Originally Posted by Raikiri

how about meeting at charlestowne mall instead? that way its not too bad a trek to the highway i dont think and we dont have to deal much with construction?

Originally Posted by LNCRES2

what are you a evom badass wannabe

Originally Posted by mitsumanny

Is anyone interested in possibly leaving Friday afternoon instead of Saturday morning?

We can find a hotel to stay at and hang out in bloomington-normal, hit up some bars and whatnot.

I needs as much beauty sleep as possible so early morning meeting is tough for me.

Originally Posted by slim8605

Anyone want to meet at Joliet Mall?! Right next to I55 and pretty much everyone has to pass through that way anyway. And its less than 5 minutes from my place! lol

Originally Posted by Lily03

I have no problem with a Schaumburg convoy, but I know some of the people further out might have an issue with that location. Plus what roads are under construction need to be taken into factor for everyone's sake. And if we do a Schaumburg convoy meet up spot, we need to start thinking of a partial place to actually meet up at.

**Anyone know if AMS is going to be offering a convoy out from there shop yet? They have a few times in the past. A convoy out from AMS's shop in West Chicago would be closer to Normal, then one in Schaumburg.

Last year I was apart of the convoy out of Fox Valley and we encountered a lot of construction and 2 lane roads so our group got split up multiple times and multiple stops had to be made to re-group.

2-way radios is a good idea, but not everyone has them, nor do they work well when the group gets spread out. Convoy in 2005 was soo big that the front part of the group couldn't hear the back part and vice versa.

Not trying to make things difficult, just putting all that information out there.

Originally Posted by beetle_orange

hmm, i was at fox valley as well but dont recall the "convoy" getting split up cuz of construction and 2 lane roads nor do i recall the "convoy" making mulitple stops to regroup. it was pretty much a "man for himself" kinda of a convoy.

Originally Posted by Raikiri

well if we're thinking about the same AMS shop than charlestowne mall is literally like 2 minutes away. do they have more than one location?

Originally Posted by evolution666

Hi Lily,
Nice to see you upgraded. To everyone else.. simply put, each time someone builds a convoy, it gets confused and half the people get held back, The other are doing 100 mph plus. Thats why last 2 years I just leave Chicago early and just bump into other people and just cruise. Anyone in Chicago want to go with just PM me.

Originally Posted by Lily03

Well I left with the beginning of the convoy and I do recall making a stop at some gas station with like roughly 10 other cars to wait for the rest of the group to catch up because ppl kept getting caught in the traffic/ construction/ at lights. After a little bit a few more people caught up to us, but we had to leave without being able to wait for the rest of the convoy because the gas station ppl threaten to call the cops on us.

I also had a buddy who was in the back half of the convoy and he didn't even make it to the gas station before we had to leave because of that traffic/ construction/ lights.

Then I recall a vast majority of the convoy stopping with my car went down and they all left around the same time after trying to help me out.

But to each their own on how we recall/ remember the convoy. I was just stating what I've experienced in the past.

Originally Posted by slim8605

We took rt59 to rt30 and then to I55. There was construction in Plainfield as we were getting towards rt30. There wasn't heavy construction but it was there. I don't remember how bad the traffic was but I know there is normally traffic around that area. I remember everything she's mentioned. Only thing I missed was when she was having car problems because she was behind me.