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Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

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Old May 17, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

Just curious to see who is driving their 3rd Gen. car over 250 miles?
Still debating on my IROC or Silverado! LOL -Dave

Garmin says 255 miles to crete from my doorstep!

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Old May 17, 2011 | 06:41 PM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

I took my 91 rs 3.1l 300 some miles from Des Moines last year without my fan working so the entire way I was around 220 degrees but now thats fixed and I'm taking it again this year btw I got 30mpg's in that thing
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Old May 17, 2011 | 07:43 PM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

I will be coming around 100 miles. I did take my gta up to 500 miles in the rain to kansas city.
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Old May 17, 2011 | 09:02 PM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

my drive will be close to 250 miles
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Old May 17, 2011 | 11:18 PM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

mine will be about a 1/8th mile, that's up the trailer and back down it
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Old May 18, 2011 | 12:05 AM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

im in ft wayne, we can hook up on your way across indiana, couple of us from here going
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Old May 18, 2011 | 12:12 AM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

Originally Posted by xpndbl3
mine will be about a 1/8th mile, that's up the trailer and back down it
I've got you beat Steve, I've just got to push mine out of the garage.
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Old May 18, 2011 | 11:24 AM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

the REAL question is will it even be pushed out of the garage? and will it run again?
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Old May 18, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

mapquest says 290 miles....should be fun with the top down (gotta put on lots of sun screen for a 5 hr trip )
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Old May 19, 2011 | 05:56 PM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

lol im thinking of making a 530 mile trek from St. Catharines, Ontario... lol its a V6 with 485,000 km on it (about 300,000 miles) so whats another 1000? lol
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Old May 19, 2011 | 09:31 PM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

Originally Posted by Ellis123
lol im thinking of making a 530 mile trek from St. Catharines, Ontario... lol its a V6 with 485,000 km on it (about 300,000 miles) so whats another 1000? lol
We've got a guy who comes from Canada almost every year. A few months ago he said he was definitely coming but I haven't heard from him lately.
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Old May 25, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

i'll be roughly over 400 one way haha
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Old May 25, 2011 | 07:40 PM
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Re: Driving their 3 Gen. Ride over 250 miles to Crete, Ill

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We've got a guy who comes from Canada almost every year. A few months ago he said he was definitely coming but I haven't heard from him lately.
neal told me today he wasn't coming....any word from kevin from iowa?
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