The Bay to LA, LA to The Bay, bullshit all the way
Controller_7
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I drove to LA and back today. Went down there, picked something up and then drove back. Maybe a total break time of 2.5 hours and a total driving time of 17 hours. How come all the freeways in LA are so bumpy. I thought my tire was about to blow out at any minute. The beginning of the grapevine (going into LA) was the bumpiest shit ever. I had to pull over and check the tires. Driving for that long is straight 
I got so sick of the 5 and it's two small lanes. Swirving semi's, dudes flying up on me at 90 mph, and it was scarily dark at night. When we hit 580 again some truck sucked me into his whirlwind and scared the crap out of me. I seriously lost control for a second. The only highlight was when some dude in a red car flew up behind me and was right on my bumper, he raised his hands up in typical asshole fashion. About 5 minutes later we see a highway patrol swirve out from the middle dirt divider and guess who he got, the dude in the red car. Me and my girlfriend were like "is it him?............Ha ha, yes, sucker."
I got so sick of the 5 and it's two small lanes. Swirving semi's, dudes flying up on me at 90 mph, and it was scarily dark at night. When we hit 580 again some truck sucked me into his whirlwind and scared the crap out of me. I seriously lost control for a second. The only highlight was when some dude in a red car flew up behind me and was right on my bumper, he raised his hands up in typical asshole fashion. About 5 minutes later we see a highway patrol swirve out from the middle dirt divider and guess who he got, the dude in the red car. Me and my girlfriend were like "is it him?............Ha ha, yes, sucker."
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i feel your pain, man. i have to drive it on friday on the way down to san diego. the 5 is a joke of a freeway. i don't know how you did it. my monkey ass always wants to fall asleep driving at night. i really can't stand the 5 leading up to the grapevine. and even after that it's nathan but la traffic. fuck...i'm not looking forward to this.
holler at me when you break the 26 hours straigh marker, what you know about sleeping on the side of I-10 with some dude who claims russian mafia ties and thew up the steel reserve cans he bought in elpaso.
Hallucinations of 7ft shapes running across the country lanes in front of me were the worst.
Apparently one trick is to tie a squash ball or similar under your chin against your throat. If your head can't "Nod", you don't nod off. Moldovian coach driver steez there.
its a 5.5 hour drive each way
if you have problems with the drive, think of it as a time to listen to great music (see the great road trip albums thread)
also you had your girl with you... companionship and sex make the trip seem much quicker
notable sightseeing off the 5...
cow sea
in-n-out in kettleman
crazy underground government buildings/silos - they're usually hidden just over a man-made hill but you can just make them out
along with the enourmous parking lot in the middle of nowhere
really though, the 5 ain't shit, try it on the 99, it makes normally sane people suicidal.
You should have stopped in Bakersfield. They sell t-shirts at the gas stations that say: "BAKERSFIELD! (i'm not from)"
There was no one on the road on New Year's eve when I drove down and I got from San Jose to Long Beach in 4 1/2 hours in my new car. I was so amped up I could have turned right around and driven back.
I think the truck had weird suspension or maybe it was the amount of air in the ties, but that shit was bumpy in some spots. I think it was the suspension, because we were bouncing like crazy.
You dudes are rugged
next time I won't drive to LA in a
Part of my foul mood came when the zipcar gas card didn't work. I had to pay $50 for gas, when it's supposed to be covered by zipcar. Hopefully the reimbursement will go smoothly, but it was an unwanted bump in the road.
yes, music helps and it was a good time to listen to some stuff, but everything got boring after awhile. 3 hours of straight darkness and red and white lights was boring.
I always tripped when I was driving in nyc...and would hit like fucking brick...then cobblestone...and potholes for days....
all this while cabbies zip around and fucking flippin you off...and honking.....
I can't wait! I'm going there in October (18th-22nd)...yes!!!
you mean cowschwitz, right? the endless cow camp a bit north of Coalingus, or Los Banos i think? I shut down all vents in the car and hit the button that cuts off air flow from the outside when im within 10 miles of that hell hole, otherwise the ammonia stench hangs in the car and nostrils for hours. place is just a horrid blot on the earth, even for the central valley! No one can say the beef and/or milk from that place isnt somehow tainted, the filth permeates everything.
but yeah, it is an impressive sight in its own stinky way.