[DeTomaso] Road trip to Vegas

Mark McWhinney msm at portata.com
Mon Mar 5 12:40:32 EST 2007


I drove a 1994 Ford Escort car from Scotland to Dover in a day.  
The top speed was 111 MPH.  I have it on video tape.
I do not know what the mileage was but petrol was 65p back then. 


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Phil Lockett
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:14 AM
To: detomaso forum
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Road trip to Vegas

The idea of doing this is sooooo cool!
   
  Because:
   
  I drove south for 3.5 hours yesterday and nearly fell off the bottom of
our island. I have 45 mins in NW direction before I get wet, about 2 hrs NE,
and if I was to go North through Scotland about 8 hrs (and most of that
would be due to the winding roads up there)
   
  I did 400 miles in all yesterday. Due to the weather and roadworks it took
7 hrs 40 mins. This was on a Sunday afternoon and nearly all on our
Motorways. It rained so much that I didn't turn off my wipers all day.
   
  I was driving a 1996 Ford Escort Van 1.8 litre none turbo. With the gates
on the roof, top speed 71mph. 
   
  Pathetic.
   
  Up Side: The van cost £100 and does 55mpg; Yet another down side - It
still cost $90 in diesel.
   
  How long would this 2200 miles take you by Pantera?
   
  Does anyone Stateside want to hire a Water Supply Project Engineer?
   
  Phil <Planning ways of escaping Purgatory - errr, I mean England>

adin at frontier.net wrote:
  Durango to Pahrump 4/25, traveling mostly withing the constraints of 
the motor vehicle code . . .

david in durngo



Quoting Biancoj at aol.com:

> Hi, I'm just doing some advance checking and would like to know if anyone
on
> the east coast is planning on driving to Vegas for the Fun Rally. I am
> desperately trying to finish any work needed to get the car rolling and
that
> means my body work will not be done, but I am contemplating driving 
> to Vegas if I
> can finish a ton of work before then. Any one else as crazy, thinking
about
> going and looking for a caravan, please let me know as it will motivate me
> to finish.
>
> Joe would like to drive and my wife will fly.
> Charleston, SC 2200 miles from Vegas
> 


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