Road Tripping in the USA!

Peerzy said:
That looks a nice journey, but does it lend itself well to a loop (is there much to see on the way back)?
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No, it kinda doesn't. Not sure if Chicago will be feasible, as you say you then end up with an enormous drive back through pretty much nothing. But she really wants to visit the other side of Canada (We did West last year).

That's very useful to know - I assume it's just a case of walking in and asking to swap and they're happy to do it?
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Yup, I got rid of a terrible Cadillac DTS by doing this.
 
Peerzy said:
San Francisco

With our £100 a night budget we can't seem to get anything decent in SF, so I think we are going to resort to staying just outside the city and drive in each day. This shouldn't bother us as we are staying in LA and SD. Can anyone suggest somewhere close to SF that's worth staying in and using as a base.
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We're staying in this place (saving some costs compared to some of our other stops) It seems to have good reviews but of course basic. Though that said at around £100 a night at the end of June it's a bargin:

http://clubquarters.com/san-francisco
 
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Hi All,

I have a general question regarding Mustangs and boot space I hope someone can help me with.

Realistically, what luggage have you managed to get in the back? I'm travelling on a 26 day holiday and I imagine we will have 1 XL case and 1 large case, should I prepared to put on on the back seats?

Cheers,
 
From what other people have said you'll get two large soft holdall type bags but not hard suitcases.

Considering I have a Mustang on the drive I should really have a look. You could fit a hard suitcase on the back seats though.

I think I'm going to have to buy new bags.
 
I don't know if the boot space differs between the convertible and the hardtop Mustang (I'd suspect it does) but I think you might struggle to fit both in a convertible, I could fit in my large case no problems but two might be an issue.
 
The convertible has much less boot space than the coupe, you can fit two large soft holdalls in but that's it.

On the seats is crap and will discourage you from putting the roof down.
 
[TW]Fox;26284487 said:
On the seats is crap and will discourage you from putting the roof down.
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It's a bit of a lose-lose ad you can put the roof down with much luggage in the boot, and like you say the back seat is no good either.

In 10 days with a convertible we managed 10 minutes with the roof down, as we normally had luggage with us.
 
By taking soft holdall's we would open the roof with the luggage in the boot which meant we got to have the roof off quite a lot of the time.
 
Thanks for the replies, that is a bit worrying as one of the cases is a large solid hard case. It will be either i dump it on the back seat or i dont get a mustang :/
 
Quick question for those that have done the west coast - is doing it early January a waste of time?

Reason I ask is that we're in NYC until new years, so was thinking of combining trips rather than make a return trip stateside in May/June. But might be a bit of a waste going at that time of year?
 
[TW]Fox;26298048 said:
Its never a waste of time but it isnt a good time to go, the cool mountain routes will be closed.
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Perhaps waste of time was a bit strong, but if the weather is poor and there's less routes passable then not sure is want to go. Its a road trip so would like to take some interesting routes.
 
Scottland said:
Quick question for those that have done the west coast - is doing it early January a waste of time?

Reason I ask is that we're in NYC until new years, so was thinking of combining trips rather than make a return trip stateside in May/June. But might be a bit of a waste going at that time of year?
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It will be cold, Grand Canyon for example gets snow at that time of year.
 
Joe T said:
It's a bit of a lose-lose ad you can put the roof down with much luggage in the boot, and like you say the back seat is no good either.

In 10 days with a convertible we managed 10 minutes with the roof down, as we normally had luggage with us.
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[TW]Fox;26284487 said:
The convertible has much less boot space than the coupe, you can fit two large soft holdalls in but that's it.

On the seats is crap and will discourage you from putting the roof down.
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Just coming back to this guys, I assume you didn't want luggage on the back seat with the hood down because of either:

1) Security
2) Looking cool
3) Both?
 
Both really, having large cases on the back seat is annoying, it's a security risk, it's faff, it rattles, it comes flying into the front if you had an accident, etc etc.

If you are renting a Mustang Convertible, make sure your luggage suits it. If you can't, IMHO rent something else because driving around in a Mustang Convertible with the roof up 90% of the time is crap and you'd have a better trip in a nice saloon.

We did the Mustang thing once to tick the box - roof down almost all the time. It's done now so we always rent Luxury Saloons instead where we can take as much junk as we like without worrying.
 
Again thank you for the comments though I pretty much have no choice regarding luggage due to the length of holiday.

I might have to take the hit this time, drive with the luggage on the back seat if required and learn from it (if required ;) )
 
How long is the holiday? We managed 2.5 weeks with large holdalls, the type big enough to have wheels. It's the fact its squishy that makes the difference.
 
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