Welcome to the Official Trillium Miata Club Website!
Last Updated (Wednesday, 25 November 2009 02:08)
The Trillium Miata Club is based in the Greater Toronto area with over 125 cars and over 200 people in the club. Join us at our monthly meetings or on one of our many tours. On almost any weekend, you'll find our members discovering some of the best touring roads in Ontario, Quebec and the northern U.S.A. We have many activities to offer any Miata owner, from touring, driving clinics to performance & accessory modifications, tech & detailing clinics, as well as brunches, BBQs and regular ice cream runs. Come and JOIN US!
Membership in the Trillium Miata Club provides you with the opportunity to learn more about your car and its care. This learning experience is based on shared experiences and friendship with other Miata owners. We love to talk about our cars almost as much as we love to drive them. Our monthly meetings are a great place to discuss service, performance, socialize or wonder what the 2009 Miata will look like. Mostly, our meetings are about Miata-tude... that's what owning a Miata is all about.
Please browse through our website and feel free to provide us with your comments or questions.
We'd like to thank Mazda Canada for their ongoing support of the Trillium Miata Club. A big thanks also to all of the Club volunteers. It is their effort and membership dues that make everything we do possible.
Please note that guests are welcome at any of our meetings, day tours and activities, but overnight tours are open only to members. So please come out and experience Trillium during one of our day activities and then become a member of our great club.
Disclaimer
Last Updated (Thursday, 28 May 2009 03:49) Written by John Flowers Thursday, 28 May 2009 03:37
The club assumes no liability or responsibility; for neither any injury or damage resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Unless otherwise stated, none of the information bears the status of "Factory Approval". All ideas, opinions, maintenance or modification tips expressed are to be used solely at the reader's discretion. Individual contributor and /or the editor express no approval, authentication, or endorsement. Editor and administrators reserve the right to edit all submissions.
2010 Trillium Miata Club events
Last Updated (Sunday, 07 February 2010 20:22) Written by John Flowers Monday, 05 January 2009 11:30
| DATE | EVENT DETAILS | CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Feb. 20/10 |
Blahs Bash Woodbine Race Track Tickets available from Roy Locke until Jan. 25/10 ONLY!! |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| March 14/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting GP Kartways 75 Carl Hall Drive, Toronto Speaker: Lorraine Sommerfeld Meeting starts at 10am |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| April 4/10 |
April Fool’s TGIF West Tour Captain: Rod Macfarlane Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| April 11/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting Location: TBD Speaker: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| May 2/10 |
Kawartha Tour Tour Captain: Doug Lippay
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Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| May 15/10 |
Hockley Valley Run Tour Captain: Doug Dorsey |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| May16/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting Location: TBD Speaker: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| May 21 – 24/10 |
Lake Placid – weekend tour MEMBERS ONLY Tour Captains: Jorge Bergia and Don Mitchell |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| May 28/10 |
President’s Tour - TGIF West Tour Captain: Gary Svoboda Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| May 30/10 |
Wings and Wheels
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Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| June 5/10 | Steve Plunkett |
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| June 6/10 |
Halton Hilly Hundred and Jazz Festival Tour Caption: Allen Stiehl |
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| June 12/10 |
Solstice Ice Cream Run Tour Captian: Larry Whitney |
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| June 13/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting Location: TBD Speaker: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| June 19 & 20/10 |
Watkins Glen – weekend tour MEMBERS ONLY Tour Captains: Allen Stiehl
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Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| June 25 – June 27/10 |
West Penn Club SOLD OUT EVENT |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| June 26/10 |
Ian Law Driving School Trillium Miata Club Exclusive Contact: Gary Svoboda |
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| June 25/10 |
TGIF West Tour Captain: Kirk Benson Location and Time: TBD
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| July 9/10 |
TGIF West Tour Captain: Rod Macfarlane Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| July 10/10 |
Gravenhurst Boat Tour Tour Captain: Larry Whitney Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| July 11/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting Location: TBD Speaker: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| July 17/10 |
Port Dover Run and 5 Drive-In Tour Captain: Doug Dorsey |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| July 23/10 |
TGIF East Tour Captain: John Flowers and Jim Gordaneer Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| July 30/10 |
TGIF West Tour Captain: Rod Macfarlane Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Aug. 7/10 |
Niagara Area Wine Tour Tour Captain: Bill Jurgenson Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Aug. 8/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting Location: Whitchurch-Stouffville Car Show Speaker: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Aug. 14/10 |
TGIF East and Corn Roast Tour Captain: John Flowers Location and Time: TBD |
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| Aug. 20/10 |
Georgetown Car Show Tour Captain: Allen Stiehl Location and Time: TBD |
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| Aug. 21/10 |
Miatas at Bayfield Liz Burns |
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| Aug. 27/10 |
TGIF West Tour Captain: Rod Macfarlane Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Sept. 3 to 6/10 |
West Virginia – weekend tour MEMBERS ONLY Tour Captain: Richard Rutsch |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Sept. 10/10 |
TGIF West Tour Captain: Rod Macfarlane Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Sept. 12/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting Location: TBD Speaker: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Oct. 2 & 3/10 (tentative) |
Perry Sound – weekend tour MEMBERS ONLY! Tour Captain: Richard Rutsch Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Oct. 3/10 |
Muskoka Tour Tour Captaion: Doug Lippay Location and Time: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Oct. 17/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting Location: TBD Speaker: TBD |
Gary Svoboda This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Oct. 29/10 |
TGIF West Tour Captain: Rod Macfarlane Location and Time: TBD |
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| Nov. 14/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting Location: TBD Speaker: TBD |
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| Dec. 12/10 |
Trillium Miata Club monthly meeting Location: TBD Speaker: TBD |
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Wheels.ca - June 25, 2009
Last Updated (Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00) Written by Elizabeth Burns Saturday, 27 June 2009 14:48
Time to go topless for summerLORRAINE SOMMERFELD FOR THE TORONTO STAR June 25, 2009While I don't consider myself much of a convertible girl (tangled hair, sunburn, bugs in teeth), when offered a chance to pilot Mazda's new 2009 MX-5 GT for a week, the Beach Barbie in me yelled out "yes" before I could shut her up.I'm glad she did. Having this much fun in a car should be illegal.In brilliant yellow (it's technically called Competition Yellow – think peanut M&M), this car is impossible to ignore. A friend followed me clear across Toronto, never losing sight of me for more than a moment or two, even on a congested 401 packed with trucks.The kids didn't know I was picking the car up, so I sat in front of the school waiting for Ari, 14. In a long line of minivans, it sparkled like a little gem. I noted many of Ari's friends squinting, then pointing, and no doubt saying to themselves "Wow. Look how cool Ari's mom looks."When he emerged through the door and finally realized it was me, he immediately suggested I show him how fast it could go."Is this the new Miata?" he asked."Yes, but you can't call it that. It's an MX-5," I told him expertly shifting through the downtown core."Little rusty on the stick there, eh mom?" he asked, grabbing his backpack as it headed for the window."Shut up."The beauty of this little baby is in the handling. I was happy to get past any 400-series highway, and steer it to where it really shines: twisty, sunny back roads, dappled with the shade of overhanging trees, blazing past grazing livestock and freshly planted hectares. The throaty growl of the 2-litre engine gives you a full-on experience of both the car and the road; the beauty is that you feel you're going faster than you are, which means no speeding tickets to punch a hole in your day.The car I tested had a hardtop, which tucks itself neatly away with the touch of a button. Actually, the interior compartment has been designed to maximize every inch of space. It took me a couple of days to discover the fuel latch, hidden in a spare compartment between the seats. But even putting 900 km on the car, I only had to pull it once – 70 bucks of premium fuel for a jam-packed week.Rule No. 1 in a convertible is that everything in the car becomes airborne. I stowed my purse and camera in the trunk, wisely showing a friend how handy the little key thing was. It's actually a sensor, and after you depress the unlock button, you turn a built-in key to start the car. Another button on the sensor unlocks the trunk. As I was explaining this to him, I put my purse (containing the sensor) into the trunk. And banged it shut.You know that feeling you get when you've done something really stupid? I stared at the closed trunk, realizing I'd just locked myself out of the car. And then, the most amazing thing happened. It started calling to me. The sensor somehow knew it was in the trunk, and that I was not.I gingerly reached for the trunk release, and I may have actually cried out a little as it opened. The sensor jumped into my arms. Finally. Something stupid I'd done that I wouldn't have to admit to my editors.I wanted to keep this car, at least for the summer. I mean, of all the driveways in all the towns in all the world, she did drive into mine.Lorraine Sommerfeld's column appears Thursdays on wheels.cawww.lorraineonline.caToronto StarPage 1 of 2