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| boxster914 |
 Jun 5 2023, 04:06 PM
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Hi everyone
I'm planning to drive from NC to Santa Barbara in late July. Back roads only, no highways. I want to take my '71 914 but I'm concerned about the desert passage at the end of the trip. Will the car make it? How hot is that stretch and is there cell phone service? Rough plan right now is to follow Route 66 starting in OK then Tucumcari NM to Flagstaff, Seligman AZ, Needles AZ to Santa Barbara. The Needles to Santa Barbara leg is what I'm worried about. I have driven from NC to CO July 2019 and took the car over Independence Pass (12k feet). It did fine. The car is dialed in with every system addressed (still FI) and it gets regular year-round use. I could also drive my Boxster. Would A/C be necessary in the desert? I've never driven through the desert before. Anyone take this route? Thoughts? Advice? Here they are:   |
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| Craigers17 |
Jun 5 2023, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 882 Joined: 5-August 17 From: Rome, GA Member No.: 21,317 Region Association: South East States 
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....I'd take the Nissan Leaf and enjoy the journey and the sites without the stress of worrying about the maintenance/breakdown of an older car. Then, after you get back home, take the 914 over to the Dragon and beat the he'll out of it.....erhhh...I mean get reacquainted on the twisties where it's at it's best.
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boxster914 Help me plan cross country drive Jun 5 2023, 04:06 PM
rjames You will want AC.
Boxster. Jun 5 2023, 04:13 PM
SirAndy You will want AC. Boxster.
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Been there... Jun 6 2023, 11:54 AM BillJ The windows down wont work. I did VA to NC in Aug... Jun 5 2023, 04:16 PM r_towle I think the car would make it.
I would suggest you... Jun 5 2023, 04:57 PM KELTY360 If you feel the 914 is dialed in, drive it. You ca... Jun 5 2023, 05:10 PM boxster914
....I'd take the Nissan Leaf and enjoy the jo... Jun 5 2023, 06:26 PM bkrantz Needles to Santa Barbara should take about 5 hours... Jun 5 2023, 06:58 PM Front yard mechanic Take the red car you’ll get there faster Jun 5 2023, 06:59 PM Steve Take the Boxster! I could handle the heat whe... Jun 5 2023, 07:47 PM Chris914n6 Could easily be 115f the day you cross. That much ... Jun 5 2023, 10:29 PM Dave_Darling I've done the full-on desert drive in a 914 in... Jun 5 2023, 11:11 PM wonkipop :D
if this was 37 years ago i would tell you to... Jun 6 2023, 01:44 AM 930cabman 914 mostly at night, less traffic and cooler.
Wha... Jun 6 2023, 04:57 AM GregAmy Is your goal to enjoy the drive itself, or to have... Jun 6 2023, 05:34 AM ClayPerrine Just an FYI..
If you are planning to try to take ... Jun 6 2023, 06:53 AM ClayPerrine Here is one of the sketchy bridges I was talking ... Jun 6 2023, 06:59 AM mxkinn01 I've lived in the Vegas desert for 62 years no... Jun 6 2023, 10:36 AM rjames And leather seats vs vinyl in the heat? No contest... Jun 6 2023, 11:11 AM boxster914 This is the best forum in the car world!
Tha... Jun 6 2023, 01:04 PM willieg I lived in the outback of Wester Australia(redunda... Jun 6 2023, 01:21 PM wonkipop
I lived in the outback of Wester Australia(redund... Jun 7 2023, 01:30 AM Arkady Drove across the Mojave and Sonoran deserts severa... Jun 6 2023, 02:21 PM Lockwodo I was driving a Buick on I 40 west of Needles and ... Jun 6 2023, 02:41 PM wonkipop
I was driving a Buick on I 40 west of Needles and... Jun 7 2023, 01:43 AM Rob-O Take the Boxster. That trip will give you the exp... Jun 7 2023, 12:34 AM mlindner Yup Boxster. My wife and I went to the Porsche Par... Jun 7 2023, 04:41 AM vitamin914 I can see the attraction to taking either car, pro... Jun 7 2023, 06:51 AM Minerva's 914 Good luck Bill!
I will be following your trip... Jul 22 2023, 07:45 PM Shivers
It has been hot in the Coachella valley. If you... Jul 23 2023, 08:09 AM 930cabman
It has been hot in the Coachella valley. If yo... Jul 24 2023, 04:57 AM Shivers
It has been hot in the Coachella valley. If y... Jul 24 2023, 08:35 AM second wind No offense to 914 voters but I think it is INSANE ... Jul 24 2023, 11:01 AM SKL1 As much as I love my 914's, and remembering ma... Jul 24 2023, 04:11 PM VaccaRabite I've done a recent, several hours drive in 98-... Jul 25 2023, 06:33 AM 914_teener Biggest dangers having done the i-40 many times.
... Oct 16 2023, 02:34 PM windforfun Perhaps OT. Don't drive either one. Hop on a... Oct 16 2023, 02:59 PM jim_hoyland Stay cool and comfy… Oct 16 2023, 04:23 PM ctc911ctc I did Chicago to LA in May '79 in a 75-914 2.0... Oct 16 2023, 04:59 PM |
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