H22Ej1

We have been given permission to hold our 5th annual Central IL meet at
MATTHIESSEN STATE PARK
this year.



The parking lot area is much more open, albeit divided; but we will not be in the way of all the locals/visitors as it is a much less visited location. We were here the second year the meet was done and we had much less hassling from the PD. One thing to note however: DO NOT PARK IN THE GRASS! That was the only thing I recall the conservation police being upset about. I made that mistake the second year and they threatened to tow my car, even though I had left to grab lunch in town in another members vehicle. (BTW Thanks to those who moved it!)

Keep in mind that this is a meet at a state park, and conservation cops do not mess around. Please clean up any mess that you leave and be respectful of the park so we can continue this for years to come! NO ASSHATTERY AT THE PARK! Minus the dipshit 240 the first year, this really hasn't been a problem, but again we must be respectful to continue this meet into the future. Anyways, on to the specifics...

WHERE: MATTHIESSEN STATE PARK, UTICA IL
DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH
TIME: 11 AM TO 5 PM

Here is an image of the park location in proximity to Starved Rock. It is roughly 3 miles south of Starved Rock and still in very close proximity to the twisties.

IF YOU PLAN TO DRIVE ON THE TWISTIES SCOPE IT OUT FIRST! DONT BE STUPID. AND REMEMBER THIS IS A LOCAL ROAD WITH OTHER CARS ON IT!



Note the meet location highlighted in yellow!



DIRECTIONS FROM CHICAGO
http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTEx...County%2C%20IL

DIRECTIONS FROM BLOOMINGTON
http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTEx...20State%20Park

(pics and directions courtesy of ziggy7 who was in charge of the year 2 meet at this spot. if you want them removed let me know)

If anyone has any questions feel free to shoot me a pm or reply in this thread. Also feel free to post or link this on other forums as this is an open invite. I will only be posting here with a link in the marketplace since I am not an active user on any other forums.

PRE-MEET CRUISES:

Pre-meet Cruise Ikea in Bollingbrook see below for details:

Meet: 10:30 or 11:00AM
Depart: 11:00 or 11:30AM

Location: Ikea 750 E Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook, IL 60440‎

https://honda-tech.com/forums/showpo...8&postcount=47

Pre-meet Cruise Old Dodge dealership in North Aurora.

Meet: 10:00AM
Depart: 10:30AM

Location: I88 and Orchard Road, North Aurora Auto Mall. Vacant Dodge Dealership


https://honda-tech.com/forums/showpo...9&postcount=53
I am again holding a pre-meet cruise to this meet. It will be at the North Aurora automall off of I88 and Orchard Road in North Aurora just as in the years past. This year, however we will be meeting up at the old Dodge dealership instead of the old Saturn dealership that can be seen from Orchard road. The once vacant Saturn dealership is now in use. We won't be seen easily from Orchard road anymore. The location is the vacant parking lot just west of Chrysler/jeep.

Check out this link for directions:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=North+...60542&t=h&z=16

If anyone plans to hold a pre-meet cruise to the meet this year, let me know and I will post up a link and information in this section.

I also plan to hold the Aurora area premeet out to Matthiessen again this year and will be posting up the info at a later date.

LIST OF ATTENDEES:

Honda-Tech
-H22Ej1
-fst teg 1
-Cap'n Chronic
-19Accord97
-boosted920
-chillipuppet
-Banner +3
-TheJGB3
-tori123
-CX-Adam
-Change
-MattieEM2
-h-duced
-Decatur Racer
-blink182ska
-BSERIEuS
-wildabeast
-nonpoint986
-5lug2000
-javijav
-Psycoteen101
-HondaKyle
-fun4door
-honda_racing101

fst teg 1

hey man let me know if you need any help i live a mile away from the park and could help you arrange stuff before hand. Ill be there as long as i dont have to work.

jdmcivicracer89

They werent to mad about ghe grass parking when there were no spots to park. But when there was room to park on ashpaht and cars were on grass thats when they got mad. Ur car was the one they were mad about mostly forsome reason. Luckily we were ableto put ur car into nuetral and ur brake was not on lol

Cap'N Chronic

Count me in. And whoever I bring with lol.

19Accord97

Add me to the list!

boosted920

well you know I'm in!

also add Jr (chililpuppet)

my ek better be running or I won't hesitate to throw a FOR SALE sign on her to fund my next project lol

boosted920

FTW!

Banner

Count me in and probably 2 or 3 other cars.

H22Ej1

I dont know that there will be anything to really set up, I would like to make a sign to put out front just so people know where the entrance is...that is really all I can think of.

lol thanks again. when we drove back up I about **** myself when I didn't see my car

Cap'N Chronic

I have two friends that have those. I'm trying to get them to come along.

TheJGB3

I'll be there, add me to the list. I have been to the last 4 meets.
2007 Starved Rock Sat meet
2008 Matthiessen Park Sat meet
2009 School district parkinglot (old Walmart off I-80) Sat meet
2010 Starved Rock Sun meet
2011 Mattheissen Sat meet

H22Ej1

woop woop

tori123

I'll be there for sure!

CX-Adam

I'm planning on coming. Thanks for putting this together.

H22Ej1

no problem. spread the word!

Change

I'll be there. No honda but I still enjoy these meets.

MattieEM2

I plan on makin the drive down, meet all you guys and have a good time; cant wait for the meetup, def cant wait to get my EM2 back from my mechanic.

H22Ej1

all makes welcome

lol my car doesn't even run yet

Change

Is my old civic sedan still around anymore? I can't for the life of me remember who I sold it to (on here) but I remember it was at the meet last year.

H22Ej1

that was me, I sold it to a good buddy of mine. He still has it but has been making plans to sell it soon. I was considering the possibility of buying it back. He may attend the meet as well.

Change

I COULD NOT for the life of me remember if it was you or someone else with a similar name. I never get on here any more. Shame on me I guess.

Anyway, just out of curiosity, what would be the price for a nostalgic previous owner and all around good guy? I am hoping to buy something before winter anyway and it might as well be one of the coolest cars I ever owned.

H22Ej1

From him, probably somewhere in the mid-low 3g range. I believe last time I asked that's what he was considering selling it for.

Change

I won't have that by the meet. You should buy it back from him until then... I could probably spring for it before the end of the year.

crxfornow

Wish i could make it to this years meet

h-duced

Wasnt this meet a huge bust last year? I mean cops were just sitting waiting for you to leave to hand out tickets? I went to the meet two years ago and it was sick I want to come down again but I dont want to leave with any tickets.