RE: New Mopar Road Trip Saga

[Earl Helm <earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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It cost me an extra 125.00 to drop it off in Pasco. I did not
care, I was going to get there....

Earl, what the heck did you do with the rentel car, leave it on the side
of the road  LOL David Lee 65 coronet 500 Wa. St.


>
> 
> I hope some of you guys enjoy my pain in getting my
> new (to me) 67 Dart home from Pasco Wa.
>  
> My flight was due to leave at 8AM Fri from Salt Lake to Pasco. The 
> flight got canceled due to fog at the Pasco airport. It had been 
> closed off and on for a week. I had to get there by noon Sat because 
> the guy who had it, had to put his dad in the hospital. I stayed at 
> the Salt Lake airport from 6:30AM  to 9PM at night on stand by for a 
> Pasco flight. They were all booked because of the Fog backlog. I got 
> on the 9PM flight, they told us it would be 50/50 we would be diverted

> to Portland Or. Sure enough the 50/50/90% rule applied. If you have a 
> 50/50 chance, then it is 90% sure you will get the 50% you don't want.

> Got to Portland at 10:30 PST, rented a car, drove 190 miles to Pasco -

> in the fog I might add - got there at 4AM - sleep in the Rent a Car, 
> met the guy at 8:30, bought him breakfast and checked the car out, got

> all the spares loaded up and drove her home.
>  
> The good news is that the 38 year old girl - 273 Hi Po - never missed 
> a beat. After a nightmare of getting to the car, the Mopar never let 
> me down. 652.5 miles - 10 hours drive time - 18.1 miles per gallon 
> (big tail wind from Bosie to Slc) - average speed 65 MPH. If they 
> built cars like that today, with the technology we have, completely
> focused on simplicity, function and quality, they would last a
lifetime.
> God I love old Mopars. If I was rich, I would do that every weekend.
> There is no better adventure than driving an old car cross county.
>  
> Earl
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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person --
directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and
negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended
recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will
protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the
content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

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