Across America and Back in 2 Weeks.
I've been planning or atleast thinking about this trip for quite some time but never thought of it the way the tittle of this thread describes it.
But that's what it is. 2 drivers, one 95' m3, our destination? California, bimmerfest 08'. We leave from Philadelphia, April 26, a saturday, to arrive may 2nd the following friday to California. We will be staying in california the weekend until may 5th and then returning to be back for the week of the 12th.
This is purely a drivers journey, we are not so interested in visiting places as much as we are on driving roads with awesome views. Ofcourse with only 7 days to make it, I don't know how much le-way we have to travel on roads we would like to. That's why I came here. That's the biggest part puzzling me right now (I'm only on my first phase of planning). How much is too much... For 7 days what kind of pase do we need to follow, what kind of roads can we take, what roads should we take.
I lost my last bmw last summer in a pretty gnarly crash. I've been off in school without a car, waiting, reflecting and waiting more for this spring. I hope this trip will make up for the lost year of driving.
use estimates with caution
60 mph is actually fairly difficult to achieve in real world conditions, once you factor in stops and slowdowns. 55-57 is really the rule of thumb we usually go by. 60 is obtainable, but you have to really be keeping your stops very short and your speed up around 80 mph.
Camping is a great idea, and its certainly the way that I do most of my roadtrips. Its a great money saver and there's just something about being outdoors after a day in the car that is nice. Just one small note, when I'm camping, that does usually mean I try to stop a little earlier in the day, since I factor in some extra time to find the campsite and get everything set up before dark.