i am not quite shure if i like it or not, i must see it in real life first :rolleyes:

the next morning!


the room looked like hell and was was a LITTLE tired
the wiew from our room in the 11th floor at daytime


my bro seemed happy, the beard still growing strong


i went to the all you can eat buffet and ate like a crazy to get my moneys worth in food, we stralled around a little more and went to the other side of the strip to see this:




a lot of these


some go-go´s


some really pretty russian artists in catsuits performing up high in the air to some funky live music


there was a bar outside and the bartender poured us a really mean vodka-margarita that almost knocked my bro out of his socks...
we had a blast when a new show began 30 min later again




the police working hard on PR


we had a grat time in vegas and my bro wanted to stay longer but we didnt had too much time left so we got back on the road again










los angeles


we drove drectly to santa monica beach because my bro, like always, wanted to go swimming


we liked the beach, not so crowded, mainly because the water was icecold and the wind was chilly, so no swimming




we ate our first hot dog in america there and it was poor, nothing good.
we went back downtown to find a hotel and drove by :


the hollywood sign is much smaller tha my bro thought it would be


jim hensons film studios


more to come

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Looks like you hand a AWESOME time!

Thanks so much for sharing Otti! Looks like you guys had a great time. Wish I had the time to tag along with you:(
By the way, my pics are working again.

hey wait my hotel was the best! it was freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D

hey, cool rj! did you end up paying the 27$ to photobucket??
pauli, i thought about your place more of a home than of a hotel...of course it was the best place, the hotel in vegas was the best place we payed for, thats what i meant!


ok los angeles,
we took a hotel close to the walk of fame because i didnt want to get lost in L.A.
it had a partial view of the capital records building





we walked the walk (of fame) and found most of our favourite stars














i have a ton more and almost the whole enterpise crew but i dont want to bore you with that








we went to hooters and had a spectecular looking waitress brining us pitchers of beer, funny thing on t was that she had a shirt wich had my bro´s name on the back
THIS IS HOW YOU WRITE IT IN GERMAN


not TUKI, lol
i used the opportunity and had the waitress explain me what that means, haha!
next day:
we ran to the kodak theater to snap some more pics of the hollywood sign before we left







and off we go up coastal highway 1, what a beautyful drive on the coast, i can recommend that drive to everyone!!
















the only thing that you cant have is bad time because the average speed goes down like crazy, in some turns you have to drive 15mph





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhViYnkowxI


unfotunatly did we forget to charge the camera for more pics of that day, so nothing to show from our visit in the redwoods and a race we had on the twisty roads vs a black suv, that was fun my bro was almost wetting himself when i tryed to find the limits of the corolla. ESP went on 4 times and boath the suv and me drove until the tires screamed. too bad the camera was dead i really would have loved to have a vid of that.
the big V8 of the SUV didnt help against my driver skills and he couldnt loose us,
when the driver of the said SUV reads this and has a vid of it please post!!!!
we drove until it was night and reached san francisco, but this is going to be telled tomorrow

as said we arrived san francisco in the middle of the night wich turned out to be a major pan in the azz,
all motels full, all hotels expensive!
we could get a relatively cheap room far from downtown for only 85$per night!
i thanked no and drowe downtown where the average hotelroom was 150-200$, n the end we endet up almost at the golden gate bridge for 90$/night...
was pizzed off but at least we would not have to drive long to the tourist traps.
in the morning my bro decided its time for the stickers to come off (we made it from coast to coast)
the car had never been washed only the windscreen was cleaned every two days, and it showed







we went down to the fishermans warf and had a clam chowder breakfast, hihi






booked a tour to alcatraz that would not leave until in 3 hours fom that time, we decided to rent some bikes and ride to the golden gate bridge


sitting in a car for 3 weeks transforms muscles into pudding as we noticed after the first uphill


alcatraz




there was supposed to be an airshow next day so all the contestants where training over the bay, cool stuff


we made it to the bridge despite the wind from the front


and biked the bridge, no jumpers there either, but a nice view of alcatraz and downtown S.F.






i love the fire trucks in the US








on the boat to alcatraz in the end.
i belive its one of the best tours one can do in all of the US, no time limit, no additional costs for 23$per adult! thats really fair.




the planes where flying that low over alcatraz that my bro actually manageged to get on fotogaphed close by




















it was a really nice day and we bought some beers for the evening as usual.....

Looks like a great holiday!

You should get your hands on a copy of the a great program called photoshop ;)

I felt so free to enhance 3 pictures you took during this holiday:










It also shows that your lens needs to be cleaned, a little to the right (seen from the middle) you can spot a area that is just a bit darker (in all three pictures).

Just PM me if you need help with the pictures.

Awesome trip!!! like to do this within a couple of years! really cool stuff....

Otti, You have the Marine flattop. you didn't happen to stumble into one of those recruiting offices did you by accident.

@ruben
my laptop is really beaten up so i didint notice the darker spot at all.
i dont have a photoshop program either...

@eirc
next year i hope to be abled to go from miami to new york city and stop for h2o
on the way to meet all our friends again there, i wll make a post about that in advance so that everyone can plan and join! the more the merryer

@tom
yeah i actually did, i couldnt get recruted since i am not a US citisen, i got a us-navy keychain though...

my bro loved alcatraz as well and the weather was nice too, since when do we have good luck?

we drove on to the north on higway 1 to meet our buddy aaron (speedng-g60) his wife jessica(corradogirlie) and their little son taylor(chubby)
in salem, oregon. in order to do that there was a lot of road to cover....here we go again!










saw a rabbit!!


i loved the coloured trees, yellow, green, red, nice!




a cuda? driving 60 on a 65mph road?? wtf



and managed to meet up with them.
aaron and me where sendng packages with parts from europe to the us and other way around for 2 years (i guess) already, so it was a big pleasure to finally meet him and his family in person.
his driveway...


blocked by us, lol...
he pulled extra his vr6 compressor out of storage for us, that thing is fun!


we went out for dinner and had a great time toghether


shot some pool, damn i got beaten up by him....


his racecar project


and stuff, lots of stuff- i was drooling all over the garage floor about all kinds of fittings manyfolds his monster turbo and more stuff!!






we had a great tme with you guys, thanks for having us again!
aaron made me the mostexeptional gift ever! a custom made intake manifold for my 1.8t mark1 rabbit gti, wich will give me at least 35hp!
i am forever in your deft my friend, i hope you gus come to visit us in europe some day that i can make it up to you!

tomorrow comes the last lag of our roadtrip diary, stay tuned!

Otti, just download Paint.net it is a programm that is free of charge (for private use).

If you need help (tutorial for enhancing your picture) pm me.

wow.

I could actually hear Jens saying "dieeeaaaaaaaaaaam!" in Aaron's garage :D

Aaron (Speedngg60), isn't he a mod on the Vortex?
I believe I sold him some stuff bout a year ago as well. :D

Oh, and you go to Hooters, and take a picture of the waitress's BACK? WTF! :D

pauli, i actually said it!
aaron is no mod but gets banned by them a lot...
we met so many nice people i only knew from the forums, like you guys!

we said goodbye and left salem, took our mandatory breakfast burgers and drove to seatlle.










in seattle we hooked up with simon (2mAn) again and had a party in the evening, simon took a lot of pctures but is moving to a new place at the moment so no pics of that at the moment....

we went to a carwash but it didnt help so i went in again and told the cashier that it didnt work so we got a second car wash for free, it was no good either but we decided that this has to be good enough.
we delivered the car back to the airport where our flight back to germany left 3 hours later.


we had to repack the luggages since my suitcase was to heavy (carparts!) and i refused to pay 150$ for 2 kg overweight.

12 hours later we where back home n berlin safely, had 1 day to relax before i had to leave to norway again.

THE BREAKDOWN:

i drove: bergen/norway-berlin/germany 1945km
coast to coast x2 8325miles/13156km
berln/germany-bergen/norway 1945km

total: 17541km/10761miles

my vacation was 28 days of wich i didnt drive in 9 days total.

average miles per day= 566miles
distance driven in the corolla 8325miles
fuel used with the corolla 225,347 gal
real life mpg 36,943mpg
money spend on fuel 591,13$
average puel price 2,62$/gallon
fuel stops 25
cheapest fuel ,oklahoma city 2,14$/gal
most expensive, san francisco 3,34$/gal
smallest distance covered/day 446miles
bggest distance covered/day 806mles
rental car price 1189$/month (it was cheaper to take the monthly rate)

flight tickets for 2 with lufthansa: 1146euro/1723$ (todays exchange rate)
lodging about 1000$
food/drinking ~1000$

money spend total: about 5000$
my comments:

we boath loved the time we had in the us, didnt mind living of dollar burgers to much (favourite 1$ burger: whopper jr)
enjoied the time we had on party with all the nice people we met on our way.
are glad that we did it, and defenately coming back but dont want to drive that far anymore, since we wanted to spend more time with our friends and in the case of my bro: more swimming! lol
loved the burgers at five guys, not cheap but good!

the people we met all have been genuinly friendly (with one exeption at the dci house) and we will hopefully meet all our new (and old) friends again next year at h2o or on our way there.
we disliked that many places only care aout their profit, that the co driver can not drink beer , crazy parking fees in the downtown areas.
the indish motel mafia ( i swear, when a place s called ...INN it s run by inidsh people who will call to their other INN´s to raise the price because there are some guys trying to get a good deal!) and worst of all if you want to buy something you will have to use your car since the disances are too big to walk, in some places there are not even sidewalks....

THE 2010TOYOTA COROLLA
after driving the car twice across the states i belive i am qualifed to give my opinon...

the pros:
-fuel economy was really good no questions
-the base price in the us is cheap too
-build quality is ok no tecnical issiues
-luggage space is suficcient for two adulds+beer
-stereo has a good sound and gets loud enough

the cons:
-15 hp more would make the car a lot better since the cruise control downshifts on every little uphill, wich is not only uneconomic but also loud.
-automatic gearbox makes a jerky upshift after the kickdown wich feels weird
-suspension is too soft
-cd-player is really sensitive and didnt want to olay half our cd´s
-the steering wheel doesnt come close enought to the driver to have a comfortable driving position
-the angle of the footrest is uncomphy and feels as it is in the wrong place
-everything feels cheap, switches, materials everything you touch feels better in my mk4
-strong wind noise fron boath front doors
-fuel cell only holds 11 gallons, too little for longer trips

story written and posted by otti in english and german on

the152.com
volksforum.com
vwvortex.com
golf1.info
vwscene-forum.de

pictures taken by: tuki (tacky)

special thanks to:
simon, lucky,handsome,paul,steve,tom,aaron,jessica (in order of appearence, lol)


tomorrow some bonusmaterial

hahahahah fucking epic homey :D

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good peeps

that's a lot of miles

I wish to thank you for making this trip.
And for the info so other people can use this info for their own trip.
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