The one I'm gonna take

To tell the truth, I don't really like sports cars.
Most people would call them "dream cars" the reality is, they just aren't.
You can't get inside them because they're small and too low, you can't get out without being a gymnastic and you always look silly trying to.
You can't see out the back to reverse or park and you can't leave it parked anywhere without having it being drooled on and scratched.
Any paint job, nut, bolt or replacement part costs an arm and a leg. You can't take any shopping in one because there isn't room for anything, hell, not even room for your legs. You can't go over speed bumps or you'll scratch the nose, and as for the insurance, that's just ridiculous.
All of this means the natural habitat for a sports car is on the garage under a cloth, and on the day comes that you wanna go take it out to get your significant other to the opera, the battery will be flat...

So for a road trip, forget about it, specially one you're spouse to take your time an enjoy.

With this in mind, I went back to basics. When I think about road trips, I think North America, and their classic 60~70's cars.

Because I was still not really sure which one to take, I've decided to go for a walk and while I was on it, I've found this:

Now most people would keep walking but if that's just surface rust, you can bring it back up from scratch, even if it's missing a door, and a seat, and a wheel, and the tail gate...

And the whole engine...
But no matter, nothing a shopping trip can't produce, and with a bit of spit, polish and some elbow grease this thing will be brought back to life in an undisclosed amount of time by an undisclosed amount of people...

The only thing there is left to do now is get it on the work shop, and cue the A-Team theme music!

Picking up the Motor

As a petrol head it shouldn't come as a surprise that I own several dozens of cars on my Second Life, on that aspect I'm a bit like Jay Leno except for every single detail, so, what am I gonna drive on this trip?

I could go for an oldie but goodie 59 Chevy Biscayne:

Or maybe something with less a dozen years, 73 Plymouth Duster perhaps:

Something not as old can only be good, right? Right? Yeah, right... and by the way I have the sneaking suspicion this isn't gonna be the worst picture I'll post on this blog before the end of the trip:

A sensible person might pick out a BMW 7 Series instead, with bag loads of power, comfort and room:

Maybe I should look into something more sporty, looking into Formula 1, McLaren has the highest hit rate, they won one in every four Gran Prix they've ever entered:

Or I could always listen to the 10 year old inside of me and go with something like this, it's just a Volkswagen but they like to call it Bugatti Veyron:

The choices are plentiful as there are lot more where those came from, so I might have to do a bit of a rethink.

Looking up the place

After I've decided to do it I went ahead to the oldest library I could find to search in the dust covered scrolls for some information about the oldest island on Second Life...

And after I sneezed all I could from all the damn dust I threw all of that away and cracked the smartphone instead. Either that or I might have asked my personal assistant to do it, my memory is a bit hazy on that.

Either way, this is what turned up:

It's from 2008, which in SL years makes it about 100 or so years old, but most importantly it shows the road network in red.
Now I have on good authority that that has remained unchanged, which kinda spoils the fun before it begins since those roads are probably the oldest thing on the island, but anyway, I have my mind set for a road trip and I'm gonna make one.

And while I think about a route, maybe I should start thinking about what car I wanna take.

The Begining

If I had to describe Second Life in one word, it would be volatile.

The amazing speed of which sims are put together and taken out boggles the mind.
We've all been there, today we're at a place we quite enjoy, making a mental note to come back later, for some pictures perhaps, and the next day there's not a trace of it anymore.

Recently I've had my 7th Second Life birthday and among other things that got me thinking, there has to be some places in Second Life as old as that, places forgotten where no one has set foot in in years.
As strange as it may sound, I find this idea somewhat appealing and that got me an idea, why not go on the oldest main land island and go on a road trip?