Longest in my tour: Oakland to Saline Valley (north of Death Valley) and back, around 1200 miles. Included some nasty dirt roads with big rocks scattered all over them. You can find some pretty good dents on my underside now.

Longest ever: Palo Alto to Chicago and back in a noisy old Dodge van driven by my parents when I was about ten.

Longest single day: Palo Alto to Santa Barbara in a little Toyota wagon, loaded my brother's stuff into the back and returned the same evening.


96 GL Zetec ATX, white with pinstripe, nickname " Sam Smooth "
mods so far: CTA intake with homemade heat shield, KVR drilled front rotors & carbon pads w/ 500° fluid
planned mods: exhaust (want to keep it quiet), e-ram (awaiting installation), diablo chip
involuntary mods: compression increased after head gasket failure