Driving BACK from Houston to Los Angeles tomorrow (yes already)
 

EDIT: As with the last thread since I already left, I'll be updating the thread with things I see along the way

I made a detour through Austin to visit Chad at FringeXVO to get my hands on his prototype exhaust tips, and I met up with another member to buy something as well, then drove to Midland to go to a museum.

On the drive before I got to Austin, I was at a set of light, with my windows down, music on and this car's window goes down and this guy said "Nice music dog" (Ice Cube was playing)
Then he proceeded to splice a swisher open and dump the tobacco out. LMAO!!!

I dodged a damn possum, then hit a dead one very shortly thereafter, lol
I dodged Rocky (raccoon) and this redneck with a F350 nailed a deer WITHOUT stopping... Must have clipped it because by the time I got there it was still moving and in the middle of the road, so that scared the SHITE out of me, lol

I did also pass "Jesse James Real Estate", lol

And it's AMAZING to see all these random towns, I've done a LOT of road trips, but TX's are by far and away the weirdest...

Oh, and I got pulled over for doing 82 in a 70... RIGHT when my radar detector went off, the guy flicked his lights on, and I had already pulled over before he turned his red amd blue lights on. LOL!!!
But I asked for a warning and he said "I'll see what I can do"... There was a REALLY stressful 5-7 minute period where I knew he was writing me a ticket... Fortunately he gave me a written warning, lol!!! He then stated, "you see, your radar detector doesn't work as well as you thought, once it got it, I know your speed"

I just woke up, so I'll update pics of the museum soon.

You're friend is lucky to have you. :)

Have a safe trip home and be careful.

Hook me up with some BBQ babycub!!! Pulled pork sandwich and 1/2 slab:hello:

Thanks, their family is my family

And you're in the wrong direction

Be safe bra, be careful on 290 if you are using it to cut across to get to 10 from Austin. We just got back from Fredicksburg and the TST (Texas State troopers) where out like a Mutha F....r on 290.

Hey Andrew, so sorry to hear about your friend's mom passing.

Drive back safely brother.

Kill my GF's ex bf that abused her! <3

Stay Safe driving Brother....:driving:

Name? I'll make sure to kill him if I see him

^ I guess the DE comes in handy in that situation haha

You are a good man Andrew. Safe trip to Cali.

Yes. Yes it does... But I only have my revolver and my carry .40 for this trip

^^Thanks guys!

Sorry to hear Andrew... pretty crazy that my best friend growing up is related to them. Small world. Haven't seen or heard from him in about 10 years.

Sorry man, you're a good friend.

Updated OP,
And thanks Diddy

I'm in TX on a road trip too, but in the other direction...going to/from South Carolina. I was in San Antonio earlier this week but now in San Angelo. I saw a couple 370s going the other direction on the highway. No run ins with the law yet. What detector do you have? I have a Valentine 1 but don't think its really been put to the test yet.

Hey, I've got a 9500iX, which no offense I think is superior to the Valentine 1, now my mistake was that when the road is DEAD, like at 4AM the cops aren't going to leave their radar on, they'll blip it on and off as they see cars, and NO radar detector would stop that

On the other hand today I got Ka band from 5 miles in advance, but that's because there were a lot of cars on the road

I still think the V1 is superior, IMHO. However, the V1 (or any good radar), out on a highway, really requires the user to monitor it and come to understand what the outputs mean as well. No system can accurately tell the difference between various kinds of false alarms and various edgy situations where you picked up a blip reflection from a trooper hitting a car with instant-on 5 miles out ahead of you. For me, having the directional display on the V1 (and the bogey counter and big signal strength meter) is a big help in sorting out what signals really mean, and the sensitivity on the V1 is top-notch. It lacks the modern features of the 9500ix like the GPS database stuff, but honestly that sounds like the sort of thing that will eventually hurt you more than help you. Cops understand how those location systems work, all they have to do is move a little to trip you up.

There's a lot to be said for coming to understand how to manually evade speed traps and cops, too. Reading the traffic ahead of you for signs of other cars slowing down, knowing the deadly trap areas like hills and bridges and slowing a little (or at least covering the brake and being ready), scanning visually as far out ahead of the car as you can, etc...

Picked up the last BBQ in TX, $277 worth of food, lol

11 hours 30 min to go!

Did you pass Dwight Howard on the way?

Ryan Hopper. gogo!

Sorry, I know who he is and I saw a bunch of memes and updates on FB, but I don't follow sports at all, so... Yeahhhhh...

Too late, already passed through, unfortunately the ONLY guy I talked to was a really gay guy and the only other guy u saw for more than a minute was early 40's with a kid at the museum
Sorry...

This Altima guy passed me and he had his high beans on the WHOLE time, but once he was in front, good, leave them on

Then he stated at 75 when it turned 75 and I'm at 83, and once I started passing him they were still on . So I slowed down, but he slowed with me all the way to like 45, lol

Then I flashed my high beams at him then gunned it around his dumb àss

The person in the back of their car looked back and looked so scared, LOL


(I do not support super speeding, but 6 different cops said within 10 over is safe)

Oh... And like a MORON I flashed my high beams at oncoming traffic to warn them of a cop in their side of the road...
One of them was a cop... :facepalm:

I didn't know this was illegal in TX until recently.

I guess you wouldnt qualify for secret agent school. :icon17:

This is true.

:icon18:

I believe it's illegal in most states under an umbrella law of "disrupting police duties"

As far as I am concerned, I was waving the guy behind the semi into my lane so he can overtake the semi too without having to slam on his brakes...

Or (only applicable in the redneck states), "these fùcking Jap cars, I'm trying to turn on the god damn fog lights and it flickers between the fog and high beam"

:icon17:

Fixed.

:tup:

I do it all the time here.

I try to make sure that MCSO (the most I see on my side of town) see's me do it. :stirthepot:

Too bad you weren't driving through Phx and during the evening time.

FINALLY back home and in bed!!! Good night everyone!!!

All told, 1700 miles give or take 20

:tup:

btw... Dwight Howard left the Lakers for the Rockets so he was going the opposite direction as you.

dang that sounds like a fun road trip!