BBQ This Sunday June 12th

[thekid]

BBQ at DWM

Date: Sunday June 12th, 2005
Time: 11am-4pm
Place: Dave Wood Mazda in Newmarket

This event is being held in conjunction with the Toronto Protege Clubs Official June Event (http://ib2.toprotege.com/ikonboard.cgi?s=42a48a3d724bffff;act=ST;f=3;t=2038 9)

Kevin Godden (Service Manager) and the friendly folks at Dave Wood Mazda have asked me to extend an invitation to a BBQ this weekend to the members of the Toronto Mazda 3 Club. They will be supplying all the food and drinks for the BBQ. All you have to do as a club is show up and enjoy the hospitality. This will be a great opportunity to thank Kevin and Dave Wood for their support of local Mazda Car Clubs.

If the free food and drinks weren\'t enough, Kevin is arranging to have some feature vehicle appearances while we\'re there!!! Let me tell you from what I\'ve heard he\'s working on you won\'t want to miss these cars!

So come on out, check out some of the newest Mazda\'s available, chat it up with Kevin, other TOP and TM3 members!

Kevin has also mentioned that there is a great paved path in a park right next door, so anyone who wants to bring bikes or rollerblades will have a great venue to go for a ride!

We need to get an idea of how many people will be attending so that enough food and drinks will be available, so please post up if you will be coming and if you\'ll be bringing your wife/gf or husband/bf.

[thekid]

I should also introduce myself. My name is Brian, and I am one of the officers and Events Coordinator for the Toronto Protege Club.

We at TOP and DWM hope you can join us for the BBQ this weekend. Please RSVP if you plan on attending!

Brian

[S.F.W.]

I will stop in for sure...likley around lunch\'ish or shortly thereafter.

[nifty6]

Count me in,

Ron

[Spyder01]

hehe come on out mazda3s!!! We\'ve got like 50 pplz coming alrdy, forgot how many cars, but we\'re outnumbering you all this time! hehe

[SABIO]

Since I bought mine there.... I will show up...

They were quite pleased by the appearance of my 3 - lowered with snazzy rims -

[Electra-fire]

Man I wish I knew in advance... I\'m already going to the Mitsubishi BBQ in OakVille... D\'oh
Please dont lynch!!!! hehe
Those who are going have a blast!!

[Fuman]

where is the premeet =)

[Spyder01]

TOP Eastside Pre-meet (June 12) (http://ib2.toprotege.com/ikonboard.cgi?s=42a717a60ee5ffff;act=ST;f=15;t=209 95)

TOP Westside Pre-meet (June 12) (http://ib2.toprotege.com/ikonboard.cgi?s=42a717a60ee5ffff;act=ST;f=15;t=209 94)

[Fuman]

oh, i knew about the toprotege premeets.
so we are premeeting with the toprotege ppl?
thats cool with me =)

[FLIPDADY]

I\'m in for this bbq I\'ll be in Aurora that day so I\'m there!

[Fuman]

i\'ll be there, with 1 more =)

[thekid]

I\'ve told Kevin from DWM that you guys will be coming! If you want to join TOP\'s pre meets check out our Social Gathering section so you can cruise up in style! See you all there!

[Fuman]

i wont be there for the premet, gotta go to church

edit: I can\'t make it some personal issues came up. damn it.....

[Spyder01]

Bump, this is happening tomorrow!

[Optimzer]

mmmmmmm....free food! that\'ll get me out! :D j/k

I\'ll be there (not for the premeet though).

[billyfo]

I will try my best to have my lunch there:D

[SABIO]

I was thinking, DWM has parking in front for 6 cars! If they empty the front area you could get 15 cars in there.....

SO Ummmmm.... Where are all these 50 cars gonna go???????????????????

[Optimzer]

never been there so I don\'t know...I assumed that it\'s newmarket so there must be a lot of free space! :p

[Spyder01]

lol i haven\'t been there before either...lol...they have a small lot? hehe i never knew that, anyway, im sure they\'ll have enough space for us...if not, we\'ll park all over their grass! (if they have any)...

[SABIO]

We can keep the 3\'s in a small corral... keep those P-guys at a safe distance...

Theres room if they put alot of cars in their off-site lot... but i think they would have it all planned out:)

[Spyder01]

gee...we\'re not that scary...lol every time we send out an invite to TorontoMazda3, only a few cars actually shows up...hehe we are not that scary are we??

[david3]

I usually show up at the TOP mini-meets. Gonna have to miss this event though.

[Optimzer]

gonna have to bail out on this one - sorry the late notice. guests unexpectedly arrived from states-side about 1/2 hr ago where they were supposed to arrive later tonight. :sarc

have fun

[Spyder01]

meh, only 2 mazda3 showed up...a blue one, i talked with the owner....and a white one with rims who just came for lunch and left....meh...

[mEtH]

Yah I got home at 5:30 or so in the morning, tried to stay awake but ended up giving in :p Woke up at 11 something and said ahhh %*#%&#)%.

So how was the event? Was the turbo PT there? How many TOP guys ended up going in total?

[Spyder01]

Not really sure how many cars showed up for the event...i\'d say the full list of 40 cars showed up. The whole dealership was pretty much ours cause no one was in the show rooms. lol we were just running around like kids playing with Dave Wood\'s own modded cars. They showed us Dave Wood\'s own show car and race cars :) Also introduced us to the MazdaSpeed6. Just remembered a third mazda3 also showed up...a red one with custom plates, 4 my woman or sumthing...lol

I just finished uploaded all my pics to TOprotege. Didn\'t thought i\'d post them up here since there didn\'t seem to be much interest for the event...but since you asked, here are my pics

DWM Invitation Meet (2005-06-12) (http://azdarotege.fotopic.net/c577036.html)

[SABIO]

Hey, I didn\'t just show up for lunch :sarc (that would be me in the white with rims)(and much more)

I came by... took a gander at some of the 5\'s, checked out the spanky cars in the shop.....grabbed a zoom-zoom sticker... hung a bit (wondering if any 3 guys would show) and left.

hey, I\'m shy ;) But yes, it was a good turn out for TOP.

P.S Honestly, I didn\'t scam one of those yummy burgers or any salad.........

[Spyder01]

Originally posted by SABIO


Hey, I didn\'t just show up for lunch :sarc (that would be me in the white with rims)(and much more)

I came by... took a gander at some of the 5\'s, checked out the spanky cars in the shop.....grabbed a zoom-zoom sticker... hung a bit (wondering if any 3 guys would show) and left.

hey, I\'m shy ;) But yes, it was a good turn out for TOP.

P.S Honestly, I didn\'t scam one of those yummy burgers or any salad.........


lol ha ha, i saw you rolling out and my friends and i were like \"did that 3 just came for lunch?\" ha ha...yea, i got one of the zoom-zoom stickers too :) Dave Wood is so nice, zoom zoom sticker and davewoodmazda.com sticker in large, small, yellow, white. There were some mazda patches thingys but they were all gone soon, and a full box of licence plate frames..ha, when i left, that box was still full :D :D :D. I never saw you coming in or i would have came over to say hi like i did with the other blue 3 :)

[thekid]

Originally posted by Spyder01
Just remembered a third mazda3 also showed up...a red one with custom plates, 4 my woman or sumthing...lolURL]


The red Mazda 3 belonged to Marliese (Sexy_Protege_Lady at TOP).

[Spyder01]

Originally posted by thekid



Originally posted by Spyder01
Just remembered a third mazda3 also showed up...a red one with custom plates, 4 my woman or sumthing...lolURL]


The red Mazda 3 belonged to Marliese (Sexy_Protege_Lady at TOP).

Oh, she arrived when we were out taking pictures and being yelled at by enviroment friendly old ladies...lol...so she is the one that came on the tow truck?? ha ha

[wtom]

Nice pics, Eric! YOU GOT RIMS!!!!!!! :D Hahaha funny pic of you inside the DWM P5 hahaha ...

[Spyder01]

yea :) hehe i got new rims :) Got rid of those dumb hub caps.

lol that isn\'t me in the p5!! hehe thats another member at TOP...lol it was funny though

[Mica3SGT]

Stealth mode works...you missed me!
My kids call mine the Spycar - and a late start on Sunday meant I couldn\'t \"cruise\" with the older P5\'s. I prefer hyper speeds when travelling anyway.

This was a great owners turnout - free DWM licence plate frames, Mazda patches, Zoom Zoom stickers, BBQ hamburgers, salad and pop/bottled water. The Mazdaspeed6 was interesting - but a non event once you\'ve seen the European version that is fully contented. I climbed in an optioned up Mazda6 and RX-8. I\'m reassured that I went with the 3 - too much dough for these Mazda models and not worth the content vs. capital value. I was hoping to see the newly introduced M5 and MX-5. Ah well.

Anyway, hats off to Dave Woods Mazda for a great tour of their dealership and a well attended P5 event. If only the TorontoMazda3 club would hold meets that are more interesting than owners standing around parking lots. I shoulda kept that yellow P5! ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM!

[Spyder01]

OH so that WAS A CLUB MEMBER!!! lol...my friend was checking out junior\'s red P5 and saw your car at the back there...my friend asked me if those chrome door handles + mirriors were stock parts...yea, now i remember your car...don\'t think i saw you though

[Mica3SGT]

I was checkin\' out the dealership away from the crowd - nicely done Dave! DWM is a car guy - race prepared vehicle on display, spotless mechanics stations and attention to detail throughout. He has sales staff photos in the showroom, good inventory, a kid\'s play area, service wait area and a great display of Mazda accessories in the parts department. In my book, this is a model of a well built and maintained dealership facility. After owning more cars than I care to remember, I have toured many dealerships. Many are disappointing both in personnel and the owners commitment to the business. I have a great deal of respect for the capital requirements in order to set up this type of business combined with the integrity and knowledge of the staff needed to run it. Makes you wonder why more car dealers aren\'t opening up their doors to keep the experience going for special events such as this. It was worth the drive to Newmarket - and a few P5\'s are now wearing DWM Motorsports licence plate frames.;)