Hey guys. Just got back from a very nice trip. We had a few setbacks but it was overall nice.
At about 4pm on Wednesday we got on the Coho ferry, slept for an hour and a half. Drove all night then finally crashed for 5 hours in a rest area. Then we got up and drove all we could. Then we got to the car in Roseville (just north of Sacremento) about 3pm. We took one of the dealers assocates to Reno so we didn't have to pay the Cali. tax. From there we got the biggest resort/casino we could find for only $85 for one night. Went to Circus Circus for some games, then ate for dirt cheap. It was going o-so smoothly until the next morning. Instead of taking our Accord down we used my dad's Chevy Astro van that he paid $1000 for. It wen't all the way to Reno fine but when we planned to go to the go-kart track and to wally-mart she took a shit on us.
My dad put it into reverse to back out and usually on a automatic tranny you feel a bit of a thud. Well it didn't do anything. He put a bit of gas to it and it didn't move, he checked to see if it was in gear not on nutreal and for shure it was in gear. We got out and pushed it and we were able to limp it along in the higher gears (1st didn't work aswell. We got it to a transmission shop and he drove it around the block and said the tranny is done. He quoted us $1700 for a complete rebuild and drive away, but it wouldn't be done until Sunday (today). My dad said well we have to get back to Canada, look at out plates. He went to the back room with his employees and came back then said it can be done today. It took his whole shop 6 hours to completly do everything, we were very impressed (at his shop, not at the P.O.S. Chevy).
So we were back on the road again. Basically nothing interesting happened after that. My dad had never drove one before and was very impressed with everything. The handeling is superior, he loves the clutch feel, the short throw shifter and loves revving to 9000rpm! He said 240hp is nice but 300hp would be perfect. Idk, we'll see what happens in the future, maybe a supercharger
. The previous owner babied it so much. The car is completly stock and very very clean.
Going through the border and customs wasn't hard but time consuming. We found a nice guy that will do the inspections and not have us do the day light driving lights. YAY
. When we got back to Canada the first thing we did was race a new Golf GTI. 200hp I think, well doesn't matter, we smoked him.
Here are some pictures:
Here is in California at the dealer (sister in the drivers seat):
The ass:
Tee Hee:
In Reno before the van broke:
Our hotel view, not much:
At a rest area, after the new tranny in the van:
This is funny, a old Toyota truck burning oil so bad it put a fog over the I5:
Some clouds up high in the mountains:
A redneck with 4, yes 4, quads on his Ford F350:
Poor Honda
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At a hotel we stayed at:
At the ferry back (today):
I don't mean to slam you guys but the states has a lot of ricers and a lot of trucks, a lot of trucks. Canada is like Japan compared to the states, every 4th car is Japanese. Just an observation.
Anyway my dad is very, very happy with his car.