Leaving Friday evening before Labor Day weekend; should get there Tuesday evening or Wednesday if I take some detours. Trying to limit myself to 700 miles a day, 750 tops. I've done as much as 1250 in a day before, but never consecutively. Most I've done in a day consecutively was NYC - Cihicago and back to pick up my mother who was too sick to fly back.Hey Jimmy...it's been a few months.
When do you plan on arriving in San Diego?
Me too...First auto for me in decades. I did flip a switch or two here and there to play with the paddle shifters when the roads got interesting. :cheers:Nice.
I have found that the AT really spoiled me on my trip. After having driven manual for forever it was a nice change.
I've done NYC-Miami or Miami-NYC in one shot (22 hours) many times before... I'm usually useless the next day, sleep 18 straight hours.
That sounds like a party on wheels. Hope you had a useful passenger to keep you up.
I'm at 1717 miles now and I put her up for the next two weeks in my parents barn. Lol. I picked up 12/17. The best thing I have done is I drove it to Fort worth and back in 1 day for 425 miles and the motor loves me now. The car really needed a long drive of 2 hours plus each way. I got 21.3 MPG on the way up driving 70 to 75 with a 10 MPH tail wind. The way home I got 23.8 MPG against the wind and driving with the flow of traffic. Get her out on a cruise.
Nope; always do that drive solo. Nobody has the patience for it. Last time I was down there I was I was with my sister, dropped her off at the airport at 5:00 a.m. Saturday morning for a flight back to NYC, then got on the highway and got to Brooklyn at 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Slept until Monday morning.
nice..thats going to be quite the adventure.
Be careful. Basically the whole way north of Glenn Falls to the border is a speed trap, but especially around Plattsburgh. Got stopped going 89 in a 65 and it was six points and $700 (including a $300 "unsafe driver" charge... that was my first and only speeding ticket). AND both the cars caravanning behind me (in about 30 minute intervals, headed to Montreal for a bachelor party) got tickets.
Thanks, might have to get that radar detector installed... Thinking about buying one for the first time since I will have a car that attracts a bit more attention and actually has power to be used. Would have the throw it in the truck before I crossed the border though, Quebec doesn't like them.
