My trip across Canada (Pics)*

[Redlyne_mr2]

January is here and the time had come to drive across Canada to commence my winter semester at school in Toronto. The trip started out nicely with a cruise through eastern Alberta then onto Saskatchewan, the skies were big, the sun was shining..it was alright
Note all pics taken by the cam on my phone

[Redlyne_mr2]

In fact it was so nice out I had the sunroof open...things were gong nicely as my ae86 hummed away at 4200rpm doing 120km/hr

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After almost 14 hours of driving however things began to get worse and Ontario welcomed me with wonderful weather

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I spent the night in a Comfort Inn after having been on the road for 15hours...the damn hotel cost me almost $100 for one bed

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By the second day I had reached Ontario and in typical Ontario fashion they were salting roads that didnt need to be salted, if you look in front of the cavalier with no license plate you will notice the salt truck and the single lane highway which lasts for 2200Kms

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As the evening came near I stopped at a local Canadian tire for some washer fluid....what a horrible store

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14 hours of driving and I had to call it a night. I stayed the night in some little town with a motel that cost me $39.95

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Much better

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Day 3..I left my wonderful hotel room at 5:30am, I was exhausted the change in time difference and all the driving was beginning to take its toll....after 2 hours of driving the oil level gauge in my car began dropping to the point where it was almost as low as it could go. I pulled over on the highway it was aprox. -45-50 degrees celcius. I didnt know what to do, I had no cell phone reception and there werent any other cars on the highway. I noticed a mine road nearby I walked 10minutes up the mine road and went into the mine entrance. I was greeted my security who where very helpful and gave my 4 litres of 10w-40 which was fine considering the position I was in. I filled up the car with oil and was determined to get to the nearest town to have the car inspected. Goal accomplised I made it to the town of white river population 1000. I pulled into the husky/service garage, the car was missing and smoking, I immediately turned it off. I got a mechanic to come and have a look at the car with me, I tried to start it, it wouldnt even turn over, the engine was SEIZED, it looks like the freezing temperatures were too much for the engine block

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With the engine done and no 4age's nearby I decided to leave the car at the shop and take the bus to TO, $158 later I had another ride..I had to determine what was a necessity and what could be left behind

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The gas station/bus station/sears had some amazing cell phones for sale like this 2 in 1 suitcase/cell for an amazingly low $250

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So now Im on the bus

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Happily I remembered I had a dvd player on my laptop so the 13 hours bus ride didnt really concern me, my happiness quickly ran out when I began enjoying the 2 towers and this f*cking message came on

[Fluidic]

Aww dude... I'm sorry to hear about all the trouble you're going through. That motor in your AE86 was new wasn't it -- or did you just "tune" it up?

Keep us updated about your car and your trip -- best of luck.

[Redlyne_mr2]

7 hours later and I arrive in this sweet town

[cocoabrova]

Ouch man, sorry to hear.....Any good news on the car situation? At least you're going to make it T.O. safely, minus your pimp AE86:(

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Upon closer inspection of my ticket I noticed it was wrong and that for some reason I was being routed to northbay???..this would add another 6 hours to my trip, I never noticed before as I was exhuasted

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After a stop over for 3 hours in Northbay and chillin in this amazing bus station I was on my way to my destination, it was currently 4:15am on my 4th day of travel

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Finally 50 hours later I had reached my destination, a familiar face and a plush seat in a gs400 were a warm welcome

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Sweet another update my place isnt ready Ill be bunking on my buddies floor for 2 weeks

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I hadnt smiled in days, this Ontario rice gave me a laugh

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Ahh nice to be back at school

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:)

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For now my bud has graciously lent me a vehicle, Ontario drivers are the worst

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by Fluidic Digital
Aww dude... I'm sorry to hear about all the trouble you're going through. That motor in your AE86 was new wasn't it -- or did you just "tune" it up?

Keep us updated about your car and your trip -- best of luck.
Thanks man, yah the engine was failry low K, I appreciate your concern, It could have been alot worse you'd know that better than anyone, I dont know why I always drive?

Originally posted by cocoabrova
Ouch man, sorry to hear.....Any good news on the car situation? At least you're going to make it T.O. safely, minus your pimp AE86:(
Yah man sucks oh well its just an engine, I think the worst part is having to pay someone to do a swap i could do myself for free and having to go back to that god for saken town to pick up the car. A new engine has been arranged and the 86 will be terrorizing TO shortly

[sxtasy]

Shit sounds like quite the trip. Sorry to hear about all your bad luck. What are you taking in school?

[James]

Shitty deal about the bad luck man, good to see you finally made it there ok!, ive been up in Northern Ontario in that crappy weather, I know how it feels to have car trouble up there( well parents cars, i was young), and it aint fun.....I love that plate on the celica, loser :rofl:

[Hakkola]

Crazy man!!! Too bad it's winter, in the summer northern ontario is a great drive in the morning.

Looks sooo cold there.

[04blackMAX]

what college you go to man?

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by sxtasy
Shit sounds like quite the trip. Sorry to hear about all your bad luck. What are you taking in school?
Auto Marketing...04blackmax..thats georgian

[04blackMAX]

sweet...i went there back in ummmmm..lemme see i finished in 1998.......good ol hotel and resort hahah.

fuk iam old

[cman]

holy shit, that sounds like a pretty rough trip

[Kaos]

Thats some nice quality for a camera phone man. Great pics, driving is a bitch aint it? I cant even handle driving 9 hours to Van in my civic with all the bumps and potholes in the road.

[YCB]

so u just left ur car in that garage? are u gonna pick it up?

[szw]

What kind of phone is that?

[Boost Infested]

wanna sell your ae? :D
sorry about your luck... :(

[Ben]

Ah man, thats rough!

Half of me is glad I didn't go with ya, and part of me is mad I didn't cause I would have been able to help.

Ah well, at least you made it safe and sound, and no Miner had his way with ya. ;)

[max_boost]

At least you made it bro!!!
You are a lot braver than most of us, I would of just bought a one way ticket. An airline had a fire sale not too long ago, $300 two way, all taxes in! So one way is the same cost as your bus ticket. LOL

Have fun!:thumbsup:

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by Ben
Ah man, thats rough!

Half of me is glad I didn't go with ya, and part of me is mad I didn't cause I would have been able to help.

Ah well, at least you made it safe and sound, and no Miner had his way with ya. ;)
yah bro its all good, it sucked! you didnt want to be there....hehe the 86 isnt for sale a new engine is coming it Ill have to make the 12 hour trip back to white river ontario to pick it up once the shop completes the swap

[403Gemini]

fuck man next time caravan with a few more of us, shit id take a week off work to do an-accross canada cannon ball run with a few beyond members ;)

[DJ Glue_gun]

All that for Georgian? That drive is not worth it! All that to sit in a class with Jack Brown

Oh the guy in the Lexus, is the Seans?? I'm one of his friends lived on his floor i met you last year i think, I showed you the Car video we made.

Anyway good look on this sem. i'll be there in the summer

[Dj_Stylz]

Well Hope you had fun dispite all your problems

[dj ambiguous]

Red Lyne, i might wanna also consider that the engine might not be seized.. but maybe you blew the HG and the car was buring off the oil and coolant etc.. if it still ran when you put more oil in then it could be something else..

[SI-vic]

Originally posted by max_boost
At least you made it bro!!!
You are a lot braver than most of us, I would of just bought a one way ticket. An airline had a fire sale not too long ago, $300 two way, all taxes in! So one way is the same cost as your bus ticket. LOL

Have fun!:thumbsup:

That is brave, props to you for trying to drive out there and stuff.
If that was me, I would've definitly bought a 1 way ticket on Air Canada.
Sorry about your troubles and hopefully things will pick up.

[Toms-Celica]

:eek: Holy shit! You've been busy. The rest of my family is in North Bay and Sudbury. Shit, I started getting scared when you said you started walking down the road to the mine, that musta took a lot of balls! Anyways, if you end up in Sudbury or North Bay again drop me a PM and I can give you suggestions on where to stay and what to do for entertainment.

[fast95pony]

Interesting trip !! Looks like your middle finger was frozen stiff !!:rofl:

[dcoultis]

holy crap man, sorry to hear about your motor. What motor are you going to replace it with?

[missblondie]

sorry about your bad luck Ryan... i think northern ontario must be the worst place to go through that too:thumbsdow

good luck this semester

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by dj ambiguous
Red Lyne, i might wanna also consider that the engine might not be seized.. but maybe you blew the HG and the car was buring off the oil and coolant etc.. if it still ran when you put more oil in then it could be something else..
Yah man its seized, it wouldnt even turn over. A friend of mine suggested that the insanely cold temperatures caused the oil to turn to sludge when it passed through the oil cooler. Thanks for all the concern guys it really appreciated. I dint buy a plane ticket because I need a car out in Ontario and I had a ton of stuff to bring over including skis and a minifridge, that will teach me for induring the 86 to artic temperatures.

[girlRACER]

When I was in Cali...a ton of cars were driving around with no plates. I heard that new cars could drive without a license plate for 3 months b/c that's how long it took for the state to send them a plate!

[Gondi Stylez]

that sux man.. well good luck w/ the engine fix!

[Marsh]

:werd:

[T5_X]

:eek: What an ordeal!!!

Look on the bright side, you can put in a nicer engine! May I suggest a 20V? ;)

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by T5_X
:eek: What an ordeal!!!

Look on the bright side, you can put in a nicer engine! May I suggest a 20V? ;)
I would do a 20V right away problem is the car is in the middle of nowhere and its going to cost $780 to have it shipped down to TO so I scrapped that idea and Ill have to get an engine that will make the swap as easy as possible for that little husky shop where it's at:thumbsdow

[T5_X]

shitty... do you have any friends there with a truck who could help you out?

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by T5_X
shitty... do you have any friends there with a truck who could help you out?
I've examined every option, I don't have the connections here in ONT like I do in AB, plus no one drives pickups here anyways. None of the rental car companies will let me tow either

[GTS Jeff]

RYAN!! man, i just found this thread, HOLY SHIT! sometimes us corolla drivers have the worst luck ever!

man, if my car did that, man itd be over like a bad breakup! its good to see that ure toughing it out :thumbsup:

[illeagle]

i feel your pain, only my car never left the garage. Hell, i never had a chance to insure the thing and it broke down twice! Anyone wanna buy a Mazda?
:banghead:

[LUDELVR]

Originally posted by girlRACER
When I was in Cali...a ton of cars were driving around with no plates. I heard that new cars could drive without a license plate for 3 months b/c that's how long it took for the state to send them a plate!

And this FOR SURE has got to be the most important part of the thread!! :thumbsup: ;) :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by LUDELVR


And this FOR SURE has got to be the most important part of the thread!! :thumbsup: ;) :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Haha I know..not to worry girlRACER I made it to To safe and sound:rofl:

[Ekliptix]

I just saw this thread.

That is a trip from hell. Glad to see you made it though. cool pics.

:D

[euro tang]

yo that must of been hell driving for soo long by your self, if I had to do that I would probly fall asleep at the wheel

[Zephyr]

wow i just saw this thread after talking to u on msn yesturday haha. looks like one hell of a trip ryan!

u should take pics when u start ur trip back as well! and what kinda phone do u have, pretty nice quality

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by Zephyr
wow i just saw this thread after talking to u on msn yesturday haha. looks like one hell of a trip ryan!

u should take pics when u start ur trip back as well! and what kinda phone do u have, pretty nice quality
Its the nokia 3650 it does generate some decent pics, perfect for "spotted" situations. Eurotang, it wasnt bad driving by myself, Ive got a pretty good stereo in the corolla so I made some cds the nights before and just listened to good tunes the whole way there

[hockeybronx]

Hey man thanks for this, usually I would have been like :whocares: but this was actually pretty cool.

Good memories, makes me think of when I'll take on a journey like that

[illeagle]

man, I'm afraid to take a car to Banff, across Canada?

What going on now?... are you back in town? hows the AE86 comming along?:banghead:

[supaj87GTS]

Damn I dont even know what to say but damn your brave I hope the new transplant goes smoothly.........

Peace Bro God bless
Jordan your Fellow AE86'er