Re: road trip stories (was worldwide search...)

["Gordon Bird" <gobird@vbe.com>]

Okay, I can't stand it any longer...Detroit to Tulsa, Ok and back in 1975,
Hi-cube van with Uhaul trailer in tow, in the winter in two days.  Only
stops were for gas, unload the van and trailer, and pick up the Coors.  Way
back was a sheet of ice and strong winds and all of the "professional" semi
drivers were in ditches everywhere.  I drove 22 hrs including the sheet of
ice stretch and remember not being able to see the trailer on the pass side
and being able to read the 'uhaul' on the side plainly on the drivers side.
Young, foolish, invincible, and d*** lucky!


> Unfortunately, no Audi content...
>
> Daytona Beach, Fla to Kileen, Tx and back one weekend.  Mostly on I-10 in
a
> droF EXP at peak calculated speeds of about 105mph following another droF,
> this one a Thunderbird, across most of La (the speedo only went to 85mph,
> but at least it had a tach).  The other guy wasn't a car nut and we
stopped
> often so the average speed wasn't exciting, but the trip was fun.  Almost
> 2500 miles round trip with a guy I'd known 3 days (start of college)
simply
> to buy a CAT!!!  The bloke wanted a cat without a tail, aka a Manx.
>
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