going to detroit for 2 hours.... - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

V · 01-18-2005, 10:28 PM

I'm leaving here tomorrow morning around 9am, about 10 hour drive out there, then pick up some parts and take care of some family business at my sisters house, then turn around and come back home...this is going to be fun... I should be back in NJ around 5am thrursday morning. But im not taking the SS, i get to pimp the dodge caravan, lol. The trip isnt a big deal for me, i've done a trip to dayton ohio and back straight, also drove to orlando florida by myself straight last year in the SS. I was hoping to miss any bad weather this time but it doenst look too good. If i dont post in the next few days after i should be back, you can start to worry.

NJSPEEDER · 01-18-2005, 10:39 PM

i will be leaving here friday afternoon to drive to detroit. after teh 10hour drive tru2chevy, litte g and i will be seeing the north american auto show saturday adn driving home sunday

have fun and be safe. they are expecting a lot of snow out there the next few days. if you have access to a CB i suggest taking it and listening to channel 19, the truckers always know where the trouble is.

later
tim

ar0ck · 01-18-2005, 10:47 PM

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NJSPEEDER · 01-18-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TransAm4Life

Man good Luck, I dont think I can stand driving for road trips like that.

hehe, i love it.
this weekend detroit, 2 weeks later daytona(24 hour race), summer us grand prix at teh brickyard

flying bores me. all teh cool stuff is on the ground.

later
tim

camaro2you · 01-19-2005, 06:02 AM

the boring this about driving long trips is when you cant drive some of the way.

SpeakersGoBoom · 01-19-2005, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by camaro2you

the boring this about driving long trips is when you cant drive some of the way.

Damn, i remember that...that was a LONG time ago...wel, not really i guess. it was just under 3 years ago...but it seems like forever ago. Now i drive everywhere. ask anyone who's driven me somewhere...I'm eiter asleep, or I'm the WORST passenger in teh world.

KENNY! WATCH OUT FOR THAT ****ING CAR! YOU WERE LIKE, 6 FEET AWAY FROM IT! SUPPOSE HE STOPPED SHORT! (meanwhile when i drive, ill turn like, 2 feet away from it.

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Trans Am Chick · 01-19-2005, 12:07 PM

haha yea. u bash on kenny too much when he drives you around... u better not do that to me. (plans on keeping promise about the weekend after i get my license)

SpeakersGoBoom · 01-20-2005, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Trans Am Chick

(plans on keeping promise about the weekend after i get my license)

what was the promise again?

Trans Am Chick · 01-20-2005, 11:30 AM

actually it was a promise u made me make about drinking... haha.

Tru2Chevy · 01-20-2005, 12:17 PM

It looks like the snow in Detroit this weekend will be limited to Friday night and Saturday morning. We should have an ok drive. Hopefully Paul made it home safe this morning.

- Justin

V · 01-20-2005, 12:24 PM

yeah, i'm alive, I got in at 8 this morning, then slept till 1. The only snow i had to deal with was in PA, all of PA, on both directions. I have some pics i took, i'll post them up later, they dont show how bad the snow was at some points, but 1 shows a 18 wheeler cab spun around and the trailer next to it.

j0n · 01-20-2005, 12:29 PM

u mean jacknifed(sp)?

V · 01-20-2005, 02:42 PM

jacknife would sorta imply the cab and trailer were still connected.... lol in the picture youll see what i mean, i'll put it up tonight. I also saw two sedans in the median ditch, a 18 wheeler trailer upside down by itself on the side of the road, no tractor anywhere, and a few random vehicles in the woods, pretty interesting. On the way home at around 3:30 am, rt80 in PA was bad. The road was completely snow covered and i couldnt see the lines at all and only about a car length ahead of me due to the heavy snow. no other vehicles were around so i was doing about 60 making my own path. The rest of the time, i'd tuck in behind 18 wheelers and follow them, and let them clear the roads more. The worst was when everyone even the trucks were doing only 45mph...that was annoying.....figuring it would take 7 hours to get through PA that way. I had the minivan up to 90 at one pointm but maily cruised at around 75, and 60 when the snow got heavier.

Oh and the whole trip i only saw 1 f body, a 93-97 white firebird in NJ by the delaware water gap, that was it. I also passed the GM assembly plant, tried taking a few pics...yeah that doesnt work well at 80mph. lol

j0n · 01-21-2005, 11:28 AM

lookin forward to pics!

V · 01-21-2005, 01:52 PM

i guess they dont make gaurdrails like they used to. lol, i wonder how this happened, i bet it would have been cool to watch, assuming no one got hurt.

turboISboi · 01-21-2005, 03:46 PM

hey guyz,

this is a little off topic but what does a stock ss dyno at? just curious.

also,... tim, justin, craig,. i'll see you guyz in detroit hopefully. i'm flying down sunday am,... then flying back that night. weather permitting.

mike