1800 miles in a small car sucks

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario) 05/05/2014 at 22:41 • Filed to: None

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So we are moving from Tucson, AZ to Milwaukee, WI and the wifey has a ton of shit she doesn't trust the movers with that I get the honor of finding a way to pack into our fucking Toyota Matrix. I normally love car trips and driving in general, even on long boring stretches of road...it's kind of like meditation for me...I'll turn off the music and just drive and think for hours...but I generally like to be comfortable and you know not in a Matrix.

I then get the joy of driving this overloaded, can't see out of the back, can't move the seats back nor even recline them in the slightest, piece'o'crap 1800 miles from Tucson to Milwaukee. The car is small and cramped, the seats suck, there's no leg room, and it's not very fun to drive (especially with and extra 600lbs of stuff behind us). So by about 1000 miles into the trip my back hurts, my legs are sore, and I just want to be done...plus the last 800 miles are so scenic through fucking Nebraska. If I could wipe Nebraska off the map and have Colorado but up against Iowa, I would, and road trips to the Rockies would be a piece of cake and awesome, but noooo...we have to drive through Nebraska which seems to take like 16 fucking hours (sorry Huskers, but your state is really freaking boring to drive through and is way too freaking long).

So enough of my rant...but next time I take a road trip across the country it will be in a large diesel crew or extended cab pickup (screw you they are the best road trip vehicle period) or some luxo-sports sedan (BMW M5 FTW...I wish)

Here's an M5 destroying its tires for having wasted your time

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/05/2014 at 22:50

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I've taken a road trip in an '08 F150 from Michigan to Florida and back, while towing two stand up jetski's, I will agree that trucks make a good roadtrip vehicle.

My SHO, that's a car I've been really wanting to take on a road trip, it's just one of those cars that's built to eat up highway miles. Any of the new Taurii really.

I don't think I've ever taken a road trip in a shitty-roadtrip-car. I once was invited on a trip to Florida, I said OK, until heard I would be sitting in the back of a Cobalt for much of the way. I can't even sit up straight in the back of that thing.

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/05/2014 at 23:20

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I've done 450 miles in a day in a '97 Corolla. Was not a fan of that.

Cajun Ginger > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/05/2014 at 23:40

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Welcome to Wisconsin. The weather sucks here and the salt eats cars.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Cajun Ginger 05/06/2014 at 09:08

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Haha yea i know. I grew up here, but thanks

ILLec > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 05/06/2014 at 10:18

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OMG, the drive through Nebraska is the worst! That is unless you like staring at grass. The southern route isn't much better though just replace grass with desert. Ive done that drive a few times(Chicago-Phoenix and back a few times for college).

Vimto > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/10/2014 at 22:53

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Would you like to borrow my Marquis, winner of the 'most comfortable roadtripper' award for the past 30 years? (there's over 300 lbs in the backseat/trunk, tow hitch, and full tank of gas)