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First 9-5 road trip
Posted by Greg W (more from Greg W) on Fri, 4 Jul 2003 18:43:10
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Just got back from a week-long driving trip in my '03 9-5 Arc, 1,500 miles from SF Bay Area to Orange County to Palm Springs to Mamoth Lakes through Tioga Pass in Yosemite and home. I'm a believer! I-5 south at 85 mph cruise control, LA stop-slow-stop-go traffic, Irvine/Dana Point/Newport Beach tripping, highway 74 twisties into Palm Springs (106F!), more 85 cruising up 395 past Whitney and Death Valley (still 100F!) to Mammoth, up to Tioga Pass (a long putt short of 10k elevation), sedate cruise through Toulumne Meadows in Yosemite, back home. All this loaded with wife, kids (a pair), golf clubs, way too many clothes (5 bags), snacks, portable DVD (for the kids), books, Gameboy, and some 5' long iron garden art (Kokopelli, etc) purchased from a local artisan. All this fit incredibly comfortably in my 9-5. 1,500 miles with wife, 5-year-old, and 10-year-old content? This is one fantastic road machine!
Nits? Only 1: needs a second "real" cupholder in front.
Desires? 2: CD changer (conflicts with my golf clubs, but I'm tired of hearing Coldplay 3 times in a row while wife's napping), twin HO turbos (played a bit in a friend's Viper in Laguna and kinda got an itch).
Thanks for letting me ramble about what a fantastic road trip sled the 9-5 is!
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