Offroad Open House for Land Rovers - Mission Viejo, CA

nwoods

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There is a Land Rover specific Off Road Expo happening this Saturday, April 12th, at Land Rover Mission Viejo (10am-3pm).

Click here for the Flyer

This is a no cost deal, and food and drinks are provided. It's all about getting new and prospective owners the chance to meet seasoned off roaders to increase the outdoor participation level of Land Rover owners, and build unity among Land Rover fans. This is NOT a sales event! In fact, they are clearing out the lot (at least the southern portion of it) for all the private owner and vendor show vehicles. This event is about community building, and, showing the new and existing customers on the LRMV mailing list what can be done to the vehicles and how they can be more fully used and enjoyed.

Pretty nice grouping of vendors and vehicles: Adventure Trailer, Safari Gard, Overland Journal, Land Rover Lifestyle, Fuse (vitamin drink), West Coast Rovers, Inland Rovers, OC Rovers, The Rover Group, British Performance, Viking Offroad (Winchline), Off Roving, and Sirius Satellite Radio, and more, are all going to be on site with booths and show vehicles.

Also about a dozen members of the LRCSD and SCLR clubs have been invited to showcase their special and/or unique vehicles. We have lined up guest speakers from the BLM, US Forest Service, and Land Rover University.

All this being put together by a couple of guys at the dealership who actually wheel their rigs. They are doing this on their own time. How often does a dealership welcome independent repairs shops onto their turf? I think this is really cool. This event is all about building bridges within what is ultimately, a very small community.

Come check out the fun. It's free, and food and drinks are on the house, and there will be plenty of amazing tricked out and bashed up Land Rovers to drool over.
 
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nwoods

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Re: Offroad Open House - Event Schedule and Vendor List

Here is the Event schedule:

The following is a listing of the speakers for the event and the approximate times for them to appear. The Land Rover Club representatives will give a 10 minute presentation about their respective clubs. Featured Speakers will do a presentation and should leave enough time for questions at the end - 30 minutes total time. Rich Guzman from Land Rover Mission Viejo will MC and do Introductions for everyone.


Event Starts at 10:00 AM
10:30 AM ? 10:40 AM - Rich Guzman ? LRMV ? Welcome, Sponsor mentions and Introductions.
10:40 AM ? 10:50 AM - President of the Land Rover Club of San Diego - Dennis Yard / Olaf Kilthau ? Rep.
10:50 AM ? 11:00 AM ? President of the So. CA. Land Rover Club ? Hovik Mossessi / Nathan Woods ? Rep.
11: 00 AM ? 11:30 AM ? Activist on trail closures and updates ? Randy Banis
11:30 AM ? 12:00 PM ? formerly with Land Rover University ? Dave Strader

12:00 PM ? 1:00 PM ? LUNCH BREAK

1:00 PM ? 1:10 PM - Rich Guzman ? LRMV ? Welcome, Sponsor mentions and Introductions.
1:10 PM ? 1:20 PM - President of the Land Rover Club of San Diego ? Dennis Yard / Olaf Kilthau ? Rep.
1:20 PM ? 1:30 PM ? President of the So. CA Land Rover Club ? Hovik Mossessi / Nathan Woods ? Rep.
1: 30 PM ? 2:00 PM ? San Bernardino National Forest Service Off Road Vehicle Volunteers ? Dale Johnson
2:00 PM ? 2:10 PM - Rich Guzman ? LRMV ? Thank Speakers, Sponsors and Wrap Up.

Event Ends at 3:00 PM


Here is the list of vendors:
? Taco booth and food for 200 people
? LCSD ? Booth for information and sign-ups
? SCLR ? Small Table/Laptop/Internet/Booth for info & sign-ups
? Overland Journal (Sinuhe Xavier )
? Land Rover University ? Dave Strader ,Speaker on new technologies for off
? BLM Info: Randy Banis ? Speaker on trail closures and update information
? U.S. Forest Service ? Dale Johnson - Responsible off-roading
? Adventure Trailers ? Alex Carvello 2 vehicles and trailers
? Safari Gard ? 3 vehicles & booth
? West Coast Rovers ? Eddie Bostock? to display Defender Buggy
? Inland Rovers ? Gordon ? Disco to display
? Premier Rovers ? San Diego ?PENDING
? O.C. Rovers ? Jerry Barrigan to display Baja RRC
? British Performance ? Jeff 2 Rock Crawler Buggies to display
? California Rover ? PENDING
? Off Roving?s Range Rover Sport/LR3/RR MkIII
? Kelty CarPort awning system off side of vehicle
? LRL Magazine ? Doug Evilsizor
? Fuze Beverage field reps handing out chilled Fuze Beverage and Organics Water
? Cooper tires: two tires on display stand] beside vehicles
? Viking Off Road aka ?winchline? [synthetic winchlines]
? Sirius Satellite Radio rep broadcasting Sirius music
? Underwater Kinetics cases on display [competitor to Pelican]
? SPOT Messenger satellite emergency recovery system

Media Coverage Confirmed:
? Four Wheel Drive and Sport Utility
? Overland Journal
? LRL Magazine
? Orange County Register

Parking!
The dealership site will not accommodate parking for patrons of the Open House. Everyone will need to park on the east side of the street, at the old dealership location. There should be plenty of room, and any open spot is fair game, including in the back of the old service area and near the new car storage overflow.

You will need to walk across the street and then down the south side of the new dealer lot. It will be marked.