Reporting From the Mother Road!

cow

Apparently not. They were more interested in going out than seeing natural/ historical things.

I like a good bar & what not, but I prefer to strike a balance.

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antennahead

Amen and the older I get, the more "balance" I seem to need

John

Robert_Nash

Hey Guys!

I'm back home again after my 4,200+ mile trip.

I've updated my blog for the whole trip and links to pictures; please check it out here:

I'll be "cleaning up" my pictures over the next few days and posting the best ones here but for now; feel free to read my blog as well as look around the pics from my blog ( Robert's Route 66 Ramblings ).

It was a great trip...the 370 was fun and gave me absolutely flawless performance for the entire trip...I'm sure I picked up some new paint chips and I certainly have some heavy cleaning ahead of me but I don't regret taking the Z for a moment!!!

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cow

Awesome. I'll make sure to read the blog when I'm at work tomorrow.

Glad you made it back safely.

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jakoye

Awesome trip report, Robert! Highly enjoyable to read. Northern Arizona has to be some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen. Driving on those two-lane highways you get constant scenes of grandeur and beauty that can't be believed. Did you do any high-speed passing (always a good time!)?

I'll bet they're building that bridge next to the Hoover Dam so they don't have to worry about truck bombs on the dam itself. The times we live in!

You seemed to get some great gas mileage. I'm surprised it was so high. I'm used to low-20's in my Mustang! But that's on regular fuel, so I'm saving a bit of money, I think.

How did the Z handle in the rain (I lol'd when you wrote "the hardest I've ever seen it rain"!)? You mentioned the poor traction in the hail, but rain is more common, obviously, so I'm really curious how the Z handled that.

We need more trip reports like this on the site! Glad you got home safe and with a great experience under your belt.

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Robert_Nash

I suspect the bridge and the new road is being built both for security concerns as well as to simply move traffic much better as that route is a major route to get from Las Vegas into the South/East. It may also be that they are concerned with the volume of traffic going over the dam every day - I suspect it's not good for the dam!

I had to slow down quite a bit in the heavy rain...with mild showers you don't notice a problem but it was coming down so fast and hard that there was a lot of water on the road surface (it simply couldn't drain fast enough) and hydroplaning was a real concern...in those sections, which were quite long, I couldn't do over 50 and I saw a half-dozen wrecks of people who apparently didn't recognize the problem!

The MPG surprised me as well but the Z does quite well when speeds are held pretty constant and 70-80 seems to be the sweet spot for a balance between speed and mileage.

I did do some high speed passing but of course, speed wasn't what this trip was about. It's easy to see tipple digits and the 370 practically leaps to high speed - you wouldn't think that loosing a few pounds and adding a few HP would make that much difference but as good as the 350 is, the 370 is noticeably better.

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