We're Invited to McLaren Greenwich - Saturday April 16

[SlateEd]

Hey Everyone - our own HobokenViper has extended an invitation for an awesome breakfast and Test-Drive event at McLaren in Greenwich CT.
Saturday April 16 (with a rain date for the following Saturday)
We will plan a cruise to get there together through some scenic roads as well... check out the invite:

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[HobokenViper]

Thanks for posting Ed! Going to be an awesome event, and looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Aaron

[City]

Crap! I'm away that weekend. That's an invite I would accept!

[thetalonguy]

Cool, I'm in, but just for the light breakfast and coffee...that's all ;)

Thanks for setting this up Aaron!!

[pony23]

Damn, I won't be around either. Oh man.

[Stretch]

Now that is a cool event!!!!

7 hour drive from here...... (tries to come up with an excuse to tell the wife) :-)

[vipertank]

This looks great!

[intense]

Might have to get up early for this. Any more details on meeting time and place? Do we just meet at the dealer at 8:30?

[SlateEd]

This looks great!

Hey Hey Tank - I got a chance to see the 570 today and met a salesman (product expert?) there who is 6'4" tall... he had some headroom left, so you'd probably be comfortable!

but seriously, awesome place, really high-end feel, and with Aaron at the helm it is also really welcoming to true car-people, regardless of brand.

Tim - We will have a meeting spot in Armonk NY, which I will map and post this weekend. If you and some NJ people want to meet just over the TZ bridge I'll meet you down that way and cruise up to Armonk.

[roebear]

Oh man I'm in for this for sure!

[HobokenViper]

So we just had a team meeting about logistics for the VOA event on April 16th, and here are the details:

- 20 PERSON LIMIT – Need to cap the event at 20 people max in order for everyone to get one test drive due to the time restrictions of the event (First 20 people to respond are included).

- E-MAIL RESPONSE REQUIRED – Aside from a written response on the forums, we need all who plan to attend to send an email response to alothrop@millermotorcars.com as this is required to attend, and only the people who respond in an email are allowed to drive a car (up to the first 20 people). We really want to keep it exclusive to VOA members, so please don't send a friend in your place.

- 3 CARS AND LIMITED TIME – We plan to have 3 cars to maximize the experience and to help make sure that everyone gets their turn driving a car. We should have one 650S Spider and two 570S (assuming two 570S as we are anticipating to have one 570S marketing car being supplied by McLaren for the event). Ideally each test drive will take no longer than 10-15 minutes if everyone is ready to hop in the car when their turn comes up, in order for everyone to get their time behind the wheel.

- 25% OF RESPONSES ALREADY IN – We already have 5 people who have responded via email as of this morning, so 15 spots are left as of now.

- RESPONSES REQUIRED BY 4/14/16, & RAINDATE IS 4/23/16 – In the case that the 16th looks like it will have bad weather, we will communicate to everyone ahead of time on Friday 4/15/16 that the event will be moved to the same time for the following Saturday.

I would love to open this event up to more people or extend the time a bit longer, but unfortunately we have already purposely pushed off several scheduled appointments with customers that plan to purchase a new McLaren for themselves that day, and they will start coming in shortly after 10:30am. We also have another “ride and drive” event later the same day in the afternoon that we also need to prepare for. VERY BUSY DAY!!!

Hope the event will be a massive success with beautiful weather, and should be a great time for all. Looking forward to seeing everyone, and maybe one or two people in attendance will love the cars so much that they get the itch to take one home with them!!!!! :)

Aaron
Aka HobokenViper

[mcmasad]

I'm in. I live nearby so I will meet everyone at the dealer.

[SlateEd]

I'm in. I live nearby so I will meet everyone at the dealer.

Sounds good, will be nice to meet you!!


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Reminder to everyone, email alothrop@millermotorcars.com with your RSVP

[mcmasad]

Likewise. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

[Boba Fett]

Signed up and in!!

[ViperTony]

I'm a maybe. I'll traveling back from the Bahamas late Friday. ;)

[HobokenViper]

I'm in. I live nearby so I will meet everyone at the dealer.

Welcome to the VOA! Looking forward to seeing you at the event.

[HobokenViper]

I'm a maybe. I'll traveling back from the Bahamas late Friday. ;)

You need a better excuse than getting home from the Bahamas the night before..... Haha!
Hope we see you there and looking forward to catching up.

[HobokenViper]

Signed up and in!!

Nice! Looking forward to seeing you there. Did you get an ACR?!


Hope everyone who plans to go has been emailing their responses to Ainsley at alothrop@millermotorcars.com as we need an accurate headcount and are capping the event at 20 test drives due to time restrictions. First 20 to send their email response are on the list, and we only have a few spots left.

[WetOne]

Howdy, received response from Ainsley. Plan on meeting all at the Park & Ride.

[Helo Steve]

Emailed Ainsley, I'm in!!!

[HobokenViper]

IMPORTANT UPDATE: We are now near full capacity for the McLaren test drive event!!! I believe we just have one or two spots left as of an hour ago, so please email my assistant Ainsley to grab the last spot if you haven't already done so, as we will only be able to offer test drives to a maximum of 20 people who have RSVP'd via email ahead of time.

With that said, if you were not one of the first 20 lucky people to sign up for a test drive, you can still feel free to join us for the event (assuming you are a present or former VOA member) as it will be a great time, and we have some absolutely incredible cars on display for you to enjoy. I look forward to seeing all my VOA buddies there, and to meeting those of you that I don't yet know. Now let's just keep fingers crossed for nice weather!!!

[Fadi Abizeid]

I am in along with passenger Paul

[HobokenViper]

I believe that we have now reached our capacity for people test driving a car at the VOA event.

With that said, I still invite any VOA members to come join us that day as the group drive(s) will be scenic and fun, we will have some amazing cars on display including a McLaren P1, and lots of great friends to hang out with. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!!!

[99ACR]

Thanks Aaron,

Sounds like a great morning, I will meet you guys there.

Dennis

[dbow119]

I wish I didn't have a prior commitment as I would have loved to participate in this even...I always enjoy visiting Greenwich.

Aaron (HobokenViper)-Can I get a "rain check" for the next time I'm in Greenwich (will probably be the weekend of the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance)?

[SlateEd]

Hey Everyone! Weather looks perfect and the turnout is going to be huge!!

After a fun-filled couple hours at McLaren we're going to do a little cruise up to Stamford to a diner for some eggs or burgers or whatever you want at 11am-ish...

if you can stick around and come for the drive it will be great. I'll have route cards with instructions at McLaren in case our pack gets separated at all.

See you all tomorrow!

[HobokenViper]

Getting ready to head to the rally point, looking forward to seeing many of my friends and meeting some new ones today too. Couldn't be a more perfect day for this, and hope to give everyone a great experience! See you guys soon.

Aaron

[mcmasad]

Aaron - it was great. Thanks for setting it up. And great to meet everyone else.

[HobokenViper]

Thank you to everyone who came to participate in our event today! It was my pleasure to host all of you at McLaren, share our amazing cars with all of you, and let you experience why these cars are all the best in every single class they are in. I think you all now see why my job here is truly a labor of love and why I am now such a happy guy!

It was great to see my old VOA friends and meet many new guys as well. We had a really great group here this morning, and I don't think it could have gone any better. I enjoyed seeing all of your reactions and getting your feedback on your experiences behind the wheel, but the best part for me was the group drive to the showroom this morning and seeing all of your cars filling up our parking lots. What a great day!!!!!

If any of you should ever be interested in any car in our inventory, new or pre-owned (even non-McLaren brand cars), I will personally make sure that we roll out the red carpet and take care of you like no other dealer ever would. You all have a friend here at McLaren and Miller Motorcars, and I hope to see you guys soon at a future event, and feel free to come by anytime even just to say hello.

If anyone took some videos or pictures, please post them when you get a chance. Our marketing guy took a bunch of pictures as well and should be sending them to me in the next couple of days to post.

Aaron

[aaron94t]

Hats off to Aaron and the McLaren of Greenwich team for such a great event! It was an honor to be able to drive some amazing cars and get up close and personal with the cars in the showroom. Unfortunately, I was not able to get lunch with the group but maybe next time. Great seeing both new and old faces.

[SlateEd]

Aaron - Thank you so much for opening up your shop to our VOA crew! And wow, VOA members thanks for coming out to fill that parking lot! we had a great assortment of colors and generations and two ACR-e wings, parked menacingly by the front door... just daring the P1 to come outside :-)

But seriously, this was awesome and I was impressed with what the 570s can do! comfortable, fast, lightweight feel, great brakes, and exotic look and sound... If you are shopping for that type of car you should seriously consider it!

And then a quick cruise for a fun brunch with the crew. Steven... thank you for lunch, you're too much :-)

Here's a SLIDESHOW (http://s937.photobucket.com/user/slateed/slideshow/2016_4_16_McLaren%20Event)

[thetalonguy]

Thanks Aaron; that was a drive that I won't soon forget! Everyone on the staff was so nice and accommodating. Just getting to hang there and check out the cars would have been cool enough, let alone actually driving a McLaren. It's such an amazing machine that checks all necessary boxes of beautiful, rare and performance oriented.

We certainly appreciate what you were able to put together.

[ACR Steve]

Cool event wish I could have been there - Love the P1 and that Maserati MC12 (I need to play lotto more )

[Helo Steve]

One word for everything related to this event: AMAZING! Thank you all who made this happen, especially Aaron! Have a lot more pics that my friend took and is sending to me to post, but here's one someone posted of my ride!

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[Boba Fett]

Aaron, great to finally meet you in person. Thanks for an extraordinary event including the opportunity to drive the 650. Truly an awesome time!!