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07-20-2009, 11:53 AM
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Trippin' USA: A testament to the X5 3.0i.....
Using this summer's free time, we decided to take a trip around the country.
Having recently bought (and coming into the world of) the X5 - '01 3.0i w/ approx 66k miles, the first stop was to put in a steel-propellered water pump, change the thermostat, drive belts, fan, plugs and coolant hoses before starting the vacation. I drove down to MRBMWX5's to get it all done (though I forgot to bring along the angel-eye converter kit  )The trip was a total of 9,500 miles (21 days) from Detroit, down through Nashville, Memphis, Jackson, MS, over to Birmingham AL, down to Montgomery, AL to Pensacola, FL, Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston then up through Amarillo and on to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM and on to Flag Staff, Phoenix and then through the 110 dessert heat from Tucson to Yuma. We then drove along the breath taking CA coast via route 1 and 101 from San Diego through the Red Woods and on to Portland and Seattle where we swung through beautiful Montana to SD to see Mt Rushmore. We then swung up to Minneapolis-St. Paul and then took rte 90 to Chicago and then rte 94 back into Michigan. During 20 day trip, I drove only during the daytime and at mostly 70-73 mph (got 20.6 mpg). The only mechanical maintenance required was the 1/2 quart of oil I added after driving straight through the hot dessert! I saw a lot of X5s out west.....especially in CA! I want to give kudos to this (or at least my) 3.0i engine/trans. This car purrrred like a kitten and ran like a thoroughbred throughout the trip.....it took those tight Ca coastal mountain curves as well as those Santa Fe and Flag Staff elevations like a champ  Once again, kudos out to MRBMWX5 for prodding me for the pics and then uploading them and pretty much in chronological order.... I only wish I knew how to label each pic with a little narrative.....I'm clueless in using this Xoutpost format..I took we took the trip because both of our jobs became victims of the economic down turn and we were just sitting around in a daze... I hadn't been to the south or south west, Gulf or CA coast, so with the '01 X5 that I had just bought (not even 2 months before both our places of employment shut their doors), I decided to put the rubber to the road. Quote:
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 The 'Old Spanish Trail' road out of Tucson was just beautiful...... The California coastal views should qualify for the 8th wonder of the world.... Montana was truly beautiful country...... And there were several more noteworthy stand outs all along the trip..... July 22, 2009 7:17PM - I finally learned how to upload the remaining pics: These pics begin in San Diego (#33 on the map) and progress according to the highlighted route.      On Muholland Drive looking down over L.A.   Inside Universal Studios  A cool Universal Studio street  I dare you to go on this ride!!  ....entering San Francisco  Hillside houses in San Francisco  A cool San Franciscan street  The Golden Gate Bridge  Route 1 just north of the Golden Gate bridge  Route 1 - The view is beautiful but the curves are tight and treacherous!  A deserved dip in the Pacific after enduring the mountainous curves!  On to the Redwoods of California  Mesmerizing!   Who said size doesn't matter?  The local Redwoods park Grocer  Route 1 just north of the Redwoods - Beautiful!  Route 1 north of the Redwoods  Route 1 north of the Redwoods  Arriving in Seattle First visit to the Space Needle since I was a kid at 1962 World's Fair  In Chinatown in Seattle (Is that an X5 and a X3 parked back-to-back?)  A nice Gran Torino going E. on Rte. 90 in out-state WA  Going to a Folk music fest in Butte, MT - note the snow-capped mountain  Entering Wyoming At Mount Rushmore A national artifact Entering Minnesota....On the way to see Minneapolis-St. Paul  Entering Wisconsin....on to Madison.  Entering Illinois.....a stopover in Chicago: Some Pahd Thai (pehdt), then a cruise along Lake Shore Drive  Ahhh, Home - a couple more hours drive and I'll be home just in time to see O'Bama throw out the first pitch of the All-Star game! 
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