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Thanks to Victor Pereira for this report on the 2000 Northeast Insight Gathering

All went very well Sunday Nov. 12th gathering in Worcester Ma.

First and foremost I would like to thank Craig and Deb Van Batenburg for hosting this event at their shop.

Participants included:

Alan(M M)Sweeny in 2871 from Ct,
Ellen Devlin in 348 from Haverhill Ma,
Craig and Deb Van Batenburg in 157 from Worcester Ma,
Carl and Laurie Abert in 725 from Chicopee Ma,
Amber (Ambassador to all that is "Insight" full) Harris in 591 from Midland Oh,
and me and my wife Lucy Pereira in 747 from Springfield Ma.

We had wonderful weather, plenty of snacks and drinks (thanks Deb), interesting info at Craig's tech center (thanks Craig) and great conversation (thanks all).

I believe everyone walked away with a prize of some sort from the raffle or T-shirt giveaway. We also had a good laugh as we watched the Insight chase scene from the Michael Richard's show. The drive to Papa-Razzi restaurant was very picturesque (great job on mapping out the route Deb)as we drove through some very pretty New England towns.

All the cars were Silver except for Alan (motorcycle magnet) Sweeny's Red #2871. Not only was he cut off by one during our poker run, he was also tailgated by another one for quite a few miles after we placed him at the end of our Insight train.

Food at the Papa-Razzi was succulent, and the ambiance superb (save for the soccer team at the next table). :)

Results of the raffle and poker run can be seen below.

Hope to see you all again soon... say Oct. 14th 2001. (wink wink)

T-shirt and Poker Run Winner(s)

 

Amber Harris

T-shirt for Furthest traveled

 

Amber Harris

T-shirt for Highest LMPG

(Graciously resubmitted for poker run prize)

 

Ellen M. Devlin

T-shirt for Lowest LMPG

(Dubious honor? Yes, but still manages twice that of most other cars. J )

 

Carl and Laurie Abert

Oil change kit, 1/18 scale Honda/Target Cart Race car, T-shirt for Best MPG for Poker Run (85.7mpg - 36.4miles)

 

Vin #

Owner(s)

Lmpg

Poker Run

157

Carl & Deb

0.0@9376*

61.5@36.6

348

Ellen

62.7@6244

80.6@36.5

591

Amber

70.9@20715

84.3

725

Carl & Laurie

66.0@10761

85.7@36.4

747

Victor & Lucy

69.0@10627

77.3@36.3

2,871

Alan

66.9@2837

81.5@36.4

Lowest LMPG T-shirt Winner

Highest LMPG T-shirt Winner

Poker Run Winner

* alleged software malfunction :)

 

Raffle Results

 

Alan Sweeney

Honda 2000 full line sales brochure

 

Will (Craig’s Son)

Honda 2000 full line sales brochure,

2000-2001 Insight sales Brochure,

Insight Post card from Canadian Auto Show

 

Laurie Abert

Honda 2000 full line sales brochure,

2000 Honda press release w/picture cdrom

 

Ellen M. Devlin

Two Issues of Auto Inc. Magazines W/Insight Articles penned by Craig Van Batenburg (unautographed to maintain value)

 

Amber Harris

Honda baseball cap, sew on logo

 

Mike (Craig’s other son)

Honda Pencil (#2) and pencil style pressure gauge(guaranteed to read 1-2 psi under actual pressure)