Well guys, I’ve bought a car yesterday afternoon – it is an old Dodge Durango and I love it!!!
With a car ready to roll I’m going to start my road trip tomorrow and start heading north. My friends in Oregon are out of down (they have a house in Palm Springs and headed down there after New Years) so pretty much my destination is Vancouver. MapQuest tells me it is only a 16hr drive (950miles/1500kms). That is the direct route but I think I’m going to try and hug the coastline as much as I can – will probably double the distance but I’m not in any super rush.
I’m going to start out super early and pretty much just see how far I get before sunset – anyone have a recommendation on a little beachside town about a days drive north of San Fran?
Here is a pic of my new baby – 5.9L V8 sounds very nice too……
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Nice set of wheels. However, be ready for sticker shock when you fill that puppy up with fuel and have to do it frequently. Those SUVs are notorious gas guzzlers. Have a safe and fun trip in any case.
A car ? only a car ? please Dave what hapenned
with your blog ? and a pictures of sexy boys ?
Luis
Newport Oregon is a nice little quaint beach town, probably very quiet this time of year, but still lovely.
according to google maps if you hug the coast from SF it’s a 12 hour drive to Newport.
Shawn,
Thanks for the tip mate.
Not sure what your game is Luis – I don’t even understand your comment.
Dave
@Luis, some of us enjoy hearing about how Dave’s life has been going, and he definitely keeps us busy with plenty of other speedo pics.
@Dave, it looks good. I’ll have to agree with Don about the gas guzzler part though.
Thanks Owen!!!
Gas guzzler doesn’t bother me too much – still nearly half what I’m paying for gas in Australia and I need a 4WD because I’m hoping to be driving in a bit of snow.
Dave
True they are “gas guzzlers” just don’t stray far from gas stations. I have a Mercury Mountaineer AWD,SUV that gets an avg of 15.7 mpg but they are safer and better in snow. If you have ice stay off the road no matter what u drive.
Brad,
I think the gas is cheap here – in Aussie I was paying US$5.70/gal (converted) and last time I was in New Zealand they were charging nearly US$7.00/gal.
I could be driving a Hummer and it would still be cheaper here than down south.
I wonder why that is – tax I suppose.
Tom
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