In trying times such as these, great American families - think the Corleones and the Waltons - draw closer, gaining strength from their primal solidarity, their shared blood. And so it is with a great sense of duty that our ruby-red Cadillac CTS will over the next couple of days make its way back to its ancestral home in Detroit.
Also, Southern California, where the CTS has spent the first 18,000 miles of its life, is filthy with dinosaurs (see picture). This makes the region nearly a quarter as horrifying as a Michigan winter.
According to the Caddy's navigation system, the trip from West Hollywood to Detroit is 2,282 miles. If we choose to do the trip crazed-trucker style, the nav system claims we'll make it in 31 hours and five minutes. That's going to require a sustained speed binge (averaging an aggressive 74 mph).
We'll update you with progress reports and/or speed-addled gibberish as we go.
Daniel Pund, Senior Editor, Detroit @ 17,988 miles
1487 says:
10:35 AM, 12/11/08
If Sen. Shelby has his way GM may be bankrupt before you guys make it to Detroit. If that happens we will still be able to buy vehicles made in subsidized plants in Alabama I guess.
dougtheeng says:
11:33 AM, 12/11/08
Good luck, we're all counting on you.
ddoouugg says:
03:22 PM, 12/11/08
It doesn't seem like the CTS has been here that long.
mopar424 says:
03:45 PM, 12/11/08
Since when is 74mph "aggressive"?
eriches says:
05:09 PM, 12/11/08
mopar: Pund is kidding, man.
karjunkie says:
06:30 AM, 12/12/08
He's not kidding, try "averaging" 74 MPH for that distance and you'll see...:)
chavis10 says:
09:37 AM, 12/12/08
The best way to average 74 is to drive at night. I averaged 69mph from Philly to Atlanta one time but I left home at midnight. Otherwise, it's almost impossible to average more than 70mph and keep your license.
mopar424 says:
05:30 PM, 12/13/08
Drove Delaware home to Central FL after thanksgivingin a DGC- Averaged about 82.
mopar424 says:
05:32 PM, 12/13/08
*no edit.
This was mostly at night, however.