Road trip King
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Racer
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From: New Smyrna Beach, FL
Road trip King
I'm kinda ashamed to admit that I've had my 05 C6 coupe for over two years and I'm just now joining corvette forum. But hey...better late than never, right?
My name is Scot and I live in Augusta, Georgia. I have a black 2005 C6 coupe with the Z51 package and a few bolt-ons making 381rwhp and 376rwtq. This is my second vette, as my first was a red 1998 C5 coupe. I belong to a great car club here in Augusta called Cheaters-Inc. and you can check us out at http://www.cheaters-inc.com/ where there is also a link to our forum.
As for the title of this post, in case you're wondering, I drive the %*(^ out of my car. As I said, it's an 05 and I have about 41k miles on it right now. And it's not my daily driver. I have taken some massive road trips in this car. I've driven it to Chicago, to Missouri (where my folks live), Cincinnati, Miami, NYC, and all the way to Key West.
But without a doubt, my greatest road trip was in May of 2006. If you read Corvette Enthusiast, you may have seen an article published about this trip, as it was featured in the April 2007 edition. My brother and I did a Cannonball Run style, non-stop, coast to coast, D.C. to San Francisco, 40 hours straight road trip. For no real reason other than just to do it. And then took another 5 days to make our way back to Augusta, stoping in L.A., Vegas, Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon, El Paso/Jarez, Mexico, San Antonio, and New Orleans. All in all it was about 7000 miles in 7 days. I have tons of stats, information, and pictures from the trip if anyone is interested.
So all that being said, I look forward to posting and picking up some great tips from you guys.
My name is Scot and I live in Augusta, Georgia. I have a black 2005 C6 coupe with the Z51 package and a few bolt-ons making 381rwhp and 376rwtq. This is my second vette, as my first was a red 1998 C5 coupe. I belong to a great car club here in Augusta called Cheaters-Inc. and you can check us out at http://www.cheaters-inc.com/ where there is also a link to our forum.
As for the title of this post, in case you're wondering, I drive the %*(^ out of my car. As I said, it's an 05 and I have about 41k miles on it right now. And it's not my daily driver. I have taken some massive road trips in this car. I've driven it to Chicago, to Missouri (where my folks live), Cincinnati, Miami, NYC, and all the way to Key West.
But without a doubt, my greatest road trip was in May of 2006. If you read Corvette Enthusiast, you may have seen an article published about this trip, as it was featured in the April 2007 edition. My brother and I did a Cannonball Run style, non-stop, coast to coast, D.C. to San Francisco, 40 hours straight road trip. For no real reason other than just to do it. And then took another 5 days to make our way back to Augusta, stoping in L.A., Vegas, Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon, El Paso/Jarez, Mexico, San Antonio, and New Orleans. All in all it was about 7000 miles in 7 days. I have tons of stats, information, and pictures from the trip if anyone is interested.
So all that being said, I look forward to posting and picking up some great tips from you guys.
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St. Jude Donor '06
Welcome to the Forum Scott! 
I think you'll find it an interesting place, although it can get a bit expensive. 
I also live for road trips. My wife and I did a 14,000 mile coast-to-coast road trip about 3 years ago before we had our 2006 coupe. Our longest trip in the Corvette has been 7,000 miles around the western U.S. in the spring of 2006.
Unless we're in a hurry, which we're usally not, we stick almost exclusively to 2-lane highways. In case you're interested theres a great book that covers a number of 2-lane highways throughout the U.S. Here's a link to the website. http://www.roadtripusa.com/
See you on the road.
I think you'll find it an interesting place, although it can get a bit expensive. I also live for road trips. My wife and I did a 14,000 mile coast-to-coast road trip about 3 years ago before we had our 2006 coupe. Our longest trip in the Corvette has been 7,000 miles around the western U.S. in the spring of 2006.
Unless we're in a hurry, which we're usally not, we stick almost exclusively to 2-lane highways. In case you're interested theres a great book that covers a number of 2-lane highways throughout the U.S. Here's a link to the website. http://www.roadtripusa.com/
See you on the road.
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St Jude Donor '07-'08-'09
Welcome aboard and glad you signed up for the CF. Always interested to hear stories about road trips. Sounds like you may have a few.
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Welcome to the Forum Scott! I think you'll find it an interesting place, although it can get a bit expensive.
I also live for road trips. My wife and I did a 14,000 mile coast-to-coast road trip about 3 years ago before we had our 2006 coupe. Our longest trip in the Corvette has been 7,000 miles around the western U.S. in the spring of 2006.
Unless we're in a hurry, which we're usally not, we stick almost exclusively to 2-lane highways. In case you're interested theres a great book that covers a number of 2-lane highways throughout the U.S. Here's a link to the website. http://www.roadtripusa.com/
See you on the road.
I think you'll find it an interesting place, although it can get a bit expensive. I also live for road trips. My wife and I did a 14,000 mile coast-to-coast road trip about 3 years ago before we had our 2006 coupe. Our longest trip in the Corvette has been 7,000 miles around the western U.S. in the spring of 2006.
Unless we're in a hurry, which we're usally not, we stick almost exclusively to 2-lane highways. In case you're interested theres a great book that covers a number of 2-lane highways throughout the U.S. Here's a link to the website. http://www.roadtripusa.com/
See you on the road.
thanks for the link. that looks like a cool site. i have a book that has some of the same type of info in it, as a matter of fact. i've always thought about doing the "lap of america" type thing of basically starting in miami, head to LA and make a right, get to seatle and make another right, portland and make another to get back to miami. i'm not sure how many miles it would be, but it would definitely be a lot.
Melting Slicks
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From: Toronto ON
Road Trips are the COOLEST
My gf Jennie and I just returned from a trip to Key West from Toronto, in my '65, nearly all of it with the top down. It's nice to forget the price of gas (the bills are just arriving) and just enjoy the spirit of the open road.
Friendly consideration is always at hand when you travel the US in an old Corvette. We have so many wonderful memories, of great places sure, but great people too. It restores your faith in the goodness of regular citizens!
This wasn't our first trip, I too have done over a dozen cross country trips, and have many favorite places and tips. For example:
-take your time and stay away from the interstates, or the view never changes
-pack your clothes in vacuum bags so they stay dry, clean and less-wrinkled. For us, it lets us get away for weeks in the Convertible with the top down
-take a gps and laptop. internet is everywhere and you can usually get better accomodations and rates booked over the web than walking in!
-At most reasonable hotels and restaurants, managers and security WILL USUALLY keep an eye on your car in a special place, if you just ask. The hard places are the high-end hotels who have valet-drive parking only which THEY will insist on driving.
- Paul (Toronto, Canada)
'65 Lynndale Blue Convertible.
Friendly consideration is always at hand when you travel the US in an old Corvette. We have so many wonderful memories, of great places sure, but great people too. It restores your faith in the goodness of regular citizens!
This wasn't our first trip, I too have done over a dozen cross country trips, and have many favorite places and tips. For example:
-take your time and stay away from the interstates, or the view never changes
-pack your clothes in vacuum bags so they stay dry, clean and less-wrinkled. For us, it lets us get away for weeks in the Convertible with the top down
-take a gps and laptop. internet is everywhere and you can usually get better accomodations and rates booked over the web than walking in!
-At most reasonable hotels and restaurants, managers and security WILL USUALLY keep an eye on your car in a special place, if you just ask. The hard places are the high-end hotels who have valet-drive parking only which THEY will insist on driving.
- Paul (Toronto, Canada)
'65 Lynndale Blue Convertible.
Le Mans Master
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From: Pacific Northwest
St. Jude Donor '06
thanks for the link. that looks like a cool site. i have a book that has some of the same type of info in it, as a matter of fact. i've always thought about doing the "lap of america" type thing of basically starting in miami, head to LA and make a right, get to seatle and make another right, portland and make another to get back to miami. i'm not sure how many miles it would be, but it would definitely be a lot.
It was a great trip that we will never forget. We visited with family and old friends along the way and stayed at a LOT of motels (we spent 3 months total). Being on 2-lane roads we got a good feel for the country and people that you just don't get on the freeway. We also saw a lot of very interesting 'off the beaten track' attractions, parks, museums, etc. It was a great start to retirement for me.
