Luis de Prat

Guys,

I'm still not sure I'm going to do this, but it's looking like I'll be selling my S2 cabrio to a buyer in Denver, Colorado.

Yes, my car is presently 2,100 miles away, in South Florida. I'm taking it in for a prepurchase inspection tomorrow and depending on whether the buyer confirms their offer afterwards, it's pretty likely that I'll accept it and sell them the car.

The catch is that I'm taking it all the way to Denver myself. Ha. I always find excuses to drive my cars as it is, so here's a real excuse: $14,500.

In any case, if I don't sell the car, I'm still driving it a considerable distance to Newark, where it will ship to Europe and become a "family car" for my parents. I wonder how many guys give their parents a Porsche <img src="graemlins/r.gif" border="0" alt="[king]" />

Looking at the map, on the interstate system I come up with the following routes:

A) Orlando-Atlanta-Chattanooga-Nashville-St. Louis-Kansas City-Denver

B) Orlando-Tallahassee-Mobile-New Orleans-Shreveport-Dallas-Oklahoma City-Salina,(KS)-Denver

C) If I don't sell, I'll take the standard straight shot north on I-95: Jacksonville-Savannah-SC-Raleigh-Richmond-DC-Baltimore-Newark.

I plan on heading out around 3 or 4 pm tomorrow (11/21). If anyone cares to meet up along either way or cruise together a few miles to get me through your area you can call E-mail me at ldep@earthlink.net or call my cell 1-(787)-501-6476, but bear in mind that I won't know which way I'm headed until the buyer confirms after the inspection.

Any recommendations? Suggested layover points?

TIA

Peckster

mapquest.com

Luis de Prat

Hey, thanks.

Unfortunately, mapquest doesn't tell me where other Rennlist folks are, which is also why I'm asking here.

mouse

I'm in Denver, so if you don't end up selling it you can give her to me and fly back

SidViscous

Well the route I was going to tell you would have been longer and different than the ones you came up with. Thinking driving experience would be the motivator.

However........

&gt;&gt;Orlando-Atlanta-Chattanooga-Nashville-St. Louis-Kansas City-Denver&lt;&lt;

Gives you a real opportunity.

Nashville, St Louis, Kansas City give you the three battling champions of BBQ. there won't be a better tasting route around.

Takes you through some pretty countryside too.

If you go straight north from Atlanta and run up the smokey Mountains you'll get a helluva ride, then if you turn left you can stop over at Dollywood before heading to Nashville. Out of the way, but some beautiful Mountains.

Well the Smokey mountains are beautiful too....

<a href="http://www.dollywood.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dollywood.com/</a>

Enzo's Nightmare

If you go through St. Louis, let me know. We'll get together and I'll buy you a few beers.

Luis de Prat

Thanks for the responses. I guess the northwestern route will be the one to take. I was just concerned about the colder weather.

I'd better get some rest now... <img src="graemlins/wave.gif" border="0" alt="[byebye]" />

Dave

If you come this way, I'm 15-20 miles west of Newark.

fpena944

Luis,

I've traveled that route many times and found that the choice "A" is best. Since the highways are pretty well maintained, even in bad weather they are for the most part passable.

Once you get into Kansas however the weather can change by the minute!

OC Porsche

This is what street atlas came up with as the fastest.



Dist Turn Road Near Exit Time Total
&lt;Start&gt; - Miami, FL
Start (W) Brickell Key Dr 00:00
0.1 Bear left (W) Se 8Th St 00:00 0.1
0.3 Turn right (N) US 1 (US 41|SR 5|Brickell Ave) Miami FL 00:01 0.3
0.1 Turn left (W) US 41 (SE 7th St) Miami FL 00:01 0.4
0.2 Turn right (N) S Miami Ave Miami FL 00:01 0.6
0.4 Turn left (NW) Ramp to I-95 N Miami FL 00:02 0.9
0.6 Go straight (N) I-95 N Miami FL 00:03 1.5
10.0 Bear left (N) Ramp to Floridas Tpke I-95 Exit 17 (Reaccess Northbound Only. ) 00:15 11.4
0.8 Turn left (NW) Floridas Tpke 00:17 12.2
265 Bear right (NW) Ramp to I-75 N (Scenic) 05:09 277.2
0.6 Bear right (N) I-75 N (Scenic) 05:10 277.7
&lt;Stop&gt; - Fuel Stop 1 (00:00) 06:48 374.2
96 Bear left (NW) I-75 N 06:48 374.2
11.2 Bear right (N) Ramp to I-10 W (SR 8) I-75 Exit 83 07:00 385.4
0.5 Bear left (W) I-10 W (SR 8) 07:01 385.8
&lt;Stop&gt; - End Of Day 1 08:00 445.2
59 Turn left (W) I-10 W (SR 8) 00:00 445.2
&lt;Stop&gt; - Fuel Stop 2 (00:00) 05:14 748.7
304 Turn left (W) I-10 W 05:14 748.7
84 Go straight (SW) Ramp to US 190 (Gause Blvd) I-10 Exit 266 Mile 266 06:45 832.8
0.3 Turn left (E) US 190 (Gause Blvd) 06:46 833.1
0.2 Turn left (N) Ramp to I-10 E 06:46 833.3
0.3 Go straight (N) I-10 E 06:47 833.5
1.2 Go straight (NW) Ramp to I-12 W I-10 Exit 267B 06:48 834.7
0.7 Bear right (W) I-12 W 06:50 835.3
&lt;Stop&gt; - End Of Day 2 07:57 900.6
65 Turn left (W) I-12 W 00:00 900.6
19.5 Bear right (W) Ramp to I-10 W I-12 Exit 1A 00:23 920.0
0.7 Bear right (W) I-10 W 00:25 920.6
56 Turn right (NW) Ramp to I-49 N (US 167) I-10 Exit 103AB Mile 103 01:24 976.7
0.4 Bear right (NW) I-49 N (US 167) 01:24 977.0
&lt;Stop&gt; - Fuel Stop 3 (00:00) 03:55 1120.3
143 Turn left (NW) I-49 N 03:55 1120.3
57 Go straight (N) Ramp to Inner Loop Expy (SR 3132) I-49 Exit 201 04:52 1177.6
1.2 Go straight (NW) Inner Loop Expy (SR 3132) 04:55 1178.8
7.0 Go straight (W) Ramp to I-20 Shreveport Regional Arpt LA SR 3132 Exit 1 05:03 1185.7
0.8 Go straight (W) I-20 05:05 1186.5
11.4 Go straight (W) I-20 W State Border 05:17 1197.9
137 Go straight (NW) Ramp to SR 557 (Loop 557|Spur 557) I-20 Exit 499A Mile 499 (Reaccess Eastbound Only. Westbound. ) 07:35 1334.8
0.2 Go straight (NW) SR 557 (Loop 557|Spur 557) 07:36 1335.0
3.0 Go straight (W) US 80 07:39 1337.9
16.5 Go straight (NW) Ramp to I-635 N (Lyndon B Johnson Fwy) 07:56 1354.3
0.4 Go straight (N) I-635 N (Lyndon B Johnson Fwy) 07:57 1354.6
&lt;Stop&gt; - End Of Day 3 07:58 1355.2
0.6 Go straight (NW) I-635 N (Lyndon B Johnson Fwy) 00:00 1355.2
20 Bear right (W) Ramp to SR 354 (Harry Hines Blvd) 00:24 1375.3
0.2 Turn right (N) SR 354 (Harry Hines Blvd) 00:24 1375.4
0.3 Bear right (N) N Stemmons Fwy Farmers Branch TX 00:25 1375.7
0.2 Bear left (N) Ramp to I-35 E (I-35 N|US 77) Farmers Branch TX 00:25 1375.8
0.5 Go straight (N) I-35 E (I-35 N|US 77) Farmers Branch TX 00:26 1376.3
27 Go straight (N) I-35 N (I-35 E) 00:57 1402.8
&lt;Stop&gt; - Fuel Stop 4 (00:00) 02:31 1493.3
91 Bear left (N) I-35 N 02:31 1493.3
73 Bear right (NE) Ramp to I-35 N (I-40 E|US 62|US 270) I-35 Exit 126 Mile 126 03:47 1566.7
0.3 Bear right (N) I-35 N (I-40 E|US 62|US 270) 03:47 1566.9
151 Bear right (N) Ramp to I-135 N Midland Park KS I-35 Exit 42 Mile 42 (Toll. ) 06:19 1718.2
0.5 Go straight (N) I-135 N 06:21 1718.7
&lt;Stop&gt; - End Of Day 4 08:00 1812.4
94 Go straight (N) I-135 N (US 81) 00:00 1812.4
2.3 Turn right (SE) Ramp to I-70 W (US 40) I-135 Exit 95B 00:02 1814.6
0.3 Bear right (W) I-70 W (US 40) 00:02 1814.8
&lt;Stop&gt; - Fuel Stop 5 (00:00) 00:53 1866.2
51 Turn left (W) I-70 W (US 40) 00:53 1866.2
359 Go straight (W) I-70 E (US 36) 06:59 2225.0
0.6 Go straight (W) I-70 W (US 36) 07:00 2225.6
0.5 Go straight (W) I-70 E (US 36) 07:00 2226.1
0.6 Bear right (W) I-70 W (US 36) I-70 Exit 288 07:01 2226.6
9.7 Bear right (W) Ramp to Quebec St I-70 Exit 278 Mile 278 07:11 2236.2
0.2 Turn left (S) Quebec St 07:12 2236.4
0.1 Go straight (S) SR 35 (Quebec St) 07:12 2236.4
1.2 Turn right (W) Martin Luther King Blvd 07:15 2237.6
0.8 Turn right (N) Birch St 07:17 2238.3
0.1 Finish Birch St 07:17 2238.4
&lt;Finish&gt; - Denver, CO