NorCal (Bay Area) OFF-TOPIC Chat Thread

[spike021]

Going to be driving up to Sac for the first time. Apparently going on 680N has tolls? If I'm going at a time light with traffic am I better off taking 880 -> 80 or 580 to 5?

Kinda don't want to deal with tolls.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by spike021

Going to be driving up to Sac for the first time. Apparently going on 680N has tolls? If I'm going at a time light with traffic am I better off taking 880 -> 80 or 580 to 5?

Kinda don't want to deal with tolls.

If you go 880->80, I think you'll still have a toll since you'll be going over the Carquinez bridge (vs the Benicia bridge if you go 680->80). Going 580-205-5 will probably take longer even if there's light traffic, but if you're not in a rush and really hate going thru tolls, I guess it's an option. I just kept my FasTrack since I go over to the bay every once in a while.

[FirstWinter]

Take Mines -> Del Puerto -> 5

[buddysim]

Originally Posted by spike021

If I'm going at a time light with traffic am I better off taking 880 -> 80 or 580 to 5?

Both 80N and 680N have a toll once you cross over the Carquinez straight, if you want to avoid it completely you have to take 580 to 5.
By light traffic do you mean around noon or in the middle of the night? I usually drive up from San Jose or Palo Alto to Sacramento a few times a month anytime between 1-4AM and both tolls are usually pretty empty, however one time around midnight on 680N there was a mile long line of standstill traffic for the non-fastrak lanes and I had to ditch a friend that was driving behind me as he didn't have a fastrak, right after I was telling him on the phone that the toll booths are usually empty at night. Every other time I've taken 680N at night it has only had a few cars at the toll booth. Another thing is the stretch of 580 north of the bay bridge usually has some traffic in the dead of night, but I've only been caught in it twice.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

If you go 880->80, I think you'll still have a toll since you'll be going over the Carquinez bridge (vs the Benicia bridge if you go 680->80). Going 580-205-5 will probably take longer even if there's light traffic, but if you're not in a rush and really hate going thru tolls, I guess it's an option. I just kept my FasTrack since I go over to the bay every once in a while.

Yeah I've been meaning to get a fastrak but haven't yet :\ So I'd need to pay cash I guess, which is kind of annoying? But maybe I'll just deal with it.

Originally Posted by FirstWinter

Take Mines -> Del Puerto -> 5

Haha maybe some other time when I have more time to kill. Need to get to Sac by a certain time.

Originally Posted by buddysim

Both 80N and 680N have a toll once you cross over the Carquinez straight, if you want to avoid it completely you have to take 580 to 5.
By light traffic do you mean around noon or in the middle of the night? I usually drive up from San Jose or Palo Alto to Sacramento a few times a month anytime between 1-4AM and both tolls are usually pretty empty, however one time around midnight on 680N there was a mile long line of standstill traffic for the non-fastrak lanes and I had to ditch a friend that was driving behind me as he didn't have a fastrak, right after I was telling him on the phone that the toll booths are usually empty at night. Every other time I've taken 680N at night it has only had a few cars at the toll booth. Another thing is the stretch of 580 north of the bay bridge usually has some traffic in the dead of night, but I've only been caught in it twice.

I'm probably going late morning / noon-ish? Hoping there won't be too much traffic since it won't be a weekday. *knock on wood*

Guess I'll probably just do 680 and see how it goes.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I do want to be seen when I switch lanes, especially in the FR-S since people can't seem to see me.

Then again, I don't drive it too much, really only drive it to meets now days, so in reality, probably once a month now. So that's why I'm debating on buying the new switch backs or not. haha. I don't want to drive it to work since parking sucks and I don't want to get door dings.

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

I do want to be seen when I switch lanes, especially in the FR-S since people can't seem to see me.

Check if you can swap in 2017 BRZ/86 headlights. So freaking bright that people flash me at night thinking my brights are on. Lol.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by spike021

Going to be driving up to Sac for the first time. Apparently going on 680N has tolls? If I'm going at a time light with traffic am I better off taking 880 -> 80 or 580 to 5?

Kinda don't want to deal with tolls.

What are you going to do in Sac?

The 80 and 50 sucks, so watch out. Some unavoidable 3" steps on the lanes.

I always find there to be traffic in Vacaville, Dixon/Davis, and on the causeway. Have fun =P

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by spike021

Check if you can swap in 2017 BRZ/86 headlights. So freaking bright that people flash me at night thinking my brights are on. Lol.

It's not so much the headlights (and I love my Monogram headlights), it's the turn signals.

Current switchbacks:

Passenger side is the LED, driver side is OEM bulb

[Kaotic Lazagna]

During the white mode, they're almost as good as factory fog lights (keep in mind, they aren't fog lights).

[funwheeldrive]

Nice and cloudy this morning. Perfect weather for a car wash. Planning to wax it tonight.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Went ahead and pre-ordered the V6 Triton switchback. I'll either sell the Morimoto ones I have now, or throw them into my bro's Prius c (my Yaris doesn't have any dual filament bulbs).

[BlaineWasHere]

Got 17k miles on my 17' BRZ already.


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[spike021]

Originally Posted by BlaineWasHere

Got 17k miles on my 17' BRZ already.

Nice! I hit 3500 in mine today.