Fiesta Road Trip: Coast to Coast

[adler]

LA to Fort Lauderdale.

As usual, a joy to drive an no issues. Although this drive pushed me up to 21,000 miles and I guess I'll throw some Mountune brakes on soon, anyone have a good mechanic in Fort Lauderdale are?

 

[TORQHEAD]

Very cool! Just took mine on an 11 hour roundtrip which isnt comparable to yours! While you are in Florida you can stop at Velossatech in Hollywood Florida and get yourself some wingrisers and big mouth intake!

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[OneFord]

Very cool man!

Life is short, you're doing it right

 

[jmrtsus]

I love my Fist for long trips....like your pics.

 

[PunkST]

Sweet. I did a trip to seattle from wisconsin in july. One of the best memories from this year was doing that big road trip. ( 26+ hours one way)

 

[Dpro]

Very cool. I want to drive Route 66 from LA to Chicago.

 

[Hypergram]

Very cool! Just took mine on an 11 hour roundtrip which isnt comparable to yours! While you are in Florida you can stop at Velossatech in Hollywood Florida and get yourself some wingrisers and big mouth intake!

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Wait, Velossatech is in Hollywood?? Back home I live 20 minutes away from them. Huh.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

Very cool. I want to drive Route 66 from LA to Chicago.

that might be rough with stock size tires and wheels lol - need to get kitted out rally-style. Did a big stretch of 66 on a heavy street bike a few years ago (early concours 14) and some portions were not in great shape. It's neat, but some of the places you pass through are kinda depressing.

 

[adler]

Very cool. I want to drive Route 66 from LA to Chicago.

I did that when I moved out to LA in a Honda Civic, pretty boring until Arizona.

 

[XR650R]

that might be rough with stock size tires and wheels lol - need to get kitted out rally-style. Did a big stretch of 66 on a heavy street bike a few years ago (early concours 14) and some portions were not in great shape. It's neat, but some of the places you pass through are kinda depressing.

It's just America. East St. Louis has been a ghetto as long as I've lived. I wonder why?

 

[MRX330]

It's just America. East St. Louis has been a ghetto as long as I've lived. I wonder why?

Liberals and payoffs

 

[TyphoonFiST]

It's just America. East St. Louis has been a ghetto as long as I've lived. I wonder why?

Who Runs that show in East St.louis anyways?

 

[MRX330]

Who Runs that show in East St.louis anyways?

Monsanto

 

[SPhilli911]

Amazing, love the pictures too. I'm planning a cross country and back road trip from Connecticut to Washington through a northern route, down to California and back to CT via the south. Some 7,000+ miles over a couple of weeks hitting as many good roads as possible.

 

[XR650R]

Monsanto

The corporations that pollute there are almost entirely unregulated. The city government can't do squat.

 

[sullybosco]

that might be rough with stock-size tires and wheels lol - need to get kitted out rally-style Tourism Company Dubai. Did a big stretch of 66 on a heavy street bike a few years ago (early concours 14) and some portions were not in great shape. It's neat, but some of the places you pass through are kinda depressing.

I've seen a few threads recently about highway driving and even a gentleman who took his defender to Baja, but has anyone else done a long-distance trip? My wife and I are itching to get out of the house but are still hesitant to fly and are planning a road trip this summer. We're planning to drive from our home in Orlando to the Grand Canyon and back (with a few days in Moab and Denver sprinkled in). Round-trip, it should be about ~5,500 miles accounting for sightseeing and other excursions. Has anyone done a long trip like this? If so, how did your defender perform and what did you do to prep? Interested in hearing about any experience or advice.

 

[jmrtsus]

We routinely do 4-8k road trips in our pets, the FiST (FiFi) or Mustang GT (Rumblemobile in loud Sports mode since new) almost every summer. Different cars and both road stars. I have done all 48 contiguous states and most several times. Over 9k miles last year in the GT, East TN to Key West, FL then to AZ then back to E. TN and it again proved to be a wonderful true Grand Touring car. We have done the same basic trip in the FiST and enjoyed it greatly also. I never feel the FiST is a small car until I see it parked, LOL! I encourage every person that loves driving to see our country, get the hell off the interstates and actually see our country, it is a wonderful place with great people.
As to prep get the car ready with fresh oil and filter, check all fluids, windshield wipers, hoses, belts and tires/pressure. Insure your brakes are in excellent condition especially if like us you take side road routes, rough roads sometimes and tight curves with steep inclines and declines can test a poorly prepped car. You actually get to drive your cars and use your passing skills on the small 2-lane roads with our wonderful Mountune MP-215 boost or the GT's massive Coyote 460 hp we enjoy the drives. Driving creates a time machine for this pair of oldies at 72 and the gazillion watt B&O stereo in the GT or even our lowly Sony system in the FiST blasts 60's and 70's rock as we feel 16 again and act like it! Retirement is the greatest job we have ever had, I recommend it highly. BTW, the FiST averages mid 30's mpg and the Mustang 27 mpg on road trips both driven hard like 100+ mph all the way across N. Dakota in the FiST, she felt tight and hunkered down. Was funny getting passed by pick em up trucks at over 100 mph!

FYI, take a gallon of good windshield wiper fluid for the millions of bugs you will murder on your windshield, water will not work well...........

FiST on!