No maps that I saw, no official leave time that a bunch of us were aware of and those of us who came out when everyone was leaving tried to catch up but got lost...it was a bummer.
I was with at least 20 cars. Thing was, it was hard for folks to keep up at lights, and some Crazy intersections. At one point, they all pulled into a liquor store for all the others to get through one particularly slow intersection. They then hit Woodward. Some of the first few cars were cruising Pretty quickly too.
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Fierokid87 Member
Posts: 4954 From: N. Ridgeville, Ohio, USA Registered: Jan 2001
Fierochick88, MinnGreen, and Myself ended up getting lost. But on our way back to a Wal-Mart Or as MinnGreen calls it Wallie World, we passed a good line of like 20 Fieros. But I still had fun. It was great to meet you two finally after seeing you on the forum. We must do that again.
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wpgfiero Member
Posts: 1099 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Oct 2002
We didn't see too many cars, we were in our red Mercury Mountaineer rental with a video camera but all I got on film was like 3 Fieros cruising back to the hotel infront of us. We also saw a couple white fastbacks parked in a lot talking to a cop and we honked at them
We were at the steakhouse . When the group left , we tried to catch up.No luck . it seems like a race on woodward... At least we saw woodward ..........
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ThaFieroMunk Member
Posts: 945 From: Whitby, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2002
I think only a handful of people knew where the "official meeting place" was supposed to be. I think everyone should have just met back in the hotel parking lot and left from there. But since there was no real organization, it ended up being just a bunch of small groups of Fieros driving all over Woodward Ave.
It was also a bummer cause those who didn't go to the dinner at Big Buck's were unable to get to the cruise becuase everyone just left right from dinner.
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PontiacFiero Member
Posts: 760 From: Huntsville, AL Registered: Apr 2002
I agree the cruise was a disappointment. I want to thank fiero38sc for giving me ride since I only had a rental car. Overall the show was great, this was the only letdown for me. My thoughts are:
1) No map 2) No meeting place on Woodward 3) The leaders left the rear of the pack; they should have waited for the group to reform on Woodard. 4) People tired from a full day in the heat at Waterford, so the participation was low.
A minor problem with an overall great show.
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jetman Member
Posts: 7795 From: Sterling Heights Mich Registered: Dec 2002
I saw about three dozen Fiero's drive by but no one stopped for a bottle of "ice-water". Thats cool though, I had plenty the next day at the drag strip for everyone.
On Woodward you need to be in packs of less than a half dozen to make the lights. Nevertheless, everyone out there can say, "I cruised Woodward Avenue"!
Less than a month before the Dream Cruise, Saturday nights really get quite trick out there, like American Grafitti. We will do better next time!
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Tigger Member
Posts: 4368 From: Flint, MI USA Registered: Sep 2000
I have to laugh everytime I hear this. I think it depends on who you talk to. For me the cruise was Awesome! Other than meeting all the great people I met at the show the cruise was one of the major highlights of the weekend!
I cruised with turbotoad and many others. It seemed like at every light for awhile there was at least a dozen Fieros beside me, four wide at a number of lights and I think there was a lineup of 30-40 at one time making a Michigan left. We pulled into a gas station and every car was a Fiero or a kitcar! Luckily the group I was with was able to stay together, we lost a few people that wanted to tag along, but it wasn't long before we hooked up with more. Had I got caught by a light I would have kept cruising until I found another group to cruise with. That's what it's all about!
To make a cruise a success, you've gotta to be OUT there cruising the strip. The most dissapointing thing for me was seeing a large line of Fieros heading back to the hotel on Opdyke when we were just hitting Woodward and it wasn't all that late.
There were a ton of places to park and meet up all along the strip. Sure maybe some details could have been planned a little better... but the plan after all was to cruise Woodward!
