CommaComanche Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 After I get off work at 4am the road trip to pick up my comanche begins. Looking forward to the trip and to turning the comanche into my Chromanche. A little nervous about that long of a drive in a truck I've spent so little time with but it should be fun. Anyone else start of their bond with their manches with a long road trip? I'm hoping to stop along the way at a couple junk yards and try to save some parts from destruction and decay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knever3 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 I think MOST Comanche owners have driven a long way to get their Comanche. Sounds like an awesome trip with the junk yards along the way. Take some pictures and do share the trip!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirteatr717 Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Where near nyc are you finding this gem and there arent many Junkyards out this way, only a couple pull aparts that are a few hours out of the way. I'm not too far from NYC so if you need a hand send me a PM :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommaComanche Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 The truck is in scotch plains new jersey. Decided to shoot past it on the way and check out nyc since I've never been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirteatr717 Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 So thats why I havent seen it on CL lol Have fun on the trip and don't spend too much in the city! But do get some pizza :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommaComanche Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 Lol.. Ya haven't seen it on craigslist cause it was never for sale.. Buying it from a family member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommaComanche Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 Location st clair shores mi. Departing shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommaComanche Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 Currently passing strattonville pa. Good drive so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrz Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 2X and don't forget to try the bagels, enjoy the road trip and share pictures of your jem So thats why I havent seen it on CL lol Have fun on the trip and don't spend too much in the city! But do get some pizza :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 yes, lots of photos! :D have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue XJ Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Where abouts in St Clair Shores are you from? I grew up by 12 mile and Harper, where that newer St Johns building is. Now I'm in Sterling Heights. Good luck with your trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommaComanche Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 I was terrible at keeping this thread updated while on the trip. I guess I will give a bit of an update now about how the trip went. I picked up my buddy from his house in St. Clair Shores (I live in Harrison Township but grew up just north of 10 mile and east of Jefferson in SCS..to answer Blue XJ's question)...We left his house and hit the road. Now, we are not the type to plan a trip in any way, shape, or form. We just knew we had about 48 hours to make it to New York City, see the city, and then turn back to head home while stopping in Scotch Plains, New Jersey to pick up the Comanche. We just picked randomly (with a little knowledge) picked a road and started heading in the general direction of NYC. I should add that my buddy had worked the night before and it was roughly 5am at this point. I had just worked a 12 hour shift and got off at 4am. But, like I mentioned earlier we only had 48 hours to get the trip done. We drove until nature called for my copilot. We found a Meijer somewhere in northern Ohio and stopped. Proof of the stop: What he did not know was that some genius decided to put the "Out of Order" sign for this particular stall on the outside of the door. When stall was unoccupied the door was opened to a wall and the sign was not visible. We laughed for a few miles. This is basically the only entertainment that there is in Ohio,. We continued driving for a few more hours. The copilot slept for a little bit until we got about 50 miles into Pennsylvania. He took over on the drive so that I could sleep. Sleeping was a major failure, which I already knew it would be. He is one of those drivers that speeds up to 75 then slows down to 70 and repeats. Hell, he even uses the gas pedal to accelerate while going downhill only to have to brake heavily at the bottom to make a turn. So, I didn't even try to sleep. The rest of the trip to NYC was fairly uneventful and looked mostly like this: The sky actually looks a lot cooler in this picture than it did while we were there. Apparently my galaxy likes to make life more vibrant. Moving on. We made it to NYC...well the traffic jam leading into NYC somewhere around 7pm or so. After about an hour or so of cutting people off, getting cut off, and constantly being within 2 inches of a fender bender we made it onto the island via the Lincoln Tunnel. Finding parking was easier than we expected so we ditched the truck and went for a walk. We were near Tribeca at this point. We took a walk around the Freedom tower and saw a huge bronze plaque of sorts dedicated to those who responded on 9/11. We found some authentic (I think...it was actually in NYC..so that means its authentic right?) New York pizza and finally ate something. It was pretty darn good and surprising reasonably priced. As were the several hot dogs we ate while in the city. We walked for a good while and eventually got on the subway and managed to get ourselves to Times Square. Pretty cool place even though a lot of the businesses were closed since it was about 11pm by now. We had planned on getting a place to sleep outside the city and then come back the next day for a while before heading out to buy the Comanche and drive home. We decided that we were better off just staying in the city so we didn't have to deal with the traffic again. Found a room about 1 block away from Times Square that was a hell of a bargain at 280 bucks for the night which included valet parking! Later I saw a ton of people sleeping on the library steps and figured that would have been perfectly suitable for me. Next time...... The next morning we had to go do a little shopping. The women we left back home never mentioned it, but we were sure they were expecting SOMETHING from NYC since we were there. I scored (flipped a coin to decide) a locket from Tiffany's (for just a little less than the price of the comanche) for mine and he got his a pair of Converse (shes a converse kinda chick). With our mental safety secured for the return home it was time to leave the city and go get my truck. Got to Scotch Plains NJ and met up with my great uncle (whom I only met about 22 years ago - I'm 25 now) and checked out the truck. I didn't take any pictures at this point even though I probably should have. The test drive went well enough that I didn't try to negotiate at all. Well, honestly...I had a thousand dollar money order in my pocket and it is pretty hard to negotiate when that is your payment style. I was hoping to drive the Comanche home and started to do just that. Which went awesome! The radio even already had country music (my music of choice) playing when I started her for the first time. Windows down, slider open, radio up..It was perfect..for about 13 miles. Then the trans started slipping and refused to allow me to go more than 35. Pulled into the closest Uhaul to get a trailer. No dice. They didn't have one. A couple phone calls later and I found one about 5 miles away (for 500 bucks....shoulda reserved one a week earlier when it would have been about 250..oh well, its all part of the adventure). We drove to the next Uhaul very slowly and got the trailer. When we loaded her onto the trailer we found the problem was a hole in a trans cooler line (there is another thread about this problem in the MJ Tech section). The rest of the trip was fairly uneventful. Mostly night driving while pulling the car hauler with the Comanche loaded on it. The only interesting part of the drive was a hill getting out of Scotch Plains. I hit the bottom of the hill doing about 45 with the pedal to the floor. By the top of the hill we were doing about 15 with the pedal still to the floor and still slowing down. If the hill were 10 feet longer I'm not sure we would have made it up. I drove all night until we were just outside detroit on 75. By that point I had been awake for about 20 hours, 12 of which I was driving. The copilot took over for the rest of the drive which I actually was able to sleep during because of an accident on 75 that caused bumper to bumper traffic. I fell into the deep sleep and slept through my buddies annoying spring foot driving technique. He punched me in the chest to wake me up when we got to his house in SCS about an hour and a half later and I drove the rest of the way home to Harrison Township. I got the oil change done and started work on the trans line repair. Here is what she looks like right now (except the cab is full of boxes of parts..new door seals, grill, tail lights, headlight bezels, and side markers) Now I am just working on her a little bit every day before I have to be to work in the afternoon. Hopefully she will be on the road by this weekend. Hope you guys enjoyed the post (or at least enjoyed the pictures if you didn't feel like reading the novel I just wrote) Just felt that since I started a thread about a road trip I should probably give you guys a road trip story to go with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuit Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88whitemanche Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Exactly! At least you go to explore a bit and enjoy the scenery! Congrats on the trip! It's always Christmas when you bring a comanche back home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirteatr717 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Truck looks good! Glad to hear the road trip went well for the most part and hope you enjoyed nyc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Enjoyed the story! Sounds like it was all worth it to me :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommaComanche Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Oh the trip was easily worth it. Even if I didn't come home with a Comanche the trip would have been worth it. But, I love my truck. So, double worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RynoMJ Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Grats on the comanche! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 You got something you wanted and had some fun doing it. That's what life's all about, or should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommaComanche Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 You got something you wanted and had some fun doing it. That's what life's all about, or should be. X1000... Exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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