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08-23-2013, 5:34am | #1 | ||||||
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Road Trip Home - Dearborn, MI to Houston
I'll be picking the car up in Dearborn and hopefully be done about 9am Saturday morning
That being said, I've got a long road ahead to make it back to Houston by Sunday evening. (which I will be doing a lot of) My goal is to try and spend Saturday night in Memphis, then I just have to blast through AK and TX (only :sarcasm on Sunday. Here is my proposed route: 21730 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI 48124 Take 75 from Toledo through Cincy to Louisville (will stop in BG for photos) Hit 65 to Nashville Then 40 to LittleRock Then 30 to Texarkana Then 59 waaa waaa waaa - all the way home So I plan to do a lot of without much so I will need a lot of If anyone is up for dinner and a meet up Saturday night in Memphis, or hell, I'll take a place to sleep while I'm at it (I snore REALLY loud) but will get up and try to head out around 6am Sunday morning. I think it would be fun to get a picture with as many VB folks on the way home as possible to record the fun trip of our first brand new Corvette. I wish the wife could come, but someone needs to watch over the pup. So hit me up via PM if you want to try and meet up, maybe lunch in Cincy? I'm so not going to be able to sleep tonight after flying into Detroit. Last edited by VetteBoy1979; 08-23-2013 at 6:01am. |
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Should be a fun trip.
Halfway for me was Bowling Green so I spent the night there. Here is the requisite NCM picture. |
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But... if you're doing a weekend drive, it shouldn't be too bad. |
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FWIW...the speed limit had increased to 70 mph on certain highways.
Speed limit changes on I-75 begin just outside of Toledo going south until just north of Dayton. It does not include Findlay or Lima, according to the press release. |
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Don't speed in Ohio.
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That's where I got the '09 Z06 I had. Nice bunch of folks, even though they "didn't know I was coming in that day", after telling them I'd be there that day, and they picked me up at the airport...
So, good luck on hitting the road at 9:00am. |
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I just made this exact trip last week from D to Louis. Mirror Approved Route |
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I think I will go through Indiana as have been through Ohio before anyway . Thanks for the advice Dave!
@Snide: the sales manager is picking me up in the morning and hopefully will get me done fast. Hell the dealership isn't even open on Saturday! Very odd. |
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Well, I've landed at the BW in Allen Park. This is a cool old hotel!
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Oh, it's fine then.
(I had to google to recall which part of the city it was in. LOL ) |
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Home yet ?
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Hey....where are the pics of the new ride???
....and driving impressions. |
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I shudder to think what you'll spend on gas if you're leaving Tennessee and then going by way of Alaska before blasting through Texas on your way home.
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