ClutchFork wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:58 am
[quote=Rope-Pusher post_id=385878 time=1550689030 user_id=549
They covered them up and widened the roads years ago. The trees that used to touch to form a canopy above the road are long-gone as well. You have to go a lot further away from Detroit to find a Rue-Roll area in these modern times we live in.
I'll say! Detroit would be a great place to be from--far from! I think it might be rather nice in a small town like Ionia MI.
But if you really want to get Rue-Roll, go to Freeport Michigan. There it is like the Twilight Zone episode where the guy driving in a bad storm went back in time, but for the modern cars you would have no idea. There is not a single chain store there. Whole town barely covers a quarter section.
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wannabe87 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:34 pm
National roadside renter a member a Miata. Banged that up pretty good this morning - smashed windshield, tires wouldn’t roll, heavy damage to the side...was intertwined with the guard rail wires.
Good job. How about you rent practical cars, like a Malibu or impala.
Define practical to rent that’s not expensive for the renter.
ford focus or fusion, Hyundai Elantra or sonata, vw Jetta, even a Nissan Sentra or Altima would be nicer. Then there’s the SUVs you can easily upgrade to like the rogue and escape...
Edit: can’t forget the corolla and Camry!!
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
ClutchFork wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:58 am
[quote=Rope-Pusher post_id=385878 time=1550689030 user_id=549
They covered them up and widened the roads years ago. The trees that used to touch to form a canopy above the road are long-gone as well. You have to go a lot further away from Detroit to find a Rue-Roll area in these modern times we live in.
I'll say! Detroit would be a great place to be from--far from! I think it might be rather nice in a small town like Ionia MI.
But if you really want to get Rue-Roll, go to Freeport Michigan. There it is like the Twilight Zone episode where the guy driving in a bad storm went back in time, but for the modern cars you would have no idea. There is not a single chain store there. Whole town barely covers a quarter section.
Freeport mi isn’t far from me in GR.
I haven’t been there tho cuz no car.
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No intercity bus network in fichigan??
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
ClutchFork wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:58 am
[quote=Rope-Pusher post_id=385878 time=1550689030 user_id=549
They covered them up and widened the roads years ago. The trees that used to touch to form a canopy above the road are long-gone as well. You have to go a lot further away from Detroit to find a Rue-Roll area in these modern times we live in.
I'll say! Detroit would be a great place to be from--far from! I think it might be rather nice in a small town like Ionia MI.
But if you really want to get Rue-Roll, go to Freeport Michigan. There it is like the Twilight Zone episode where the guy driving in a bad storm went back in time, but for the modern cars you would have no idea. There is not a single chain store there. Whole town barely covers a quarter section.
Freeport mi isn’t far from me in GR.
I haven’t been there tho cuz no car.
No intercity bus network in fichigan??
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You could always ride on Greyhound to get there.
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Rope-Pusher wrote: ↑Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:56 am
I thought it might have been you, but I wasn't sure, so I didn't say hi.
Somebody has to keep the little trees air freshener company in business. You must not have seen the strings extending around the sleeves of his stained wife beater.
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Define practical to rent that’s not expensive for the renter.
ford focus or fusion, Hyundai Elantra or sonata, vw Jetta, even a Nissan Sentra or Altima would be nicer. Then there’s the SUVs you can easily upgrade to like the rogue and escape...
Edit: can’t forget the corolla and Camry!!
I consider all those sedans to be the same class - fusion, focus, impala, Malibu, Jetta, civic, accord, Elantra, etc.
Define practical to rent that’s not expensive for the renter.
ford focus or fusion, Hyundai Elantra or sonata, vw Jetta, even a Nissan Sentra or Altima would be nicer. Then there’s the SUVs you can easily upgrade to like the rogue and escape...
Edit: can’t forget the corolla and Camry!!
I consider all those sedans to be the same class - fusion, focus, impala, Malibu, Jetta, civic, accord, Elantra, etc.
4 doors.
How about a Jeep Nissan?
You missed my point, that all or at least most of those are nicer cars to drive than one of those Chevy sedans. Also forgot you can now rent a Honda Accord. This might explain why the accord doesn’t seem to have the same relative “caché” it had before Honda sold out to the rental fleets.
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.