Florida Here I Come

[zadam123]

Again, Im sorry to hear your leaving us.

BTW ill be in FLA nov 17 - 22, Taking the kid to Disney land, maby if it aint to far we'll catch up and i can see your new mods since i know you will have some more by then as you always do

As a matter of fact i bet your working on something new as we speek, LOL

adam

[-x-]

...interested to see who'd be up for an o-town (orlando) meet before tha end of tha year? ...x

[Maverick]

how weird is that!! i was up in NY/PA this past week and a half, left on friday and drove back down in my Ebony with a Uhaul trailer!! if id seen you id of thought it was a reflection!
shame we didnt run into each other on the way, but im sure at least a few people at gas stations or rest stops might of got a bit freaked out ("didnt that just leave an hour ago??")

BTW: the trip was rough , especially on I 95 between Jax and Palm bay, Charlie was really pissed..and didnt have a problem letting people know..i swear my uhaul was actually floating at one point..but the VX handled the nasty weather exceptionally!!!!
Also, i ran into a fellow VX'r and VX.Info poster in Liberty NY, a true coincidence. If i hadnt mad a wrong turn awhile before and decided i "needed" coffee, wed of missed each other completely. It was good meeting you Doc!!

[Bantan]

Originally posted by zadam123
As a matter of fact i bet your working on something new as we speek, LOL

Damn, how did you know?

[Bantan]

Originally posted by Maverick
how weird is that!! i was up in NY/PA this past week and a half, left on friday and drove back down in my Ebony with a Uhaul trailer!! if id seen you id of thought it was a reflection!
shame we didnt run into each other on the way, but im sure at least a few people at gas stations or rest stops might of got a bit freaked out ("didnt that just leave an hour ago??")

BTW: the trip was rough , especially on I 95 between Jax and Palm bay, Charlie was really pissed..and didnt have a problem letting people know..i swear my uhaul was actually floating at one point..but the VX handled the nasty weather exceptionally!!!!
Also, i ran into a fellow VX'r and VX.Info poster in Liberty NY, a true coincidence. If i hadnt mad a wrong turn awhile before and decided i "needed" coffee, wed of missed each other completely. It was good meeting you Doc!!

WOW!
I postponed leaving on Friday because of the hurricane.
What size Trailer did you haul?
What was your top speed?

[Bantan]

Originally posted by -x-
...interested to see who'd be up for an o-town (orlando) meet before tha end of tha year? ...x

We family!!!
Make it happen?

[Joe_Black]

Don't forget the beach meet next month! Plus the RallyCross has been rescheduled to the 28th in Fort Meade.

[Maverick]

Originally posted by Bantan
WOW!
I postponed leaving on Friday because of the hurricane.
What size Trailer did you haul?
What was your top speed?

i hauled a 5x8 "van" trailer, tracked perfectly..i didnt push it past 80 mph though, it started getting a little drifty up past 75 on downhill runs.. im guessing the total weight was in the 3500 lb range or so..the only time i could feel the trailer was on steep inclines, or when it was "surfing" in the flooded sections of i-95 (but ofcourse i was going much slower then as well.) kept it in "3" most of the time as per the vehicle manual.. theonly problem i had was with the trailer lights. turns out i have a bad logic box. no brake or turn signal on the right side, but everything else worked fortunately..

btw, the whole round trip was 3600 miles ( iwas all over the north east) , i used 1/2 quart of mobile one, and had a high of 22 mpg (way up) and a low of about 13 mpg (with trailer in bad weather.) average fuel cost was around $1.87 a gallon..lowest was in the carolinas (it used to be Georgia) , highest was in NY....

[volume311]

Welcome to Florida. The cheapest gas I know of around here is at a Racetrack gas station in Hallandale. $1.77. 5 minutes south of downtown Ft.Lauderdale.

Seems as Oil Prices climd our gas prices go down.We had a little tax break here on gas for the month of August. A whole whopping $0.08, mandatory for all gas stations.

Other than that enjoy Florida and the fact that when its a terrential down pour, no one on I-95 slows down below the speed limit.

[Bantan]

Well I made it, and then there was the welcoming commitee to greet me 3 more hurricanes, had no power or internet for a few days then got busy at my Job. You guys should have see the look on the faces of some rubber neckers when I flew by them. Then there were those that speed up to catch a glimse, cause they thought the trailer was pulling itself since the trailer was bigger than the VX.I Saw a few accidents on the way, which took me a total of 24 hours. Started out doing 55mph as suggested by the U-haul manual for a 6x12 trailer. I soon figured at this rate I would never get there, so I averaged 70 most of the rest of the way. I discovered that I got better handling & MPG at 70mph with cruise control. The weight of the trailer and contents was about 4700lbs, 300lbs over the load bearing limit for that trailer(sh, don't tell) I did not think I had that much stuff. I did not switch drivers, (is that a record?) there were a few scary momments, and I vowed never to do it again. Here are a few pics:

[Bantan]

Well being originally from the Carribbean I'm use to hurricanes, so I took it in stride. However I was worried that if the eye of the huricane past directly this way the 2 Cranes attached to 2 buildings across the street from where I live would come crashing down on my Baby:

Needless to say I did not sleep:


It was "De ja vous" for me:

[transio]

Is that last photo real? You got a photo of the towers coming down?

[Bantan]

Originally posted by transio
Is that last photo real? You got a photo of the towers coming down?

Yes bro, unfortunately it is real, almost lost my VX that day.
Oh yeah, and my life too.

[AlaskaVX]

Originally posted by Bantan
Yes bro, unfortunately it is real, almost lost my VX that day.
Oh yeah, and my life too.

Glad you have your prioritys straight!

[Chopper]

No record, did Firebaugh Cali to Hunts Point N.Y. in 68 hrs. a few years back.....at realictic speeds.