Driving from Michigan to California

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Knowing that most of you have traveled a ton with moto and business.. I am moving a friend from Michigan to Southern California in a month and we will be driving back together.. Any suggestions for the fastest and safest route? Obviously I have looked at a map but was wondering if you had any suggestions or tips..

Thanks!
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Kind of depends where in California you want to end up. It's a big state.
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We don't need anymore people, stay home.
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Blake 7/8/2010 7:13pm
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fcr wrote:
We don't need anymore people, stay home.
Please come, and take a few hundred people with you when you leave.
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mxtryon231 7/8/2010 11:48pm
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fcr wrote:
We don't need anymore people, stay home.
I was born and raised here in San Diego. Have lived here all 23 years of my life.

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SteveS wrote:
Kind of depends where in California you want to end up. It's a big state.
As I said in my original post, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. To be exact, San Diego.
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Regardless of your route, take your time and enjoy the trip. Go through Vegas into Utah and stop to see some of the national parks there. They have some of the best in the country. Then Go through the rockies on some smaller roads, it is an amazing drive.
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indy_maico 7/9/2010 6:23am
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mxtryon231 wrote:
Knowing that most of you have traveled a ton with moto and business.. I am moving a friend from Michigan to Southern California in a month...
Knowing that most of you have traveled a ton with moto and business.. I am moving a friend from Michigan to Southern California in a month and we will be driving back together.. Any suggestions for the fastest and safest route? Obviously I have looked at a map but was wondering if you had any suggestions or tips..

Thanks!
Friends don't ask friends to help them move!

Have a safe trip anyway.

Avoid motels that have a number in their name!
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fcr 7/9/2010 7:40am
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We don't need anymore people, stay home.
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I was born and raised here in San Diego. Have lived here all 23 years of my life.
then leave your friend there...... I have you beat by 2 extra generations. And If you can't spot sarcasm, my bad.
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mxtryon231 7/9/2010 10:34am
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then leave your friend there...... I have you beat by 2 extra generations. And If you can't spot sarcasm, my bad.
I got your sarcasm, sorry I was looking for help with the trip and not smart-alec remarks hahah Grinning ... And by friend I mean girlfriend of a year who still has to move the rest of her stuff out of her parent's house that has been sitting in Michigan for a year or so.


Thanks for the advice guys. I will try to enjoy the trip the best I can.
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72kiteboarder wrote:
Regardless of your route, take your time and enjoy the trip. Go through Vegas into Utah and stop to see some of the national parks there...
Regardless of your route, take your time and enjoy the trip. Go through Vegas into Utah and stop to see some of the national parks there. They have some of the best in the country. Then Go through the rockies on some smaller roads, it is an amazing drive.
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indy_maico wrote:
Friends don't ask friends to help them move!

Have a safe trip anyway.

Avoid motels that have a number in their name!
Good idea.. No motels with numbers!

I will post some pictures of our trip and you will all probably ask for more pictures of my "friend" haha
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indy_maico 7/9/2010 10:47am
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Good idea.. No motels with numbers! I will post some pictures of our trip and you will all probably ask for more pictures of my "friend"...
Good idea.. No motels with numbers!

I will post some pictures of our trip and you will all probably ask for more pictures of my "friend" haha
I always tell my wife that I consider 'camping' to be anything up to and including staying in a motel with a number in its name.
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mxtryon231 7/9/2010 10:52am
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Good idea.. No motels with numbers! I will post some pictures of our trip and you will all probably ask for more pictures of my "friend"...
Good idea.. No motels with numbers!

I will post some pictures of our trip and you will all probably ask for more pictures of my "friend" haha
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I always tell my wife that I consider 'camping' to be anything up to and including staying in a motel with a number in its name.
I have seen enough black light exams to know that I am better off sleeping in the car! Shocked Thanks for the advice. I will post pictures from the trip. Who woulda thought you would only have to jump over to non-moto to avoid most of the assclowns on this forum! har!
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HEY!!! I take umbridge with the word Clown. Ha!
If it was me I would stay up towards the north as much as possible to see the areas that are difficult to pass in the winter.
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I am born and raised San Diegan too and lived in MI for a few years. In East Lansing to be exact, while going to school for a couple of years. My first wife was a Michigander. I've done some of the routes, but not the Interstate 90 or 94.

If you have a decent car, do yourself a favor and take the 70 to the 15. Stop off to see Zion and drive the Rockies in the daylight.

The pass over the Rockies hits like 11,000 feet and it is a steep mother, but the cool thing is that you get to coast all the way to the 15 once over the hill.

The 80 76 70 way is OK too. But it is a LONG uphill out of Nebraska to Denver and then the Rockies.

The 40 44 70 69 is going to be boiling hot the whole way, the most laden with truckers, but is also the shortest and fastest.

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DirtyFilter75 7/9/2010 12:33pm
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mxtryon231 wrote:
Knowing that most of you have traveled a ton with moto and business.. I am moving a friend from Michigan to Southern California in a month...
Knowing that most of you have traveled a ton with moto and business.. I am moving a friend from Michigan to Southern California in a month and we will be driving back together.. Any suggestions for the fastest and safest route? Obviously I have looked at a map but was wondering if you had any suggestions or tips..

Thanks!
I would go via the Bunny Ranch! But hey that's just me!
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I am born and raised San Diegan too and lived in MI for a few years. In East Lansing to be exact, while going to school...
I am born and raised San Diegan too and lived in MI for a few years. In East Lansing to be exact, while going to school for a couple of years. My first wife was a Michigander. I've done some of the routes, but not the Interstate 90 or 94.

If you have a decent car, do yourself a favor and take the 70 to the 15. Stop off to see Zion and drive the Rockies in the daylight.

The pass over the Rockies hits like 11,000 feet and it is a steep mother, but the cool thing is that you get to coast all the way to the 15 once over the hill.

The 80 76 70 way is OK too. But it is a LONG uphill out of Nebraska to Denver and then the Rockies.

The 40 44 70 69 is going to be boiling hot the whole way, the most laden with truckers, but is also the shortest and fastest.
very helpful! thank you. I have a subaru wrx and would love to see the rockies!
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dirthead1 wrote:
I am born and raised San Diegan too and lived in MI for a few years. In East Lansing to be exact, while going to school...
I am born and raised San Diegan too and lived in MI for a few years. In East Lansing to be exact, while going to school for a couple of years. My first wife was a Michigander. I've done some of the routes, but not the Interstate 90 or 94.

If you have a decent car, do yourself a favor and take the 70 to the 15. Stop off to see Zion and drive the Rockies in the daylight.

The pass over the Rockies hits like 11,000 feet and it is a steep mother, but the cool thing is that you get to coast all the way to the 15 once over the hill.

The 80 76 70 way is OK too. But it is a LONG uphill out of Nebraska to Denver and then the Rockies.

The 40 44 70 69 is going to be boiling hot the whole way, the most laden with truckers, but is also the shortest and fastest.
mxtryon231 wrote:
very helpful! thank you. I have a subaru wrx and would love to see the rockies!
Do you have one of those super cool coffee can exhausts too?
What RPM does the rev limiter start popping?
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Do you have one of those super cool coffee can exhausts too?
What RPM does the rev limiter start popping?
Nope not like the trash you see up in your methed out neighborhood. I payed cash for mine and left it stock after tinting the windows. How about you BRO do you have a lifted truck and SRH flat billed hat? STFU!!!
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I loved our WRX, my son also had an Evo 9(?) which was really fun also. I put a strut brace on the front end and a short throw shifter on the column and the WRX was dramatically more fun to drive.
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I loved our WRX, my son also had an Evo 9(?) which was really fun also. I put a strut brace on the front end and...
I loved our WRX, my son also had an Evo 9(?) which was really fun also. I put a strut brace on the front end and a short throw shifter on the column and the WRX was dramatically more fun to drive.
I'm on my second WRX.. Good mileage, lots of fun to drive, and I lived in Mammoth for a year and was able to drive to the mountain everyday even on the craziest of snow days. Great little car for under 25k.

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