US Road Trip Advice...? (October 2024)

A starting point

Have cigars and espresso

Make sure to try In/Out burger and El Pollo Loco. In Vegas I took a taxi thru the drive thru of a Pollo Loco. Good stuff..

You can always join us for a day in Sonora. I put the link below. No SLK is needed. @Trev5

The best thing for us by far in Las Vegas was the Pinball Museum. Located off of the strip it looks just like any other white building until you go inside (googling looks like it might have changed outside in recent years) A fantastic assortment of machines lie inside. A margarine tub full of coins that you purchase inside means you can spend all afternoon there and it seems like minutes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Hall_of_Fame

Several rental companies have BMW X3/X5/X7 for rentals.

We had reserved an X3 for a wedding week and travel last October, and when we arrived to pick it up they politely upgraded us to the X7, saying the X3 was out for service or had not been returned yet. The X7 wound up being like $59/day.

The X7 was an amazing machine, and rocked the trip and curvy roads.

I’d be thinking the beemer X5/7.
Curveball, the Murano.

Avel Du said:

I’d be thinking the beemer X5/7.
Curveball, the Murano.

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The issue with beemers, is they use to be good looking sports cars - But what is going on with there latest SUV grills ....?

They radiate wealth.

Thought it rude not to update this thread:

Reading up before hand, apparently good SLK owners go to a retirement respite home in Florida and bad SLK owners go to Vegas...!!



Hmmm - So our experience of Las Vegas.....

Started with a good 10.5 hour BA flight direct into Las Vegas, and advised by cabin crew to "leave reality at the airplane door….."


Yepp, they where right, with ever hotel trying to out spend each other on how impressive they can look... Apparently they also have Casino's?, but I'm an Engineer and the odd's on the main str!p are not good...

But still had an amazing experience, with over 22,500 steps clocked up on our first full day... Also saw quite a few of these self driving cars going back and forth - Soon to be driver less Taxi's apparently...?


Day two (Friday) started with a cold North wind a "Technical Problem" with the Blue Sky...


But they did manage to sort it out for the afternoon and our evening visit to the Neon Museum was really interesting, chatting to the staff

Saturday: Not as many steps, but in the evening managed to get some tickets to see The Eagles @ The Spear. (Yellow blob in the above picture) Wow, and double Wow... We where seated right at the top, but the 16K resolution surround screen, for over 18,000 people was just pure amazing:


With special graphics especially for the Eagles concert - Can just make out the stage, right at the bottom:

The "Hotel California" graphics where well cool - Can upload to YouTube, if you don't mind Carole singing along in the back ground...!!

Sunday was The Wedding Day, held in Downtown Las Vegas: (Name this car?)


With Elvis making a rare appearance to conduct the ceremony - Thought it rude not to blag a picture: (I just need to practice the Viva Las Vegas moves...)


While the Bride and Groom went off to have pictures taken, we all headed to Fremont Street (where Las Vegas started in 1905) - Here checking out the sharp edges of a Cyber Truck:


The wedding reception was held at "Maggiano's Little Italy" on the 2nd floor of a building. Great meal, but just a bit worrying that both elevator doors had bullet holes in them..!!


So that was our Vegas experience, standby for Road Trip pictures....