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CGATCX25GTITURBO
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Route 66

Post by CGATCX25GTITURBO »

Just had a fantastic 3 weeks driving from Chicago to LA .... nearly 3300 miles... 174 quid in petrol :shock: the hire car was to be a Toyota Corolla but it was upgraded to a brand new Hyundai Sonata hybrid.

some eye opening stuff re lane discpline and speeding. Huge trucks doing 80 plus on both sides of you! 4 and 6 lanes all speeding and there is no such thing as the two second rule.. no gaps allowed :) Driving like being in grand theft auto is the norm!

Glad we did it in car though, air con was a must in 40 to 45 degree temps, on a bike it would have been boring 'for me' the freeways were very long and although the scenary was something else for me, bikes need to be ridden not just sat on :)

All great fun though, just neeed to save for a few more years to do it or something similar again.
Neil aka CGAT
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Re: Route 66

Post by howiedean »

I've still not done any of the Route 66, what was the Arizona bit like as I'm looking to drive the Kingman to Oatman bit?
Scary with big trucks doing 80, I see this regularly on the I95 to work everyday! I seem to notice that the closer to LA you drive the worse the driving standards get!
Your fuel bill looks very small I think I could double that with my two motors!

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Howie
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