Monthly Archives: September 2016

The (Road)ster Trip – The carless experience

At some point during the Roadster Trip, I had to take a little break from driving. For my own sanity. I’ve decided to share with you this part of my trip, as it was totally worth it.

After the Charleston stop, I decided to stop at one of my favorite places in the whole USA : Ocean City, MD. I’m a big reggae fan and wanted to just relax a bit after so many hours of driving… Seacrets was the place I had to go.

I took one very healthful Hamburger, some colorful drinks and decided to relax with my feet in the water.

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I always keep an eye on my car and park in the best spots to avoid dings… that was also the case in Ocean City:

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The sunset was amazing and made me realize how lucky I was to see all those places during my trip.

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The next day, I headed out to Philadelphia to catch up with work.

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I then drove to New Jersey to park my car at a friend’s house and take the train to New York City.

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I had an awesome time in the city. It was my first time going there just to sightsee. Here are some pictures of my trip~

Grand Central Station

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Time Square

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Brooklyn Bridge

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$2 worth of pizzas

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$8 pitcher of beer (I have no idea how that’s even possible)

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Forgot a bag in a cab and had to pick it up at the station

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The High Line (railroad above the streets converted into a walkable area)

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I also found a Mazda CX-7 that seemed to be abandoned for quite a while (look for the dates on the windows)

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After 3 pretty intense days in the city, I headed out to Boston!

Gotta love the architecture of this place. The car looked perfectly in its element:

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And I received some love at the coffee shop.

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Those were my non-Roadster vacations during this very long (in terms of mileage) trip. Next stop is Burlington, Vermont.

 

The (Road)ster Trip – Charleston

First of all, I’d like to apologize about the lack of updates on the Roadster Trip. So, after a long ride from Atlanta, I did quick stop in Charleston. I decided to organize a very last minute meeting at Holy City Brewing. The weather was awesome, location was awesome, beer was awesome, cars were awesome but most importantly, the people were incredible!

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Quite a few people ended up coming with some very clean rides. It was a really nice place to be at and many people enjoyed test driving the REV9 ND Demo Car.

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Since it was my last meeting of the trip, I decided to take a picture of every car who showed up, as a token of appreciation.

There was a very nice grey NB with hardtop and very nice ride height:

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A neat NC3 showing a cool TRS Tow Strap and rocking some nice Enkei RPF1.

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A nice black ND (club model) with some Wilwood Big Brake Kit.

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My friend’s NC1 on Enkei RPF1 Wheels that was riding Deal’s Gap with me in July.

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And here’s the car who drove way too many miles in a way too short period.

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The owner of this car asked me not to take picture, but I can’t break the combo of Enkei RPF1 Wheels…

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And some random dude in a FR-S decided he would break the Miata combo, but at least he had the correct wheels…

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Even an other FR-S came up to the meet… I guess I didn’t made clear it was a Miata meeting (I’m kidding here, I love to see these nice cars).

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This white NA on 16” wheels also came to the meeting.

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And this is my long time friend’s NB on Kosei K1 Wheels with Garage Vary Front Lip & Zeromotive Rear Canards. He’s had a little fender bender…

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This Blue NA also came up. The owner had great plans to mod it in the future.

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This red NA was late to the party, but it was pretty nice to look at. It has a Garage Vary Front Lip, BBS Wheels and Project-G Hardtop Spoiler.

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Overall, it was an awesome meeting with great people and I’ve had an awesome time. It was great to see so many people come on such a late notice!

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