The Ultimate Road Trip

[mdawg4x4]

This would be fun, just maybe a little too long for a Patrol.

http://www.petrolicious.com/datsun-roadster-road-trip

[RiverPatrol]

My butt hurts just thinking about it.

[sleepyzzz]

thanks for the link, now i must go back and read all that sometimes soon.

[Esteban]

I would love to do a journey like that in my Patrol. Basically, I will freshen the fluids and go, but choosing a route from one member to the next, just in case of trouble.

By the way, the photos on the link are beautiful, and the roadster blends itself perfectly in each one.

[mdawg4x4]

I couldn't imagine making a trip that long, in a vehicle that old. Article said he drove clockwise to hit the cold north before winter and put 20,000 miles on it before he got to NY City.
I was wondering about the route on the map broken into to 2 different colors. Maybe the southern route on the map is not as crooked as the north route as he was still in FL when the blog was updated. And the lower portion of the trip has yet to be completed. I also think I would have hit all the lower 48. Looks like the only states missing are KY, AR, MO, OK, and KS.

RP, I have to agree with you. My sciatic nerve doesn't like to ride for more than an hour...in comfortable seats.
Esteban, I think what you said is what he did. He visited many of his Datsun Roadster contacts everywhere he went.

[sleepyzzz]

I couldn't imagine making a trip that long, in a vehicle that old. Article said he drove clockwise to hit the cold north before winter and put 20,000 miles on it before he got to NY City.
I was wondering about the route on the map broken into to 2 different colors. Maybe the southern route on the map is not as crooked as the north route as he was still in FL when the blog was updated. And the lower portion of the trip has yet to be completed. I also think I would have hit all the lower 48. Looks like the only states missing are KY, AR, MO, OK, and KS.

RP, I have to agree with you. My sciatic nerve doesn't like to ride for more than an hour...in comfortable seats.
Esteban, I think what you said is what he did. He visited many of his Datsun Roadster contacts everywhere he went.

i know i am playing favorites, since i ride these roads, but he is missing some of the best hills and curves there are, in OK, MO, and AR if you don't believe me, come up and let me take you for a drive

[sleepyzzz]

looks like Nissan rolled out the red carpet. nice vid and write up on their site,just scroll all the way to the bottom for the vid.


http://www.roadsterroadtrip.com/index.p ... 8-rr-12014

[RiverPatrol]

Cool articles and video. It's nice to see Nissan recognize the old Datsuns so enthusiastically.

[sleepyzzz]

Cool articles and video. It's nice to see Nissan recognize the old Datsuns so enthusiastically.

the Nissan executives were all over the roadster checking it out, and one can only hope that they try once more to offer something simple, sporty, and inexpensive where a medium family income could possibly buy a third vehicle just for fun.
the 350Z missed the mark in my opinion, too pricey, and too complicated. they need something in the low to mid $20's am i dreaming Mike?

[Chucks67]

That's my friend Scott, he's turning into the most famous roadster owner on the 311s.org forum. Lol...