I tried to, but can't edit the original post so I'm going to post the highly anticipated detailed itinerary here.
Meeting time: The main group should meet at no later than 7:15. The SFPD is prepared to escort us at 8:00am, but we need to get everyone signed in and accounted for. I also expect that the officers will have instructions for us before we head for Lombard street that we'll all need to hear or at least know about beforehand.
Meeting place: There is an entrance to Fort Mason at the intersection of Bay and Franklin streets. The entrance road is Franklin. As you drive in you'll come to MacArthur Avenue where you'll make a left into a very large parking lot. This is where you should be when we meet up.
Here's a link to where I'm talking about.
The shoot: We're going to have one or two cars already at the site (we'll have people already at the site for setup). The other cars will be led to the top of the crooked part of Lombard, at Hyde. Ease your way down the street and park with only about 3ft between your front bumper and the rear bumper of the car in front of you. Quickly get out of the car and get out of the shot! :biggrin:
The photographer will shoot a few frames and then we all get back into the cars to begin the "rotation". The front two cars will exit and turn left at Leavenworth (the bottom of the crooked part of Lombard) and drive one block and make a left on Chestnut.
BE CAREFUL TURNING LEFT HERE, AS THERE IS A STEEP HILL YOU'LL BE TURNING ONTO (Chestnut) AND THERE'S A SMALL BUMP AT THE BOTTOM THAT WILL SCRAPE YOUR LIP IF YOU DON'T GO SLOWLY (I've driven my NSX here, and I did not scrape but I drove slowly over the bump... I'm pretty low so I think everyone should be safe if you drive SLOWLY over the bump. You'll see what I mean when you make that left turn.)
Once safely on Chestnut it's a steep-ish drive up to a stop sign at Hyde. Keep a large distance between cars going up Chestnut. This will allow the car ahead to stop at the top of the hill where it starts to level off and it's not so steep while the car behind continue to move up and not have to stop on the steep part of the hill. Once the car in front crosses the intersection (Hyde) the next car can then stop on the level part of the hill at the top, etc. Let's try to abuse our clutches as little as possible!
Continue one more block to Larkin. Make a left on Larkin, go one block and then another left onto Lombard. Again, like when turning onto Chestnut, be careful turning onto Lombard. This time, it's not a bump, but rather a small dip that could have you scraping your lip if you don't go slowly. Continue to the crooked part of Lombard and enter the hill again.
While the front two cars are doing this, the remaining cars will move down two spots so that there is a new set of cars in front and everyone is two spots further down the hill. After a while, everyone will eventually be one of the front two cars. This is the best we could plan for. BUT... if we're quick in getting through the first rotation, we can continue to shoot and see if we can get everyone in the lead spot. Don't assume this will happen, though. After the first rotation with everyone in one of the front two spots, everything else we get done in the time we have will just be gravy. I hope this motivates people to be as quick as possible in positioning the cars while still being safe. Remember, we have the location until 11am. This means we have to be completely gone and the photo gear cleared up by 11, not shoot until 11am.
After the shoot: The SFPD will escort the main group to the restaurant. The group that was at the site early will stay longer to help clear the area and see off one of the photographers (we're negotiating having the secondary team of photogs follow us to the restaurant and join us for brunch).
From there, we'll all enjoy some food together, and do our usual BS that we do :tongue:. If there's interest, we'll see if we can figure out a short drive. Maybe to the Golden Gate and/or Palace of Fine Arts and/or <insert some other photogenic site> for more pics with our own cams.
Notes:
- The cars should be clean, but they don't need to be detailed.
- We should be respectful of the residents of San Francisco, especially our friends on Lombard street. Our cars are loud enough as-is so let's not rev our motors unnecessarily. Remember that PD will be right there!
- If you're going to the restaurant, bring cash. We're not going to ask for separate checks.
- Don't be late! There will be a required sign-in at Fort Mason and if you're not there to sign, you will be declined participation.
- If you don't have my cell phone number, please PM me so that I can get it to you. If you run into any trouble getting somewhere or somehow get separated from the group you'll be able to call me.
I think that's it. If I missed something, or if you have any questions, post here or shoot me a PM. You can also send me a message via my Prime e-mail address. Otherwise, I'll see you all on Saturday morning!
J
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