LANDYOT
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• Newport News, VA, USA |
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 Posted:7/21/2004 19:03 |
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If any of y'all see a blue/gold Excursion bearing Virginia vanity plates "LAND YOT" in the next couple weeks, you will have found me ... or I should say, "us." The soon-to-be Mrs. LAND YOT and I will be heading west Sunday, 07/25/04 on I-40. Our current targets include a quick visit with SPARTAN in Nashville (assuming our timing is OK), the Meteor Crater, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas ... and if we're doing good time-wise at that point, we'll slip up to San Francisco, and visit some firends in Fairfield, CA. Then it's on to Lake Tahoe, Reno, Salt Lake City, Denver, St. Louis, and then home.
I was hoping to drive her EB Explorer for this trip, but we recently discovered her rear wheel bearings need replacing, and we don't have the time to bother with it right now. So, (gulp .... literally will gulp more gasoline) the Mighty-X has been pulled in for relief duty.
Give us a honk if you see us!
Ken E. |
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rozett
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• Limington, ME, USA |
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• Registered on 1/10/2003 |
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Posted:7/21/2004 20:11 |
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Have a safe trip, Ken. Enjoy the sights. But don't spend too much in Vegas, as you'll need it to fill the tank on the Yot.  Too bad you won't be making it to Maine. I'll have to drink both of them. 
//bruce
2000 Excursion Limited V10 4x4
ART brakes, Rancho RSX shocks, Hellwig rear sway bar, SD grille, V10 badges, Sylvania Silverstars, clear corners, and Bridgestone Dueler A/T REVO 285s. |
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E. Long
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• Atlanta, GA, USA |
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Posted:7/22/2004 00:31 |
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| Quote: | If any of y'all see a blue/gold Excursion bearing Virginia vanity plates "LAND YOT" in the next couple weeks, you will have found me ... or I should say, "us." The soon-to-be Mrs. LAND YOT and I will be heading west Sunday, 07/25/04 on I-40. Our current targets include a quick visit with SPARTAN in Nashville (assuming our timing is OK), the Meteor Crater, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas ... and if we're doing good time-wise at that point, we'll slip up to San Francisco, and visit some firends in Fairfield, CA. Then it's on to Lake Tahoe, Reno, Salt Lake City, Denver, St. Louis, and then home.
I was hoping to drive her EB Explorer for this trip, but we recently discovered her rear wheel bearings need replacing, and we don't have the time to bother with it right now. So, (gulp .... literally will gulp more gasoline) the Mighty-X has been pulled in for relief duty.
Give us a honk if you see us!
Ken E. |
Enjoy the trip! My wife and I are going on a whopping 2 years and we did a trip out east for our honeymoon. The X ran great, got 19.5 MPG, but the honeymoon itself was a joke! Hope you have a lot of fun, it sounds like you've got quite the roadtrip planned.
-Eric
'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going |
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Scott Stover
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• Fayetteville, NC, USA |
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• Registered on 4/16/2004 |
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Posted:7/25/2004 20:16 |
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Will do Ken...drive safe!!! Have fun!!  
Scott
2000 X 4x4 V-10 4.3 LS
K&N
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LANDYOT
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• Subscriber since 11/23/2003 |
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• Newport News, VA, USA |
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Posted:7/29/2004 23:53 |
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Mrs. Land Yot is looking at me with a bit of disdain as I check my e-mail here in our room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. I've enjoyed reading some of the comments on the FTE site (cannot remember my password there), and really enjoyed getting to meet SPARTAN face to face this past Monday. We've been through NC, TN, AR, OK, TX, NM, AZ, and now NV. Lost a few in the casino today, but not more than we had budgeted. We're enjoying the honeymoon and the trip. Mrs. Land Yot has been a real trooper riding along all these miles. And I must say this X is the most comfortable vehicle I've driven cross-country. Please excuse any spelling errors because I'm using a TV-based internet connection, and can hardly make out this small typing. This will be my only chance to post anything until I return to Virginia.
Y'all take care!
Ken E.
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birdman127
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• baltimore, MD, USA |
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Posted:7/30/2004 20:14 |
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| Quote: | Mrs. Land Yot is looking at me with a bit of disdain as I check my e-mail here in our room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. I've enjoyed reading some of the comments on the FTE site (cannot remember my password there), and really enjoyed getting to meet SPARTAN face to face this past Monday. We've been through NC, TN, AR, OK, TX, NM, AZ, and now NV. Lost a few in the casino today, but not more than we had budgeted. We're enjoying the honeymoon and the trip. Mrs. Land Yot has been a real trooper riding along all these miles. And I must say this X is the most comfortable vehicle I've driven cross-country. Please excuse any spelling errors because I'm using a TV-based internet connection, and can hardly make out this small typing. This will be my only chance to post anything until I return to Virginia.
Y'all take care!
Ken E.
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Wow.....Ya'll take care now and take us some pictures sir....Please
Moderator
Scott
2000 ltd 6.8 V10*4.30LS*
Lots of mods
check my gallery
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LANDYOT
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• Subscriber since 11/23/2003 |
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• Newport News, VA, USA |
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Posted:8/3/2004 19:08 |
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Mrs. LAND YOT and I completed our excursion (pun intended) around the U.S. in good order. We traveled west through NC, TN, AR, OK, TX, NM & AZ. Then north and east through NV, AZ, UT, CO, KS, MO, IL, IN, KY, WV & VA. Saw many things along the way, including the Meteor Crater, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, and the Rocky Mountains.
I would like to thank those of you who conveyed their best wishes for our journey. I am glad to report there were no obstacles along the way, and my X performed flawlessly. My average MPG (calculated) for the entire 5,100 miles was 13.67, with one short (indicated) reading of 17.2MPG while cruising along at 45MPH right after refueling in Gallup, NM (highway speed was restricted for a few miles due to construction). BTW, my X is a 2001 V10 Limited model. We originally planned to slip up to the San Francisco / Napa Valley area, but since we will eventually visit there via airplane in the future, we decided to take a pass at that point. So, after spending a night at Caesars Palace, we started heading north and east.
I’m sorry, but we did not make a stop at the Ford SuperDuty plant near Louisville, KY, but we did see a convoy of four SD trucks cruising west on I-64 (cruising along in one of their longevity tests) … and they weren’t 2005 models, nor anything like your typical SD models either. These trucks looked a lot like future models fashioned after the big yellow “Tonka Toy” truck in the Toby Keith video “Who’s Your Daddy?” I wish I was heading in the same direction in order to check them out further because I could not see their badges to determine if they were F250, F350, F450 or F550 models. I believe two were extra-cab styles, and the other two were crew-cab versions.
I am not out to offend anyone, but everyone has an opinion. Mrs. LAND YOT and I offer the following list as our joint opinion of what we experienced along our route. We did not see everything each state has to offer … we only saw what was visible along the corridor we traveled … and that the condition of roads and rest areas are not a reflection of that state’s population, and are most likely a reflection of how much money each state allocates to such things … but these things leave impressions upon road-traveling visitors..
WORST ROADS – MO & TX (my fillings almost came loose in both states)
BEST ROADS – NV & our driveway (upon returning home)
WORST DRIVERS – MO (People were in way too much of a hurry to go where? And on a Sunday, too.) & NV (Maybe in a hurry to go gamble?)
BEST DRIVERS – everywhere along I-40 … people seemed to be more concerned with being able to arrive at their destination, and not worried about getting there 10 minutes early
WORST REST AREAS – NM (Posted sign said to watch out for snakes.) & AR (Just plain dirty.)
BEST REST AREAS – KY & KS (One needs something to look forward to while traveling I-70 through … [yawn] … Kansas.)
MOST SCENIC – AZ & CO
LEAST SCENIC – AR, OK & KS
BEST BARGAIN – Colorado Rockies (No charge for viewing. Great views while simply driving along I-70.)
BIGGEST RIP-OFF – Meteor Crater (Very interesting site, but $12 per head? And why do all the employees there wear uniforms that resemble National Park Service uniforms when this attraction is a privately run business?)
PS - It was great to finally meet SPARTAN face-to-face. Super nice guy, and he bought us breakfast, too. Thanks! |
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E. Long
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• Atlanta, GA, USA |
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Posted:8/3/2004 21:57 |
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Welcome back, glad to hear the X performed flawlessly. Always love those kinds of trips.
| Quote: | | WORST ROADS – MO & TX (my fillings almost came loose in both states) |
I can personally vouch for MO roads. They are not fun in an Excursion.
| Quote: | | WORST DRIVERS – MO (People were in way too much of a hurry to go where? And on a Sunday, too.) & NV (Maybe in a hurry to go gamble?) |
Yes, people haul some serious butt in MO for some reason. I love visiting the state for that reason, plenty of lanes and MOVE IT OR LOSE IT! Not the case here in MN...particularly when farmer Bob hops on the highway and sets "that thar cruise cuntrull" to 70 MPH and camps in the left lane. Nothing against farmers. I commute from outside the city where the pace of life is a little "slower."
How many miles are you at now on your X?
-Eric
'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going |
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LANDYOT
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• Subscriber since 11/23/2003 |
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• Newport News, VA, USA |
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Posted:8/4/2004 13:12 |
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E.Long - My X is now a few ticks over 79K miles. |
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LANDYOT
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• Subscriber since 11/23/2003 |
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• Newport News, VA, USA |
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• Registered on 7/15/2003 |
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Posted:8/5/2004 19:58 |
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Birdman - I added one photo to my album here. It was the only shot I took with the X in it, taken at a rest area near 11,000 ft. in the Rockies. And yes, that's Mrs. Land Yot standing next to the X. |
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