Gonna do the drive - road report
David Kase
davekase at pdqlocks.com
Mon Aug 7 13:22:22 EDT 2006
Yeah man - hard core road trip. I love it!
Congrats on the new ride.
Dave Kase
Chicago to PA for M3
Atlanta to PA for Ducati Monster
South Florida to PA for Jeep GC
Toronto to PA for e//S2
Tom Winter wrote:
>As many of you know, I purchased a '95 S6 avant over the 'net. The car was
>located in Vermont and I am located in Colorado. After looking at all my
>options, I booked a flight to Burlington, VT, arrived at 11:00 pm local time
>on Friday. The car was waiting for me in the airport parking lot exactly as
>promised. I hopped in, and proceeded to do a 2-day Blitz across the
>heartland, via HWYs 87, 88, 90, 55, 80 and 76 into Denver.
>
>Here's how the trip broke down:
>
>ZERO ‹ Speeding tickets.
>TWO ‹ Audi Allroads spotted on trip.
>THREE ‹ Stink eyes from state troopers (on all occasions I was 6-8mph over
>the limit and they waited for bigger fish).
>TWO ‹ Nights sleeping in the back of the car.
>$TWENTY$ ‹ The cost of a beer on State Street in Chicago ($15 for parking,
>$5 for the beer)
>FIVE ‹ Times I hit 100mph or more.
>NINE ‹ States visited.
>HUNDREDS ‹ Of fat people in the Heartland
>BILLIONS ‹ Of wildflowers along the highway in New York.
>ONE ‹ State Trooper heading west in front of me on the toll road (HWY80/90)
>through Indiana at 70mph who suddenly veered off into the median, did a full
>sideways slide across the grass (kicking up bits of mud and dirt) and then
>whipped out into the eastbound lane lights a blazing. I never did see his
>brake lights go on and he didn't hardly slow down at all.
>
>Many thanks to everyone who made suggestions and offered assistance.
>
>Tom
>In love with the new S6
>
>
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