My First Road Trip - Now With Pics!
My First Road Trip - Now With Pics!
Currently in the process of my first road trip- Chicago to Atlanta and back, with lots of stops in between. Very excited to "break in" my car as it just passed 3,000 miles. Going to post pics as I get them and updates as we make it to our destinations, plus track how the MPGs are doing- I love my 3G laptop card!Got on the road about 530am CST and the traffic was pretty clear getting out of Chicago. Getting used to driving by mirrors rather than sight- a big change from all the other cars I've driven, but kind of necessary for the visibility in this car. Anyway, I sure hope no-one has to drive I65 in Indiana today, it's horribly windy and there are lots of flipped/stalled/spun-out trucks and cars. The Vibe felt kind of like a sail in the wind, but I've been feeling like my stock tires are pretty awful at gripping even a dry road. I was only able to get up to 80mph, which was only until the wind picked up, but that speed did feel comfortable for the car. I'm hoping on the way home I'll be able to push the car a bit further to see what it can do- lots of nice open stretches of road here.So far we've made it to West Lafayette, IN for some tasty breakfast in my old college town. Next stops are gas (somewhere south of Indianapolis) and then Louisville for a client meeting. More to come later!
2009 2.4L Automatic with Preferred Package and Sun and Sound package May 2010 MOTM March 2011 VOTM
Re: My First Road Trip (ponta2147)
I had my first roadtrip to the US with the (then new) vibe in summer 08. The 2.4L is really nice for highway driving. I will always remember the face of the first of all the V8 SUV drivers that I passed on the highway. They always look down at you in shock and you can just imagine everything going trough their head as they are trying to come to term with the fact that they have been passed by a compact.I did it once with an aveo5 with 4 people inside... the engine sounded like it was ready to die on us by the face that V8 Grand Cherokee driver made was priceless.
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Re: My First Road Trip (kowell)
Quote, originally posted by kowell »I had my first roadtrip to the US with the (then new) vibe in summer 08. The 2.4L is really nice for highway driving. I will always remember the face of the first of all the V8 SUV drivers that I passed on the highway. They always look down at you in shock and you can just imagine everything going trough their head as they are trying to come to term with the fact that they have been passed by a compact.I did it once with an aveo5 with 4 people inside... the engine sounded like it was ready to die on us by the face that V8 Grand Cherokee driver made was priceless.Yeah I'm loving that I got the 2.4! The whole reason that I got this car is because it had one of the higher horsepowers of all the hatches (besides the new Mazda3 which I think has it beat by 10).And to the Aveo... my mom's got an '08 Aveo hatch and it makes a lot of trips between Chicago and Ames, IA (my brother's in school there) where she generally prefers to go 80mph... lol!Also yay for using a laptop in the passenger seat somewhere just north of Indianapolis...
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DrunkenMonster
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Quote, originally posted by DrunkenDixie »You said client meeting, what do you do?I am a graphic designer and my husband is a videographer- together we run a multimedia company.Quote, originally posted by audiovibe »Road trips and in car P.C. use for FTW!!!!!Well yeah, I have to use the 115V Outlet somehow.
2009 2.4L Automatic with Preferred Package and Sun and Sound package May 2010 MOTM March 2011 VOTM
Re: My First Road Trip (ponta2147)
Made it to Nashville where we are spending the night. Here are a couple pics from the trip:Some Vibe Love at the gas station just south of Indianapolis... Big Red is very dirty and the hubby had to clean off the license plate so it could actually be read. TRIPLE VIBE LOVE BONUS at the hotel in Nashville Noticed the mods on the silver one... anyone from genvibe??????
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Re: My First Road Trip (ponta2147)
Next come out to Sucktah!
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Re: My First Road Trip (ponta2147)
Cool! I've done several road trips so far in the Vibe! Always a good time!
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Re: My First Road Trip (ponta2147)
Cool pics! I'll be taking my first road trip with the Vibe in exactly two months. Can't wait!
Wave the next time you're driving between Exits 138 and 140 on I-65! Lebanon, Indiana, home of world-famous Donaldson's Chocolate (just south of Exit 139).
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Re: My First Road Trip - Now With Pics! (ponta2147)
More updates from the highway just south of Nashville. Noticed that people aren't really keen on speeding around here. Surprised to find almost no one going over the speed limit. Then again, your speed limit is 70! I am so jealous. Can someone please inform Chicago that 55 is pathetic?Filled up on gas twice so far. MPGs are only 27 and 28 for these fillups, but I'm attributing that to the nasty wind and weather yesterday.We're on our way to Atlanta now- I'll get to drive the car again once we stop in Chattanooga for lunch. We're gonna have something else they don't have in Chicago... Chick-Fil-A.
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Re: (kostby)
Quote, originally posted by kostby »Wave the next time you're driving between Exits 138 and 140 on I-65! Lebanon, Indiana, home of world-famous Donaldson's Chocolate (just south of Exit 139).That'll be on Monday. BTW your signature is hilarious.
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Re: My First Road Trip - Now With Pics! (ponta2147)
Heading out of Atlanta now... even as a Chicago driver I was having a hard time adapting to driving around here. Lack of dedicated left turn lanes threw me off, not to mention my lack of practice driving on hills (hello, midwest) and the fact that everyone here seems to want to drive as fast as possible, especially at night around sharp curves! But, we survived. Another question for those of you who bought your cars new, especially '09/'10- at what mileage did you get your *first* oil change? I ask because I'm about to hit 3700, and my car was an '09 (which meant it had probably been on the lots a while) and already had 800 miles on it when I got it even though it was new (it had been transported from somewhere far). So do you think I should be looking to do an oil change while I am out here, or do you think I'm good for the several hundred miles it will take me to get back home?
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Re: My First Road Trip - Now With Pics! (ponta2147)
My first oil change was at 500kms after 2 days of very hard driving! Depending on your break-in philosophy..... you'll be fine!
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2012 Chevy Silverado 1500 Cheyenne 4x4 (Traded in - 03/30/16)
2009 Vibe. (Traded in - 12/12/12)
2019 Ram 3500 4x4 CCSB srw 8HP75 (traded in - 04/15/21)
2016 Ram 3500 4x4 RCLB Dually w/stick (traded in - 05/10/19)
2012 Chevy Silverado 1500 Cheyenne 4x4 (Traded in - 03/30/16)
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Just rolled over 4,000 miles on the Odometer, about 50 miles south of Nashville. Really glad I am traveling today and not yesterday, it seems that the roads are all very clear, but all the trees in the foothills were covered in ice, which was beautiful. I did take some pictures of those, but they probably didn't turn out. I'll post later if it's anything worth showing. We'll be staying in Bowling Green, Kentucky tonight, and are doing the Corvette Plant tour in the morning!
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Re: (ponta2147)
Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 »We'll be staying in Bowling Green, Kentucky tonight, and are doing the Corvette Plant tour in the morning!
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