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2/11/2009 4:34:15 PM

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"A shorter road trip is pointless. 95% of what you want to see is west of the Mississippi."

2/11/2009 6:18:50 PM

LOL, so you can buy a minivan for $1800? And think it'll make it through the trip without breaking down? LOL



Give it a month fellas, and we'll hear from Kiwi stranded somewhere in Wyoming...

2/11/2009 11:22:26 PM

Why buy a car just for a road trip? Does Kiwi not already own a car? While it would be nice to sleep in the car, camping gear will fit in most any trunk space. Not to mention, a smaller car will cost you far less on gas (less important now that gas is below $2 again) But if more than one person is going then you might have to share a tent. Whatever you do, avoid eating out. McDonalds adds up quickly. PB&J + Ramen.

2/12/2009 12:34:30 AM

You could try to get a job doing this very thing. Intrepid Travel has started doing US road trip tours.

http://www.intrepidtravel.com/about/jobs/

I won't claim it's an easy job, but at least you'd get paid to do what you're talking about. Check out their group leader position.

2/12/2009 1:01:49 AM

when the next depression kicks in you could get a job doing paintings of all the poor people like in the 30s

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2/12/2009 2:01:43 AM

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"LOL, so you can buy a minivan for $1800? And think it'll make it through the trip without breaking down? LOL "

Nah, I bet you could do that no problem. For $2500, I bought a '95 Ram 2500 with V10 and 4x4 (it had 112k miles when I bought it) and drove it from the upper NW corner of WA to Morehead City while pulling a trailer and nearly 9000 lbs.

But yeah, if it's just 2 people and you're just doing a road trip, most regular cars would be just fine.

2/12/2009 2:31:42 AM