LAS VEGAS!!!

[Conrad]

Anyone down to drive to Vegas for the long weekend coming up? Leave Fri the 14th and come back Monday the 17th???

[STIBungy]

There's a long weekend coming up?

[Dave_L]

MLK, Jr day. I still have to work tho.

[stu]

Anyone down to drive to Vegas for the long weekend coming up? Leave Fri the 14th and come back Monday the 17th???


If you stay at the Motel 6 it's really cheap. We just got back from Vegas for New Years, and despite the hotel rates doubling for New Year's Eve, it still only cost me $35 for a room for two days and the alchol we bought before we drove out there. I also spent $50 in gas, but I over paid for that.

EDIT: Oh yeah, it's about an 11.5 hour drive, and speeding doesn't get you there any faster. We tried.

[ryanman]

EDIT: Oh yeah, it's about an 11.5 hour drive, and speeding doesn't get you there any faster. We tried.
Pussies.

[Kwando]

Pussies.


:werd:

I've made it in 10 hours before

[stu]

How fast were you going? I know that when my roommate was driving, he'd be averaging about 75-80 mph, and he'd pass two or three different signs saying how far away Vegas was (this is continuous driving, no stops) and each time he worked out that we were only traveling 60mph on average. He tolds us this, and I didn't believe him, but when I drove, I had the van doing anywhere between 80-105 mph for the two hours that I drove, and I didn't save us anytime. Even when we had to crawl through the blizzard on the way out there, it only took us a half hour longer than it did on the way back. It's strange.

[A41.8Turbo]

:werd:

I've made it in 10 hours before

9.5 hours :)

Speeds were ranging from 95-110 with 2 stops for gas.

[Steve_C]

9.5 hours :)

Speeds were ranging from 95-110 with 2 stops for gas.
9 hours. 1 stop in grand junction, 1 in saint george, utah. astrovan with the needle pegged.

[A41.8Turbo]

9 hours. 1 stop in grand junction, 1 in saint george, utah. astrovan with the needle pegged.

;wor; ;wor; ;wor;

[Steve_C]

;wor; ;wor; ;wor;
actually it was my dad that was driving. he drove the whole way down, and who the hell needs reststops?!?! lol, damy gambling fiend. we left denver at 11pm, got to grand junction around 1ish, breakfast in vegas at 8ish

[-=[Juztin]=-]

1 hour, 45 minutes... Averaged about 550mph on a 747.... :)

[wild.irish]

i was making something like 9 hours also. i remember we rolled out around 11am (cause we overslept) and we had to make it at 5pm to check into hotel, but ended up entering vegas around 6ish (1hour difference from coloraro), which makes it 9+ hours. averaging 100mph.

ah, i wish i could join you guys...

[wild.irish]

=-']1 hour, 45 minutes... Averaged about 550mph on a 747.... :)
cheater!

[-=[Juztin]=-]

how are you planning to get there? Just carpool?

[STIBungy]

I left at 9pm and got there at 7am.

[Kwando]

actually it was my dad that was driving. he drove the whole way down, and who the hell needs reststops?!?! lol, damy gambling fiend. we left denver at 11pm, got to grand junction around 1ish, breakfast in vegas at 8ish


Damn asians love gambling

[Conrad]

i was thinking carpooling, caravan whatever...

[STIBungy]

Not me. I suk @ teh gamble ing.

Damn asians love gambling

[Steve_C]

Not me. I suk @ teh gamble ing.
learn how to count cards, and fluxuate your bets in blackjack and you should be fine

[frontieragent]

1 hour 30 minutes. Frontier Airlines Airbus 318 319


i have airline tickets to trade for parts if anyone interested.
I work for them.

[STIBungy]

Too much work. I'll stick to eating and sightseeing.

learn how to count cards, and fluxuate your bets in blackjack and you should be fine

[A41.8Turbo]

Too much work. I'll stick to eating and sightseeing.

:werd: I usually just go eat and watch my gf gamble. I'd rather spend the money on something else.

[wild.irish]

that's exactly what we were doing. we went to Capri casino once with our friends, and my wife and my friends wife were gambling, and we stayed in our rooms - my friend was working on his notebook, and i was practicing my mad tv game skillz in some ricer videogame :)

[Robert_K]

Wouldn't mind doing a Vegas trip but need more notice to save some extra cash.

[Steve_C]

how about this for early notice?
http://www.highaltitudeimports.com/t26211-.html

[Robert_K]

Thats works.

[amy]

You guys might want to also check out the Plaza (http://www.plazahotelcasino.com/).. Last time I stayed there it was pretty cheap.. ~$39 a night or so.

[Brandon]

actually it was my dad that was driving. he drove the whole way down, and who the hell needs reststops?!?! lol, damy gambling fiend. we left denver at 11pm, got to grand junction around 1ish, breakfast in vegas at 8ish

that's impressive considering it's about 240miles to GJ...that would be averaging about 120mph and considering the mountains, you must have been hitting 140+ to get that kind of average.

so what's the astro van got done to it? :)

[Steve_C]

that's impressive considering it's about 240miles to GJ...that would be averaging about 120mph and considering the mountains, you must have been hitting 140+ to get that kind of average.

so what's the astro van got done to it? :)
true, if we left at 11pm and got there at 1pm. it was dead of night, and i was sleeping in the passenger seat, so 1ish, meant after 1, but not 2am yet. granted if the drive took 2.5 hours, that should average approximately 96mph. again, that's why i put down 1ish, instead of 1pm.

needle in the astrovan's speedometer was pegged so far down that it kept on bouncing back up. astrovan had blistered firestone's by the time we got down to vegas :)

[TheJackal]

how about we race, i bet i could average 120 ;)

[Steve_C]

how about we race, i bet i could average 120 ;)
your dsm got's nothing on a ford rental with blistering firestones. 'burnout: