Sounds like a fun trip, thanks for sharing the pictures. I wish I could find some time to do something like that.

 

pictures look great, nice drive and looks very enjoyable. i wish we had that much snow here in NYC so i can take advantage of an AWD.

im somewhat surprised at the 510 miles until empty message.

 

Re: (QnsMostWanted)

Thanks for sharing your trip pics and enjoyed the summaries of each pic.

 

Great trip, kind of a funky route though... looks like you had some time to take detours.

 

Re: (liverichly)

Nice trip but wouldnt it been cheaper to fly ?

Figure just at least $500.oo for gas.

 

nice!!! Gotta love road trips...

 

Nice, I love road trips like that.
Fun!!

 

Re: (flybynight)

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liking the black on black look for the R

 

Nice trip. Thanks for the pics. I'm always caught between loving the driving and hating piling up the miles.

I am picking up my new R next week.

 

Re: (Karaya Eins)

wow, nice trip man.

I was actually thinking about a long trip in the future. Gotta do it in the summer though, I don't like cold or snow. Gotta see who is going with me... don't wanna get annoyed half way there :cD

and yeah... what's up with that 510 miles to empty message?

I would understand it if the car was going down hill at 40 mph in neutral with rpms at 1.5k :cD

 

Re: My 4000+ Mile Holiday Trip (05BruzaS60r)

Nice summary of your trip. Having driven 62k miles in my VR during the past 20 months, I appreciate the old fashioned road trip. Wish we could have met up in Houston - didn't make it back from Kansas City via San Antonio before you left. Thanks for the call while you were in Houston. http://********************/smile/emthup.gif

 

Re: My 4000+ Mile Holiday Trip (ZenZone)

thanks for sharing the pics - nothing beats a road trip in the R. just the perfect car for the task.

 

Re: My 4000+ Mile Holiday Trip (05BruzaS60r)

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I was able to average 24.9 MPG for the entire trip (according to the trip computer).

I'm disappointed, clearly you weren't driving NEARLY fast enough

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Grand Canyon is truly awesome, I wish I had brought my R there in the winter rather than June when it was 100F+ (heat soak anyone?) as there are tons of fun roads in that area, especially the North Rim.

 

yeah, that is a VR that parked by you.

 

Re: (kenhoeve)

Very nice pics - a road trip like this in the R is something I have been dreaming to do!

Quote, originally posted by kenhoeve »

yeah, that is a VR that parked by you.

Are you sure that is a v70R? The car doesnt have the R front intake nor the R grill....just seems like a regular AWD

 

Re: My 4000+ Mile Holiday Trip (ZenZone)

Quote, originally posted by ZenZone »

Nice summary of your trip. Having driven 62k miles in my VR during the past 20 months, I appreciate the old fashioned road trip. Wish we could have met up in Houston - didn't make it back from Kansas City via San Antonio before you left. Thanks for the call while you were in Houston. http://********************/smile/emthup.gif

yea it would've been cool to have a mini R GTG while i was in town.

i knew full well, airfare would've been cheaper but this trip was more for me to see parts of the country i hadn't seen previously. sometimes you gotta bite the bullet. http://********************/smile/emthup.gif

 

Re: My 4000+ Mile Holiday Trip (yelloboy)

Quote, originally posted by yelloboy »

thanks for sharing the pics - nothing beats a road trip in the R. just the perfect car for the task.

yea i remember you taking a drive from coast to coast last summer and then i saw you as i was leaving arches national park on I-70

 

Re: My 4000+ Mile Holiday Trip (Warpedcow)

Quote, originally posted by Warpedcow »

I'm disappointed, clearly you weren't driving NEARLY fast enough http://********************/smile/emthup.gif http://********************/smile/emcocktl.gif Grand Canyon is truly awesome, I wish I had brought my R there in the winter rather than June when it was 100F+ (heat soak anyone?) as there are tons of fun roads in that area, especially the North Rim.

lol. lets just say i was "scared" to really gun the car on this trip. i acquired a ticket going 30+ over the speed limit here in slc prior to leaving.

 

Re: My 4000+ Mile Holiday Trip (05BruzaS60r)

Nice recap. I'm jealous of the time you took off and the opportunity for a longlong road trip. Unfortunately, I've yet to see most of the west.

Good to see the R performed as it should.
Scott

 

Re: (johanjaw)

Quote, originally posted by johanjaw »

Are you sure that is a v70R? The car doesnt have the R front intake nor the R grill....just seems like a regular AWD

I'm pretty sure or they are faking it really well. that is an R bumper, it has a spoiler, and satellite wheels. the p1R had the regular grill- only the XC was eggcrate. also, NorAmer didn't get a V70awd, only a S70awd. V70 awd was R only.

 

Re: My 4000+ Mile Holiday Trip (05BruzaS60r)

Quote, originally posted by 05BruzaS60r »

lol. lets just say i was "scared" to really gun the car on this trip. i acquired a ticket going 30+ over the speed limit here in slc prior to leaving.

I'm not talking top-speed, I'm talking those twisty mountain roads where the limit usually stays 55MPH but you end up doing 1G+ through the turns at those speeds

 

didnt v70rs have dual exhaust?

 

Re: (Impulse922)

Quote, originally posted by Impulse922 »

didnt v70rs have dual exhaust?

Nope they had single. For the R's and AWD models the exhaust was moved from the left side to the right side.

 

Re: (Impulse922)

Quote, originally posted by Impulse922 »

didnt v70rs have dual exhaust?

that one pictured would be a 98V70R

the 99 and 00 have dual exhaust.

and none had a Front intake

or and other grill then whats shown

 

Re: My 4000+ Mile Holiday Trip (05BruzaS60r)

Looks like you had a fun trip! I just got back from Portland last week. In the past week and a half I think I logged about 2,000 miles. I drove from Oakland to Portland, then to Mt. Hood twice, back to Cali (through the leading edge of the biggest storm of the year) and then to Tahoe and back this weekend. The R is an awesome road trip car for sure. I went through some nasty weather too, but no issues whatsoever. I wish the washer fluid was heated though.

I felt bad for the poor souls that had to chain up on I-5 in the pass. There was this one stretch of road that switched from 2 lanes to 3. The far right was all semi trucks, the far left were all cars but the middle lane was empty but full of snow. Which lane did I pick...

I shot ahead of all that traffic with a quickness - it was sweet! I have Dunlop winter sport 3Ds which I'm very happy with.

But now my sonic blue R is all brown; it needs a bath big time...