BrakingBad

Congrats and welcome home. Thanks for sharing the tale of your journey and all of the terrific pictures. I nearly bought a Nordic Gold C4S a few months ago but the PPI didn't check out. Your pictures make me wish it did. I'm only about an hour from Columbia SC, you have got to tell me where those last few pictures were taken!

Volnomad

BrakingBad, the photos were taken in the same block in downtown Cola in the block bounded by Marion and Taylor Streets. I'm really liking the Nordic Gold paint. The interior of my Murano Green C2S was special, but I think I like the Nordic Gold better.

Targa Tim

amazing trip and pictures.

myw

great photos and locations. remember a ghetto temp solution that ive used with no ipod connection is just any basic fm transmitter. while not the best quality, its still better then not having access to your favorite tunes during a long trip!.

thank you for sharing these!

Volnomad

Thanks for reading the story of our trip. Obviously, it's an abridged version, in part because the rain kept us from taking many photos the last three days. I'm going to post an Epilogue with lessons learned in a separate thread today.

ECS Tuning

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the rest of your thread. Thank you again for taking the time to post everything. I know when I did my Cross Country trip I ended up going to the DMV before hand and got a 15 day extension, just glad you didn't get ticket.

Minok

Yep.. when I plan to drive some where in my Targa I always call the hotel(s) ahead of time and find out if they have self parking on site. Valet is a non-starter... and I'd have changed hotels if I could.. but Seattle.. its weird that way, with parking.. or rather the lack of. And the valets.. all they would do was drive your car to a similarly situated parking garage and park in the valet only slots.

And as you noted on I-5 to Porland.. something about the pacific northwest.. the love dropping things from vehicles. Never have I heard about so many big things hitting cars. Kent, just south of Seattle, had a huge chunk of road debris (some steel bit that fell off of a truck) puncture the battery floorboards of a Tesla that caused it to burn up by the roadside. Its tricky up here.

Having been through Texas many times, I'd avoid it as a drive.. because I'd been there and done that boredom. Nothing from Dallas to El Paso really. On my drive up from Baton Rouge to Seattle, we went Dallas - Colorado Springs - Yellowstone - Bozeman, MT, Spokane, Seattle. Better views.

Now I'm thinking maybe I will drive to Kentucky from Seattle (and back) for a trip to visit my folks in the spring.

sandwedge

Southwest Florida can't be far behind. Worst so far was a 10' aluminum stepladder in the center lane of northbound I 75 just south of Tampa about a year ago.

norion00

Excellent write up! Now my hunt for a P car cross nation is justified!

One thing I am curious is how you can keep the car so clean after so many days on the road?

Volnomad

Norion, it really was not very clean. Nordic Gold just hides the dirt very well in photos. I did run it through a touchless car wash in Midland TX. It didn't do much to help though, as much of the crud was just glued to the car.

Comanche_699

Love this story - Love the Targa 4s. Love the color. Love The Dandy Warhols.

You roared right by my house, and by way of the sun, SC David's too - sorry to have missed you, but glad to see you three (wife, whip, and you) had a great time when you came through.

It's a wonder you didn't pass David in his white 4s when you were in the Big Sur area.

Good times.

- Dan