# Cross-Country Road Trip **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 21, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165 "2012-05-21T06:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/21 "2012-06-02T07:17:49Z")
Historic Rt 66. Sounds like you will be too far north for much of it but… ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/22 "2012-06-02T07:48:03Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > im pretty sure bueme has never driven on that road… Typical. ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/23 "2012-06-02T07:52:46Z")
The only two I don’t see on your list that I would recommend are Yellowstone and Glacier national park. Both are rad if you are into the outdoors type stuff. Also avoid Kansas if you can, sucks ass to drive through and the cops are everywhere just waiting to pull you over. Cut through Nebraska instead, flat with nothing for miles but corn so while boring you can do 90mph all day and never see a cop. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/24 "2012-06-02T07:55:16Z")
I have been to Kansas a couple of times, it was pure ice driving across the state one time and 105 degrees the other time. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/25 "2012-06-04T07:38:16Z")
Updates??? Do you guys make it to the PA border??? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![38stang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/38stang/32/7479_2.png) [@38stang](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/38stang)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/26 "2012-06-04T08:14:10Z")
sub’d ---
**Author:** ![ItsOver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/itsover/32/5431_2.png) [@ItsOver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ItsOver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/27 "2012-06-05T04:09:05Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Updates??? > > Do you guys make it to the PA border??? > > 🙂 FUUUUUUUU. Replaced the battery before we left yesterday afternoon. Made it to Cleveland and spent some time there. Left, and the cluster started going ape shit, radio turned off, so we stopped at a gas station to turn the car off and check it out, it wouldn’t restart. We got a jump from some super gay dude with gang tats, tried driving again and got stuck on the side of an 8-lane highway. A trooper came up behind us, we told him our situation and he pulled a ballsy U-turn in the middle of traffic to give us a jump. He followed us to a gas station at the next exit, to make sure we made it, and thats about as far as the jump took us. Talked to Justin at Swiderski and he hooked us up with a TDI guru that is going to fix it for next to nothing. He’s about 20 minutes from our current location in Fremont, OH. We spent the night in this rest stop parking lot, hopefully we can find someone to give us a charge for a bit so we can make it 20 minutes to this guy’s house. We’re literally in the middle of nowhere, asked the girl at the gas station what there is to do around here… she responded by saying absolutely nothing. haha. So, we’re behind schedule as this guru can’t swap out the alternator until after 4PM, so this is just a day wasted. Pics of Cleveland to come. ---
**Author:** ![Mike93](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike93/32/7325_2.png) [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/28 "2012-06-05T05:08:14Z")
Holy shit that blows! Where did ya hang in Cleveland? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/29 "2012-06-05T05:36:41Z")
Making some serious progress lol ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/30 "2012-06-05T05:44:02Z")
> [@Quattro Krant](#): > > Stay close to any and all VW dealerships as it is only a matter of time before a piece of shit VW breaks down. Naustra-fuckin-damus over here. lol Might be time to abort your cross country trek when you can’t make it past Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/31 "2012-06-05T06:00:32Z")
Justin felt super bad the rest of the day after your phone call, he kept saying we should have tested the alt. but I hope everything works out with the Guru. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/32 "2012-06-05T06:45:16Z")
Wow sorry to hear, I was only partially joking 🙂 Don’t give up! You might want to extend your trip another month though… ---
**Author:** ![ItsOver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/itsover/32/5431_2.png) [@ItsOver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ItsOver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/33 "2012-06-05T07:30:33Z")
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**Author:** ![BadnewsMike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/badnewsmike/32/7419_2.png) [@BadnewsMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BadnewsMike)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/34 "2012-06-05T12:55:17Z")
So is the alt fixed? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/35 "2012-06-05T12:58:13Z")
Bringing bikes was a good idea! ---
**Author:** ![Hortanica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Hortanica](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hortanica)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/36 "2012-06-05T13:33:47Z")
man…even my dsm’s have made multiple trips to Arkansas 😉 always a good time being broke down in another city. i got to see memphis that way lol. never would have stopped otherwise… ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/37 "2012-06-05T13:38:33Z")
Are you going to see any car related sites? In Bowling Green, KY, there is the Corvette Museum, and right next to it is a huge classic car dealership. About 15-20 minutes away are some underground cavern/waterways that they give tours through. I saw the brochures in our hotel last year. Here is the website for the caves: [http://lostrivercave.com/](http://lostrivercave.com/) Looks cool as hell! ![http://lostrivercave.com/images/cavetour2.jpg](http://lostrivercave.com/images/cavetour2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/38 "2012-06-05T14:16:13Z")
> [@Quattro Krant](#): > > Stay close to any and all VW dealerships as it is only a matter of time before a piece of shit VW breaks down. > [@JayS](#): > > Naustra-fuckin-damus over here. lol > > Might be time to abort your cross country trek when you can’t make it past Cleveland. OMG priceless. I cannot help but laugh and I hope you guys can too. Good luck with the rest of the trip! ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/39 "2012-06-05T19:53:12Z")
> [@llink78](#): > > inb4threadhowdoifixmytdiiminthemiddleofnowhere!!! 🙂 love you Kev Told ya 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165/40 "2012-06-06T04:35:24Z")
Great pics. Hope the car holds up the rest of the trip. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip/223165.md?page=3)