[s-cars] She may be FAT....

[Djdawson2 at aol.com]

As some of you may know... I'm currently working out of Boise, Idaho, and  
will be for some time.  Since I'm new to this area, I've decided to take  
advantage of the weekends I spend here by doing some exploring.
 
This weekend, I decided to drive west to the Oregon coast.  Wow...  what a 
blast.  While driving in Oregon can be a PITA as far as cops go,  this I found, 
is only true on the interstates... at least where I  traveled.  I went west on 
backroads and state highways, through Eugene, and  arrived at the coast in 
Florence.  Went south to Bandon, and then came back  to Boise... about 1200 
miles all told.
 
I don't think I've ever had so many back to back hours of fun in a  car.  The 
roads that take you from east to west through Oregon are  spectacular.  The 
pavement is nearly immaculate... the views  incredible.  These roads I found to 
be sparsely populated, and begging to  be driven fast.  Sweepers for 
literally hundreds of miles.  I spent so  much time driving at 3 digits, I feel guilty 
mentioning it to those living east  of Kansas City.
 
The ole gal may be a bit pudgy... but was she ever up to the task.   She ran 
like a champ the entire trip, and was run very hard the vast majority of  the 
time.  She found some extra oomph while down so low...  only  highlighting the 
need for a real IC.
 
Bang for the buck... these old cars can't be beat.  Awesome power...  
respectable handling... always delivering reasonable fuel mileage... and darn  good 
comfort to boot.  I've owned mine for about 70k now... and thinking  I'll have 
it for another 70.
Now, for some dinner....
Dave, back in Idaho.