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trisweb

I need to put 594 miles on my car by April 27th... where should I go?

I'm from California originally, and I'm trying to reach the 30k Miles point to expire my warranty before the 3 year point (April 27th). I only have a few hundred miles to go!

I've been to lots of places, which include: New Hampshire, the Cape, NYC, Maine, Northern mass... I have not been to Western Mass at all, or to RI or Connecticut other than passing through.

I could do one or two road trips, and I just want to get out and see cool places I've never seen, whether it be towns, hiking/outdoors, big cities, shopping, random roadside landmarks, whatever. Lots of stopping, mostly day trips though if cool enough I would overnight.

Any ideas? What's your favorite place to visit that most people don't know about? Where should I go and what should I see? Thanks, have fun!

Posted Mar 30, 2011, 6:15 PM UTC

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some8words•

Acadia and Adirondack parks are both about 250 miles from Boston, and both definitely worth the drive if you haven't been there yet. Might be especially nice if spring shows up soon.

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triswebOP•

Thanks! I've been meaning to get up to Acadia, but it's always been a little far out of the way. This might be a good excuse. Probably would have to camp out over a weekend though - do you know if camping is open or is there still snow on the ground?

The Adirondacks look beautiful as well... I didn't realize they were only 4ish hours away. Sweet!

P.S. - Reddit appears to be on the fritz, you might want to delete some of those dups...

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xanax_anaxaPurple Line•

Most places in Acadia don't open until late spring, but you can probably find a B&B or motel cheap this time of year.

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bassgirl88•

Acadia is one of the most beautiful places in the country, in my opinion. And I've been to a lot of places in this country. Definitely check it out.

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Go check out Newport.

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BurritoEclair•

Visit Portland ME. It's a bit of a drive and it has some great places to eat and they've got a nice little theater. If you go visit the Green Elephant, it's cheap and high quality asian-ish veg*n food. You can always look on craigslist and offer to be a private taxi driver to people. That's like community service.

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dnw•

If you haven't been to RI, you could take a trip down to Newport. One of the most beautiful places on the east coast. It is about 90 miles from Boston.

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triswebOP•

Thanks - two votes for Newport now, I'm considering it.

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Montreal.

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xanax_anaxaPurple Line•

Montreal would be a fun road trip.

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triswebOP•

I love Montreal. Went there two weekends ago after a ski day at Jay Peak. I will definitely go back, but probably later in the spring.

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themangeraaad•

I'm trying to reach the 30k Miles point to expire my warranty before the 3 year point

I wish that was my problem. I bought my car, more or less new, in '08. I'm already coming up on 75k miles. Damn long commutes.

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H_E_Pennypacker•

Western Mass is beautiful. Mount Washington Area in the extreme southwest of the state. Mount Greylock in the Northwestern part of the state. On the way out or the way back, you can check out Amherst, Northampton, or the Quabbin Reservoir. I'm from Eastern MA originally and this is a trip I plan on making the next time I'm home.

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zeppelinfromled•

I'm trying to reach the 30k Miles point to expire my warranty before the 3 year point (April 27th).

Why?

If you're just looking for cool places to visit, that's one thing, but I'll pass on giving you advice on how to needless burn gas.

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shader•

I hope every single thing you do you do out of pure necessity - otherwise you're just wasting resources yourself.

Do only what you need to survive.

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zeppelinfromled•

There is a line somewhere along a spectrum that goes between pure frivolity and necessities for survival, where one side is reasonable and the other is dumb. And for me, burning 20 gallons of gas because you want to get to a certain mileage on your car by the time your warranty runs out is on the side of that line that is dumb. Do you disagree?

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shader•

If he's just going to drive around in circles for 594 miles, sure, it's a waste.

He's looking for unique and interesting places to drive to. It doesn't matter what his intention is, he's still doing something worthwhile with it (visiting new places, etc. etc.).

He's even doing good for the local economy if he buys, eats at, or spends his money at any of the destinations.

Get off your self-righteous cyber pedastal.

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thejosharmsAllston/Brighton•

If you're going to 'pass', why bother replying? Just to get in a self-righteous dig about wasting fuel?

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zeppelinfromled•

Yeah, to remind you that burning fuel for no reason is a stupid thing to do.

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triswebOP•

So is wasting time on Reddit given the amount of work I could get done if I wasn't. But I do it anyway, what, because I like wasting my employer's money? No, because I believe it enriches my life experience and helps me get through each day better for it. Every so often, I like to go on road trips for the same reason.

If you do the math, 30k miles in 3 years means I've driven less than 10k per year. That's already well below the national average, and given that I drive an economy car that I care for myself, and haven't got in any accidents or wasted my money on buying a sports car, I think that's pretty damn good.

Believe me, I'll be the first in line for a Tesla Model S—or better—as my next car, once I get all the possible value out of my simple, efficient 4-cylinder workhorse. Until then I'm celebrating the car's birthday because it deserves some goddam respect for helping me grow up over the last 3 years, and I'm doing it because I want to go places and see things I've never seen before, and enjoy the journey in the process. That's not just a reason, that is life, my friend.

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aCleverMoniker•

His point was that if you want to take a trip, ask about that.

Your question was about how to run up miles to void a warranty, which you may be using as an excuse to take a trip, but really just raises further questions about your intent.

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triswebOP•

Just FYI - I never ended up reaching my goal. Instead I moved my office to a place close to the T, been commuting by public transit and walking everywhere, and I've been using my car so minimally that only a couple weeks ago did it finally hit 30k.

Somewhat proud of that more than the alternative. For some reason I thought you'd be interested in a follow-up.

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crazy0•

Take a tour of Upstate NY cities, such as Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, I might still be a little cold, but it is beautiful during the spring. Having lived in Rochester for a bit, I grew a lil more fond of it than here since its like a mini-Boston with much better scenery, lower cost of living, and growing college towns. So it can be a nice scenic party place. I seen some of the NY parks mentioned too, look up Zoar Valley, its a definitely a good and humbling experience when peering over the cliff's edge into what could be a freefall of death. They have some pretty good riding trails too, if you want your bike to tag along.

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jsantana1986•

Come see Baltimore. Tattoo convention April 8-10. Or come and do all the normal tourist stuff. Zappa statue, visionary art museum, fells point, Edgar Allen Poe tours, and the aquarium( which is soooo rad). It's totally not like The Wire. It's quiet charming which is why we call it charm city :).

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It's totally not like The Wire.

Don't you shatter my image of Baltimore like that!

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treerex•

The drive up Route 1 along the Massachusetts, NH, and Maine coast can be really nice: lots of light houses to see if you're into that kind of thing. Go up and hit Freeport and LL Bean... the store is pretty amazing.

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The White Mountains in NH are beautiful. So is Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park in ME. I recommend either of those.

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molbio•

Amherst and Northampton, MA. College towns, great bars. Day trip.

Mohegan Sun/Foxwoods. Go at night. Stay over! Day trip possible but not as fun as at night. Stop off at Julian's in Providence on your way down, great beer menu.

Random drive up through Maine. Portland is supposed to be very nice. LLBean is open 24 hours and it's fun to hear people say good morning to you at 3am while you try on new hiking shoes.

Montreal is also a lot of fun but would probably involve at least 1 overnight stay.

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