile drive to Atlanta was Texas all the way. after that nothing but smooth sailing. I know that every one wants to meet everyone on the board. Well, that wont exactly happen, but if we get three locations for half points for the east coast, west coast, and mid west, they will all be if not close to maybe even over 100 max's there. And there wouldne be anyone complaining about not going becasue itd be in a relatively drivable distance. Think about that for a couple. It could happen! And when we are all done, go home and post all the pics from all the meets to atleast see everyone or close to even alot of maximas. Think about that for a sec. It could happen!

[Edited by max88q on 01-10-2001 at 09:51 AM]

 

I'm up for trying a new location every year so I can bring the wife to different places around the US that she hasn't been to. Other than that...NE meets rule and we should make the 2K1 meet a big one in the NE to celebrate the 20 anniversary of the maxima!

 

i was thinking maybe rotate between three spots every three years.

First year, Texas,
Second year, Atlanta
Third Year, Las Vegas

then it cycles.. like the college bowl championships... ^_^

well. i'm just saying, there's already been one in Middle America, and Eastern USA, why not have some flavor and put the next one on the West Coast... (i'm not trying to add more fuel to the West Coast is better than East Coast Thread.... )