I'm going to be driving down to LA on a Thursday this month from SF. I'm looking for a fun, but not totally out of the way route down. Any ideas? If I take the 5, I usually get there in 4.5 hours... so I'd like to keep the scenic route to about 6 hours if possible. Any ideas? Thanks!

John

 

S.F to L.A. in 4.5 hours? are you f**king kidding me!?

are you flying a cesna?

 

Ok, the 4.5 hour drive was from Cupertino to LA, and I was running late, so I pretty much had to gun it on the 5.

John

 

These is even faster than a flight from sfo to lax

 

Try 101 South, very pretty compared to 5 and I usually see some pretty cool cars. A few years ago I got into a high speed caravan with my TT300zx and a Viper and a F355. Was a total blast, at times we reached really stupid speeds.

Later
PDQWRX

 

Scenic route is the "1"....no comparo!

 

i've gotten to LA from Oakland/Orinda in 4 hrs 15 mins before. and that was in my parents old 1993 camry. my old roommate once made it down from Vallejo to Westwood in 4 hr. i dunno how the hell he did that!

 

try this one... exit south bay on 101.. go to 25 south and take it through Hollister. Take it all the way past Pinnacles to where it tees into (I think) 198. Take a left on 198 East and take this to Coalinga. From there you can either go to 5 or go south on 33. I suggest looking at a map to decide what to do once in Coalinga (5 or 33 or a combo of both).

The stretch between Hollister and Coalinga is fun and beautiful.

lndbrusr

 

I once drove from Washington d.c. to fayetteville, NC (a 6.5hr) drive in 2.25 hrs flat. so i guess i can see making it to L.A. in 4.5hrs.

don't ask me why i drove that fast cause it's a long painful story.




oh yeah i was in a slightly modded 2000 neon r/t.

 

Thanks for the input, guys. I'll definitely check out a map and see which of these seems best for me.

John

 

Ya go route 25 south to 198 south/east to 33. It's not a nice as the 1 but it won't take all long.

 

eastbaysubaru suggested this to me
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

I don't have it (he just gave it to me), but I am sure you'll find something cool

 

I made it to SD from Pleasanton in 7 hours with an hour long stop in Hollywood/Beverly Hills. Plus a 30 minute stop at Harris Ranch.