Gravel Country Roads

[HKS]

Input needed.
Does anybody have experience with Tbird on gravel road?

I plan to go on a 200 mile trip. The end of the trip is in the country and I need to drive on a gravel road for 3 miles. Should I do it in the Tbird? No mudd flaps. Will going 30MPH be OK, or should I drive the old Buick?

HKS

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[mwhit]

I can supply you splash guards so you don't chip the sides of your car. They attach in existing holes, and can be removed after your trip if you don't need them on all the time. Pictures can be found at: http://www.craigwhitmoyer.com/2002.htm
The cost is $23.95 mailed to your address.
Contact me at mwhit@nbn.net Thanks Mike

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(2)88 Turbo Coupes
Yellow 2002 11528 in the shed

 

[2birdblue]

I can vouch for the splash guards on a dirt road. Saved an expensive trip to the body shop.
And they really don't look bad when left on.

 

[tleslie]

Get the splash guards. These tires dont like sharp gravel, so beware.

 

[George]

Take the Buick!!

 

[DEWbird]

My wife and I just returned from a vacation trip to the Florida panhandle. Briefly, we considered driving the DEWbird. But lack of trunk space and common sense helped us decide to take the SUV (Toyota Highlander) insead. In addition to being able to take more stuff with us, the decision to leave the TBird home was a wise one. Tropical storm Hanna hit for two days while there. Never did get all of the sand and road film cleaned off the SUV until we got back home to Indiana. Traveling I65 thru the forests of Alabama was amazing. Going down and coming back our SUV was plastered with several hundred large digusting look flies all over the windshield, mirrors and front of our vehicle. Anyone from Alabama know why the flies were so bad this year? Never remember anything like this on previous trips.

HKS: The bottom line is that you have to decide for yourself what the car means to you. For some it's an everyday driver and the weather and road conditions are of secondary importance because they like driving the car every day. For us, this TBird is the dream of a lifetime. We hope to have the car as long as we can drive, keep it in excellent condition and enjoy quality driving time rather than quantity.

 

[HKS]

I am taking the Buick. Yes this car is the dream of a lifetime for me.

I eventually will get door scratches if I keep taking it to work, but gravel damage on the paint would be self destruction.

Thanks for the input from all of you. I still only have 330 miles on it. I am waiting for an excuse for a road trip.

Originally posted by DEWbird:
My wife and I just returned from a vacation trip to the Florida panhandle. Briefly, we considered driving the DEWbird. But lack of trunk space and common sense helped us decide to take the SUV (Toyota Highlander) insead. In addition to being able to take more stuff with us, the decision to leave the TBird home was a wise one. Tropical storm Hanna hit for two days while there. Never did get all of the sand and road film cleaned off the SUV until we got back home to Indiana. Traveling I65 thru the forests of Alabama was amazing. Going down and coming back our SUV was plastered with several hundred large digusting look flies all over the windshield, mirrors and front of our vehicle. Anyone from Alabama know why the flies were so bad this year? Never remember anything like this on previous trips.

HKS: The bottom line is that you have to decide for yourself what the car means to you. For some it's an everyday driver and the weather and road conditions are of secondary importance because they like driving the car every day. For us, this TBird is the dream of a lifetime. We hope to have the car as long as we can drive, keep it in excellent condition and enjoy quality driving time rather than quantity.