Riverside, CA to San Jose, CA and right back again. My dad was working for the GMC dealer in Riverside and I was paid to drive a pickup up to San Jose and bring a Minivan back.

I learned to really hate GMC minivans on that trip. Driving over the Grapevine in that POS empty was almost coma inducing.

I think it was about 14 hours in all. I think I spent a total of 10 minutes at the GMC dealership. The worst part was that it was only 6 hours to drive up, but that POS Safari took 8 hours to get back to Riverside, with midday traffic and all. Almost totaled that van at least 4 times on the trip back.


2000 Contour SE Sport Originator of the Beowulf Headlight Mod and the Beowulf CAI