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ZHP Mafia SIGfest Parking Thread/Diagram for Dane Wilson's Home
Hello SIGfest Attendees/Mafia Family!
Dane and his family are graciously hosting a bunch of us BMW car nuts for the weekend, and he is expecting 35+ cars expected for Friday night’s festivities. With that in mind, Dane and I have been working hard to make parking as smooth, efficient, and quick as possible to avoid backups on the main road in front of his house & general mass confusion, like the one found in European Vacation on the Traffic Circle! With that in mind, we have devised a parking plan to be sure that everyone will fit and mafia traffic will flow as smoothly as possible. Given the space requirements to park all of us at the Wilson residence, please be sure to park as close as possible to the vehicle next to you, as directed upon arriving.
Our host family is opening their doors & grounds to us, so please treat their home and property like you would your own.
• Members Camping/Staying @ Wilson Central: Dane has started a new thread for you, and has asked that you arrive anywhere from 1600 hours (that’s 4:00PM!) onwards on Friday. The goal with this earlier arrival is to keep the campers’ cars on the driveway so that they are not causing damage to the lawn by sitting on it long-term, and it eliminates your vehicles needing to be shuffled in the dark to allow the offsite lodging guests to leave later on in the evening. Referring to the diagram, please plan to be parked in rows 1 & 2 at an angle on the driveway, backed into place, maximizing allowable space. Easiest method to this parking area is to enter the driveway, come around the circle COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, and plan to back up towards the garage (marked with corresponding colored arrows on the diagram). Side benefit is that this will make for a fantastic photo shoot!
• Members Staying in Hotels/Off-site: Please plan to arrive around 1700 hours (that’s 5:00PM!) for us to direct you for parking on the grass areas first (both next to the drive and next to the main front road), with overflow going onto the driveway. Entrance points (marked with corresponding colored arrows on the diagram) are going to be at the top of row 1 near the garage, and also from mid-point in the circle, which after entry may require some backing into place (with spotter assistance). The idea here is that this group will be the first to leave later on in the evening, and we are aiming to make departure as painless as possible after some Mafia Cheer, hence the backing into place during the daylight hours!
Another reason for having you back into place is in case of emergency, fire or otherwise, and the need to empty the driveway/grass in an expeditious manner. With all vehicles facing the exit, this would go quickly, smoothly & efficiently.
Have special questions, comments, complaints, concerns, requests, thoughts? Worried that your Imola coupe is going to pick a fight with a Tiag sedan? Please let us know. We are willing to work with you if you have special issues. Oh that’s right…we are a bunch of car crazies, so we all have issues…and are all special!
Look forward to seeing everyone at SIGfest! We hope to have parking in the bag with this info to you ahead of arrival. Safe travels to All!
-Brett
Rube Goldberg's Parking Diagram:
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In case any of you are lost with my European Vacation reference above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgX6qlJEMc
