Re: Westbound 2006 Denver Convoy

From: Andy Levy (andy.levy@gmail.com)
Date: Tue May 10 2005 - 14:45:25 EDT


On 5/10/05, Jason Bleazard <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
>
> 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. :-)

Not sure I said it was too far, it's more an issue of it won't fit
into our schedule and budget.

> > 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?

He has no reason to lie.

> 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.

Well, 4 hours would be an average of 105 MPH.



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