Re: Caravan - Me. to Hershey on Thurs. - Anyone else? - Saab New England Saab Association Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News - 5/28: SAAB Evolutions/TSN T-Shirts $14 | 5/23: SOC Day Pass Winners Announceed
[General | Members | C900 | 9000 | NG900 & OG93 | 93 | 95 | NG95 | 99 | Sonett | Vintage Models | Clubs | Other Cars | FAQs | Gifts | Member Photo Galleries | Member Directory | Classifieds | Manuals | *Buddy Registry | *Mileage Registry | Polls | What's New | Raffle | Photo of the Month | Sponsors]

New England Saab Association Bulletin Board
[Subscribe to Daily Digest]
(Search Author's Posts: e.g. Keyword:username)*Members Only

[Main New England Saab Association Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Re: Caravan - Me. to Hershey on Thurs. - Anyone else?
Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board
Posted by John delRosario (more from John delRosario) on Tue, 2 Sep 2003 05:54:21 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Re: Caravan - Me. to Hershey on Thurs. - Anyone else?, Todd R., Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:27:00
Alert me when someone posts in this thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

As we learned last year, caravaning can be fun, if not a bit difficult. The problem is the speeds that people want to travel. Some cars want to go..go..go, while others just don't want to travel above 70-75.

If everyone you are traveling with is fine with certain speeds you need to know it in advance.

Case in point.... Last year going to Ohio, the first day was good, we traveled at a good clip of approx 72-75mph. My wife was driving her 900S and doesn't like to push it faster than that, which was fine.

On the second day we linked up with a bunch of guys from Central Penn and set out on a good pace. However by the afternoon with Cincy in our sights we were completely strung out over a 3 or 4 mile line doing up to 85-90mph.

What was worse was the guys up front kept giving Suzanne a lot of shit for holding things up, when it wasn't even her, but another caravanee driving a Turbo CV, who wouldn't keep up. He was dragging at the end of the pack not willing to use the go pedal, especially when we were trying to pass semis.

So by the time we got to the convention we didn't roll in together like we had planned, but all spread out over the countryside.

Since then when we go any distances we try to travel in a 2 or 3 ship configuration, it just makes it easier because we can stay together and keep better pace.


Johnny del

Slow and steady.....Also helps get better gas mileage.


posted by 68.163.111...

Posts in this Thread:
Alert me when someone posts in this thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup

No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.

Name: Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
E-Mail: (Optional)
Re-Enter E-Mail: (Confidential & Secure - Not revealed to other users!)
Note: Please check your spam folder for BB responses.

Subject:

Posting rules are simple - No for sale/wanted ads may be posted here - use the site classifieds.
You may not cross-post your message to multiple BBs.
Not permitted: political/religious topics and being disrespectful (personal attacks, insults, etc...).
 Site Members do not see any red text, inline ad links, bottom of page anchor ads, box ads, or anti-spam check.

Message: (please no for sale/wanted classifieds - post those in the Saabnet.com Classifieds)
Links are now automatically made active, no need for any special code (or use the Option Link field below) - don't put links in () or end with a '.'
To add inline images to your post, use [img]http://www.domain.com/img.jpg[endimg] (or use the Optional Image Link field below).

Links are now automatically made active, no need for any special code (or use the Option Link field below) - don't put links in () or end with a '.'
To add inline images to your post above, use [img]http://www.domain.com/img.jpg[endimg] (or use the Optional Image Link field below).
Optional Link: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/)
Link Title: (Optional)
Optional Photo/Image Link: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/img.jpg)
Photo/Image to Upload: (Please be patient while file uploads)



StateOfNine.com
SaabClub.com
Jak Stoll Performance
M Car Covers
Ad Available

The content on this site may not be republished without permission. Copyright © 1988-2024 - The Saab Network - saabnet.com.
For usage guidelines, see the Mission & Privacy Notice.
[Contact | Site Map | Saabnet.com on Facebook | Saabnet.com on Twitter | Shop Amazon via TSN | Site Donations]

Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right. Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY. Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages. This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP - Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot


Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all the Site Membership Benefits!