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Long-Term Road Test (and Other Things)

Monday, August 8th, 2016

It's been a while, hasn't it, which is fine. Just means it's going to take us a while to catch up.

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Thursday, October 23rd, 2014

Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10

Ah, Tahoe—it's no Bend, that's for damn sure. But I drove around the whole lake anyway by mistake, and it wasn't all bad, and then I went ahead and drove all the way back to L.A.

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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10

After a thankfully peaceful night in a vaguely Psycho-esque motel on the outskirts of Bend, I lingered downtown for most of Day 9, because really, why would you want to leave? But then I remembered that my destination that night was Tahoe, or close to it—which meant I had to make it to Crater Lake before dusk.

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Saturday, September 27th, 2014

Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10

Back in the 500 Benz (not pictured above), I left Portland expecting to be golfing in Sisters that afternoon and staying somewhere in Bend that night. And that, Benzitos, is more or less what happened.

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Sunday, September 21st, 2014

Day 1 | Day 2 | Days 3-7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10

The pretext for this trip was that I had to be in Portland anyway for the unveiling of the 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat, a 707-horsepower monstrosity that will, as you'll see in a minute, do a burnout. I ended up spending a couple extra days with a notorious local I've done business with in the past—but first, I kicked it "Old-School" with Dodge as we drove candy-colored Challengers all over the place.

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