nice...im coming from schaumburg, illinois... im depending on my built in gps, so im not familiar with the roads...i looked on google maps...imma be going through iowa, nebraska colorado utah and neveda...i dont know if thats the route youll be taking...

@cuteboi...how long is the drive?

 

I;ve gotten 78k miles from doing 5 cross country drives (as far as Kentucky and florida).

And if you check on a US map, that's not really south... :P

By southern route, I mean southern

There are many ways around from LAX to CHI, you really should check the 4 possible routes:

One goes straight south down through MO Through Texas and over on the I-40. then you have the 90 which branches into 80 and you have another banch choice to stay on 80 to go down I-5, or down I-15 through las vegas...

You should buy a paper map, from walmart/target/gas station. The Walmart US maps are the best choice, due to the fact they put placeholders on ALL their stores across the USA which is great for consistent supplies.

This way you can pick out places to stop at, you can see in bold lines where to avoid (They list projected projects that each state has applied for, or closed for construction and completion dates). Honestly, don't get hurt

 

I travel to and from so-cal (not THAT far south, just Santa barbara) every few weeks... how DID I get the 78K miles....

 

thanks again...ill bother u if i have any other questions...but it looks like im taking 80 all the way to 15 down past utah through vegas...

 

Don't deviate from the highways once you hit utah. I've had 4 different GPS's go nuts there due to the rock walls..


oh wait, I'm thinking of Highway 70... hahahahhaha... so sad, but Utah and Colorado through highway 70 is breathtaking views non-stop, rain, dry, night, it's all the best views I've ever had....

Your lights hitting the rock walls that shine off and you see a train on the right of your car as you're traveling in and out of tunnels in the rock walls and you can hear the train and see the lights form the train hitting water falls from the highway.... so awesome.

 

The farthest I've gone with my GE8 is from LA to Willows, CA to watch the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill Endurance race last year. No problems whatsoever.

 

I've taken it across three states and near the Canadian border. No problems whatsoever and very few gas stops!

 

Serious question: Doesn't the Honda GPS continue to "dead reckon" even when the GPS signal is lost? My little GPS icon goes out, but the unit continues to navigate. Are there accelerometers in it?

Drop down south of I-80 in Utah. Unbelievable scenery for us flatlanders.

Cheers.

 

so am i safe going through the 70 or stay on the 80 all the way?