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Horrible Idea Opel GT Forums Time Line tldr; Congratz!!!! I got way more wrapped up in this than made any sense. I donʹt even own an Opel yet and there I was at work this morning hitting refresh every 5m. Our friends in the forums suggested this, and after rereading it all I was really touched, plus all along the route I never how closely people were following us, cheering for us. So here it is, with their permission and real names replacing Internet handles when allowed, is that version of the story. 07‐12‐2017, Mike Meier Horrible Idea. A Cannonball Run in the Tinyvette. Lemons class, Lemons spec, Lemons fame and fortune, meaning none of either. Iʹd need a co‐pilot. Weʹd drive night and day, eat while we drive, maybe pee while we drive, too. Iʹd have to install a passenger seat and Iʹd want to modify the fuel tank to get us another 10 gallons or so, something Iʹm planning to do anyway. Weʹd each have cooled seats, but no windows other than the windshield. Our goal would be to beat Christoph Strasserʹs time of eight days, nine hours and 34 minutes, which he did on a bicycle. Horrible idea. I donʹt know why, but I must do this. 07‐12‐2017, GTRoy Mike, I was more up to something like this 30 years ago, but then I was working 5 out of 7. Youʹre not an astronaut, pee at fuel stops! Well thatʹs what I do on 69 long trips. My quickest cross‐country driving alone was Roanoke Va to Concord CA in 72 hours. That was when speed limits were 55, and I stopped for dinner with friends in OKC. For rest I napped in the car for a few hours at night. I am headed out before end of July for a 10,000 ‐ 12,000 road trip, but I will sleep in a bed most nights, could be light training for Cannonball Run. Ha Ha What are start and finish points ? When will you do it ? I wonʹt ask Why? 07‐12‐2017, kwschumm The Tinyvette sort of sticks out in traffic (understatement obviously), good luck with smoky! 07‐12‐2017, clayc I’ve heard worse ideas. In all honesty, I would do this. Sounds like an experience you would NEVER forget. In fact, when my GT is finished, I mean ready, I plan to take a long trip in it, staying in hotels though, and yes, peeing at stops. So, go for it. You can do it. All the cool kids are doing it. LOL 07‐12‐2017, Mike Meier I might be sick, and I know doing this is the cure. I figure ship the car to Gordonʹs or some place clos‐ish to NYC. Leave NYC at dawn to see if I can beat traffic. Give me a week to get to LA, or wherever the destination is supposed to be. Hotel costs, minimal to none. Food, about average. Fuel, at 30 mpg, 3,000 miles, $4 per gallon, round numbers, thatʹs 100 gallons, $400. Seems low. Anyway, itʹs affordable. Shipping the car, air fare, etc will add to the cost. I wonder if I could live stream this? I should check with the 70 RaceCast.me folks. I might make a few mods to improve gas mileage, like fully inflated tires, Weber 32/36 instead of DCOEs, might consider putting the side and rear windows back in. With a 20 gallon tank we should be able to go for 600 miles between stops, not having to refuels more than twice a day. The big question, how to sleep in a moving Opel GT that has a roll cage? 07‐12‐2017, Mike Meier The route begins at the Red Ball Garage on East 31st Street in New York City, usually after midnight, and ends at the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, California. Those were the only rules. Other than the start and finish, there is no official route. 07‐12‐2017, Autoholic Hey Mike, Are you aware of the 32 Hours and & 7 Minutes documentary? It follows a rather well known Gumballer in a rather well known BMW, who ended up doing this run. He also wrote a book about it. The guyʹs name is Alex Roy. If you really want to do this, I would suggest you reach out to him for some tips. He even had a spotter plane for a good deal of the trip. Dude was all in. His book The Driver is a really good read, if you shoot me a PM with your email I can send you a PDF of it, if I can dig it up. Part of me, is crazy enough to want to do this. Then the sane part of me tells me this a good way to wind up behind bars. Are you planning on staying around the speed limit or are you playing by the donʹt ask, donʹt tell rule? A yellow Opel GT, that is about as noticeable as a yellow Ferrari or Lamborghini. Speeding could be bad if people call in. I can hear the calls to 911 now... ʺYes operator, Iʹd like to report a yellow Corvette doing 120 down I‐50.ʺ and then the completely ignorant calls... ʺHey, I jusʹ saw a yellow Ferrari doing a buck 50 out here by Innerstate 40ʺ. Oh, I would recommend not live streaming this. The possible legalities behind that one, kinda scares me. Iʹd release the footage after the fact, the last thing you want to do is broadcast this to the 71 whole world for every cop that pays attention to social media, to pick up on. And possibly hone in on, making any counter measures ineffective if they were watching right before hitting the lights. Live streaming this, would make Drive Tribe, Facebook, Twitter, Speedhunters, Speed Society and Jalopnik to name a few. With that said, if you really want to live stream this, I would bet Speedhunters or Speed Society would foot any bills for sponsorship rights. On the road, around the clock, you can do over 1,000 miles in 24 hours without excessive speeding (like maybe 5 over). Iʹve done New Mexico to Minnesota non‐stop with a co‐driver, took us about 22‐23 hours to go from Albuquerque to Minneapolis. This is with stops for fuel, restrooms, and food. I donʹt see why the Cannonball canʹt be done in under 3 days. Sleeping in a race car... that might be hard to pull off. Passenger seat would need to recline. And it would need side windows. No way are you going to get any sort of meaningful sleep with 50+ MPH wind in your face. Only other option would be to stop to sleep, so hammocks somewhere. 07‐12‐2017, First opel 1981 47 hours in a 73 Pinto, including having to stop for about 6 hours to get a new battery in Ogden Utah. The route was Portland Oregon to Springfield Ohio. 2400 miles. My girlfriend drove for about an hour. I drove the rest. I donʹt know if I ever stopped to pee. I did slow down a little to hang my socks out the window because the heat from the floorboard baked my feet and made a HORRIBLE stink. LOL Didnʹt have a speedo in the Pinto. I managed to get the speedo to work for about 10 seconds and it read over 80. We figured that was about the average speed. EIGHT DAYS?!!! Piece of cake. (yes, I know youʹd do it in two) BTW, night time in the plains, no popo. Anywhere from Iowa to Salt Lake, if itʹs dark, just watch out for deer and rabbits. I think you could probably do 100 in Wyoming, even during the day. 07‐12‐2017, Mike Meier Iʹd keep it within 5‐10 mph of the speed limit and/or go with the flow of traffic. If I fall in with a bunch of trucks doing 90, that works for me, too. But 100 or above for long periods of time, probably not. 72 Iʹll have my Valentine‐1 with me, and maybe a CB radio. Sleep will be a problem. Iʹve had three experience with sleep‐driving in the past few years. Itʹs not a matter of your eyes closing and nodding off. Instead, eyes wide open and seeing everything, but the part of the brain in charge has checked out and isnʹt involved in the driving anymore. Itʹs weird, and insidious. You do all you can to stay alert but any random thought that enters your brain becomes a dream that drags the command center off with it. I also know, from our 24 hour races, plus all‐nighters getting ready for a race, that just an hour or so of sleep can make a big difference, so I wouldnʹt be against pulling over and napping next to the car for an hour or so. I know about the movie. I have to find it and watch it. The book would be interesting, too. 07‐12‐2017, Autoholic Quote: CB radio... This would be a good idea. Could talk to truckers about what is up with road conditions. Not a must have though. Quote: sleep‐driving... You do all you can to stay alert but any random thought that enters your brain becomes a dream that drags the command center off with it. Yep, this can be kinda scary. I used to drive from Albuquerque to Socorro a lot, back when I was going to school at NMT.
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