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Post by HighProtein on Oct 29, 2010 12:49:55 GMT -5
3 Days With The New Ugly Camaro by HP
Long story, minus vital details... I'll be driving my father to a work location of his on Saturday. The drive is from Jacksonville FL to Miami FL 350 miles + 350 miles = 750+ miles Not wanting to put miles on our Jeeps and Jeeps not being the very best to travel that far in less than 24 hours we are renting a car. My initial pick is the car that got me back to Jax from Seattle which is the G6. No one had one in stock... So I rented the ugly as hell Camaro. It has 300 Horse Power though...
The second leg of my journey on Saturday is once I am back in Jacksonville FL, that I will be driving to Orlando FL to see Bad Religion @ House of Blues. That is about 200 more miles.
The rest of my trip is unplanned but bound to continue around state.
Updates soon.
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Post by HighProtein on Oct 29, 2010 15:00:10 GMT -5
Here we go part 1...
We picked it up, the sales guy said it'll be $120 a day, Wrong! The guy on the phone quoted $95 a day for the 3 day weekend. Add on my dad's AARP discount and we're doing fine.
I wanted my dad to drive it back to his house but he wanted to drive my Jeep and run errands.
The vehicle has absolutely horrible blind spots and visibility around it. The vehicle we got is Yellow. I knew that this vehicle would be a distraction once I learned that. The first cd was Ministry's Psalm 69, tweeked the sound settings, adjusted mirrors, seat and then I was off. After going down a back road and some streets to acclimate myself I was off to the highway 0-60+ with a quickness.
While on the highway its quite ez to speed. Going the speed of traffic helps. After exiting the highway I noticed a lot of people hitting on me (or the car). While on the home stretch back to my parent's house I noticed a bubba truck (any truck lifted just high enough to not have good visibility and done without any fucking purpose at all; like driving off-road or leverage to tow something) following me very close behind. I have no reason at all to speed to a red light so I always cruise to them. While taking the next left turn noticed that this bubba female was mouthing off at me. Huh? So I look out the window Up @ her and she was yelling and screaming and gabbing on about something. Apparently since I wasn't going 100mph (had people in front of me anyway) she couldn't handle it. She gestured for me to go around people? So I gestured for her to go off-road. Knowing not to show unsane people where I am going I them diverted her to a main road. Just after taking the next right towards Beach Blvd, she then slammed her bare foot to the floor yelling around me. I gave her an acknowledging casual wave as she gave me the bubbatized middle finger. As she got to the next Red Light she almost hit her next traffic neighbor. Poor bubba woman raising her blood pressure and in a hurry for,,, nothing? I picked up 2 mexican Cokes then made it back to my parents safely.
More story-line to come!
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Post by HighProtein on Oct 29, 2010 23:08:06 GMT -5
UPdate...
Added a few hours of misc. tunes to the IPOD. Leaving before 1am to arrive before 8am.
I forgot to add that it is super-mega-bubba weekend here. AKA Florida VS Georgia weekend. Yes, those who worship fooseball in the south go all out. I could see Green Jelly again in Jax on Halloween or just drive around the state and see where I land...
TBD
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Post by HighProtein on Nov 1, 2010 18:41:48 GMT -5
I ended up leaving around 1am on Saturday, helped my dad with some of his work, cruised south beach, @ one point an SS version of the new Camaro was crusing behind me @ one point. Ended up getting some gas in the hood before leaving back. I was back to late to make it to my concert and was raw tired.
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