[rockfan4]

Thinking of driving east next summer for vacation. I'm in Wisconsin, my grandmother's family moved here from Vermont in the 1850's, both her grandfather and great grandfather made the trip with their respective families, I'm just curious what that area is / was like, and what would have made them move west. Also my fiance has a friend in Ohio and another in MA that she hasn't seen in a long time, neither is that far out of the way.

So the question is - Which car to take? She can't drive a stick and refuses to learn, so my Jetta and the Porsche are out, I'm not driving the whole trip. Her car is older with high miles and a questionable transmission. She wants to get a different car but not until next fall.

So the thoughts are -
1. rental car, new, no issues, boring.
2. Replace her car earlier than planned, use that.
3. Get something interesting but reliable, maybe something that needs work, fix it, drive it, flip it. I was thinking a mullet mobile, Mustang, Camaro, etc.

Any other ideas?

Route? I could go I-80/90 the whole way, or a route through Canada would not be that far out of the way. She doesn't have a passport and I think mine is expired, but we have plenty of time to remedy that.

When I was in college 100 years ago my girlfriend at the time and I took a '70's Chevy van through the UP into Canada, drove through Niagara Falls to Connecticut, picked up a friend there and drove back to WI. That was a fun trip, I would kind of like to repeat the experience although I know things have changed a lot.