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Old 06-09-2015, 10:43 PM
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I feel sorry for the poor guy who drives his Ferrari to Starbucks on Sunday unaware even of what a C&C is. That should make for an interesting conversation with the county police.
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Old 06-10-2015, 10:10 AM
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i've never been to this one, was it good (quality/quantity of cars, etc)? and i'm assuming this is different than katies cars and coffee which i guess still goes on and heard is packed with a wild and expensive assortment every week?
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Old 06-10-2015, 06:16 PM
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i've never been to this one, was it good (quality/quantity of cars, etc)? and i'm assuming this is different than katies cars and coffee which i guess still goes on and heard is packed with a wild and expensive assortment every week?

It was smaller, and I felt like I knew more people there. More regulars.

Maybe only a handful of truly exotic or rare cars, though, on any given Sunday.
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... So, a new location then.
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Sad to hear, but not surprised. I'm curious....were any "warnings" given by the lot management and/or cops about the unacceptable behaviours? If so, then too bad someone didn't reel in or evict the dumbasses.

As mentioned, a few bad apples just never learn. Can't tell you how many times I've heard people make comments like "I wish they could shut down the beltway for a couple of hours, so we could drive as fast as we want...". Ummm...duhhh....that's what track events are for.....moron.
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Can't tell you how many times I've hear people make comments like "I wish they could shut down the beltway for a couple of hours, so we could drive as fast as we want...". Ummm...duhhh....that's what track events are for.....moron.
Might not be a bad idea.... Close the beltway from 8am until 12 noon on Sundays and then send in the snow plows and sweepers at 12:01... Dr. Darwin's Terrific Traffic Tampoon.


The movie rights would certainly eclipse Sharknado, right?

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Might not be a bad idea.... Close the beltway from 8am until 12 noon on Sundays and then send in the snow plows and sweepers at 12:01... Dr. Darwin's Terrific Traffic Tampoon.


The movie rights would certainly eclipse Sharknado, right?

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I doubt they would make it until 9:00 a.m. before they would need the plows based on the morons on this mornings commute.
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You just can't believe how glad I am not to have to deal with Beltway traffic any longer. Our worst headache is 5 North through San Diego from 0700-0900. But, it moves along at 45 or so. Now, LA (5-405 interchange), is a different topic; there's no time during the day you can get through there.
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They are quick. They even took the website down!!!

http://kohlscarsandcoffee.com/

now points to:

http://findcarmeets.com/

Someone just told me about this one.

http://capitalcruisin.com/manassasbk.html
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Great Falls is next.

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