Looked like this and was a lot of fun except in winter.
Posted on 04/10/2020 7:30:23 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
A team of scofflaws has apparently taken advantage of the dramatic reduction in traffic across America due to the coronavirus pandemic to set a new coast-to-coast driving record. According to Ed Bolian, who set a record in 2013 when highway congestion was normal, the Audi A8 completed the “Cannonball Run” from New York to L.A. in 26 hours and 38 minutes, beating the 27 hours 25 minutes mark set last November by Arne Toman and Doug Tabutt.
Traffic analytics company Inrix has reported that congestion is down nearly 50 percent on average in the U.S. due to stay-at-home policies. Bolian did not reveal the identity of the drivers, but said in a YouTube video that he monitored a live track of the April 4-6 trip online and has seen timing data confirming the time.
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Gumball rally. Funny, stupid movie. That was the best line
Modern gasoline doesn’t store very well even with additives - unfortunately.”””
Stabile works quite well for me.
Your Honor.
Yes for about a year at the most and that seems to be dependent on the storage conditions. I am more interested in a longer period than a year. I do notice my yard machine gas fades after about 6 months even with Stabil - but that is stored in a cabinet exposed to the elements.
“If you catch me you can have me!”
“A girl can’t always find the perfect spot.”
Babylon 5, Gumball Rally.
Zathras has good taste.
I was young then...
I made a few pheasant hunting trips to N.W. Kansas and the first trip out there we flew into Missouri then drove the west of the way. All flat land and I was amazed at the number of dead mulies along the way. I was also amazed at the number of birds of prey we saw sitting on fence posts along the highway.......
There were MGs and Triumph (a separate company) made the Spitfire.
I used to drive a Spitfire in the 80's. Awesome little car and more legroom than you would expect.
Well, I used to drive an MG Midget in the 80's and it would occasionally spit fire out the tailpipe.
Looked like this and was a lot of fun except in winter.
The other day I was doing 20 over and got passed by two troopers
We had a ‘72 Spitfire, and I loved that little car! Reverse went out on the transmission, but I could back it up by just putting my foot on the ground and pushing.
I won’t add insult to anyone’s injury by mentioning the many failures of the Lucas electrical system.
The little MG is a midget.
About 25 years ago I drove on the autobahn for the first time with my future father-in-law (who had a license but had not driven in 20 years). Me I had a license from Alabama but that is another story as was the patch over one of my eyes. . . good times.
Anyway, it was dark and I was doing OK at about 80 km/h in a borrowed POS. Always on the lookout for the police I noted waaaay back in the distance a set of headlights.
Being a pilot I understood “relative motion” and in this instance it was clear that whatever was back in the distance was going like a scalded dog.
Easing into the right lane in no time at all a Porsche (I think?) zoomed by and disappeared in the distance.
About 20 minutes later I was greeted by the sight of flashing blue lights in the distance. Now me with a patch on one eye and no valid drivers license in my pocket I figured my goose was cooked.
But as I got to all the cop cars all they were interested in were the shredded remains of what I think was the Porsche that passed me.
Like I said good times!
motorcycle past me like I was standing still...
Back in the 80’s and 90’s we had our own mini-version of the Cannonball Run - The Disney Run.
We lived in Fort Lauderdale and Disney main entrance was 235 miles away.
My boss set the record in his Pontiac Grand Am making it in 2 hours and 15 minutes.
I thought we were going to die.
That was a great, fun movie back in the day! Doesn’t seem to exist anywhere on DVD or streaming unfortunately. Young Jackie Chan was in it before he learned English.
He averaged 104mph...no telling what the high mph was. LOL....
The skeptic in me wonders how this is possible. How do you average 100mph+ coast-to-coast and not get pulled over by a cop even once?
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