Ojc
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Reading, Pennsylvania?
Are you going to the massive airshow they have there?
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Matt L
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its interesting to say the least driving over there  well i say that i didnt actually drive my brother did but there was like a speed limit sign about 5miles after the limit had changed (we had a satnav that told us what the limit was), can undertake aswell by the way everybody drove over there, traffic lights were strange aswell that you could turn right when on red on certain ones but not others oh and people in bigger cars assume they have right of way
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Fonz
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Originally posted by Hammer
Whereabouts?
Florida, for example, has massive roads and little traffic so driving is a walk in the park. Unless it rains.
and then it is like walking in the park when it is raining
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RichR
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Driving through New York City is horrendous - Did it in a Dodge Intrepid hire car as we flew into JFK then drove for forever up to Niagara where Dad's offices are.
Road's were so smooth and scenic, the drive was amazing but getting through NYC was awful; especially when the Taxi reversed into the side of us!!!
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whitter45
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anyof the big cities are terrible
Chicago was the same
LA was the worst place ever
[Edited on 12-11-2010 by whitter45]
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ajscorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
Whereabouts?
Florida, for example, has massive roads and little traffic so driving is a walk in the park. Unless it rains.
driving in the rain is easy everyone else just pulls in lol
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by Fonz
quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
Whereabouts?
Florida, for example, has massive roads and little traffic so driving is a walk in the park. Unless it rains.
and then it is like walking in the park when it is raining
More like swimming through the park tbh
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alan-g-w
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Originally posted by Siberia
just watch turning left... it requires some tought at first to not end up on the wrong side of the road...
get a satnav... dont rent one.... there stupid expensive... buy one and you can use it next time your over there.. it will be the same price to rent one..
if your renting a car make sure that you have money on your credit card and that if its you that intends to drive the car you have your liecence in your name(obviously) and that the card you usde to book it is also in your name or you will have problems trying to get the car.
if you going to florida get the toll thing the guy offers you at the desk.. i think its $18 for a week.... some roads(floridas turnpike) has a toll every 10 miles.
Dont let any americans run you off the road.. they try hard
Sorry mate but I didn't agree with any of that! From going to Florida a few times, albeit not driving though - turning left is easy, no need for a sat nav since the roads are grids (you get free maps from the coupon bins and as long as you're not an R-tard they're easy to read), is it not obvious that you'd have a credit card in your name(?), £18 a week for tolls is an absolutely ridiculous amount and they drive just like people over here.
[Edited on 12-11-2010 by alan-g-w]
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Siberia
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Originally posted by alan-g-w
Sorry mate but I didn't agree with any of that! From going to Florida a few times, albeit not driving though - turning left is easy, no need for a sat nav since the roads are grids (you get free maps from the coupon bins and as long as you're not an R-tard they're easy to read), is it not obvious that you'd have a credit card in your name(?), £18 a week for tolls is an absolutely ridiculous amount and they drive just like people over here.
[Edited on 12-11-2010 by alan-g-w]
I dont post much on this site for this reason.. 
wtf.. are you posting this just to be dis-agreable?
having actually DRIVEN in the us several times unlike you? these are the things i have seen..
maybe in the really small print that nobody reads.. they tell you that they take $200 off your card at the desk. i didnt know that untill i went the first time...
also let say that you use you mams/dads/brothers card to book the car... they wont take your card when you get desk
roads are like grids? maybe in manhattan an other citys... what parts of florida did you go to?
i said 18 dollars... in 1 week in florida your going to drive through at least 20-30 tolls.. at 1 DOLLAR+ for each. how is that a ripp off?
[Edited on 12-11-2010 by Siberia]
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noshua
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As mentioned, the toll card will save you shed loads
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oceansoul
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Put it in D. Keep your foot on the brake at all times, unless you want to start moving.
Assuming you have never driven an Auto before.
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Sam
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You don't need an international licence so don't bother buying one from the Post Office.
I don't know if this is the same everywhere in the USA but here are my observations from driving in TN:
- if you are in the 'slow' lane of a dual carriageway/highway etc. and a police car/fire engine/ambulance is parked on the hard shoulder, MOVE OVER to the next lane as they WILL pull you over if you simply drive past them on the hard shoulder!
- you can turn right at a traffic light if it's on red as long as there's no cars coming from the left and there are no signs by the lights that prohibit you from doing so
- never EVER go faster than the speed limit, even if you see others doing so because there are highway patrol cars/cops that lurk everywhere and have no hesitation on pulling you over and doing you for speeding even if you were doing 40 in a 35 for example.
- pretty much everyone drives an automatic  so learn over here if you've never driven one before otherwise you will be like the other halfwits from this country that attempt to drive with both feet on the foot and accelerator at the same time "forgetting" there's no clutch pedal.
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Sorry mate but I didn't agree with any of that! From going to Florida a few times, albeit not driving though - turning left is easy, no need for a sat nav since the roads are grids (you get free maps from the coupon bins and as long as you're not an R-tard they're easy to read), is it not obvious that you'd have a credit card in your name(?), £18 a week for tolls is an absolutely ridiculous amount and they drive just like people over here.
[Edited on 12-11-2010 by alan-g-w]
I dont post much on this site for this reason..
wtf.. are you posting this just to be dis-agreable?
having actually DRIVEN in the us several times unlike you? these are the things i have seen..
maybe in the really small print that nobody reads.. they tell you that they take $200 off your card at the desk. i didnt know that untill i went the first time...
also let say that you use you mams/dads/brothers card to book the car... they wont take your card when you get desk
roads are like grids? maybe in manhattan an other citys... what parts of florida did you go to?
i said 18 dollars... in 1 week in florida your going to drive through at least 20-30 tolls.. at 1 DOLLAR+ for each. how is that a ripp off?
What a wank, that was me trying to be diplomatic as well even saying sorry for not agreeing with you. If you don't want to run the risk of someone disagreeing with you then do us a favour and fuck off and don't post at all.
I've been over there with a license, only reason I've not driven is because you need to be 25 unless you want to pay a massive premium. So I've known how to drive while being driven about and since I've got common sense I've been able to tell what it'd be like if it was me in control.
You're still not making any sense about the credit card thing. I've been to Orlando, Miami, Kissimee, Fort Lauderdale, Daytona and other central/southern bits of Florida. Fair enough, maybe the roads aren't all grids but they're just about all straight lines. Point about the maps still stands, made even stronger by the fact you didn't use one as well. In all the times I went I never once used $18 of tolls in a 2 week holiday, let alone half of that. Not been in a while though so who knows, maybe it's worse for them now. But $1 a toll? Maybe some but it would be a minority. Most when I was there, again a couple of years since I have, were about 75c or less.
Very sorry I offended you by giving a different opinion, don't expect it not to happen again though.
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by ajscorsa
quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
Whereabouts?
Florida, for example, has massive roads and little traffic so driving is a walk in the park. Unless it rains.
driving in the rain is easy everyone else just pulls in lol
That's not driving really then is it? 
When it pisses of rain everyone heads for the bridges.
[Edited on 13-11-2010 by Hammer]
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jrsteeve
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
Sorry mate but I didn't agree with any of that! From going to Florida a few times, albeit not driving though - turning left is easy, no need for a sat nav since the roads are grids (you get free maps from the coupon bins and as long as you're not an R-tard they're easy to read), is it not obvious that you'd have a credit card in your name(?), £18 a week for tolls is an absolutely ridiculous amount and they drive just like people over here.
[Edited on 12-11-2010 by alan-g-w]
I dont post much on this site for this reason..
wtf.. are you posting this just to be dis-agreable?
having actually DRIVEN in the us several times unlike you? these are the things i have seen..
maybe in the really small print that nobody reads.. they tell you that they take $200 off your card at the desk. i didnt know that untill i went the first time...
also let say that you use you mams/dads/brothers card to book the car... they wont take your card when you get desk
roads are like grids? maybe in manhattan an other citys... what parts of florida did you go to?
i said 18 dollars... in 1 week in florida your going to drive through at least 20-30 tolls.. at 1 DOLLAR+ for each. how is that a ripp off?
[Edited on 12-11-2010 by Siberia]
Agree. The slightest issue with payment can void the whole rental or cost a fair bit in surcharges. Defo need a sat nav so you don't have to rely on someone else reading the map, just saves a lot of hassle!
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sand-eel
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Originally posted by mike56gte
john bunnel spoof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6e16mLYNls
Haha the undercover baby
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Siberia
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Originally posted by alan-g-w
You're still not making any sense about the credit card thing.
let me try and put this to bed..
let say your going to the usa in january and you book a car today. let say you dont have cash on your credit card and you use you mams/dads/sisters/brothers card to book the car.
When you get to the desk in the car hire place they are going to ask you for A. your liecence and B the credit card that you used to book the car. the name on the liecence and the name on the credit must match or you will have problems getting the car.
Also unless you read the small print(which nobody does) you wont know untill you get to the desk that they take roughly $200 off the card. 60 of this is for a tank of fuel. and the rest is refunded to your card when you return the car. again this could be a problem if you didnt know about it or didnt have that cash on the card.
Regarding the tolls thing forward this video to 3:18 and watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/ctfxc#p/u/8/HnsgxbMynww
[Edited on 13-11-2010 by Siberia]
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whitter45
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end of the day get a sat nav and buy a USA map for £30 and your laughing - makes more sense and if sight seeing you get may POI downloads to help you
Granted we did 8 states and 3k miles but we would have been lost without a sat nav saved us on mnay occassions
We only hit 1 toll on our route but in Florida you hit many
Depending on were you are driving also take the extra cover for tryes etc as it worked about about £70 for 18 days and we went over some very rough terrain so was worth it
However our car broke down on the 6th day and we had terrible service so in the end we received a full refund for the car for the 18 day period which was good (circa £600)
That was with Alamo and i would never ever use them again - they have no regard for safety and customer service
also if you travelling across states you must get a platium insurance for your waivers incase of accident. it will also cover your party to drive the car and give you a full tank of fuel and give it back empty
Just enjoy it
[Edited on 15-11-2010 by whitter45]
[Edited on 15-11-2010 by whitter45]
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