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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
A Taste of Home
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Anyone here go to St. Ignace?
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<blockquote data-quote="TRMNTR" data-source="post: 9818218" data-attributes="member: 90420"><p>Ignace was fun as usual.</p><p></p><p>Trip up on Friday was great most of the way. It started to rain about 30 minutes from Mackinac City. My tires are about down to the wear bars so it got a little scary in the heavy rain and had to slow down to about 45mph at one point.</p><p></p><p>The rain cleared up in time for the parade Friday night and cars were cruising after. Saturday started out damp but cleared up and got really nice by the end of the day.</p><p></p><p>My friends '03 started to overheat after driving slow across the bridge, going through the toll booth and into town a bit. Turned out his fan was broken. We hunted all over town for a replacement. Luckily we found a generic electric fan at the Napa in town. Wired it up, seemed to be good.</p><p></p><p>Sunday started out damp and soon turned to rain. My friend stopped at the gas station to fill up. Since it was raining and my tires weren't so good and his were in great shape, we decided to get a head start and he could catch up to us later.</p><p></p><p>About 30 miles down the road, still no sign of him. He calls and says his car was overheating again and had to pull over to cool down. We pulled off to wait for him to catch up. He calls us again and says after he cooled off and tried to go again, the car got really hot and didn't want to run.</p><p></p><p>Since we had the tools, we had to turn around and drive back to help out. Had to go all the way back to Mackinac City to turn around to get the rest stop where he was at. The thing was WAY low on coolant. We couldn't believe that much came out when it first overheated. (When that happened, he had parked on the grass, so you couldn't really tell.)</p><p></p><p>We probably spent an hour there getting the coolant filled, burping it, etc.</p><p></p><p>Finally got back on the road and got into some HEAVY rain. At one point, I pulled off to the shoulder, put the flashers on and drove about 25mph on the shoulder. Pulled off at a gas station, to see if the storm would pass. The place was a zoo, thought I was going to get creamed waiting in line while a guy pulled a truck/camper around the car. Couldn't believe that idiot.</p><p></p><p>My friend call us and say they are at a McDonalds about 15 miles ahead of us, so we get back on the road, drive white knuckled down there running 45-60mph the whole way. Finally got there, took a break, had some lunch, etc.</p><p></p><p>Get back on the road to find more rain, followed by a traffic jam since some guy was off in the median. The rain got better but then we got into another traffic jam around Flushing. Got off and took the side roads down to Fenton. Thankfully, the rain had finally cleared and it was easier to drive from there. Got back on the freeway for the short trip back to Hartland/Brighton.</p><p></p><p>All together, it took eight hours to get home, when it should usually be around four hours, maybe five with stops. It was a miserable ride and I was exhausted. We'll go again next year but if there is significant rain in the forecast, I'm taking the daily driver.</p><p></p><p>My friends car seemed to be fine once we got the coolant situation corrected, now he just has to get a new fan back in it.</p><p></p><p>Who wants to join in the fun for next year??? :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRMNTR, post: 9818218, member: 90420"] Ignace was fun as usual. Trip up on Friday was great most of the way. It started to rain about 30 minutes from Mackinac City. My tires are about down to the wear bars so it got a little scary in the heavy rain and had to slow down to about 45mph at one point. The rain cleared up in time for the parade Friday night and cars were cruising after. Saturday started out damp but cleared up and got really nice by the end of the day. My friends '03 started to overheat after driving slow across the bridge, going through the toll booth and into town a bit. Turned out his fan was broken. We hunted all over town for a replacement. Luckily we found a generic electric fan at the Napa in town. Wired it up, seemed to be good. Sunday started out damp and soon turned to rain. My friend stopped at the gas station to fill up. Since it was raining and my tires weren't so good and his were in great shape, we decided to get a head start and he could catch up to us later. About 30 miles down the road, still no sign of him. He calls and says his car was overheating again and had to pull over to cool down. We pulled off to wait for him to catch up. He calls us again and says after he cooled off and tried to go again, the car got really hot and didn't want to run. Since we had the tools, we had to turn around and drive back to help out. Had to go all the way back to Mackinac City to turn around to get the rest stop where he was at. The thing was WAY low on coolant. We couldn't believe that much came out when it first overheated. (When that happened, he had parked on the grass, so you couldn't really tell.) We probably spent an hour there getting the coolant filled, burping it, etc. Finally got back on the road and got into some HEAVY rain. At one point, I pulled off to the shoulder, put the flashers on and drove about 25mph on the shoulder. Pulled off at a gas station, to see if the storm would pass. The place was a zoo, thought I was going to get creamed waiting in line while a guy pulled a truck/camper around the car. Couldn't believe that idiot. My friend call us and say they are at a McDonalds about 15 miles ahead of us, so we get back on the road, drive white knuckled down there running 45-60mph the whole way. Finally got there, took a break, had some lunch, etc. Get back on the road to find more rain, followed by a traffic jam since some guy was off in the median. The rain got better but then we got into another traffic jam around Flushing. Got off and took the side roads down to Fenton. Thankfully, the rain had finally cleared and it was easier to drive from there. Got back on the freeway for the short trip back to Hartland/Brighton. All together, it took eight hours to get home, when it should usually be around four hours, maybe five with stops. It was a miserable ride and I was exhausted. We'll go again next year but if there is significant rain in the forecast, I'm taking the daily driver. My friends car seemed to be fine once we got the coolant situation corrected, now he just has to get a new fan back in it. Who wants to join in the fun for next year??? :lol: [/QUOTE]
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