Well, we made the trip without a hitch (mostly) and arrived back in Tampa yesterday afternoon. It was 11:30 on Saturday when we hit Atlanta, so we just went through town. No problems. On the north side, near Kennesaw, a big black car with black bars welded across the grill got on our tail in the left lane going 80mph. I couldn't get over because the two right lanes were wall-to-wall semis. Though he wasn't flashing his lights or anything, he sat right on my bumper for 2-3 minutes. So I accelerated to 90 or 95 (100 indicated) and pulled into the center lane in front of a truck. The black car went past. On the side of the car... "GSP". He didn't look at me twice. Wow! my heart was about to jump out of my chest. I guess I would have told him I knew he was LEO and was trying to get out of his way if he had pulled me over.
The Valentine kept me out of trouble a few times on the interstate. When we got into north Georgia, we got off and took some great roads into Tennessee. On Sunday we went into the mountains and followed the Ocoee River for a really great ride. See photos. My son, Sean, shot video of the trip, but mostly out the side window. You don't want to see it.
The car ran flawlessly and burned no oil at all for the whole 1200+ miles. The seat was most comfortable. The heat was great when stopped and non-existent at speed. Oh well, the air works and I live in Tampa.
I have made this trip many times but never had as much fun.
Thanks for the responses re: ATL traffic.
Sean at the motel.
Lake Ocoee
Ocoee River (low tide) You can see the road in background. Right after snapping this, I saw a 930 and two Corvettes blast past. The Porsche driver blowing his horn when he saw our car on the shoulder.