6th annual "Summer Sunrise" drive 6/12, Bucks County PA

Slowphiveo · 03-13-2021, 09:22 AM

****Updated****

Wanted to post this over to my M2 peeps as well...

Wanted to open this up to my local M brethren...every 2nd weekend in June for the past 5 years a few of us local gearheads have done an early morning drive to celebrate and usher in the summer driving season. Usually it's just a small group of us that meet about 5:45am and Usually leave about 6:15am and take a nice, sometimes "spirited" drive (on the roadways where is safe to do so) through the Bucks County River country (Delaware River) and then end our drive at a local coffee/bagel shop for a cars and coffee type event. It's a very scenic and picturesque drive and it's awesome that time of the morning to be driving as the sun is coming up (also very little traffic). For those of you who joined on our fall covered bridge tour, the route is very similar, so you know the roads are really fun to drive. I'll be adding the meeting point, route and coffee shop where we finish up for our cars and coffee in the coming weeks, but just wanted to get it out there so you could mark your calenders. Hoping to turn this into an annual "M" event. The rain date is the very next morning, Sunday 6/13.

****Menard Premium Detailing/Gratr Garage in Ivyland PA will be sponsoring the drive and Cars and coffee afterward! They are located at:
125 Industrial Dr, Warminster, PA 18974

The drive and meeting points are as follows:

The meeting point is the parking lot in front of the Staples (between Staples and Chik-Fil-A) at:

The Newtown Shopping Center
10 West Rd, Newtown PA 18940

This is about 10 mins off the Newtown Exit on I-295.

Meeting date/time: Saturday June 12th between 5:45am and 6:15am. Drive begins at 6:20am.

The Drive: We will be driving through historic Washington's Crossing PA area and New Hope PA and heading north along the Delaware River to upper Bucks County. Along the way will pass through some small river towns, a few covered bridges and a few nice twisty roads. The plan is to stop at the historic Van Sant Airport in Upper Bucks for a group photograph of all the cars with the airfield and planes in the background. After stopping at Van Sant, a few more twisties, and then on to our Sponsor's shop for a cars and coffee/open house event. I will map out the route and hand out directions the morning of the drive in case it's a large group and separation occurs.

The rain date will be the very next morning Sunday 6/13. Any cancelation of the Saturday event due to impending bad weather will be made by 9pm on Friday the 11th.****

Slowphiveo · 03-27-2021, 10:18 PM

Initial post updated with details on the meeting point, drive, cars and coffee, and sponsor information.

ntown.m2 · 04-03-2021, 09:08 PM

I will be joining the drive!!

Slowphiveo · 04-05-2021, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ntown.m2

I will be joining the drive!!

Great! Good seeing you the other day too!

ntown.m2 · 04-06-2021, 06:19 AM

Same, great to see you again. Looking forward to June.

.Tranceparent. · 04-06-2021, 02:21 PM

Going to try to make it to this one

Slowphiveo · 04-15-2021, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by .Tranceparent.

Going to try to make it to this one

Awesome!

fridex · 04-20-2021, 07:58 PM

Sounds fun. I am marking it in my calendar now and will try to join.
Any track days in the area? Can't find much on the forum.

Slowphiveo · 04-28-2021, 07:28 PM

Here is the route if anyone wants its ahead of time. We will stop at Van Sant Historic Airport for a group photo and I believe there are a few port-o-potties there too.

https://goo.gl/maps/TQNrRPyGminJ4g1C7

Kleinacus · 04-29-2021, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Slowphiveo

Here is the route if anyone wants its ahead of time. We will stop at Van Sant Historic Airport for a group photo and I believe there are a few port-o-potties there too.

https://goo.gl/maps/TQNrRPyGminJ4g1C7

Awesome. The airport has been a frequent stop lately. Awesome to just hang out and watch the planes take off and gliders land.

M2C-NLUSA · 04-29-2021, 09:45 AM

If my car is here I will totally jump in on this. Good break in miles. If not, can I be that "guy" and join with a P-car?

iWayne · 04-29-2021, 10:53 AM

Nice - I'll try and make it

Slowphiveo · 04-30-2021, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by M2C-NLUSA

If my car is here I will totally jump in on this. Good break in miles. If not, can I be that "guy" and join with a P-car?

Yup, all sports/classics/muscle cars welcome. No Priuses though 🤣

Slowphiveo · 05-20-2021, 03:26 AM

Please let me know if you plan on attending this event as the vendor is making accommodations based on group size. Thanks. If you have already responded that you are attending, thank you. I have added the following names to the list. Let me know if I missed you or you are no longer interested if on the list. If you have additional non bimmerpost friends coming I can +1 them if you let me know.

ntown.m2
Trancrparent
M2C-NLUSA
iWayne
Kleinacus
Booya_45
Qball67

Kleinacus · 05-20-2021, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slowphiveo

Please let me know if you plan on attending this event as the vendor is making accommodations based on group size. Thanks. If you have already responded that you are attending, thank you. I have added the following names to the list. Let me know if I missed you or you are no longer interested if on the list. If you have additional non bimmerpost friends coming I can +1 them if you let me know.

ntown.m2
Trancrparent
M2C-NLUSA
iWayne

In

Slowphiveo · 05-21-2021, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Kleinacus

In

Great!

booya_45 · 05-22-2021, 09:30 AM

In.

QBall67 · 05-25-2021, 03:31 PM

Count me in

Slowphiveo · 06-05-2021, 12:48 PM

Those who have indicated that they will be attending the Sunrise Drive on 6/12...the vendor has asked that we "close" any further sign ups as it appears they will be at capacity for parking based on the amount of responses we have received. There may be some limited street parking available if their facility overflows. If you plan on just joining for just for the drive, there is no issue adding more cars, but for the cars and coffee afterwards we are reaching capacity. If you have already signed up, we should be able to get you parked. Thank you for your understanding!

Slowphiveo · 06-07-2021, 09:22 AM

As a reminder, with the weather somewhat of an unknown for this Saturday, if the rain date needs to be used...I will post that no later than Friday evening. So make sure to check back with this thread if the weather forecast is iffy on Saturday. Thanks!

Slowphiveo · 06-09-2021, 09:15 PM

...As an addition to this thread...still looking for some people who are good photographers/videographers to get some nice pics and maybe some rolling footage to put something together. If you are interested please let me know. Thanks.

Kleinacus · 06-10-2021, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Slowphiveo

As a reminder, with the weather somewhat of an unknown for this Saturday, if the rain date needs to be used...I will post that no later than Friday evening. So make sure to check back with this thread if the weather forecast is iffy on Saturday. Thanks!

Weather forecast is looking better now. *fingers crossed*

03-13-2021, 09:22 AM	#1
Slowphiveo Captain 1525 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 2020 M4 Heritage Edition Join Date: May 2018 Location: PA iTrader: (0)	6th annual "Summer Sunrise" drive 6/12, Bucks County PA **Updated Wanted to post this over to my M2 peeps as well... Wanted to open this up to my local M brethren...every 2nd weekend in June for the past 5 years a few of us local gearheads have done an early morning drive to celebrate and usher in the summer driving season. Usually it's just a small group of us that meet about 5:45am and Usually leave about 6:15am and take a nice, sometimes "spirited" drive (on the roadways where is safe to do so) through the Bucks County River country (Delaware River) and then end our drive at a local coffee/bagel shop for a cars and coffee type event. It's a very scenic and picturesque drive and it's awesome that time of the morning to be driving as the sun is coming up (also very little traffic). For those of you who joined on our fall covered bridge tour, the route is very similar, so you know the roads are really fun to drive. I'll be adding the meeting point, route and coffee shop where we finish up for our cars and coffee in the coming weeks, but just wanted to get it out there so you could mark your calenders. Hoping to turn this into an annual "M" event. The rain date is the very next morning, Sunday 6/13. Menard Premium Detailing/Gratr Garage in Ivyland PA will be sponsoring the drive and Cars and coffee afterward! They are located at: 125 Industrial Dr, Warminster, PA 18974 The drive and meeting points are as follows: The meeting point is the parking lot in front of the Staples (between Staples and Chik-Fil-A) at: The Newtown Shopping Center 10 West Rd, Newtown PA 18940 This is about 10 mins off the Newtown Exit on I-295. Meeting date/time: Saturday June 12th between 5:45am and 6:15am. Drive begins at 6:20am. The Drive: We will be driving through historic Washington's Crossing PA area and New Hope PA and heading north along the Delaware River to upper Bucks County. Along the way will pass through some small river towns, a few covered bridges and a few nice twisty roads. The plan is to stop at the historic Van Sant Airport in Upper Bucks for a group photograph of all the cars with the airfield and planes in the background. After stopping at Van Sant, a few more twisties, and then on to our Sponsor's shop for a cars and coffee/open house event. I will map out the route and hand out directions the morning of the drive in case it's a large group and separation occurs. The rain date will be the very next morning Sunday 6/13. Any cancelation of the Saturday event due to impending bad weather will be made by 9pm on Friday the 11th.** Attached Images __________________ Previously owned: 2018 BMW M2 2000 BMW M Roadster Last edited by Slowphiveo; 04-02-2021 at 01:43 PM..
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03-27-2021, 10:18 PM	#2
Slowphiveo Captain 1525 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 2020 M4 Heritage Edition Join Date: May 2018 Location: PA iTrader: (0)	Initial post updated with details on the meeting point, drive, cars and coffee, and sponsor information.
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04-03-2021, 09:08 PM	#3
ntown.m2 ntownm2 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: 2017 M2 Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Philly, PA iTrader: (0)	I will be joining the drive!!
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04-06-2021, 06:19 AM	#5
ntown.m2 ntownm2 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: 2017 M2 Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Philly, PA iTrader: (0)	Same, great to see you again. Looking forward to June.
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04-06-2021, 02:21 PM	#6
.Tranceparent. Second Lieutenant 127 Rep 230 Posts Drives: 2018 AW M3CS Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	Going to try to make it to this one
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fridex Private First Class 124 Rep 148 Posts Drives: M3 G80 Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: PHL iTrader: (0) Garage List 2022 BMW M3 [0.00] 2019 BMW M2C [0.00]	Sounds fun. I am marking it in my calendar now and will try to join. Any track days in the area? Can't find much on the forum.
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04-28-2021, 07:28 PM	#9
Slowphiveo Captain 1525 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 2020 M4 Heritage Edition Join Date: May 2018 Location: PA iTrader: (0)	Here is the route if anyone wants its ahead of time. We will stop at Van Sant Historic Airport for a group photo and I believe there are a few port-o-potties there too. https://goo.gl/maps/TQNrRPyGminJ4g1C7
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M2C-NLUSA First Lieutenant 224 Rep 317 Posts Drives: BMW M2 Comp. Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: NC/FL/NL iTrader: (0)	If my car is here I will totally jump in on this. Good break in miles. If not, can I be that "guy" and join with a P-car? __________________ Toys- ‘21 M2C, '20 718 GT4 (going), '14 981 CS (going), '09 C4S (gone) -Inbound- '23 GT4 RS, 22 718 GTS 4.0
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iWayne ///M2 104 Rep 104 Posts Drives: M2C Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: NJ iTrader: (1)	Nice - I'll try and make it
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Slowphiveo Captain 1525 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 2020 M4 Heritage Edition Join Date: May 2018 Location: PA iTrader: (0)	Please let me know if you plan on attending this event as the vendor is making accommodations based on group size. Thanks. If you have already responded that you are attending, thank you. I have added the following names to the list. Let me know if I missed you or you are no longer interested if on the list. If you have additional non bimmerpost friends coming I can +1 them if you let me know. ntown.m2 Trancrparent M2C-NLUSA iWayne Kleinacus Booya_45 Qball67 Last edited by Slowphiveo; 05-25-2021 at 04:24 PM..
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Slowphiveo Captain 1525 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 2020 M4 Heritage Edition Join Date: May 2018 Location: PA iTrader: (0)	Those who have indicated that they will be attending the Sunrise Drive on 6/12...the vendor has asked that we "close" any further sign ups as it appears they will be at capacity for parking based on the amount of responses we have received. There may be some limited street parking available if their facility overflows. If you plan on just joining for just for the drive, there is no issue adding more cars, but for the cars and coffee afterwards we are reaching capacity. If you have already signed up, we should be able to get you parked. Thank you for your understanding!
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Slowphiveo Captain 1525 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 2020 M4 Heritage Edition Join Date: May 2018 Location: PA iTrader: (0)	As a reminder, with the weather somewhat of an unknown for this Saturday, if the rain date needs to be used...I will post that no later than Friday evening. So make sure to check back with this thread if the weather forecast is iffy on Saturday. Thanks!
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Slowphiveo Captain 1525 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 2020 M4 Heritage Edition Join Date: May 2018 Location: PA iTrader: (0)	...As an addition to this thread...still looking for some people who are good photographers/videographers to get some nice pics and maybe some rolling footage to put something together. If you are interested please let me know. Thanks.
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