Sounds like fun! The only thing missing is a stopover at the Cadillac Ranch! I always love roadtrips with my friends.
JTraik said:Sounds like your first roadtrip... Dont worry, you will grow weary of it the first 300 miles. The thing about roadtrips is that they are overrated. There really isnt that much too see usually and if there is, its often dissapointing.
If you want to take some advice from a fellow teenager that has done a fair amount of cross country trips here it is...
Dont let your friend(s) drive, people are careless with things that arent theirs regardless how close they are. You love that car... dont let anyone crash it for you!
Do the trip in a straight shot! A couple months ago i did upstate NY to melbourne FLA in 18 hours... in a work van... i was alone... with no cruise... no A/C (it was july)... broken windows... a radio with a mind of its own and hard to hear because of the broken windows... and terribly missaligned (drove straight with a quarter turn the right). Only stops were for gas, no sleep. And to top it all off i was depressed due to the ticket i received the night before for doing 97 in a 65.
It may be obivious why i detested the trip. However the other trips i have done were from vegas, texas, detroit and iowa to upstate ny... in luxury cars... (my caddy, caprice... and 2 excursions). All of my trips are interesting for the first few hours but the conversations can only go so far and music becomes boring and monotonous. Its best just to get to your destination!
Bring a radar detector! 80-85 is the preferred speed i get the occasional 120 (with the 9c1) in there. I drive fast even for my age... but i mean your talkin 72??? Thats crawling... Anyways for myself i always set out saying im gonna be a good boy and only do 10 over... nope you get too comfortable and push your luck... it will happen!!!
I must say however my last roadtrip to detroit was fun. Haulin across canada and michigan in a police car packed with 5 college kids headed to a concert and on our way to visit more college buddies!!! Then again it was 5 guys... laptops... food... and the fact that everyone yields to my car on the road.
Oh well i guess try to have fun, but its usually not as fun as you think and with such a long trip... good luck!
I think 70 is a perfectly good speed especially when you've got a 3 speed... I'd figure 15 and I'd be a bit surprised if you got 18.JTraik said:Sounds like your first roadtrip... Dont worry, you will grow weary of it the first 300 miles. The thing about roadtrips is that they are overrated. There really isnt that much too see usually and if there is, its often dissapointing.
If you want to take some advice from a fellow teenager that has done a fair amount of cross country trips here it is...
Dont let your friend(s) drive, people are careless with things that arent theirs regardless how close they are. You love that car... dont let anyone crash it for you!
Do the trip in a straight shot!