Cary/Apex Coffee and Bagels
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Looks like you guys are having a blast at CMP! Wish I could have made it.
Got to Albuquerque tonight on the drive home from Cali. Wife's Xterra will have done every mile of I-40 by this time Monday.
Got to Albuquerque tonight on the drive home from Cali. Wife's Xterra will have done every mile of I-40 by this time Monday.
#3513
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#3514
Do I understand you correctly? You are driving I-40 from Ca. to NC? I assume this was a round trip.....
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#3516
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Actually, yes. Did some coaching this weekend with Scott and then the next session we did some lead-follow and he was killing me on corner exit!!!!! I think the young Padawan is now ready to be advanced to Jedi. Oh yea, he also got signed off to red
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Driving out in the Xterra @ Tahoe
Other end of I 40
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My son and I made the trip accross country on I-40 when he finished college and was stationed out West at Luke AF base.......What amazed me was how the country's terrain changes from state to state....Must say New Mexico at sunset was the most memorable....
#3521
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Personally, I found, CA, AZ, NM and TX to be flat, brown and monotonous. It was so nice when I hit Oklahoma and half way through the state things started getting green again. I was pleasantly surprised by OK and Tennessee.
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#3522
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Notice the trend of flatness from CA, AZ, NM - the next three were taken in TN (approaching Memphis), TN on the way to Knoxville and then across the NC border.... I love greenery sooooo much.
As I said, it would be nice to do the drive with a partner and enjoy the ride and the detours... taking photos of the road became boring, although my favorite was the Route 66 marker in Needles, CA.
I remember that cellphone reception sucked for most places west of eastern OK... being without iPad service for a few days just blew big time. I don't know what people did before 3G service for iPad was invented.
As I said, it would be nice to do the drive with a partner and enjoy the ride and the detours... taking photos of the road became boring, although my favorite was the Route 66 marker in Needles, CA.
I remember that cellphone reception sucked for most places west of eastern OK... being without iPad service for a few days just blew big time. I don't know what people did before 3G service for iPad was invented.
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#3524
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Thanks!
I have to agree, it is a nice looking view and that engine really roars.
I've only seen one M3 identical to mine in the area and the "hood hump" really makes it jump out of the crowd.
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Hey guys,
I lost 1st, 3rd, 5th, & reverse on my shifter on the way to work today they went from super crisp to wet noodle instantly. Posted a full thread over on the 986 section.
Going to check the linkage at my transmission and the plastic bits at the shifter after work tonight. 2nd, 4th, & 6th still crisp and working fine.
What really gets me though, is that I regain 1st gear if I turn the car off & restart it.
Anyone else seen this before?
I lost 1st, 3rd, 5th, & reverse on my shifter on the way to work today they went from super crisp to wet noodle instantly. Posted a full thread over on the 986 section.
Going to check the linkage at my transmission and the plastic bits at the shifter after work tonight. 2nd, 4th, & 6th still crisp and working fine.
What really gets me though, is that I regain 1st gear if I turn the car off & restart it.
Anyone else seen this before?