Sip'n Diesel
Veteran Newbie
hey Volks,
I'm in the planning stages of my annual road-trip(s.) two of my best friends will be riding along with me. so far, one has passed my "TDI-driving instruction" class. he even scored extra credit with some proper rev-matching! my other friend will not be driving until he passes! I'm confident in his ability though, as he has a little more experience. he just hasn't had the chance to prove himself to me yet
the idea is Route 66, without the stopping in every small town. starting out I will be taking I-55 to STL, I-44 to OKC, and I-40 to that giant meteor crater west of Winslow, AZ. the meteor crater is basically the first "attraction" on our list of places to see/experience. I have also roughly calculated that I can drive to it in ~24 hours of non-stop TDI madness. don't know if I will actually attempt to or not, but it would be fun
originally we had planned to get off I-40 and drive through Santa Fe and back down through Albuquerque via I-25, but it doesn't look like we're going to do that. we've got friends and family all along the way, and so far the only city we need a hotel for is Las Vegas. we will be doing a lot of camping when we're not visiting friends/family
this is a rough draft of what we're going to do: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sou....160317,-104.0625&spn=16.048805,28.300781&z=5
^^that map is not final, but it gives you a good idea of the routes
we've got a lot of stuff planned for NM, AZ, NV, CA, OR, UT, and CO but I'm open for suggestions from you folks who are local to our routes and/or travelled them before. later on, I will have some specific questions for people who are knowledgeable/local to areas we're going to be passing through
right now I'm basically open to any suggestions/ideas/cautions (no matter how random) and what I really want to know is: where's the premium diesel?!
I figure I can make it to ~OKC before I need to top off. I'm probably going to stop before that and get some Sinclair in Missouri, Old Navy has a thread regarding Sinclair/50 Cetane: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=245450
lots of stuff on my to-do list! hoping to get my Koni STR.Ts and have them installed before departure. also, I'm hoping I can scrape together the $$$ for a FULL METAL JACKET Panzer Plate as well! my friends in the Prescott, AZ area tell me there are a lot of un-paved roads
tentative departure is 5/31/09 FWIW
I'm in the planning stages of my annual road-trip(s.) two of my best friends will be riding along with me. so far, one has passed my "TDI-driving instruction" class. he even scored extra credit with some proper rev-matching! my other friend will not be driving until he passes! I'm confident in his ability though, as he has a little more experience. he just hasn't had the chance to prove himself to me yet
the idea is Route 66, without the stopping in every small town. starting out I will be taking I-55 to STL, I-44 to OKC, and I-40 to that giant meteor crater west of Winslow, AZ. the meteor crater is basically the first "attraction" on our list of places to see/experience. I have also roughly calculated that I can drive to it in ~24 hours of non-stop TDI madness. don't know if I will actually attempt to or not, but it would be fun
originally we had planned to get off I-40 and drive through Santa Fe and back down through Albuquerque via I-25, but it doesn't look like we're going to do that. we've got friends and family all along the way, and so far the only city we need a hotel for is Las Vegas. we will be doing a lot of camping when we're not visiting friends/family
this is a rough draft of what we're going to do: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sou....160317,-104.0625&spn=16.048805,28.300781&z=5
^^that map is not final, but it gives you a good idea of the routes
we've got a lot of stuff planned for NM, AZ, NV, CA, OR, UT, and CO but I'm open for suggestions from you folks who are local to our routes and/or travelled them before. later on, I will have some specific questions for people who are knowledgeable/local to areas we're going to be passing through
right now I'm basically open to any suggestions/ideas/cautions (no matter how random) and what I really want to know is: where's the premium diesel?!
I figure I can make it to ~OKC before I need to top off. I'm probably going to stop before that and get some Sinclair in Missouri, Old Navy has a thread regarding Sinclair/50 Cetane: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=245450
lots of stuff on my to-do list! hoping to get my Koni STR.Ts and have them installed before departure. also, I'm hoping I can scrape together the $$$ for a FULL METAL JACKET Panzer Plate as well! my friends in the Prescott, AZ area tell me there are a lot of un-paved roads
tentative departure is 5/31/09 FWIW