Woo, well, I made it to my hotel room in San Diego! Technically, I guess I’m North of San Diego in a town called Oceanside, now. All the rooms have high-speed internet wired right into them, and even include the ethernet cable. Pretty sweet.
Observations so far: although at 65, the speed limit of the I-5 is 10 mph lower than the I-75 in Florida, the lanes are much narrower. Combine that with the fact that I’m not used to driving Mustang convertibles (woowoo! 🙂 ) and I wasn’t sure what exit I was supposed to be looking for AND it’s a little past my bedtime, and you’ve got one stressful situation. Thankfully the road my hotel was on happened to be one of the major exits from the highway.
Whoa, sheesh.. the computer clock says 4:34am, time to switch it to the right timezone methinks. Oh yeah — I *do* have high-speed internet right from my room, so I should be able to keep y’all up-to-date.
Before I doze off in front of this thing, a tidbit about the flight over.. first, we were late leaving because Houston was just “getting slammed” and was very congested, so our plane was instructed to stay on the ground in Sarasota. What should have been an hour and 19-minute layover turned into a six-minute, all-out sprint across George Bush International to get from gate B69-C44, service from Houston to San Diego. I got on the plane four minutes before its scheduled departure time.
Though all the effort would turn out to be somewhat anticlimactic, as shortly after we pushed away from the gate, we stopped. Why? Because the airport had shut down temporarily while a thunderstorm passed. An hour and twenty minutes later, we were in the air! Guess I got my layover in Houston after all.
Did I mention the ‘stang is red? So far I’m not terribly impressed — it feels like it only wants to drive in a straight line — but I haven’t really put it to much of a test, either. And driving automatic after driving stick for so long is going to take some getting used to. Tomorrow. After some sleep.
Don’t forget, if you’d like a postcard, just send me a note and I’ll make sure there’s one in the mail with your name on it.
Comments
5 responses to “Arrival”
Ohhh man it sounds like you got the hook up. This could be ugly.
‘Stangs are over rated….even the 5.0 litre…sucks up the gas for minimal power. I’ll stick with my Beemer….much more classy, and much more fun to drive.
I’m not really into the “muscle” cars. Heh, muscle car my ass. A BMW M3 could kick any Mustangs A$$ anytime! Too bad rental shops don’t rent out BMWs. Then you would have a fun ride!
While I’m not a particular fan of the mustang myself. My tastes fall to smaller lighter cars. Getting any type of convertible as a rental in Southern California would be swwweeeet. Besides when you look at the normal company rentals the mustang isn’t that bad. And far as the M3 comparison, the only advice I’m going to give is objectively check out the cobra (2000’s better 2004’s still good), you might be surprised.
mustang: aka tree hugger -why? b/c most end up wrapped around trees (due to the fact that they don’t take turns very well -so i hear)
if you want something that goes fast in a straight line -outfit an ORIGINAL mini with a V6
and play on runways
i’d like a postcard please!! i’ll send you my address to your uvic account!
Mikey thinks back to his last company rental….a Ford Echo…Blah
Ok, I’ll have to agree that compared to a typical company rental, the Mustang is a step up 🙂
As for the Cobra, you are right….I do like it. However, if I had a choice, I think I would still go for an M3(I just have a feeling it would be more reliable 🙂