[juicersr]

Gab, seeing as you are less than a week away from saddling up your rocketship and riding cross country, thought i might give you some words of advice.

- Take plenty of time and miles to get used to the completely unique caracteristics of your ride. Get to know the power delivery and suspension gradually, or it may bite you in the ass. I remember coming through the mountains outside of San Diego on the first day and being so amped up with the car that i got too hot into one turn and had at total 'oh $hit' moment.

-If you don't have a Valentine 1, get one!

-Get used to people staring at you like you are driving in some sort of alien spaceship. Older P-cars are a rare sight these days, much less full blown race car replicas. The magnetism and charisma of your car will blow people away, old and young alike. i had guys coming up to me at gas stations along the way, like a bunch of kids going ga-ga over the latest toy in the store window

-Get ready to be challenged by every Ricky Redneck in his overly tricked out muscle car and every ricer punk between LA and TX. Your know the types.. they rev and gun in complete annoyance until they force you to blow them away. Just make sure there are not cops around when you do. I found that nothing could keep up with my ride even in a poor state of tune with low boost, and the Blackbird is going to be like the Millenium Falcon going warp speed.

-Take time to enjoy the scenery. It was my first cross country trip, and i couldnt get over how beautiful parts of the southwest were.

-Make sure you have all the stuff you need for possible flats, spare fan belt, etc, AAA.

-Finally, be prepared to have the time or you life! I know i did.