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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:52 PM
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from grandparents house to dragon=319.31 mil est time 5 hours 5 min

from home to grandparents house 5 hours
hehe lets see what mapquest says

mapquest says 7 hours! damn wtf i have driven that drive for years and years and it has never taken that long! well the one tim ei got caught in rush hour dc traffic then lost but thats besides the point and that is 376.7 miles..which is actually shorter cause i take a lil diff route than what they say.
total milage with stop 696.01 so it tacks a few miles on to it but it is broken up a bit...
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:52 PM
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oh wow

unsespecting corner at that!
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:53 PM
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39.5 mile difference which actually will prob = out since i know a shorter way to va
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:54 PM
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Originally posted by YeloS2000ShowGrl
mapquest says 7 hours! damn wtf i have driven that drive for years and years and it has never taken that long! well the one tim ei got caught in rush hour dc traffic then lost but thats besides the point and that is 376.7 miles..which is actually shorter cause i take a lil diff route than what they say.
total milage with stop 696.01 so it tacks a few miles on to it but it is broken up a bit...
Mapquests time estimates are based on going 9/10 the speed limit (best i can tell, at least). When you're going much faster, it's pretty easy to beat mapquest estimates.
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:56 PM
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oh hell ya i beat mapquest all the time...yahoo maps is actually a little better, they dont estimate as long as mapquest does, i know that there was a 40 mile diff bewteen the 2 when i went to ohio i took yahoos way
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 03:01 PM
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on teh earlier ones i actually subtracted time offa mapquest time cause i didnt feel like searching yahho but i did anyway mapquest time was 10 hr 58 min from home ot dragon and yahoo is
Distance: 654.1 miles Approximate Travel Time: 10 hours 3

then from home to vaistance: 373.7 miles Approximate Travel Time: 8 hours 41 mins
wow that time is actuallyt longer than mapquest! holy shit!

then va to the dragonistance: 302.2 miles Approximate Travel Time: 6 hours 39 mins

total milage:375.9
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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maybe i shoudl do the milage from mikeys house since he is farther south?!!? damnit i have to do all this over again dont mind me i am bored so i am whoring alone
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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from mikes to grandparent : : 391.8 miles Approximate Travel Time: 8 hours 30 mins

from mikes to dragonistance: 633.5 miles Approximate Travel Time: 9 hours 44 mins
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 04:51 PM
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Originally posted by WestSideBilly
Lovetodrive2000 = mike
mikes2k = mikey

Thanks for setting Jen straight... glad I didn't get the Mikey label.. hate thatone.. cauz we all know..

Mikey will eat anything!!
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