GoP-Demon

GF got a job in Arthur Ontario. Thinking about moving to Fergus. Any thoughts? I'm an Ottawa guy... going to miss the medium ness of my city.

kryptonite

Arthur is pretty damn far from most of the regular Southern Ontario stuff, meets etc wise.

We used to do some drives in the KW region, not sure if that still happens.

Either way, welcome! Maybe you can make it to some of the more large scale events like the Niagara summer drive or Muskoka etc

2000AP1

Fergus is definitely a small town feel. You're just 1 hour away from Toronto. I think you may be able to setup West end meets.

GoP-Demon

Lol.. I wasn't too concerned about meets in the beginning. I have a feeling I will leave my car in Ottawa for a while. Just was wondering if anything like "Don't go to fergus it's haunted" or something was up.

FluKy15

I wager that majority of people have never been to Fergus... I've driven through once only myself and so I know nothing about it lol

CKen

It a very quaint small town....I grew up in Guelph which is not far from Fergus.

There is a Big Scottish Festival in August every year.
http://www.fergusscottishfestival.com/

And a truck show
http://www.fergustruckshow.com/

and a good market
http://www.fergus-ontario.com/fergus-market.htm

GoP-Demon

What tracks are near by? I've heard of grand bend, mosport, and shannonville. I think I'm going to miss calabogie. Any of them NEED a roll bar?

darcyw

Fergus has some really nice roads around it. I really like driving thru Fergus and the Elmira area. there is always the Elora Gorge nearby- its super cool to visit- every year someone dies falling into the gorge- but its not haunted. You are 80 minutes from the molson centre in barrie for TLMC autocross, 90 minutes from WOSCA autocross at centralia (that's the club jvf1 and I belong to). Grandbend is about 15 minutes further. Mosport is in bowmanville.

welcome to the "no traffic jams" part of Ontario.

darcy

Amplified_AP1

Grew up in Caledon, spent a lot of time in the area, Fergus is nice if you like the small town, everyone knows each other feel, things move slower and all that, nice place

hawkman199

I live in Guelph, and can vouch for Fergus being a nice quiet town. Elora might be more interesting to you. It's a few kms away from Fergus, but has more shops, pubs etc.

Either way, it's a great part of Ontario.

Toronto Motorsport Park in Cayuga is about a 90 minute drive and is a fun technical track. No roll-bar required.

Welcome to the area.