Allure of the Automobile at The High Museum – Share your Story

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  1. blaster

    blaster my other ride is your mom
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    Hey guys, my lady works on the web for The High Museum o' Fart and has a microsite up for their new car show, The Allure of the Automobile. You should check it out. The show looks pretty awesome, and I'm definitely excited to go check out the '53 Porsche 550. Sex on wheels right there.

    http://high.org/autos/get-in-gear.html

    It would also be a big help if some of you guys check out the sort of blog setup they've got, too, and could dive in and share a story about your first car, a restoration, a mishap (of which there are plenty here, I'm sure), racing, or a classic that you love. The tough thing about user-generated content is that there needs to be an initial push of users to, well, generate content, and I told they lady I'd post here to try and recruit some of you.

    The direct link to share your story is http://www.high.org/ShareYourStory
     
  2. Dr.Chris

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    I may have to come back for this exhibit. Maybe after ING 1/2 marathon next month.
     
  3. yerrow

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    I saw the lineup of cars that were going to be on display back in 2008 and it promises to be an amazing spread
     
  4. gotsol

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    hey, can you organize a WRXAtlanta showing?
     
  5. blaster

    blaster my other ride is your mom
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    I'll see what I can do. Pretty sure we can get a group rate at the very least.
     
  6. pEd

    pEd This ain't no Piccadilly!

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    I'd be down for that. I'm excited to go see the show.
     
  7. WRXCoupe

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    This is awesome!
     
  8. BelvnAWD

    BelvnAWD I'm Vin, Bell-Vin...

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    I joined the museum just to see this show! I will def. hit the blog and leave a short post...
     
  9. blaster

    blaster my other ride is your mom
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    Bump.

    It really would help out if you guys could revisit the site and please, please post a story to http://www.high.org/ShareYourStory.

    Also, I asked the lady, and we can get a group rate to the museum with 10 or more people. They're open in the evenings on Thursday and Friday, and group rates still count on the weekends. Anybody interested? Start throwing out some dates that work for you all.
     
  10. Strayen

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    This is something I found out the last time I was there, but anyone who has a Bank of America Visa credit card can get in FREE the first weekend of every month. So I'm going the first weekend in April.
     
  11. nicad

    nicad Yes I am a troll

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    i'm down for whenever i'm not working
     
  12. blaster

    blaster my other ride is your mom
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    Justin, didn't your dad make you rebuild the engine on your first car or something? And now you're a successful engineer working for Google? That sounds like a story that should be posted to http://www.high.org/ShareYourStory…
     
  13. Matt

    Matt Think before you post
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    ^ good luck with that one.
     
  14. Alex

    Alex Community Founder
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    I've got a membership so I am down to go whenever.
     
  15. nicad

    nicad Yes I am a troll

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    yes, he did. in the yard with a piece of cardboard under it.

    if I wanted to drive, I had to fix it. 1987 honda accord
     
  16. GTscoob

    GTscoob Black is Beautiful

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    Same, I just use my dad's membership since we've got the same name.
     
  17. FACE

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    I would live to see this as well...too bad the site is not iPhone friendly.
     
  18. C_wagginz

    C_wagginz Member

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    On a related note, Groupon has discounted 1yr memberships for sale today only.

    $45 for dual membership (normally $90)
    $32 for indiv. membership (normally $65)

    Offer expires tonight around 11:59p.

    Groupon/Atlanta

    That being said. I'm getting a membership and would love to get in on a group visit one weekend...
     
  19. Alex

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    There is a wicked good deal if you have a student id.
     

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