tell me about...using your teener long distance., on a family trip away from my garage and daydreaming... Options

[BritCarJim]

as my handle suggests, i came from the britcar world and wandered into teener-land. my daily driver is a '72 MGB GT and while i enjoy driving her anywhere, she has the factory-option overdrive, and cruises happily at 75 on the interstate, i would think that the teener--15 years newer technology, fuel injection, dealer a/c, true 5 speed--would be a better long-distance-cruiser. i've had my teener a couple years but haven't gotten 'round to fixing her up. i'm planning to start this winter. so, tell me how good my teener will be at long distances and care-free interstate travel....

[Sea Dragon 914]

There are some impressive trips here. I did a trip with my wife and parents about 20 years ago. We took my bumblebee and my orange cars from Vallejo, CA to Crater Lake, OR. It was in the summer during a heat wave and camped along the way (both trunks in both cars were packed). On the way through the central valley near the Oregon border (I think it was the the Klamath Basin area), we saw a dark cloud ahead of us. Not sure what kind bugs they were but it sounded like hard rain and there was a LOT of bug juice for the wipers to move around (didn't have the washer bottles hooked up). Pretty gross.

It was too hot so we cut across Oregon to the coast to cool off. We then drove the coast back to SF and back to Vallejo. Both cars ran great and the only problem we had was the gas station attendants trying to figure out where the gas tanks were(wife and mom weren't too happy about the bugs and heat so that was the end of road trips with the wife in the 914).