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Old 09-27-2014, 04:05 PM
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Been waiting all month to go to the Corvette/Chevy show at Dallas Market Hall. After $10 dollars to park $15 a person to get in to the show. I would of had for fun sitting the $40 dollars on fire.

Don't waste your time or money Not many cars at all and just a few vendors attended. And most had nothing their of substance to purchase. But they said they could order it. For me. But I could have done that at the confront of my house. I was hopping to see some of the items I'm interested in at the show.
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I went last year and got the same results. $40 that could have been burned. For Texas this show is really week. I mean WEAK.
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Been waiting all month to go to the Corvette/Chevy show at Dallas Market Hall. After $10 dollars to park $15 a person to get in to the show. I would of had for fun sitting the $40 dollars on fire.

Don't waste your time or money Not many cars at all and just a few vendors attended. And most had nothing their of substance to purchase. But they said they could order it. For me. But I could have done that at the confront of my house. I was hopping to see some of the items I'm interested in at the show.
Fully agree. Not worth the 10 min drive from my house. There were more Corvettes on the parking lot than there were at the show.
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That event sounds like a lot of other events these days, Carlisle events other than the spring, fall and corvette are falling off as well.
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Now I know where all the Corvettes were going that I saw going north up I-35 E this morning just south of Dallas. Glad I missed it.
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Money better spent on gas and a good car wash/wax.
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Sad news that the show was not very good. Things like this can lead to the show dying out.
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Originally Posted by CorvetteBradley
I went last year and got the same results. $40 that could have been burned. For Texas this show is really week. I mean WEAK.
Thought the same thing about the show when it was in Houston in March..not many cars and vendors were fewer than past years IMO!
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What was the food like?
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Free parking. $10.00 parking must have been valet. Free entry. Cheeseburger, Sun-Chips, and a Coke = $14.95.

I will agree it was smaller than expected and there was plenty of room for at least another 100 cars. Had I known about this event sooner, I would have entered my Z just so I could meet other Corvette enthusiasts. Entering your car for the 3 days was only $50.00.

That being said, I do take every opportunity to meet other folks and despite the limited amount of vehicles, I got a few good cell phone photos, met Paul from West Coast Corvette, Ken from Corvette World (Dallas), and met quite a few guys who entered their cars to include Danny, who has one of 3 known very special and rare Corvettes remaining that were made for astronauts back in the 60s.

For me, it was a 2 hour and 15 minute drive up. But in addition to the people I got to meet, I also reunited with a buddy, his wife and a few of their friends who I hadn't seen since we were stationed in Germany together, 7 years ago. After the event, we all went and ate at some awesome German resturaunt.

Got some T Shirts, an UltraGuard car cover, met old friends, made some new ones and it was definitely better than sitting at home.
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For us DFW Corvette lovers,Cars and Coffee is way to go.R
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For us DFW Corvette lovers,Cars and Coffee is way to go.R
I would like to attended that sometime. Where do I find times and location
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Well it's also competing with the State Fair of Texas. Maybe move the date and it might do much better.
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Originally Posted by bdharris68
I would like to attended that sometime. Where do I find times and location
First Saturday each month,at Classic BMW Plano. 6800 Dallas PKWY.

Thousand cars hundreds of Corvettes,Time get their by 7am or you will not find a parking spot to show your car. Show time *8:am till around 11:30.*

Worth getting up early,Check it out on line at Cars and Coffee Plano Tx.
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Just did a GOOGLE Map Search to Classic BMW. Dang, that's 2.5 hours away for me.

Looks like a very large parking lot indeed, but "thousands"?

Maybe I should camp out there the night before considering the drive I have. Or, a local hotel!

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