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Another option for the trip.
Fly to Detroit, rent a car, and drive to Montreal. 586 miles according to Google Maps.
So, how crazy am I? I'm figuring a red eye to Detroit, and breaking for a lunch will get us into Montreal in the evening. Remember, I drive long stretches for a living, so it's not a big thing for me to go six or seven hours on the road.
Canadians.. anything I should know about driving on your beaver-infested roads?
Fly to Detroit, rent a car, and drive to Montreal. 586 miles according to Google Maps.
So, how crazy am I? I'm figuring a red eye to Detroit, and breaking for a lunch will get us into Montreal in the evening. Remember, I drive long stretches for a living, so it's not a big thing for me to go six or seven hours on the road.
Canadians.. anything I should know about driving on your beaver-infested roads?
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 00:21 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 00:23 (UTC)One word of warning, when driving in Quebec... the road signs are only in French.
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 00:39 (UTC)Navigation, on the other hand, is easy. Once in Canada, get on the 401 and keep going east. You'll reach Montreal. No turns or weird interchanges.
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 01:27 (UTC)The de facto speed limit is 120 km/h, and in the Toronto area it's 130. You will not get pulled over doing this.
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 03:18 (UTC)Similarly, if the sign says Montreal 120, then the distance is conversely shorter than your brain will think. Hand Kiri a decent calculator with built in conversion tables & have a blast.
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 12:39 (UTC)Oddly enough, I do follow the limit most of the time. More reaction time and lower gas usage are things I value when driving…
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 13:51 (UTC)Gas mileage, I give you.
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 17:21 (UTC)I've encountered enough of these that I prefer to keep my chance of avoiding them as high as possible.
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 14:31 (UTC)Is there much traffic also doing the limit no or is most of it still going faster?
I have not been on the 401 since April.
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 16:27 (UTC)On the 407, I'd estimate 1 in 50.
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 03:41 (UTC)Just make sure that the car rental people know that you intend to take the car to Canada. It shouldn't be a problem, but they may want to add a small extra fee.
Highway 401 is nice. As South Park said, "Follow the only road." It runs straight from Windsor to Montreal and beyond. The highway foodstops will expose you to Tim Horton's, our much-beloved national doughnut and coffee chain.
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Date: 21 Sep 2008 04:10 (UTC)no subject
Date: 23 Sep 2008 09:06 (UTC)Canada kept to the "keep the long haul highways away from the cities and towns" rule.
All we saw were Soy bean farms alternating with tomato farms with a couple of corn fields for variety and that was it.
C and I had real problems when we made the drive a few years ago.
As to the speed limit... Driving a car with US plates, we kept to the posted limits, but were passed by many many cars at high speed. Our friends told us that Ontario police are cool as long you are going with the flow.