Roadtrip CA to CO, Who's out there? The Lone Player Run

Check out Ferrari of Denver when you're in the area.

 

If I was still living out in the santa cruz mountains .. I would do the drive with you.. unfortunately now I live about 2000 feet from rolands house!

 

I think that if you design something graphically you can can go to a shop that does vinyl lettering, etc and they can make what ever you want on a laser vinyl cutting machine-thingy. When I lived in Sydney I used a place for my rally car to make up the names for my co-driver and myself and its dead easy and wasn't expensive, either. One year we had beer signage all over the car that my buddy's company made up custom to fit the car, again in vinyl stick on.

I'm sure there are some artistic design-types out in F-chat land that could photochop some graphics on to your car that you could then scale up to 1:1. Post a side view of your car with request and see if there are any takers!!!

Cheers
Kevin

 

Where is Roland's ranch? Some of the best parts of US 50 are through Colorado. I-70 gets to be a bore with a lot of troopers.

Plus, take care if you plan on driving US 50 at night. You will see a lot of game crossing the road. Typical average is a Jackrabbit every 15 minutes or so. Coyote about every half hour, and a mule deer about every hour!

 

Keep an Eye in the Sky outside of Reno! I was busted by a bird (State Trooper) last year heading to Salt Lake!

PD

 

Ewwww, yes, Nevada HP has the Bee 3 radar unit too. It boasts POP speed readings. What that means is, radar detectors that do not have this feature will remain silent while the cop already has you clocked. What happened? The unit is designed to take speed readings faster than a radar detector can sniff out the signal. Radar detectors indicating the POP feature were upgraded since the release of the Bee 3.

V1 site shoots down the Bee 3 POP performance, but searching V1's site, nowhere does it say that the V1 even has it available as a feature. It's not boasted as one of the features to sniff out POP.

 

BTW, Why don't you hit I-80 and do a straight shot to the ranch? You could make good time.

PD

 

50 is a great stretch, just watch out for the "good ol boys" (NHP) in the middle of NV. They will usually let you go if youre under 100MPH w/ an EPA "wasting gas ticket"...it's $15 and no points on your license. Have fun!

 

Get a Valentine 1 and roll out.

 

Give me a chance to pull my maps. I did a drive once from Park City to Steamboat and then over to Boulder. Fanastic drive. I can't imagine doing it in a Ferrari.

Later

 

I 40 was fine with us until an industrial accident closed it east of Las Vegas!

Have fun and tell Roland we are sorry not to make it!

We'll catch up in New Orleans!

 

Vincent, are you actually driving through Salt Lake? Do you have no navigator yet? Can I get a flight on this short order? Can you make a detour?
Somebody freeking help me!!!

 

vincent: Back in the olden days[two days ago] when I was going to meet you I meant to suggest highway 40 thru colorado, I did it years ago and loved it. Stay at Estes Park in the famous hotel there and make the morning run to Rolands. I am really sorry I cant make it, I have been planning it for months. Send me your mobile and I will call you. Have a great time.Malcolm
And dont listen to Dale.....

 

Vincent-

Dunno how quickly you'll be in Colorado... but you if you roll into (or around) Denver/Boulder by Thursday or Friday- I'll get you out to some of the hotspots in LoDo, Cherry Creek and/or Boulder.

Nick

 

I40 just before winter park has a route that goes thru rocky mountain national park (an incredible road), that dumps out in estes park just below fort collins.

 

Whut's the matter Malcomb? Too much vino in SD now-a-days?

Okay, here's the drive I did:

1. Take US 40 to Dinosaur. If you are up for this type of thing, there is a really cool campground somewhere around Dinosaur that is on the White River. Watching the Moon rise is a hoot.

2. Take US 40 to Steamboat. Views so-so. Steamboat is great!

3. Pass Steamboat on US 40, you will hit CO 14. Take this road all the way to Ft. Collins. It is wild. You'll end up in a very high valley that I'm gonna guess is about 10,000 foot high. There are actually some folks living up there, so you can find gas and food. HW, I wouldn't doubt that these folks have ever seen a Ferrari up. It was very green and lush when I drove through, with ball lightening rolling down the mountains. Farm out, man.

Caution, if you take 34 and go through the RMNP, budget a lot of time. Them RVs don't move very fast.

Dr "Rocky Mtn High" Tax

 

Howdy Vincent, To bad that you lost our Buddy Malcolm...I would have ned a lots of oil !!!
If you come down 40 from Steamboat, go down (past Walden) to hwy 14 to Fort Collins.U=Incredible canyon road ending 4 miles from my place.
Let me know if this what you plan to do and I'll giive direction to the ranch.
Happy trails
Roland
F40LM