Trippin
01-30-2003, 23:17
My wife called before I left work to tell me the 14 Frwy was closed and all traffic was being diverted to the 5 north. This happens a couple of times a year and usually turns my 45 minute commute into a 1 hour and 45 minute commute. The way around this is through a two lane 25 mile canyon road that has most turns posted at 20 mph and slower.
There is nothing quite like throwing a Duramax/Allison equipped 2500HD Crew Cab Long Bed 4x4 around on a canyon road. Sure its nose heavy as hell, way to long, oh to heavy, and lot's of fun. I really gave the Allison, the Bilsteins, and the BFGs a workout. :D
The Allison really got with the program, after about 2 miles in the tow haul mode. It's intuition was almost perfect on the downshifts into the corners. It only wheel hopped the truck once on corner entry. :eek:
I even had a minivan and a 4 runner use two of the turn outs to let me by. I was on the prowl for some Rice but didn't find any. I would have loved to run the big old diesel up behind an Accord with a beer can exhaust system. One thing kept going through my head during the trip. Did Steve have this much fun when he taught the Rice boys a lesson at the drags? :D
There is nothing quite like throwing a Duramax/Allison equipped 2500HD Crew Cab Long Bed 4x4 around on a canyon road. Sure its nose heavy as hell, way to long, oh to heavy, and lot's of fun. I really gave the Allison, the Bilsteins, and the BFGs a workout. :D
The Allison really got with the program, after about 2 miles in the tow haul mode. It's intuition was almost perfect on the downshifts into the corners. It only wheel hopped the truck once on corner entry. :eek:
I even had a minivan and a 4 runner use two of the turn outs to let me by. I was on the prowl for some Rice but didn't find any. I would have loved to run the big old diesel up behind an Accord with a beer can exhaust system. One thing kept going through my head during the trip. Did Steve have this much fun when he taught the Rice boys a lesson at the drags? :D