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Originally Posted by bobafett
Houston (River Oaks) to Hillsborough (near SF) CA, I drove it with a friend, but he didn't drive at all. Just shy of 2000 miles (1994 I think), did it in 25 hours, stopping only for fuel and 3 hours for a split rim in Arizona.
It was arguably the most boring drive I've ever done, taking I10 from Houston to LA. Absolutely horrible. Worst part was that we were in his 330i which was misfiring the whole time. I could not use full throttle because it would dump fuel and slow down, and I could feel it when the 5th cylinder actually kicked in, otherwise we were running on ~4 average (out of 6).
We ditched the car in LA at his friend's house and borrowed a Z4 to finish the job (another hour wasted transferring gear).
Suffice to say, that got the cross-country trip bug out of my system. Then again, perhaps if we had chosen a more scenic route...
--Dan
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Welcome back Dan.. I did almost the same trip as you ... fortunately my car was firing on all cylinders. Agree that it is easily one the most boring featureless drives one can take. But it is a great place to do a top speed run - especially between the dead stretch between San Antonio to El Paso.
You could have have Vmaxxed your Maranello here
