Posted on 09/22/2017 6:40:35 PM PDT by Army Air Corps
Our one RV trip. Far better than sleeping in the MGB in the old days. We were heading for Las Vegas for a broadcasters convention and I was thrilled. We’d spent months fitting out the perfect RV and we’d had one failure when husband attached the car to the back of the RV in a parking lot, stared at them both, and turned around and drove home. But THIS TIME we were going to really travel in it.
When he got off the highway in St Louis I didn’t believe him when he said that he couldn’t cross the river. I should have. We spent a month on the east side of that bridge watching the crops grow. Took weeks for us to drive home at 30mph, with me in the detached car protecting the RV from the traffic zooming around us. And I loved every minute of the trip! The RV is currently sitting in the driveway on flat tires acting as an extra room for the house.
On the other hand, I could have driven the MGB. This was WAY too big for me.
It is sad that they are no longer produced. It was a lovely car.
A first year Audi Fox over old Wolf Creek Pass with 6’’ of packed snow. A Porsche 914 the first month they were out on a road trip to San Diego from KC. A Cadillac Seville STS from Atlanta to KC with the object of never dropping below 90. Man, I have a long list and I am just getting started.
any big station wagon
I hope the vehicle I am driving now.. a 2003 Suburban with all the towing goodies, and the “level 3 luxury” which is basically Escalade interior bits.
Autoride suspension, all freshened. I hope to be towing a camper this time.
But my most active car was my 91 Civic hatch. I drove that around the country. My favorite cross-country trip was in my 87 CRX.
I just did a few thousand mile trip in my 04 BMW 2 door. For an autobahn car, it wasn’t great.
And it’s so delicate that I was constantly worried about every little rattle and ping. It was unnerving and I had no fun doing it.
The 73 Cutlass with the 350 should have been as fast as the big Delta 88 with the 425 but it wasn’t. Not even close.
That old 425 Rocket V-8 was a hot engine.
Practically any recent Subaru AWD turbo with a manual trans, particularly the WRX. The most tenacious car I’ve ever driven, they just don’t break traction. Overconfidence is the big issue, they’re just so capable. Ultimately still subject to the laws of physics, though, as all the fairly new WRX’s totaled by would-be boy racers attest.
Big gm mistake. My daughter once stuffed three kayaks in hers
How are they for long slogs down the road?
And I stuffed an entire Blues Band (including the PA) into mine! LOL!
I can hear it. Beautiful music.
The standard Impreza is surprisingly cushy for a smaller car but the Impreza-based WRX has an aggressive sport suspension. Still not as harsh as many such quasi-rally cars tend to be due to Subaru’s longstanding habit of using soft bushings. That way, a very firm suspension can still be somewhat isolated. A little disorienting at first if you’ve never driven one with stock bushings, a vaguely roly-poly sensation particularly at speed. You get accustomed to it in fairly short order, though.
My last road trip was 4000 miles across the Western US in a Mustang Eco-Boost 4; averaged over 30mpg and cruised at 80-85. After replacing original el cheap tires with decent rubber, it rode and handled well. Light tint on side/rear windows plus a dark tint band at the top of the windshield really helped glare and heat buildup.
1970 Dodge SuperBee. 383 Magnum. Auto. Bench front seat.
OD Green with black stripes.
Going 125 MPH on 2-lane though the hills of western Iowa.
I’m only 17. County Sheriff straight ahead passes by, turns on cherries and turns around.
I keep in throttle and head for home. Safe. Yeah. Right.
Next day , dad asks me if I had anything happen the night before.
Me: No.
“That’s funny”, he says, “cause Officer” (I can’t remember his name), says a car just like yours ripped down highway 6.”
“Give me the keys...”
...2 weeks later. I got them back. And after a lot of hard labor.
Thumbs up, and enjoy the drive!
2001 Chrysler Town an Country.
Nice.
Iv’e always wondered what would happen if, as you were within a mile or so from home and a cop was trying to pull you over. If you just kept driving and just pulled into your garage and closed the door.
What would the cops do?
What can they do?
Go and get a warrant?
For speeding or a taillight being out?
A warrant for failure to obey?
Suspicion of driving under the influence?
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