1 2 3 4
Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/23/19 6:34 a.m.

Laying in a suite in the best western gateway grand.  I win, you nelsons are so slow

wheels777
wheels777 SuperDork
10/23/19 7:12 a.m.
Patrick said:

Laying in a suite in the best western gateway grand.  I win, you nelsons are so slow

See you at the starting line. We'll be happy to show you slow. 

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Director of Marketing & Digital Assets
10/23/19 7:17 a.m.

Cones are in! Can't wait for the Challenge! 

Robbie
Robbie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/23/19 9:29 a.m.

We hit the road about 1.5 hours ago!

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/23/19 9:38 a.m.

In reply to wheels777 :

I've got a 20 year old Mercedes that I haven't even seen really yet beyond drive into trailer.  I'm pretty sure I know what slow is.  Let me have this one.

wheels777
wheels777 SuperDork
10/23/19 10:20 a.m.
Patrick said:

In reply to wheels777 :

I've got a 20 year old Mercedes that I haven't even seen really yet beyond drive into trailer.  I'm pretty sure I know what slow is.  Let me have this one.

You .... called us out. 

bobzilla
bobzilla MegaDork
10/23/19 10:25 a.m.
Patrick said:

In reply to wheels777 :

I've got a 20 year old Mercedes that I haven't even seen really yet beyond drive into trailer.  I'm pretty sure I know what slow is.  Let me have this one.

I'm driving a 16 year old Hyundai down. Y'all ain't got nothing on this. 

EDIT: also, 35 more minutes of work, then dropping the girls off at the folks (dogs at my parents) and off to bed. 

eastsideTim
eastsideTim UberDork
10/23/19 10:55 a.m.

Stopped at Norris Lake to stretch my legs.  

Onward to Macon tonight.

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/23/19 12:33 p.m.

In reply to wheels777 :

 

I beat you to the hotel this year and i beat you both in 2017, i have nothing left to prove to anyone laugh

 

Fladiver64
Fladiver64 Reader
10/23/19 12:35 p.m.

We are headed out a soon as everyone is out of school tomorrow. Should be there late afternoon.

AAZCD
AAZCD HalfDork
10/23/19 2:16 p.m.

Across the Mississippi around noon.

Heading towards Mobile, AL now, then across the pan handle.

mazdeuce - Seth
mazdeuce - Seth Mod Squad
10/23/19 5:23 p.m.

Keep posting pictures! In a different world I'd be sitting down to dinner at the Hotel right about now. 

Andy Neuman
Andy Neuman SuperDork
10/23/19 5:37 p.m.

CAM class is ready to go

gumby
gumby GRM+ Memberand Reader
10/23/19 5:39 p.m.
bobzilla said: I'm driving a 16 year old Hyundai down. Y'all ain't got nothing on this

Really?? Try a 30yo Ford with a Yamaha engine.

Robbie
Robbie GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/23/19 5:50 p.m.

The view toward Nashville:

Pete Gossett
Pete Gossett GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/23/19 5:57 p.m.

I just picked up my ride for tomorrow, a 2019 Corolla. So far it seems pretty meh overall, though it was quick & intuitive to pair my phone(after deleting the previous 5 that were still in it), and I’ve already discovered it doesn’t like my driving...

Coming home across town through 5pm traffic, I discovered that if I get too close to the car in front of me at a high enough closing speed(to squeeze through a gap in traffic), it beeps at me & displays “BRAKE!” on the dash. Should be a fun drive tomorrow. 

AWSX1686
AWSX1686 GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/23/19 6:04 p.m.

~2.5 hours from the hotel!

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
10/23/19 6:54 p.m.

It's a long story... 

At 8:30 am I left home in my Prius and picked up Mr Dead Sled. 

At Noon or about 200 miles later we were out of Ohio and just entering West Virginia. 

It is now nearing 8:30 pm and I am just 100 miles from home but I have changed the oil on the 8.1L engine in this... 

#becauseGRM

 

Edit:

I just discovered that the whole story leading to this has already been written... 

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/2000-challenge/canton-oh-challenge-team-needs-driver-assistance-to-get-to-fl/160337/page1/

Dusterbd13-michael
Dusterbd13-michael MegaDork
10/23/19 7:01 p.m.

Well, we decided to leave tonight. See yall about 4am....

 

Dont wake us up. Please. Well be poolside by lunch or so.

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
10/23/19 7:13 p.m.

I'm leaving whenever I get my ass out of bed and load the cooler. I stopped at the liquor store. I have the gins and the tonics. 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ PowerDork
10/23/19 7:24 p.m.

In reply to AWSX1686 :

I definitely saw you guys on the road today!

See everyone else late morning tomorrow, I made a brief detour for some camping.

TheV8Kid
TheV8Kid HalfDork
10/23/19 7:58 p.m.

Had some fun in Georgia

Good thing we carry spares. We just pulled in at the Hotel in Gainesville.

wheels777
wheels777 SuperDork
10/23/19 8:00 p.m.

We made it to our home away from home.
 

Major/minor breakdown in Georgia. Wheel bearing death. Spare in the trailer save.  Yaaaaa!!!!

maschinenbau
maschinenbau GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/23/19 8:24 p.m.

Leaving Atlanta tomorrow at noon. Should be at the hotel around beer:30

wvumtnbkr
wvumtnbkr GRM+ Memberand UberDork
10/23/19 8:27 p.m.
Dusterbd13-michael said:

Well, we decided to leave tonight. See yall about 4am....

 

Dont wake us up. Please. Well be poolside by lunch or so.

If you need a spare engine or trans in South Carolina, there is 1 sitting in my garage....

1 2 3 4

You'll need to log in to post.

Our Preferred Partners
3J4T8h7XeH9DoiJcQvyQBDKaJXAAUO9vsu5LGPGhAgke9gPI0XNyhf842CHQtHJa