Drives - where have you been? Longest drives., Mine is minimal, but there should be better. |
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Drives - where have you been? Longest drives., Mine is minimal, but there should be better. |
Pat Garvey |
Feb 19 2010, 08:20 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
This was suggested in th Originality forum. Doesn't belong there, so I sent it here, and said I would be the first.
My first longest drive in 38 years has been 600 miles each way. Yeah, pretty "missy". That drive was to the Pocono Parade in 74. Know this - there was, and still is, only one expedient way to traverse PA - the turnpike (I-70 & I-76). Now, in 1974, the PA turnpike was really, really BAD! Particularly if you were in a lowered 914. It was 200 miles of pure torture, and pureed kidneys. Each expansion joint seemed 12 feet tall! Gas was almost non-existent, though I got my best mileage ever. Long story short - won my Parade concours class, placed well in the rally & autocross. BTW - that's all there was to a Parade in those days. Longest trip was from Cincy to New Orleans the following spring - 900 milrs each way. Not a HUGE drive, but it was really destructive to my 914. And the reason I had to repaint it in late 78. Nice(though hot July) drive until we reached north Mississippi. Then we went through a "storm" of love bugs. Fritz was wearing a bra then, but we had to ditch it after that storm (have never seen anything like it). Wasn't salveagable so I thru it away. Not fooling here - it was caked 1 inch thick with dead bugs. So, we made our way on - to Hahnville, where my ex-army buddy lived with a Zambezi '73 914. Ate enough bad/great food to fill a lifetime & headerd north after a week there. The same F_cking storm of "love' bugs attacked us on the way north, only this time I didn't have the bra for protection. By this time my 914 paint was ruined & the front glass needed to be scraped - like with a winter frost scraper. When I got home from the drive, and after trying to remove the remains of the "love bugs", I was decimated. My beloved 914 had been ruined. The acid that the love bugs left behind was devistating. That's why it was reprayed in late 78. Next time I'll pack an extra bra. Like them oor hate them - they work Pat |
MDG |
Feb 19 2010, 09:00 PM
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Wolf in wolf's clothing. Group: Members Posts: 8,652 Joined: 3-February 09 From: Toronto Member No.: 10,018 Region Association: None |
I do an annual drive to visit my wife's family in the maritimes; Toronto to Moncton 1500kms (about 900 miles) each way takes about 13 hours and my wife doesn't drive!
Toronto to Vancouver three times - about 4500kms (2800 miles) each way - best time three and a half days with 3 drivers. T.O. to FLA too many times to count; roughly the same distance as driving to Moncton. Did a bunch of these in my old 914. Edit: no it's longer - about 2400kms (1500miles) each way. Seems shorter when you're in your 20s I guess. And one drive from L.A to T.O. but I was one of 4 drivers and frankly, I was passed out most of the way. And I have no idea how long it took - felt like most of the summer. Probably a week. There were a LOT of stops. |
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