I'm starting to get a little anxious now!! I've broken my trip into 3 legs. I'm purchasing the car in Oregon and making the 52+ hour trek back home to NY.

My 1st leg is going to be the worst: ~24hrs from Oregon to Denver The only thing good (weather permitting) is going to be driving through the mountains. Anybody have any good state or nat'l parks to check out?? I will be documenting my whole trip with photos so I'll have a nice little picture story to share with you guys upon my return so I want to get some kick *** photos.

2nd leg: Denver to St. Louis
Ahhhhhhh! 14+ hours of middle America. Not much excitement here I'm afraid.

3rd leg: St. Louis to NY
Not too bad here. Gonna stay more south through Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio.

Well, wish me luck guys!! I've been steadily burning a hefty CD collection for my long, solo road trip across country in my new ITR.

 

Not to rain on your happy day but the ONLY thing that comes to my mind when I hear this is, that's going to suck to see you put in all this effor when later on your car gets stolen.

Don't mean to bring bad news or put a damper on your mood. I hope you have a safe trip and everything works out perfect. It's just sad that that's all I think about when owning a Type-R. Enjoy the car while you have it!

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[Modified by yellow blur, 12:26 AM 3/10/2003]

 

Ahhhhh. It's high theft factor was a known to me when making my final decision to purchase an ITR. It will be fully insured and I plan on enjoying every second I spend in the car until the inevitable happens. That's just not a good enough reason for me to not want to own such a vehicle. If it happens....it happens. It's just a car.

I have chosen to not live my life without at least owning an ITR. I just hope my ownership will last longer than a hot minute.

It will remain garaged out in the boonies most of the time except for autocrosses and track days. I've got another vehicle to drive everyday.

Stock

 

Awesome, more power to you man. Hope you enjoy the car.

Ed

 

do you have your driving directons yet? youll be comming through boise im sure cut through idaho into utah, not really much to se around here. you can hit me up if your stopped in utah and bored or have any car troubles
my number is below

 

The furtherest I've ever been was a 24 hour trip one way. I can't imagine 52 hours. Good luck on the drive and take plenty of back pain medicine with you, because if you don't have back problems now, you will.

 

no doz good luck

 

what are you taking to go there? if you dont mind me asking? it be nice if you take some1 with you...

 

Good luck, the longest trip I took was 4 hours straight, I plan to drive to Orlando one year though.

 

Your from Utah??? I didn't know any Type R's were from Utah. My mom grew up in Logan, I have visited a few times. Small world.........

 

Good luck,

Maybe contact Neomugen since he bought his 98 CW in FL drove to NY. He has some suggestions I'm sure. I don't know anyone that did the West>East Trek but, I'm sure there has got be a few?

I drove my brand new PY R from CT to Tenn, then on to Ga then to Miami and back to CT and had some fun but, I gotta tell you that although you will be excited, it will get tiring and is Not the most comfortable car to drive on extremely long trips.

You should design a checklist of things to bring:

Flashlight with extra batteries
Flares (get REAL flares and try to find the 30 minute ones)
1 Gallon of emergency water
The Full Size Spare, jack and wheel lug lock key if applicable
2 to 3 cans of Fix-A-Flat- (Just Ask Neomugen)
Extra windshiled washer fluid
A few quarts of proper weight motor oil
A gallon of antifreeze
A basic toolkit
An empty gallon jug (to fill with fuel if need be)
A good thermal blanket
Comfortable driving shoes and clothes (dress in layers)
Good sunglasses
A heavy winter coat preferrably water proof
Snack food
Drinks
Radar detector if you have one
Helms manual if you can get one beforehand
Cellphone with recharger plug and handsfree mic/earpiece
Current road maps or atlas of roads you are traveling
Pen and Paper

Theres more but, thats a good start lemme think....


A.




[Modified by 1GreyTeg, 11:47 AM 3/10/2003]

 

WOW. Great list of suggestions!! I have a nifty emergency kit my folks got me for Xmas so most of those things will be taken care of. I just hope I have no problems getting it on an airplane. I'll probably have to check it. I might just ship it out there beforehand.

The vehicle comes with the stock rims/tires as well as Kosei K-1's w/ Yoko O32's. So I guess I'll have 4 full-size spare tires!

I think I'm gonna grab a AAA membership too.

Thanks guys!

Jay

 

radar detector and sharp eyes for the open plains part have fun!

 

yes i live in Logan, from idaho. there are tons of ITR's in salt lake, not any in Logan though that i know of

 

post pics of your trip

 

Ausmith on this board made the trip from Nevada to Wisconsin when he purchased his R.. He will have some good suggestions too.. Good luck and enjoy..

 

What No advice Marc? C'mon...

After all, You did drive up from the Lone Star state...

 

anton, it looks like you have everything covered in your post
and besides, i didn't have a quarter of the stuff you mentioned on my trips

 

What rout are you gonna take? Are you comming down 5, to 80?

I might suggest taking i-50 through nevada, and then picking up I-70 in Grand Junction CO. It's alot quicker than going 80 through salt lake. You can go north further east.

One of my favorite roads is I-70 west of Denver. Glenwood Springs is AWESOME.

Once I got stuck in Glenwood springs on one of my many trips from Indiana to California (did that like 12 times). A huge mud slide had closed I-70. Anyway, I went I-133 (from Glenwood Springs) to I-92 to I50 (In Grand Junction). One of the prettiest drives I've ever made.

If you'd like some recommendations, please email me!!

 

I was a Boy Scout many years ago, and the Motto "Be Prepared" just stuck in my head.

As well, I remembered all the trouble Ray went through when he brought his CW up from Sunny Florida.

A.

 

The things people will do for type R's Member to take plenty of pics..so we can feel the trip you took

 

you need to roll down to SW MO on your way.....


I-70 AND NO CRUISE CONTROL.........

Good luck.....

 

LOL!! Tell me about it. I've been doing my share of calf raises every morning.

 

With gas prices the way they are and food and hotel I would think paying a shippihng company 500 bucks to ship it to your door would be a hell of alot better

 

But the best way to get newly acquainted with his new car would be to drive it.... I'd rather drive it myself than have to wait more days in further anticipation of waiting for shipment to arrive.