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Old Apr 13, 2002 | 10:57 AM
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Thumbs up First Road Trip!

I took my P5 on it's first road trip this week. I live in Ottawa Ontario and went to Toronto. About a 5 hour trip. It was awesome. I didn't even use a full tank of gas! Awesome. Toronto has craazzzzzzyyyyyyyy rush hour traffic!! I was leaving around rush hour to come home and it took a little over an hour to get the heck out of Toronto! I never saw that much traffic before! Even saw another yellow P5 while waiting in the mad traffic. Definately a good trip.
Old Apr 13, 2002 | 08:34 PM
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Cool. I am going to be driving back to Texas Monday night. Hopefully I can make it on 4 tanks. I'll keep yall posted. This is going to a test for gas mileage.
Old Apr 13, 2002 | 08:42 PM
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Where are you driving from? Good luck. Hope all the wildlife stays out of your path.
Old Apr 13, 2002 | 09:48 PM
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Driving from Virginia. I bought a front end mask especially for the trip.
Old Apr 13, 2002 | 10:17 PM
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good idea! I got two small chips in my hood from all the darn semi's! It's crazy, cause when u go to pass a semi sometimes you get blown around! freaked me out!
Old Apr 13, 2002 | 10:27 PM
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Ive been looking for mudflaps too. I have lots of small scratches only I notice when washing the car. Dealer doesn't sell flaps. So I either have to get generic ones that won't look right or go without.
Old Apr 13, 2002 | 10:52 PM
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I haven't seen any P5's around here with mudflaps yet. I wouldn't bother, but thats just me. It's a fun drive, especially with cruise control! I've never had it before.
Old Apr 14, 2002 | 12:21 AM
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cruse is awsome on are P5's...man when i went to toronto last nov with my P5 i sware i almost got into 5 accedents....traffic there is crazy!
Old Apr 14, 2002 | 11:51 AM
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I went to Montreal a few times and thought that they were crazy drivers! They have nothing on Toronto drivers! People were cutting right in front of me with no signal. I had to let them in or else I would have hit them..how rude! I noticed the way semi's drive. They are like the bullies of the highway. Swerving all over the place, passing other semi's when they can barely pass them in the first place. Moron's!
Old Apr 14, 2002 | 12:25 PM
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It's funny cause as soon as you hit that Montreal sign all the cars are going crazy fast and switching lanes at the speed of light! Hell They even make their own lanes! I pulled up to a red light where there were only supposed to be two lanes and a guy pulled up beside me! I don't know how he got there but holy crow! It's definately an experience there!
Old Apr 14, 2002 | 12:54 PM
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hehe ya you got to love the highways in montreal, you need a sports car with nimble handeling for those off and on ramps that apear out of no where
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Toronto traffic is crazy! I remember when I came back to Ottawa, how slow the traffic was!! I was used to 140km/h + as opposed to 120km/h and less over here!! Apparently, Ottawa is among Canada's Top 3 for worse drivers!

I love Toronto and Montreal drivers cause they're fast and all, but I'll stick to Ottawa.. less traffic in the morning!!!! I know a lot of people who moved to Ottawa and love this city for the light traffic flow. I don't blame them! I would hate to drive 1 hour every morning when you actually live 20 minutes away from work!!

But that's just me
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You all should drive in Dallas or Houston. Crazy Texans with big *** trucks.
Old Apr 14, 2002 | 03:10 PM
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Originally posted by TheMAN
Toronto traffic? No big deal. Montreal traffic? Ahh, lets have some fun! Now lets not talk about Houston traffic. And for fellow Dallas residents here, shut up about the traffic we get here. It's NOTHING.
Yeah. Houston, the land where SUV's run free. I only almost get hit twenty or thirty times a day on my commute. People in Houston use their turn signals to tell you that they want in the spot where your car is at that moment and then think that because the turn signal is on they have a God given right to push you out of the way. People who hold up traffic just to change lanes, even when the lane they are in is not going to exit anytime soon. Interchanges that go from 3 lanes to 1. Brian will now discontinue his ranting and raving. Look for the Silver ES going 85 down the loop (I was able to hit 90 last week!). Also look for the Suburban and Dually going over 100.

By the way, I love Dallas traffic. Very relaxing.
Old Apr 15, 2002 | 06:44 AM
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If you want to enjoy driving in Montreal highway traffic, you definitely need a good handling car.

As for Ottawa drivers... OMG... they are so slow. I used to live there and I never got used to it. And the highways just keep zigzagging all over the place.



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