On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah - Page 13 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

QB93Z · 06-12-2021

Day 26: On Saturday we drove from Columbus to our home in Westminster, Maryland. No problems and a nice drive. It is good to be home.

26 days, eleven states, 5,878 miles.

Jim

nelson007 · 06-12-2021

Welcome home.
Nelson

secondchance · 06-13-2021

Welcome back, Jim!

tiegsd · 06-13-2021

There's no place like home.

Thanks for taking us along on your road trip!

tgonyaw · 06-13-2021

Glad you had a safe trip!
Thanks for the road trip pictures and comments. Keeps my "Walter Mitty" gene alive!

G-Sting · 06-13-2021

Such great pics of the scenery in Utah and Colorado. I'm sure the photos don't completely do the incredible beauty of them justice - those are places one must experience in person to really appreciate.

Thanks to you and Lyndi for sharing all. Looks like your trip was another adventure for the books!

BlackZR1 · 06-13-2021

Great trip Jim.
Thanks for taking us along!

evolutionross · 06-15-2021

Welcome Home Jim and Lyndi! Thanks for the wonderful travelogue.

goodman770 · 06-20-2021

Thanks so much for posting this. I bought a 1990 ZR1 in Missouri and drove it 13 hours home to Atlanta and read a lot to try and prepare. A few of my thoughts, these were my experiences YMMV.

I wasn't a huge fan of doing hours in the car at highway speeds because of the noise. I tried twice to get earplugs at gas stations, no luck. Between wind noise, engine and exhaust it was just loud.
The seats were the best I've ever used for a road trip. After 13+ hours I had zero fatigue from them.
At 80mph in 6th gear I'm at about 2000 RPM, and so if I hit a hill, I'd need to downshift...such an interesting and useful gear ratio.
She is thirsty on the highway.

One interesting gas station comment: "Beautiful car. That new vette is interesting, but more European looking. This one is for us."

-=Jeff=- · 06-20-2021

Goodman,

May I ask what exhaust? As for wind noise your windows might need adjustment. I have very minimal noise in my 1990. As for exhaust noise depending what system you have makes a difference

06-12-2021	#121
QB93Z Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westminster, Maryland Posts: 3,684	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah Day 26: On Saturday we drove from Columbus to our home in Westminster, Maryland. No problems and a nice drive. It is good to be home. 26 days, eleven states, 5,878 miles. Jim

06-12-2021	#122
nelson007 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Westminster, Md. Posts: 434	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah Welcome home. Nelson __________________ WAZOO MEMBER 1993 #124 Ruby 1994 #??? Red/Black 1995 #061 Black/Red 2012 ZR1 Preproduction

06-13-2021	#123
secondchance Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: McLean, VA Posts: 3,717	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah Welcome back, Jim!

06-13-2021	#124
tiegsd Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: West Chester, PA Posts: 385	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah There's no place like home. Thanks for taking us along on your road trip! __________________ 1990 Black/Black ZR-1 #1155 1993 White/Red coupe (Regrettably sold)

06-13-2021	#125
tgonyaw Join Date: May 2018 Location: VA Posts: 207	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah Glad you had a safe trip! Thanks for the road trip pictures and comments. Keeps my "Walter Mitty" gene alive!

06-13-2021	#126
G-Sting Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Kentucky Posts: 352	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah Such great pics of the scenery in Utah and Colorado. I'm sure the photos don't completely do the incredible beauty of them justice - those are places one must experience in person to really appreciate. Thanks to you and Lyndi for sharing all. Looks like your trip was another adventure for the books! __________________ '94 ZR1 LT5 - Dark Red Metallic '79 L82 4-speeds of fun '96 LT1 Borla, H-pipe, TB, CAI (Sold) "An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered." -- G.K. Chesterton

06-13-2021	#127
BlackZR1 Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 152	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah Great trip Jim. Thanks for taking us along! __________________ Roger 1990 ZR-1 #2699 Black on Black 15,000 miles Full-time secondaries, 4.10 gears, C-beam plates, ported top end

06-15-2021	#128
evolutionross Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Phoenix, MD Posts: 91	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah Welcome Home Jim and Lyndi! Thanks for the wonderful travelogue. __________________ 1992 ZR1 #501 in crap condition Functionally great, cosmetically terrible Haibeck intake porting and tuning Stainless works headers Corsa exhaust Forgeline wheels on their second life [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

06-20-2021	#129
goodman770 Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Atlanta Posts: 9	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah Thanks so much for posting this. I bought a 1990 ZR1 in Missouri and drove it 13 hours home to Atlanta and read a lot to try and prepare. A few of my thoughts, these were my experiences YMMV. I wasn't a huge fan of doing hours in the car at highway speeds because of the noise. I tried twice to get earplugs at gas stations, no luck. Between wind noise, engine and exhaust it was just loud. The seats were the best I've ever used for a road trip. After 13+ hours I had zero fatigue from them. At 80mph in 6th gear I'm at about 2000 RPM, and so if I hit a hill, I'd need to downshift...such an interesting and useful gear ratio. She is thirsty on the highway. One interesting gas station comment: "Beautiful car. That new vette is interesting, but more European looking. This one is for us."

06-20-2021	#130
-=Jeff=- Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 7,156	Re: On the Road Again - Purple ZR-1 Road Trip to Utah Goodman, May I ask what exhaust? As for wind noise your windows might need adjustment. I have very minimal noise in my 1990. As for exhaust noise depending what system you have makes a difference __________________ 1990 Corvette ZR-1 #1051 Watson Headers (2" Primary) - Flowmaster Cats - Borla Catback Late Model IH - Plenum Coilovers - 4.10s Shelby Series 1 - Wilwood Brakes Custom Interior NCM Lifetime Member #978