Around-The-US Road Trip

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Enjoyed the color commentary about driving through downtown NYC, especially this line:
Even the usually jaded New Yorkers were looking and commenting on the car
(there’s this weird effect with pedestrians where they assume that nobody in a car can hear them speaking, even if that car is five feet away and wide open to the sky)
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Thoroughly enjoying the blog for this epic trip. I hope it gets a write up or mention in the Roadster magazine from OZ since Darren takes content from most anyone as far as I know.
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I think it should be made into a movie... With Scott to be played by Johnny Depp. Or Chevy Chase... One or the other...
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Wow I've been out of touch for a while bogged down with work and life, so sorry I'm late to the party here. I could of had you come out to Long Island for a day and we could have taken the roadsters down to the beaches for a great photo shoot, or even done some striped bass fishing. Let me know if your coming back this way. Brisco has my phone number and email.

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Oh yeah, Garage, bed, shower, food, parts, tools, plenty of wine and whatever all here!

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Datsun.David wrote:I think it should be made into a movie... With Scott to be played by Johnny Depp. Or Chevy Chase... One or the other...
This is probably much more of a Chevy Chase kind of trip than a Johnny Depp kind of trip. :)
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nats226ny wrote:Oh yeah, Garage, bed, shower, food, parts, tools, plenty of wine and whatever all here!
Thanks so much for the offer, but I'm southward bound and heading toward Annapolis/DC. Will give you a shout next time I'm in the city, though. :)
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Looking forward to seeing you before the big snow Scott ...
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Looking forward to seeing you before the big snow Scott ...
Scott may be doing a large number of "Winter" shots for the calender as well LOL

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The guys at New Jersey Motorsports Park are letting me on the track tomorrow morning for some photos...racetrack + snow could yield some interesting results; will post if I get anything cool. Otherwise, I'll just drift the car through the drifts. :)

(No pun intended on the "cool" part)
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Gotta do it with the top down! WI style!!
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Scott, I have seen 18 month calendars, but if you continue to take amazing shots like you have been I see a need for a 60 month calenders! Have fun on the track and keep us up to speed. (Pun intended)
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FairladySPL wrote:Looking forward to seeing you before the big snow Scott ...
I have to go get bread milk and eggs! Snow-mageddon approaches!

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Today's fun:

At the racetrack:
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In the snow:
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It just sort of flurried for a while and a little slush accumulated at the top of my windshield, but that was about it. Kind of fun getting snowed on for the first time on the trip, though. :)
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Well, you get the full spectrum of weather, so it will be a complete trip. Going south soon?

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