Robert Hall

Makes sense... my last similar trip should have taken 4 to 4.9 hrs door to door (Phoenix to OC Airport (John Wayne)) but with the chaos at the rental car counter (took an hour from the time the plane landed until I left the rental garage) plus getting lost, and ultimately taking a very long and slow(but beautiful) route to Dana Point/Capistrano Beach it took almost 6 hrs all in..I could driven from Phoenix to there probably in 8 hrs, but that would involved driving across some hideous, hot desert Alas, I doubt if a high speed rail line will be built from Phoenix to So Cal anytime soon.

I was thinking 500 ( or 400 for that matter) since Phoenix to LA is about 400 miles... 45 min to 1 hr flight "wheels up" to "wheels down" Add: 30 minutes runway taxiing total 1.5 hours at check in, security, and boarding (I'm being charitable here) 30 minutes rental car shuttle + pickup 20 minutes getting from home to Sky Harbor 60 minutes getting from LAX to Santa Monica(again being charitable) Now 800 miles is Phoenix to Oakland/SF area..which I'm flying on Friday..

From what I've heard/read is that a lot of the push for rail is coming from companies that want to move more freight via rails than by trucks and by the green lobbies..i.e. rail is cleaner than air travel and trucks for freight..

I'd say more than 500 miles and air is more time efficient, but that's a small detail.

110 mph isn't 'high speed rail', though. Modern high speed rail outside the US is 250+ mph in places..

It would be nice having high speed rail between Phoenix and Las Vegas, San Diego, LA, etc. But with AZ's red state nature, I doubt it will ever happen. They hate spending money on anything. Though I can see increased rail usage being beneficial in the more compact East Coast and Midwest regions. The interior West and Southwest is so spread out, it's hard to see it being more practical than air travel.

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Interesting. Looks like a brand new 21 yr old truck..wonder what the story is.

Cool..were you out there on vacation? I miss Colorado..got to go back for a long weekend soon.

Hmmm...typos. I-76 runs north/north east of Denver up to Nebraska and I-80. Not south of Denver. Probably heading down to I-70 and out to the mountains for high altitude testing, or down to Colorado Springs to drive up and down Pikes Peak to test brakes.

Maybe....sushi...is made of.. old people!!!!!

I like rail, having ridden trains extensively in Europe and in the Chicago area. But beyond a certain distance, rail isn't competitive with air travel within the US in many areas. For example, when I want to go to the West Coast, I can get a flight for $100-200 round trip that takes less than 2 hrs from Phoenix to San Diego, Orange County, or LA. There isn't even rail service from Phoenix to the West Coast (nearest Amtrak station is 50 miles away, can take a bus there from the city). Even if there was a direct line through Phoenix to LA or SD it would still take a lot longer than a flight. Or when I go to Ohio, I can get there in under 4 hrs by air...it would take days to get there by rail..

I live in a city of 1.5 million in a sprawling metro area of 3.5 million people. Jobs are decentralized and are all over the valley, from downtown to distant suburban office parks. There are buses and light rail, neither get me where I need to go..so I have a commute of 50 miles a day round trip from the city to a suburban office park. A car is the only practical solution for me.

My Mom and brother told me about this restaurant near home. I will have to check it out on my next trip back to Ohio...looks like fun--a lot of automobilia, gas station signs, gas pumps, car dealer signs, some 1:1 cars on display ('68 Biscayne, 56 Chevy 2dr wagon, '62 Biscayne or Bel Air, etc). Hot Rod City

Yeah, probably came from the Buick store near my house..they always have a few 'grandpa' trimmed LaCrosse and Lucernes on the lot..I think they even had a coach-roofed and gold trimmed Enclave a while back.

Saw a Chrysler 300C w/ a mesh aftermarket grille with a big chrome 'Superman' 'S' emblem in the centre of the grille. Wierd. Saw a white '11 Regal w/ a tan coach roof, tinted windows, whitewalls, chrome wheels, gold custom grille w/ chrome cap, gold badging. Ick.

My first car was a FWD diesel 5dr hatchback...but since then, I've only had RWD cars and RWD/4WD SUVs.

That's why old high mileage used cars make bad daily drivers. Old cars will break, break your wallet, let you down. Living w/ an old car as a DD can be a world of pain and misery.

Maybe try and use lots of high temp duct tape to seal the oil pan to the block?

Maybe they have been abducted by aliens.

I wonder if this techology is history w/ the demise of the Viper..haven't read anything about it migrating to their Hemi V8s.

Big Ed probably couldn't take another brutal Michigan winter...missed Texas. Odd timing for such an announcement, though, relative to the upcoming IPO..

Depreciation.

Saw a red Dodge Attitude today...never seen one before. (a rebadged Hyundai Accent from Mexico).

Looks very clean and straight. Any rust?