Driving route 66 - anyone done it?

[Adam B]

Thinking of doing this next summer and am after advice please

4 people
2 to 2.5 weeks
In an American V8 old lump
ideally convertible?

Any tips / pitfalls?
What are car hire costs like, including drop off not return?
Better to go East to West?

thanks

[Spyder5]

Have a look here...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=121...

[Adam B]

thanks very useful - but I particularly want recommendations around hiring yank tanks, eg recommended hire companies

[David Beer]

There's not a lot of the road left, but done much of what's left. I did new York to la, via Nashville and Yellowstone, in July , hired a convertable camaro ss on a one way hire, only 350 extra one way. I will check the total cost

[Roo]

This trip was organised by a friend of mine.

http://www.mocgb.net/forums/showthread.php?38136-R...

[Adam B]

David Beer said:

There's not a lot of the road left, but done much of what's left. I did new York to la, via Nashville and Yellowstone, in July , hired a convertable camaro ss on a one way hire, only 350 extra one way. I will check the total cost

thanks - just the info I am after

Ideally after a 4 door convertible so we can all get in one car (think Lincoln Continental) but seems hard to find

[TaRD]

Hi, from the thread linked above I have the entire route my wife and I did a few years ago planned on TYRE. If you pm me your email address I can dig out the one I sent and send it to you.

[Nickyboy]

You'll be had pushed to find a "typical" hire car with a V8 nowadays, only the big SUV's and specialist vehicles have them. We rented 4 different cars and other than the V8 muscle we rented in Vegas the other SUV's we had were all 4cyl or V6, even the Chevy Traverse 7 seater

[David Beer]

Adam B said:

thanks - just the info I am after

Ideally after a 4 door convertible so we can all get in one car (think Lincoln Continental) but seems hard to find

I paid 1300 for 22 days in a suv ! But I wanted a convertable, so I had to pay the same again, but it was quite a drive. The only thing I would add, it was not possible without speaking in person to the rental office itself. No convertable to be hired from new York until I phoned direct. Hertz by the way, used many times through Amex .