road trips

Highway 1: Where the Magic Happens

Last updated: Dec 12, 2019 at 3:38PM
Published on: Jul 8, 2015 by tgriffith

My wife said it best:

“It’s like holding hands with the ocean.”

Driving Highway 1 from Los Angeles to San Francisco is one of those drives every human living in the United States needs to take at least once. The expansive ocean views, jagged cliffs, and exotic supercars make the drive an unforgettable experience.

I just wish my GPS would let me stay on it.

Russian Road: From New York to London

Last updated: Dec 12, 2019 at 3:06PM
Published on: Mar 31, 2015 by tgriffith

We are a car blog. It’s here where we discuss the best and worst of the auto industry, from exciting new technology to finding great value in used car purchases.

We love cars and the entire culture that surrounds them. We love interacting with readers, answering questions, pointing out trouble spots in car-buying, gushing about exciting new cars, and creating fun lists giving our opinions on a wide range of best cars for a variety of purposes.

One of those purposes is road trips. And while we would normally discuss the best cars to take on a road trip, today we share what might become the world’s ultimate road trip.

Living in the United States, it’s currently exceeding difficult to drive to Europe. If we desire to leave the confines of our country we can escape to Canada, migrate to Mexico or, if we’re really ambitious, continue on into the far reaches of South America.

But there’s no driving to London. Yet.

Get on the Road with Maps, not Apps

Last updated: Dec 6, 2019 at 3:05PM
Published on: Aug 15, 2014 by tgriffith

I had forgotten about maps.

I’m not talking about the lovely little app on the iPhone or the fantastic online service provided by Google. I’m talking about actual maps. Like the kind that is printed on paper and unfolds to almost actual size.

Remember those?

Upon entering Canada this week I received an automated text message that welcomed me to traveling abroad.

“How nice,” I thought, “My service provider is keeping tabs on me and making sure I know I’ve left U.S. cell service. What a comforting feeling.”

What I should have thought was, “Uh oh. I’m about to take out a second mortgage to pay for receiving an email.”

As it turns out, AT&T likes to charge roughly $1,333 per megabyte once a phone leaves the country. I only figured that out once I received another text, then an email, informing me that my firstborn son is about to be confiscated for the privilege of getting online.

Needless to say I switched to Airplane Mode on my phone and haven’t been online since, with the exception of the occasional spotty free wifi connection.

I didn’t panic without my phone at first. In fact, I thought it would be nice to be away from the addiction for a while. Except an addiction isn’t an addiction when it’s a requirement.

Without even thinking I reached for my phone to plug a destination into my maps, and then panicked. How am I supposed to know where to go without my GPS?

Then my wife said, “Looks like we need a map.”

I’d forgotten about maps.

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