I couldn’t agree more. I just made a 400 mile round trip in a day to see a doctor that would have taken over two weeks of rough travel in 1860. Even four days by train in 1890.
Breezing through Yuma Arizona at 70 mph after having lunch in San Diego, when it is 110f outside and you don’t have to water the horses, and you’ll be in El Paso before bedtime, is quite a thing.