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*THIS* might be mentally ill to post this many pics, but here ya go. I figure it will get buried pretty quickly... (pardon some cut/paste from a response in another thread)
For what it's worth, I am 40, 6'6", 225lbs. Relatively bad upper back and pinched shoulder nerve. Very active tho, so healthy otherwise.
I drove the whole time. 3 weeks, 9 states, 10 national parks (maybe more... I've yet to count)
I took far to few photos of my car, and I didn't snap that many great ones. They're pretty jumbled, and post a bit out of order.... (some are from near my house or Tahoe trip)
Thoughts:
Oh how poorly the cupholders are placed for a manual transmission (I found a steel cup that works tho!). A cup with a straw *will* draw blood. Also, the armrest is the shifting area, and long armed men will have an elbow nearly in their passenger's face. I tried to give wifey the armrest, but I would always bump her off, accidentally.
There's an extremely interesting amount of random hidden spots to put things, namely behind the seats, you can get a lot of stuff stowed away. We got 3 weeks of luggage in the custom for the vert luggage, it worked really well, but it was wildly tight a fit. My wife didn't complain once, but she also had some stuff in her footwell. Tight like the cockpit of a spaceship tight. We had a custom "Summer 142" trunk rack, but I never got it installed in time, and we made due. The idea that we could do 3 weeks and no rack just astonishes me.
It's not particularly safe... but when in cruise control, you can extend your feet under, and past, the pedals to actually *FULLY* stretch out your legs. It's almost like a bulkhead compartment in a boat... you could literally fit and store stuff in there (I know NEVER EVER). But, there is SO MUCH SPACE from the pedals to the end of the cab space. Of course, that's only for uneventful roads in cruise control, but still... surprising.
(I just realized the seats have destroyed/damaged the bulkhead, and both my dry cleaning hooks have the rubber ripped off. I've got Performance Seats... I'll check that thread)
We (I) drove 5 to 10 hour days and they were fun, the car was so much happiness (grinning like an idiot), and it felt too quick, frankly.
My wife and I basically just talked and looked around, most of the drive days.... it really was quite amazingly fun. I would run out of superlatives if I tried to explain it. But I thought it would get boring and we'd have to force silly road games or something. That never happened. I'm on a trial of Sirius, and the comedy channels are great. If you find yourself down or frustrated, turn it on and laugh like a lunatic. But we had a blast.... driving it and being in it are an experience unto itself. The convertible, especially for the Parks, was just mind blowing and expanding.
I can only remember getting tired on the last day's drive on the 15S out of Vegas, up the I5, the most horrifyingly dull drive in history. I never had any back problems or fatigue (but for the last few hours of the whole trip, actually)... the car is way too fun for that, apparently. I was always worried my back would spasm, or something random would happen... my wife doesn't drive a stick at all, yet. But it went off without a chipped windshield or lost key. Everything, for once, went according to plan, with only delightful surprises along the way.
Drive days were all driving, not much lookie loo beyond gas or grabbing something to eat. This doesn't include all the driving around all the parks, etc.
Marin to Crater Lake - 10 hours
Crater to Portland - 5.5hrs
Portland to Spokane - 5.5hrs
Spokane to Glacier - 4.5hrs
Glacier to Three Forks - 5+hrs
Three Forks to Yellowstone - 3.5hrs
Yellowstone to Jackson - 2.5hrs
Jackson to Moab/Arches - 9 hours
Moab to Amangiri (Arizona/Utah border) - 4.5hrs
Aman to Las Vegas w/ North Rim Grand Canyon - 6.5hrs
Las Vegas to Marin- 10.5 hours (had to pick up our dog in Petaluma, which added 1.5hrs)
It wasn't until the last 4 hours of the very last day my back was sorta painfully twinging and tightening up. I never, EVER had to stop once because of back pain or exhaustion. We stretched when we needed to get gas, but I was getting 22.8mpg on the freeway, with the final trip ending around 21.6mpg, and sometimes I could go 350miles on a tank. I never let it get too close to empty, though. Didn't want to test that one. I guess down to 25-30 miles a few times, honestly. Close enough. I wish we had access to our car data to read everything it knows and remembers. =)
I will find other pics... my wife took some of me in the car, for sure. But here ya go.... hope it isn't too many.
OH... this road trip ends with the shot of the Silver Coupe by valet, in Vegas. The only other F-Type I saw the entire trip, but once we got into Vegas, you see everything, anyway. I saw a few saloon Jags on the trip. I saw 4 Porsche the entire trip... 3 modern ones, one classic. But man....
mustangs, corvettes, camaros, chargers, and challengers. ERRRRYWHERE
So... the pics past that Vegas one are just a few bonus pics from Tahoe, my commute, etc.
Okay, back to normal posts. Pardon that.
So... here's the best shots I've taken, including a few from my recent 4K road trip. I am somewhat appalled I didn't take more, better shots. I also deleted a BEAUTIFUL gopro of the spoiler coming up on a mountain road. It was so pretty I got excited... and deleted it accidentally. bah.
July 10th at Crater Lake
Glacier
Glacier
Tahoe pic from the day after picking it up
Tahoe pic from the day after picking it up
touring near our house
lots of wineries near us
Part of one of my morning commutes
Where I was born, where I have to go for work sometimes.
Last edited by Uncle Fishbits; 08-11-2016 at 05:43 PM.
this search has a bunch of union jack wrapped cars, for the F-Type 2013 release, but some interesting shots here... sorry not all are F-Type, but I think there worthy?
A few photos taken with the phone. I just had the car detailed today and it looks amazing. The guy spend about 10 hours and the car looks like it just rolled out of the dealership. While he was at it, also had him pull the JAGUAR lettering off. Much cleaner. Even my wife (who I am sure was humoring me) agreed.
GREAT shots! Love the first one with the fence and the fog. My only suggestion would be to have a few more shots of your beautiful wife in there. Great write up!
08-09-2016, 12:53 PM
