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USA/Canada fly drive
All booked and off tomorrow morning.
Fly into NY, collect hire-car and then - Syracuse - Toronto - Ottawa - Montreal - Jackson - Boston - NY
Going to try and meet up with 'Pagoda' (Jim) off here in NY to deliver some Marmite to him
26th Aug 2016 10:37 am
Cobstar
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Enjoy.
Something like that is on my dream holiday list. Looking forward to report and piccies in due course.
26th Aug 2016 10:54 am
flydive
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Re: USA/Canada fly drive
astonbuilder wrote:
Going to try and meet up with 'Pagoda' (Jim) off here in NY to deliver some Marmite to him
That's not very friendly
Enjoy your trip.
26th Aug 2016 11:20 am
DN D3 Decade
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Enjoy the carve up merchants that will overtake / undertake and push in with 3 ft to spare, just to get in front Driven there a lot over many years, and I think the standard of driving in the US is at an all time low at present.D3 owned from new, P017 brake recall, BAS FBHIC, new FBH, LR013487 oil pump, new water pump. RRS front lower suspension arms. New suspension compressor/ relay. New Denso alternator. CuNifer rear brake pipes. New GKN rear propshaft. New HPFP belt & tensioner. New A/C Condenser.NO WARRANTY for many many years.
26th Aug 2016 11:30 am
astonbuilder
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Did California coast two years ago, no issues driving there. Not driving in NY/Boston as no need for a car and cheaper to pay the one-way hire charges than the parking fees.
Most looking forward to Ottawa (just heard great things about it) and Boston but sure I'll be 'wowed' by NY
26th Aug 2016 11:46 am
Ja92mie
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I love the way Americans drive and would rather drive in the states than over here!
Enjoy your holiday I'm very jealous
26th Aug 2016 12:00 pm
Gazellio
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New York & Boston both have amazing Buzz you will love them. The road trip I have also done (missing Ottowa!) and its fabulous
26th Aug 2016 1:03 pm
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Boston is a great city, just remember Paul Revere is the answer to every question!DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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26th Aug 2016 1:36 pm
smaskins
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Or John Hancock
26th Aug 2016 1:54 pm
adam
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Or Samuel Adams (and I don't mean the beer)
As above, driving in the US is sooooo easy compared to UK / Europe
Me and son are planning a Route 66 trip for his 21st
26th Aug 2016 2:04 pm
Gazellio
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^ Start or finish in San Francisco so you can throw in ROUTE 1 as well, one of the best stretches of road in the world. Adds an extra day(or two) but well worth it and flights to San Fran are cheaper than LA....
San Fran - Route 1 - LA - Route 66 - Chicago
Chicago - Route 66 - LA - Route 1 - San Fran
26th Aug 2016 2:35 pm
adam
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Cheers - he was 19 last week so still some planning to do - all thoughts welcome - initial thoughts are Chicago and then west - just seems the right way to do it?
26th Aug 2016 2:37 pm
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Driven there a lot over many years, and I think the standard of driving in the US is at an all time low at present.
