A1cntrler
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Just returned from a trip to Northern Michigan with the family. We went up for my grandfathers 80th birthday. We left on Wed. afternoon, stayed the night in Breezewood PA, and from there drove to Jackson, MI to stay with a relative, and from there to Gaylord, MI. While there we went to Mackinac Island for a day and drove across the Mackinac Bridge just to do it. Then turned back south on Monday, stayed in Youngstown, OH with a relative, and Tuesday back to Chesapeake, VA.
Got between 19-20 mpg in the '07 Limited 4x4. I also was running an 87 performance tune from my Xcal tuned by Doug at BamaChips. Averaged about 70mph for most of the trip (Except in PA where they are proud to be 55mph still, and in MI where speedlimit is 70, but you had better be doing 80-90 or you are in the way). The wife and 4 year old held up remarkably well. The wife drove a total of about 100 yards when she went out to get the ST while I waited to pay for some stuff at Wal Mart. It seems that whenever we travel, we always end up at a Wal Mart for junk we forgot...
Having owned an '01 ST and an '07 and making the same trip in both, I can definately say that the '07 is a much better cruiser. The smooth ride and quiet interior made me feel much less fatigued in the '07. I love driving, so this trip was great for me.
We will be home for a week and a half, and then loading back up and driving to Orlando to take our son to Disney for a week... Gonna rack up the miles on the ST this month. Got her last August and just rolled over 18k in it already.
I didn't like paying $2.89 a gallon for gas here, but the price stayed the same until about Toledo OH where the price jumped to $3.19 a gallon, and then in MI everywhere it was $3.25 everywhere I looked. $2.89 seems like a bargin now...
Having the navigation on trips like these are awesome as well. I have the AVIC-Z1 in it. XM radio was also great with only a few short dropouts in the mountains in PA. The navigation is pretty good, but could be better. If I ever do it again I will not buy a Pioneer navigation system. We found it is great to use if you are not familiar with the area. It will get you there (If the address is stored, we seem to get a lot of "This address does not exist, would you like to go anyways"? This is for hotels and the like that have been there awhile) If you know the way to get there and like to use it for only a time estimate it sucks. For example as we got closer to our destination, it wanted us to take some strange directions. It would say we are 25 miles from our destination. I would bypass a turn that it wanted us to take because I know there is another way to go, and then it would recalculate the route and then say I only had 15 miles to go. It makes me wonder what kind of routes I run in an unfamiliar area. In the long run though it does get us there. It is also nice to search for food when we are ready to eat. Just doa vicinity search and set it in as a waypoint on the fly. There are a ton more restaurants than are shown on the blue signs along the highway..
Got between 19-20 mpg in the '07 Limited 4x4. I also was running an 87 performance tune from my Xcal tuned by Doug at BamaChips. Averaged about 70mph for most of the trip (Except in PA where they are proud to be 55mph still, and in MI where speedlimit is 70, but you had better be doing 80-90 or you are in the way). The wife and 4 year old held up remarkably well. The wife drove a total of about 100 yards when she went out to get the ST while I waited to pay for some stuff at Wal Mart. It seems that whenever we travel, we always end up at a Wal Mart for junk we forgot...
Having owned an '01 ST and an '07 and making the same trip in both, I can definately say that the '07 is a much better cruiser. The smooth ride and quiet interior made me feel much less fatigued in the '07. I love driving, so this trip was great for me.
We will be home for a week and a half, and then loading back up and driving to Orlando to take our son to Disney for a week... Gonna rack up the miles on the ST this month. Got her last August and just rolled over 18k in it already.
I didn't like paying $2.89 a gallon for gas here, but the price stayed the same until about Toledo OH where the price jumped to $3.19 a gallon, and then in MI everywhere it was $3.25 everywhere I looked. $2.89 seems like a bargin now...
Having the navigation on trips like these are awesome as well. I have the AVIC-Z1 in it. XM radio was also great with only a few short dropouts in the mountains in PA. The navigation is pretty good, but could be better. If I ever do it again I will not buy a Pioneer navigation system. We found it is great to use if you are not familiar with the area. It will get you there (If the address is stored, we seem to get a lot of "This address does not exist, would you like to go anyways"? This is for hotels and the like that have been there awhile) If you know the way to get there and like to use it for only a time estimate it sucks. For example as we got closer to our destination, it wanted us to take some strange directions. It would say we are 25 miles from our destination. I would bypass a turn that it wanted us to take because I know there is another way to go, and then it would recalculate the route and then say I only had 15 miles to go. It makes me wonder what kind of routes I run in an unfamiliar area. In the long run though it does get us there. It is also nice to search for food when we are ready to eat. Just doa vicinity search and set it in as a waypoint on the fly. There are a ton more restaurants than are shown on the blue signs along the highway..
