In article <26846.199.64.0.252.1115738490.squirrel@janor.ath.cx>,
dml@bleazard.net ("Jason Bleazard") writes:
>
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2005 9:09 pm, andy levy said:
> >
> > Wimps.
>
> Hey now, Mistar It's-Too-Far-For-Me-To-Drive... at least they're making an
> effort. :-)
>
> > I have a friend who drove Denver to Syracuse with about 1 hour
> > total in food, sleep & bathroom stops. Took him about 36 hours total.
>
> Impressive. Is this verified? I have a couple of friends who claimed
> they did Salt Lake to Las Vegas (~420 miles) in 3 hours 45 minutes, in the
> one guy's Escort. That's supposed to be total time, start to finish,
> including a fuel stop. They have no idea how fast they were going, as the
> standard Ford speedometer of the day only went to 85. I've never made up
> my mind whether or not I really believe this claim. My brother and I did
> it in 5 hours in a rented Sentra, and we were doing a pretty good job
> covering the ground in a hurry. It's amazing how slow 75 feels when
> you've been doing 108 for the past two hours solid.
>
Two years ago on Thanksgiving day, I did a trip to my dad's house in Silver
Springs Florida to drop off his car. I had my Ram, pulling my car trailer with
his car loaded on it. Door to door = 1302 miles. Left my place at 3AM and
arrived at his place exactly 18 hours later at 9PM. Average speed 72.2mph
including gas stops which were frequent.
Walt
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