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07-18-2016, 01:47 PM
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If you're going to keep it for the long haul you're going to have other more serious types of potential damage to worry about compared to bug guts and chips. The experience of the drive itself is probably worth more than the car. Related: A friend just rode his motorcycle solo from NJ to Oregon last week and sent me the pictures today...simply amazing! I'm jealous I haven't gotten the chance to experience a cross country drive yet in my lifetime. |
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07-22-2016, 07:15 AM
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What are the options here? They weren't very clear.
1) Drive 2 cars. Girlfriend drives one with the dog. You drive the other. 2) Drive 1 car, ship the other? You will regret driving 2 cars. What's the point of a road trip when you can't share the memories with someone beside you? I've driven from VA to CA and back 4 times. I considered only very briefly driving 2 cars, with my wife in one and me in the other, splitting up the 2 dogs. BRIEFLY. I am glad we shipped one car and drove the other. Put an extra 12,000 miles on a Honda Fit in those trips. Worth every minute and every extra mile on the odometer. |
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07-23-2016, 12:21 PM
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I would personally drive it just because its so much fun driving this car. Imagine speeding through empty highways and people looking at the beauty all the way. Just be carefull with them cops :p
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07-25-2016, 12:18 PM
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It's not a Ferrari dude: there's no weird car virginity cult here. Don't sweat the mileage.
If you're worried about sandblasting the front, get some clearbra installed. FWIW, I've never had any problem with bug splatters damaging the paint. Wash the car when you get to Oregon so they aren't on there for weeks and you should be fine. The thing that will doom your paint is bird shit-- that stuff needs to come off immediately. I did a Colorado --> California trip (~1000mi) in my car and found it very comfortable. Didn't even have any performance issues going uphill in the Rockies in summer with the car completely crammed full of everything I owned. |
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