I’ve left New York. What started as a ten-day trip to hammer out some business with Alex turned into five weeks of sleeping on his blue velour sectional, plenty of brainstorming, a ton of new friends and adventures the wooly world of startups that I couldn’t conceive of when I boarded that eastbound redeye in Sacramento over 4th of July weekend. But come to an end it has. We’re off to Monterey in 144B. We’ve enlisted the talents of Autoblog’s resident Northern California boy, Damon Lavrinc, to handle additional driving duties. We’re also attempting to warp the poor man’s brain. We’ve never attempted a driveplan that involved meeting an airline flight before, but that’s exactly what we’ll be attempting this time when we pick up Liz Moses.
She claims that she’ll bring some much-needed sense to the proceedings, but we’re a bit curious as to how much sense anyone who hitches a ride in a fake German police car crewed by a bald man, a bearded man and a blogging man could possibly have. Nevertheless, we intend to make our trek a memorable one. We’ll be broadcasting live video from Seero, as well as putting together one of our signature maps. We’ll be ruminating on the nature of driving in today’s America, passing through hamlets large and small as we travel the entire length of Interstate 80 — from the George Washington Bridge in New York to the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, then tooling down 101 through Silicon Valley and south to Steinbeck Country — where we’ll take in the goings on during what’s internationally recognized as the most fantastic collection of automotive events in one weekend. If you call yourself a car guy and haven’t made it to Monterey, mark your calendars. And once you experience it, you’ll want to come back every year.
We’ll see you on the shores of the Pacific. Meanwhile, consider 80 in 40: NY/SF a go.
Turn the camera !
Is that really live??! OMG that’s amazing, cool and a little bit creepy!
These live broadcasts from cars are hypnotizing.
I wish I had more time to waste.
audio is so so.
Audio’s terribly distorted, like the gain is pushed up too far.
Video doesn’t seem to be working? All I see is grey though I do hear crackling audio. (wind?)
Turn the camera!!! Can’t see anything!!!
Eat at Rosine’s on Alvarado in downtown monterey. Sadly I am out of town for this weekend festivities. Have a good time.
Whoa.. you passed by where I live and also by where I work
did you guys get busted? why isnt there a live cam? I want to live vicariously through you!!!!
well, either they have no reception or ______? since its kist showing old clips
Audio is totally jacked…
So we’ll be waiting for you here at JC Whitney right off of Interstate 80 in Illinois.
Need any Thermofrazzes or Sticky Tape Mounted Whatchijiggys?
hey con you atleast let us hear the BMW M5 motor rev a bit?? pleaseee seems like your going slow
pump the rev limiterrr? prove its a M5
are you guys reading this??
Very cool.. I’m watching you from Canada-eh?
How fast?
The on-board video is a little intermittent, but none the less very cool. The Seero map now shows you in Western China, you Guys are fast.
I heard you mention there’s an in-car stream to someone on the phone. Is that available for anyone to see?
Hey everybody. We *are* checking the comments as time and connectivity permit. As for revving the motor? This is an economy run, largely. As you may or may not know, the car’s actually leaned out in 6th gear for extended freeway range. How fast? That’s what math is for, boys and girl.
Keep watching and keep writing in. We’ll be here all night. Don’t forget to tip your waitress!
Wow, you’re now on the China Kasakhstan border! You’re making great time….BTW- I’m not seeing the video feed. Just a grey screen.
Good luck boys!
get a real job you bums!
Did you guys get pulled over by that cop or did getting off the freeway score you some luck?
just found you guys.. this looks interesting as hell, but there’s no video connection…
hope you guys got away from the po-po’s!
0 for 2, tried several times over the past several hours - no go on the ‘broadcast live’ aspect. hope you get things to work.
Funny, I’m watching Hot Fuzz. How appropriate.
Hey Guys,
Emailing photos now!
Sorry there are late, just got back home and no working web at airport.
I await live footage!
Best,
Whitey & Laura x
Hi guys,
When things don’t work, you can fix them and try again on the way back. Or do you put the M5 on the train? or Truck? and fly home????
I think a lot of the commenters here think the transcontinental run footage is recent.
Some economy run!
@ N. Ortolano I think you are right!!
The live feed is not working for me… do you not drive at the moment?
@Dragon - The live feed isn’t working for me either. I managed to get it to work for about ten minutes yesterday, but you could argue that it still wasn’t working.
Seems like Seero still needs a bit of work. Anyone else having difficulties? The map feature has yet to ever load, regardless of how far I zoom out. :/
My feed isn´t running
Whyy????
“Keep watching and keep writing in. We’ll be here all night. Don’t forget to tip your waitress!”
i’m guessing you guys are in jail, since no update in > 12 hrs
Look at the map at the bottom, they’re currently in Lexington NE.
That’s almost halfway.
@N.Ortolano yes the transcontinental footage is running now but it defo was LIVE 12/8/08 1730 GMT for at least half an hour.
Kx
Looks like they’ll go past the Ed “Big Daddy” Roth Memorial near Wendover, UT sometime tonight.
(BTW, it–a recreation of Ed’s “Roth” signature done in locally-found rocks–is located about 500 feet east of Exit #4, on the north side of I-80 Westbound. )
Yeah back on Road…..
Smart route planning to avoid Oklahoma….have a safe trip, guys, and enjoy the ride
Hope all is going well! Take care guys!
Hey everyone. We’re currently outside Salt Lake. We had minimal connectivity today but we’re up and running now. We’ve picked up Liz in Salt Lake City (the greatest driveplans of mice and men…) and are now on our way to Monterey. Alex as at the helm, Liz is shotgun, and Damon is attempting to be asleep.
And no, we have *not* been arrested. Or even detained.
“high performance german police car w/ performance stickers” .. what was that about haha
is it possible to chat live with Alex or the other in the Car?
I constantly ONLY get “This broadcaster is not live” … is anyone getting a live feed?
Yes the live feed is running now…..but he is near San Fransisco and the Ride is over
I wish that we could have the results of their
“testings” (as this seems to be the purpose
of the trip)… but that might just never happen
(especially if it’s some “liquid-cooled, infra-sonic,
pulse generator”).
this blows..
I’ve been watching and waiting for the live feed to come back up since yesterday. As soon as it does I get called in for work and make it back home too late. But I wanna say thanks to the Polizei and Seero crew for making this possible.
Can you guys please make a compilation of some of your footage from the trip? I wasn’t able to see anything but a couple minutes due to the player always saying your not live. This sucks!!
Hey noticed the top of the page says “Cross Country Recon Run 2008″
they MUST be planning something BIG
Awesome as usual! Good luck guys.
good luck and have a blast down PCH1….to Monterey
your driving my favorite roads, hope you take some of those awesome backroads on the S.F. Peninsula
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