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mechmike0034
10-15-2007, 09:27 PM
Don't try this at home:

http://www.wired.com/print/cars/coolwheels/magazine/15-11/ff_cannonballrun


Alex Roy has a crazy dream: to beat the legendary Cannonball Run record by crossing the country in under 32 hours and 7 minutes. Floor it!

Be sure to scope the links as well. Sorry about the print dialog - just click cancel - I like having it all on one page...
Houdini
10-15-2007, 11:16 PM
Don't try this at home:

http://www.wired.com/print/cars/coolwheels/magazine/15-11/ff_cannonballrun



Be sure to scope the links as well. Sorry about the print dialog - just click cancel - I like having it all on one page...

Very cool. But:


front-and-rear-mounted sensors for a Valentine One radar/laser detector

I think that has to be a mistake, as Valentine makes no rear-mounted devices or any way to couple detectors. It does have the equivalent of two radar and two laser detectors built into one unit. Then again, they may have had someone hack/hotwire two together, but there's only one in the video.

H <---loves his V1, and has it mounted the same way as the M5 in the video, more or less.
ShawnLee
10-16-2007, 12:40 AM
Dude... I'd love to try something like this. But I know I never will. Actually, thinking about it, nah.

I'd much rather enjoy a quick road trip than worry about minutes.
guiseppewv
10-17-2007, 01:21 PM
Cool read. That vehicle of his sounds bad a$$!
ArkiStan
10-18-2007, 01:08 AM
Just finished reading this and came to post it. Too late. Maybe it's just because I'm into racing, but this was one of the coolest articles I've read in a while.
Houdini
10-18-2007, 10:11 AM
Dude... I'd love to try something like this. But I know I never will. Actually, thinking about it, nah.

I'd much rather enjoy a quick road trip than worry about minutes.


I doubt if it's ever been beaten from west to east! I'll go with ya SL. Wanna meet in CA sometime? Heh..

H
Daedalus
10-18-2007, 02:30 PM
I have averaged better time for almost 1/2 the country. I would never drive like that in such a "loud" vehicle. Black sedan, thank you.
guiseppewv
10-18-2007, 02:50 PM
Including gas/leak/food stops?
Daedalus
10-18-2007, 02:59 PM
Yeah. I knew I would be pushing it, so I recorded miles, departure time and arrival time. However, I didn't realize it was that big a deal until I read that article. I recall stopping for food/bathroom 1x, and bathroom only 1x. I don't recall the gas stops, but there must have been 2 of them (probably with the food and bathroom stops). The route is everything though. The vast majority of my trip was through BFE southwestern interstate roads at night. V1 proved itself several times.

I wouldn't do it ever again. It was dangerous. I'll claim the young and stupid defense. I'm still a hair younger than the guy in the article though.
Daedalus
10-18-2007, 03:11 PM
Another thing...at the time I believed that if I DID get pulled over, I would only get a very expensive ticket. I now understand that I would most likely have been charged with a criminal act and put in jail...and rightfully so.
guiseppewv
10-18-2007, 04:52 PM
So you are saying you traveled the "center" of the country (ie the midwest or a little further west)?
Daedalus
10-18-2007, 09:55 PM
Boulder to L.A. The roads between Denver and Vegas and between Vegas and L.A. were desolate.

Moot point...It looks like I have to retract my claim. I had recorded the trip as just under 1300 miles. Mapquest says just under 1100 miles. I can't rationalize the difference. Maybe I misread a 6 for an 8 on the odometer.
Maarchk
10-19-2007, 11:47 AM
Yeah its all about route choices... although these days its all about traffic patterns. Even crossing the 10 or 210 at 2 am has traffic and enough of it that you can't blow by much more than 95 without getting into bad situations...
30 hours hmm... I guess if you left new york at 8 or 9 pm so traffic was light on the east, you spend your day in the middle avoiding the big cities and then you finished up crossing az or nv the next evening and you could hit the pier around 3-4 am the next day? In the movies they all start like midday, but i could never see that being a reasonable plan.
johnnymk
10-19-2007, 04:23 PM
Many years ago, a bunch of us drove from Philly to Fort Lauderdale (about 1300 miles) in about 19 hours. I remember stopping to eat for an hour. Considering that we had to pass through some cities, that wasn't great but not too shabby.
Maarchk
10-19-2007, 05:06 PM
GA race across the country? I like it... whos in?
Houdini
10-19-2007, 10:34 PM
GA race across the country? I like it... whos in?

I'm in.

H <---heading to his car to change his oil
guiseppewv
10-22-2007, 10:57 AM
I am in but I am not going to get very far making it from HI to the mainland in my car. :P
Houdini
10-22-2007, 07:41 PM
I am in but I am not going to get very far making it from HI to the mainland in my car. :P

Heh...then you need to go FASTER! :P
Napoleon54
10-22-2007, 07:50 PM
GA race across the country? I like it... whos in?

**** yeah, I'm in.
guiseppewv
10-23-2007, 02:08 PM
Heh...then you need to go FASTER! :P

True, true!!
Markel
10-23-2007, 02:39 PM
Heh...then you need to go FASTER! :P
Just watch the landing - it might be a little rough. :P
guiseppewv
10-23-2007, 02:51 PM
With all the smoke over in Cali I better wait a few days.