Dan Marx Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Just takin' a poll. With gas at an estimated $4-5.00 per gallon this fall, how much will it cost you to drive to Hershey?It will cost me an estimated $540 in gas, if I don't bring a truck load of parts. If I do that, then all bets are off on the gas bill.Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 About 87 cents, that's if I go all 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 If I take the Prius, it should almost exactly 20 gallons to and from here (485 miles each way). About $80.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 SUMMARYDriving distance: 2789.0 milesTrip duration: 4 days, 5 hours, 44 minutesDriving time: 37 hours, 44 minutesCost: $585.68 One Way!Now you know why I have never been to Hershey.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlier Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I am very fortunate that I live relatively close to Hershey (140-150 miles roundtrip).As a result, the trip to Hershey this year will cost me somewhere between $70-100 depending on the price of fuel & tolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I came to a conclusion last night. People don't care what things cost. I was invited to a car show with one of my Metropolitans July 5th & 6th at Mohegan Sun Casino. My wife & I thought we would spend the Saturday night there and get a room......... Forget it! They are all sold out, including motels in the area. Guess the price......$500.00 a night!!!!! I will have her follow me there with her car and then drive back home to sleep. $500.00 A NIGHT!!! People don't care.................Gas can reach $20 a gallon and I'll bet anyone on this forum that the highways will be packed just as they all are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 If we leave the house with a full tank, between $100-$150 if the prices stay what they are now. If we don't enter a car, it'll be less than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skyking</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was invited to a car show with one of my Metropolitans July 5th & 6th at Mohegan Sun Casino. </div></div>Sky,What's happening at our illustrious Mohegan Sun Casino? Sounds like a pretty big deal. AND congratulations to you for what sounds like a pretty exclusive invitation to particiapte with your antique Met as well! Good luck & have fun--and pls. let us know how it goes.SteveP.S.: I don't want to think about my Hershey gas cost estimate right now (dragging our encl. trailer, w/car inside, towed by our gas-hog F250)...though I will have to face that harsh reality sooner or later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cardinal905 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I flew commercial from St. Louis, 2 nites in Carlisle, rental car, refreshments and food cost me just south of 800 bucks. All for no Maxwell parts---got me a nice oil can though. The contacts I made---Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fr Mike Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Regarding Mark Shaw's reply: Quote---"SUMMARYDriving distance: 2789.0 milesTrip duration: 4 days, 5 hours, 44 minutesDriving time: 37 hours, 44 minutesCost: $585.68 One Way!Now you know why I have never been to Hershey....+"----------------------------------------Great as Hershey probably is, when the rental of a flat bed and towing vehicle, motels, meals, and car entry fee are added to the above expense---from my Wisconsin area---you now know why I can't entertain even any hope of ever going to Hershey!!!Then, there are all the other folks who live here and pointsfarther west. Maybe we could spread the event at Hershey around a little? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: stock_steve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sky,What's happening at our illustrious Mohegan Sun Casino? Sounds like a pretty big deal. </div></div>Steve, Crusin' New England is putting on a show during the annual Rock N' Roll Cruise-N' car show. There will be a Dream Machines IX show inside the UNCAS Grand Ballroom and another show on the roof. It seems like an exciting weekend...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shop Rat Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fr Mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Maybe we could spread the event at Hershey around a little? </div></div>That has been proposed before. But it would not be "Hershey" if it traveled. Any other group could step forward and have a show just as big as this one is. At least to my knowledge that has never happened yet.Maybe someone can post an estimate of how many months, days and hours it takes to put Hershey on. I bet the figure would be staggering. Not the mention the expense of putting it on. And those crazy people keep doing it year after year. (Thank you crazy people. ) It would be like moving an entire small town to have it somewhere else. And if it left they might not ever be able to get back all the help from HERCO and the community. Additonally it would trash the economy that comes to the area with this event. Bruton Smith closed the NASCAR track at North Wilkesboro, N.C. and the town and it's citizens still have not recovered nor been able to replace the money that was coming in. Money that they had come to count on to pay their bills. Maybe some year you could come without your car the first time and see what it is all about. So far we have not had a car to show, Bill is working on one, but we go anyway. We both judge so that is our reason for going. That and seeing friends that we maybe only see at Hershey. It sure hasn't been for finding parts for probably the last ten or so years. But this year we have a "newer" antique car to find parts for. So that will make the walking for miles more interesting. Something new to look for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skyking</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: stock_steve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sky,What's happening at our illustrious Mohegan Sun Casino? Sounds like a pretty big deal. </div></div>Steve, Crusin' New England is putting on a show during the annual Rock N' Roll Cruise-N' car show. There will be a Dream Machines IX show inside the UNCAS Grand Ballroom and another show on the roof. It seems like an exciting weekend...... </div></div>Sounds very cool, Sky! I've seen pictures of that one, and from what I've seen (re: the quality of cars invited--a local-to-me fellow with an outstanding '62 Thunderbird roadster has also been invited in the past, and his car is also a super-primo specimen), that's a huge tribute to your car. I'll bet it will be quite exciting, including all of the associated other events going on there that weekend. Have fun and good luck!Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Last year a blown radiator added 6 hours to the normal 4 hour trip to Hershey. I really don't care what the gas cost will be, covering three nights in The Hershey Lodge is the real problem. Thirty year old traditions are hard to brake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dep5 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Who cares. Isn't it worth it once a year regardless of price?The camaraderie---Priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shop Rat Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 For us it will be in the neighborhood of $500 to $525 roundtrip depending on the price of course.We bring a 35' Winnebago and a car on a tow-dolly. Camping fees where we have stayed for many years are less than motels so that helps. And we usually eat breakfast in the RV. Several friends in the hobby come up so we do eat out every night since we go as a group. One friend has stayed with us for several years. He is also a judge. His mother-in-law also stayed with us until she passed away five years ago yesterday. She worked in Admin. for many years.After walking the flea market areas all day from Wednesday through Friday, and into Saturday after we finished judging, I want to sit down and have someone bring good food to me. I have no desire to stand on my feet and cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critterpainter Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 If I am lucky enough to go again it will cost me 0 nada zip zilch unless I buy something. I have traveled twice to Hershey as part of my job over the last 8 years and I hope I am needed again. The bad part is that I have very little time to wander and spend $$$ as I am WORKING Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shop Rat Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 And wouldn't you just know it that the last time you were there I looked up your vendor space to meet you and you were off wandering. Maybe this year. Nice to see you back on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Two tanks of gas and a couple of burgers. Dont care really. Like Howard Scotland always says, I'm gonna be dead for a long time, enjoy life while you gotta chance!See you there.Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javabug Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I usually <span style="font-weight: bold">walk</span>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Maybe someone can post an estimate of how many months, days and hours it takes to put Hershey on. I bet the figure would be staggering. Not the mention the expense of putting it on. And those crazy people keep doing it year after year</div></div> Susan, our Meet right now is 103 weeks away, and I am already doing something related to that meet at least once a week, but in many cases, I've got something going on related to that meet almost every day. Sometimes it's a phone call, an e-mail, or a meeting, but it hasn't stopped, and I know as we get closer, it's going to get busier.I've never been involved in putting on a meet prior to this year, but I will say that it has been quite the eye opening experience. If anything it has given me a lot more appreciation and understanding for what the Hershey Region has to deal with. I will be the first to say that anyone who has an issue with what Hershey does right or wrong, should consider stepping into their shoes. I gaurantee that you will get quite the awakening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bollman Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Well let see the years that we thought the Susquehanna might flood the route down, didn't stop us, all the years of mud didn't make us stop coming, the year of 3 Mile Island didn't stop us, the year I was in the hospital stopped us (but my wife was prepared to drive me down when I got out if I insisted). I think fuel needs to get a lot higher before we stay home. What else would we do in October before hibernation starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What else would we do in October before hibernation starts</div></div> Yup. Hershey is usually the last time the cars come out before getting tucked away for the winter. In our case, last year after the show we took our pickup up to the AACA Museum, parked it in one of their storage buildings, handed them the keys and walked away. I'll be the first to admit that it was hard to have something that you've put a lot of 'sweat equity' in, to trust it in the hands of someone else and then walk away. You take for granted that for those 6 months that you can't take off the car cover, open the garage door, and fire it up. But a month ago it sure was good to pick the truck up again, it was like reuniting with a long lost friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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