[snid]

Are motoring reports allowed?

I took a trip today without the use of a map. Started from Burlington Vermont and went to my current favorite stretch of road - Hollow Rd between Hinesburg and Huntington. Yesterday, I motored north (within a mile of the US/Canada border), so today I decided I'd try east. I wanted to go south of Mount Mansfield since a lot of my motoring has been north of the mountain, but there just wasn't a good way to get south of Mansfield from Huntington except for using the App Gap - and since I'm still on my summer tires and there would be a good chance of snow or ice in the gap, I decided against that.

So, I wound up on route 15, again... joined up to route 2 and over to New Hampsire. Somewhere on the way I saw an Aston Martin (something newish) headed towards me. I'm not quite sure what roads I was on from there, but soon enough I saw signs for Fanconia Notch and Mount Washington. Went past the old man of the mountain, through Conway, and hit the Kancamangus Highway - great road but a little busy. A Testerossa was seen. Decided it was time to start heading back west and wound up on route 112 between Lincoln and Bath NH - great road! Endured some horrible pavement for 20 miles or so after making a wrong turn heading back east on 302 and taking the first left I came across. Eventually wound up in Groton Vermont and gave in to the lure of the interstate once I got to Barre.

Sorry, no pictures. It was cloudy all day - some rain falling, some snow on the sides of the roads in the mountains.

[MGB Boy]

Since snid had no photos of his car (mine's the one on the left)...

-Ricardo

[Bilbo Baggins]

I know some of those roads! Sounds as though you had a great day.

I just took a nice drive to Newport, RI. Unfortunately the traffic really inhaled. The scenery was fantastic. Had the bicycles on the MINI roof rack and went on a very nice ride around old Newport. Down along mansion row, along Naragansett Bay and over to the Atlantic Ocean, or is it Buzzards Bay there, I don't remember, who really cares, it was a great day.

Did I mention the traffic really, really inhaled.

[Bilbo Baggins]

mines the one in the center

[Bilbo Baggins]

again

[snid]

Quote:

Originally posted by MGB Boy
Since snid had no photos of his car (mine's the one on the left)...

-Ricardo

I had been meaning to remember to take my camera with me to work to get a picture like this... thanks Ricardo for doing it for me.

You won't see mine today, speakers are getting put in and possibly another attempt at those snow tires. The first set of 15" wheels that showed up were too small to clear the front brakes.

[MGB Boy]

Quote:

Originally posted by snid


I had been meaning to remember to take my camera with me to work to get a picture like this... thanks Ricardo for doing it for me.

You won't see mine today, speakers are getting put in and possibly another attempt at those snow tires. The first set of 15" wheels that showed up were too small to clear the front brakes.

What type of wheels were they? I'm going with 15" rims for the winter tires as well, don't want to make the same mistake...

pics of MGB Boy and snid's MINIs...

-Ricardo

[snid]

Quote:

Originally posted by MGB Boy


What type of wheels were they? I'm going with 15" rims for the winter tires as well, don't want to make the same mistake...
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-Ricardo

I went to Imported Car Center and they ordered the wheels from tirerack... so I guess it may have been cheaper for me to get them from tirerack myself. Anyway, they said they called tirerack back after the first set of wheels didn't fit and tirerack admitted that they screwed up. They're going to try again tomorrow morning. When I saw the first set of wheel in their shipping boxes, it looked like tirerack reused boxes from other wheels as there were a few different boxes from different companies.