Punisher Bass
He who drives a Buick
I put well over 1300 miles on the Buick on the round trip to LeMons. Here are a few notes about the drive.
I LOVED driving through Indiana simply because the speed limit was 70 and it was almost all brand new smooth pavement. This is also where I took the car to 100mph, which it did with ease despite being weighed down with two tons of crap in the trunk and back seat. I normally would never do such a thing, but I had a wide open road, the theme from Back To The Future was playing, and I just couldn't help myself.
The Altimax HP's performed exceptionally well even in the mud and rain, they also held up as I was swerving in and out of traffic at 70mph keeping up with Serj in the LeSabre. He's a nutter behind the wheel and it took a serious effort to keep up. Not something I'd want to do again.
I didn't get nearly the fuel economy I was expecting, I averaged 26 or 27 on the way to Serj's. I guess the stickier tires and all the extra weight helped to bring the number down, I was thinking I'd get around 30 or more.
The roads in Ohio were hit and miss. Some had good pavement, some was brand new, other sections were in BAD need of replacement. And out by Serj's, they've closed down every other on/off ramp which made getting where you wanted to go a real nightmare for someone from out of town. It was a big pain in the ass.
The pavement outside the track was brand new, but once you turned in it turned to total shit. The pit area was mostly mud and the "roads" around them had more deep potholes than level surface. It gave the suspension on my Buick a real work out.
It was so bad I lost a wheel cover at some point, and I might need to pickup new rear springs and possibly another front strut mount. To say it was rough is an understatement.
The crappy roads didn't help while I was doing gas runs, "some" spilled out and left my car and all my stuff smelling like gas. I've had to wash all my clothes 3 times to get the smell out, and since it's been raining non stop since I got home I've had to deal with the oder every time I get into the car. When it stops pouring I intent to scrub the shit out of the trunk and then spray a shit load of febreeze in hopes that will take care of it.
I had to leave the track saturday night due to a family emergency, I drove 560 miles straight only stopping once for gas. My GPS said it would be about a 10 hour drive and I made it around 8. I kept it around 80-85 the whole time, there were many stretches where I wouldn't see another car on the road for 10 minutes or more. It made me start to think I was in a steven king book or something.
I LOVED driving through Indiana simply because the speed limit was 70 and it was almost all brand new smooth pavement. This is also where I took the car to 100mph, which it did with ease despite being weighed down with two tons of crap in the trunk and back seat. I normally would never do such a thing, but I had a wide open road, the theme from Back To The Future was playing, and I just couldn't help myself.
The Altimax HP's performed exceptionally well even in the mud and rain, they also held up as I was swerving in and out of traffic at 70mph keeping up with Serj in the LeSabre. He's a nutter behind the wheel and it took a serious effort to keep up. Not something I'd want to do again.
I didn't get nearly the fuel economy I was expecting, I averaged 26 or 27 on the way to Serj's. I guess the stickier tires and all the extra weight helped to bring the number down, I was thinking I'd get around 30 or more.
The roads in Ohio were hit and miss. Some had good pavement, some was brand new, other sections were in BAD need of replacement. And out by Serj's, they've closed down every other on/off ramp which made getting where you wanted to go a real nightmare for someone from out of town. It was a big pain in the ass.
The pavement outside the track was brand new, but once you turned in it turned to total shit. The pit area was mostly mud and the "roads" around them had more deep potholes than level surface. It gave the suspension on my Buick a real work out.
It was so bad I lost a wheel cover at some point, and I might need to pickup new rear springs and possibly another front strut mount. To say it was rough is an understatement.
The crappy roads didn't help while I was doing gas runs, "some" spilled out and left my car and all my stuff smelling like gas. I've had to wash all my clothes 3 times to get the smell out, and since it's been raining non stop since I got home I've had to deal with the oder every time I get into the car. When it stops pouring I intent to scrub the shit out of the trunk and then spray a shit load of febreeze in hopes that will take care of it.
I had to leave the track saturday night due to a family emergency, I drove 560 miles straight only stopping once for gas. My GPS said it would be about a 10 hour drive and I made it around 8. I kept it around 80-85 the whole time, there were many stretches where I wouldn't see another car on the road for 10 minutes or more. It made me start to think I was in a steven king book or something.