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Cross Country Trip is Complete

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It took us almost 9 days but our trip from NYC to Phoenix is complete and now I can get back to working on our site a bit more. We drove to NYC to do some paperwork from the flood and to empty our attic since that needed to be done before they can raise the house. We rented a small uHaul trailer and towed it back with Debbie’s Hyundai Santa Fe since I haven’t bought an SRX or an Escalade yet. (I am still looking) If you have an older model of either for sale let me know.

Towing a uhaul

This was taken in Texas near the New Mexico border at one of the many gas stations we stopped at. 90% of the time we stopped at a Love’s truck stop since we could easily drive the car around with the trailer and they have good clean bathrooms. It felt very strange getting an oil change in Phoenix before we left and then get one in NY a week or so later and then get another one when we got back. The route we took was a little longer since we went across Texas instead of going the less distance through Northern New Mexico and Oklahoma. We didn’t want to chance getting caught in a snow storm so we drove the extra 100 or so miles. 2663 miles each way, to say my arms are tired would be an understatement.

As soon as I pulled up to the house my iPad rang and I jumped on to the weekly Caddyinfo.com chat you can see the video below.

From The Mailbag

This week I got an email from John who is rebuilding a 1950. Below is his question. If you can help hit reply or leave a comment.

Where is the fuse block for the 1950 Cadillac Series 62 located? I’ve looked on the firewall, behind kickpads, and up under the dash. If it is under the dash then could it be behind a panel?

Classic Car Shows

If you are in the Sacramento California Area this is the show for you.

SACRAMENTO CLASSIC CAR AND PARTS SWAP MEET
Saturday, April 16th, 2016
6am- 4pm
Admission $10
Free Parking
Sleep Train Arena
1 Sports Parkway
Sacramento, CA 95834
www.sacramentoswapmeet.com

Even though we are spread out all over the world I would like to list some car shows that you are planning to attend. Email me and let me know your car show details and I will list them here. Charity shows have first priority of course.

Cadillac Racing

I have been watching the races lately and I am sure there are others that also follow it. This week there is a pretty cool interview with Michael Cooper.

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New York Auto Show Week

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It has been a while since I last posted. Life kind of got in the way. Actually, still dealing with most of the flood stuff. We drove back from Phoenix a few weeks ago to get some stuff from the NY house as they are suppose to raise it. It has been a 3 year struggle of paperwork. Someday I will write a book about it.

While I am in NY I get to go to the NY Auto Show on Wednesday and Thursday. Our club will have some high quality pictures of the latest from Cadillac. I may do some video interviews also. I will be doing some facebook live post from the show. If you are on Facebook go and like our page https://www.facebook.com/CadillacClub/ I will be doing live video a few times during the show.

I was a guest on Caddyinfo.com weekly chat where I talk about what I am up to lately. I love being on with Bruce and the gang.

We are scheduled to drive back to Phoenix Tuesday or Wednesday the following week. Should be fun towing a trailer that distance. When I get back I am planning on tearing apart the website and redesigning it so it looks better on ipads etc. Kind of a big task but it needs to be done. The forum also needs to be upgraded but I need to get a programmer to look at it.

The new site will have a dedicated store for trusted services, parts, mechanics, etc. I am looking forward to building it. Moving all the info is another story.

Speaking of driving! I am loving the Waze app on my phone. While I am driving you can see accidents and gas prices nearby. They also report where the police are. Give it a try and it is free. If you dont want to put the app on your phone you can use their live map from your computer and see if there is any accidents before leaving the house. Try it at Waze.com https://www.waze.com/

Don’t Ever Try To Keep Up With A Cadillac

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A few weeks ago on my way home from Vegas at night. I am cruising doing the speed limit when a black Cadillac SRX passes me about 25 mph faster than I am going. I say to myself cool let him be the rabbit. I can up my speed a little bit.

I am driving on a 2 lane highway in the middle of the desert with no turn offs so I press the gas a little bit. About 3 miles later I couldn’t even see the srx as he slowly pulled away from me.

I come off a huge sweeping hill and before I can even look to see what speed I was going I see a trooper. I yell a few curses words and its wakes Debbie up. (Gotta love a girl that can sleep at high speed) Very cleverly hiding in a spot where I am sure he has got people before.

Lights go on, I see him coming. It took me a while to slow down safely and pull over. My first time ever being pulled over. I was calm as he approached the passenger side and asked for license and registration etc.

He asked me how fast I was going. I told him I think about 80. And he told me what the radar gun told him. At first I was surprised and then realized I was coming off the big hill.

There was no way of talking the cop out of the ticket and I knew it. I was very respectful and even thanked the officer because I didn’t realize I was going that fast.

I am thinking the SRX was going so fast he opted not to even bother chasing him.

My option is go to court, Pay the $380 fine and have it go on license, insurance etc, or go to traffic school for $185.

Tomorrow at 4pm I will be in traffic school.