Bill ... You talk of a fine adventure.. Makes the wife and I want to
take a ride down there, once our Imperial is fit to travel .
On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 09:26 PM, Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Today I decided to do something nice for my Nissan for a change. I had
> bid and won a new aero package for it at a ridiculously low price on
> eBay, and to save shipping charges on it, I decided to go and pick it
> up myself today, so the Imperial was immediately called into action, as
> Super Trunk! I had to drive to Whittier, CA, which is fairly close to
> downtown L.A., so traffic on the freeway getting there was everything
> but a smooth cruise, and coupled with that, temperatures were soaring
> near 80 degrees today, so the Imperial was running very hot almost all
> the way there. Once there I was able to fit the rear and two sides of
> the aero kit easily into my trunk, but had to put the front piece
> straddling the front and rear seat. Not wanting to face that traffic on
> the way home, I knew I was fairly close to Imperial Highway, so I set
> off to find it. Once on Imperial Highway it was a smooth cruise with a
> lot less traffic than the freeway, and the Imperial was now back to
> normal temperature. I took Imperial Highway through about six or seven
> cities, until I could get on a less congested freeway to get me the
> rest of the way home. What started out as a nerve racking experience of
> sitting hopelessly in traffic watching the temperature gauge rise,
> turned out to be a wonderful cruise down the Imperial Highway! I only
> wish I had my camera with me to take some pictures of the car under an
> Imperial Highway sign.
> Bill '59 Crown
>
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