Wish me luck, Reno to Seattle fly and drive

[TomSea999]

About to pick up an '85 318i, 73k original miles. Hoping to make the trip back in two legs. I'm new here.

-Tom




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[XwalkerX]

im sure youll be fine.

I flew to seattle and drove back to san diego in a day

[FireFight]

m10s never die!

just kidding, mine blew up.
but im sure you will be fine. I bet it will be a fun trip. id love to do it in a early 318i

[2mAn]

what route are you taking? just so we can help if something happens?

[TomSea999]

Made it with a stop in Yreka

About as flawless as a fly-and-drive can be. Flew Seattle to Reno at noon, got an airporter shuttle to take me 45 miles south, picked up the car yesterday at around 5.

Headed north, quick stop at In-n-Out, going past that shoe tree (need to google that, find out what that's all about) and through Lassen national forest toward I-5 at Mt. Shasta. The smoke and haze obscured the moon high in the sky, and dusk brought out all of the wildlife, including many deer. The worst was when I crested a rise, and saw a mother deer and a baby deer on the left, another baby deer on the right, and I was splitting the family. Always a bad idea. Slammed on the brakes, and went from 80 (indicated, probably closer to 75 after I tested the speedo against my GPS) to zero in nothing flat, missing the baby deer by about 3 feet as it wandered straight into my path and we stared each other down for a few seconds. Good brakes! Straight and true.

I got to I-5 around 10:15, and got as far as Yreka where I was planning on spending the night. In bed by 11:30 at the Super-8, up at 6:30 and a full tank of gas (30 MPG in spirited driving the night before), heading north on the all-too-familiar drive up toward Seattle. A 20 minute nap in a rest stop at about 2 pm and I was home at 4:30.

So far: drivetrain solid as a rock, everything on the car is pretty much stock, and, yes, it is (or rather, was) Bronzit. So if you see a 4 door driving around the I-90 corridor between West Seattle and Snoqualmie, that's probably me.

Tom


EDIT: Here's that shoe tree. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/16595

[kid325e]

Nice! Would love to see the car sometime, been thinking we need to get all the locals together again on a regular basis.

[2mAn]

No road trip pics??!?!

[TomSea999]

I was looking the entire trip for another e30 to take a picture next to - didn't see a single one. These cars are getting rare.

I found the cupholder in the car...

[TomSea999]

And of course, the car.

[nouseforaname]

looks like a good score. congrats.

[rob-redm]

enjoy the new ride !