Driving from Florida to Alaska - Episode 2

[Music] some people take road trips so they can get to their destination but we take road trips so we can experience the journey and rather than showing a stereotypical cross-country road trip we decided to take it one step further we want to drive from Florida to Alaska I took my STI swab from subaru forrester and then took his evo 9mr on a journey of over 10,000 miles we have only three weeks to travel in 23 states and two Canadian provinces this three weeks was the longest flock of time that we had available to us all year so we wanted to take advantage of it our goal to see as much of the continent as possible [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right we are in Phoenix Arizona it's about 8:00 p.m. we're gonna stretch out it to LA it's only about six hours but that should put us back on the track so we're just kind of pushing a little harder right now to get back on track we stopped here to see my aunt who lives here in Phoenix gosh such a delight every time had some wonderful typhoon yeah Phoenix is gorgeous Arizona's gorgeous now we're gonna leave we're gonna go to the California so let's be fun tomorrow morning we're gonna cruise and some LA roads some good old LA roads we made our way towards Los Angeles so we could take the scenic route up the coast to Alaska so we're currently at a gas station we got split up from then he's further along the way to LA Devon is probably gonna drive and I'm gonna try and sleep in the back the car yeah we're gonna get to LA pretty late so that'll be interesting yesterday in order to get across Texas I had driven 23 hours straight her record for me needless to say I was very tired Devon took over to give me some much-needed rest [Music] it's 2:00 a.m. and only two hours later will arrive in Hawaii [Music] all right so it is currently 5 a.m. or year here in LA in Pasadena in the morning morning I think we're gonna shoot up on a Canyon Road with Louis yo from speed hunters Larry Chen's assistant so instead of sleep I am gonna go with washing my car at this very convenient carwash we've been washing our cars as much as we can throughout this trip but this time is particularly important because in a few hours we're gonna meet up with FN Lewis who's Larry Chen's assistant and take some pictures and video up on Angelis crest and I'll be gosh darned if I'm gonna let former speed hunter take pictures in my car when it's dirty we spent probably two hours cleaning and detailing our cars and before you knew it the Sun had risen and we were ready to go for a cruise up the mountain [Music] good morning [Music] we are heading up Angeles Crest with our buddy Louis from speed hunters got Louis Lewis from speed hunters which is awesome really cool dude got a nice Subaru we're gonna go roofing on Angeles Crest together okay this is this is the best morning ever I'm just flying up Angeles Crest chasing Louis Devon's right here begging me not to kill him and oh my gosh this is so this is like I never thought that I would get to do this this is so rad man it is so nice to be able to drive up on these California roads in my own car we've driven this with like a rental or two here and there car rentals and stuff like that when you fly in it's just it's not the same man doing a Milan car it's freaking awesome alright that's enough of us rambling I know you're not watching this just to hear us talk so I'll cut the music and I'll cut the talking just enjoy the view and the sounds [Music] we cruised Angeles Crest up and down for about an hour and if you've ever been to Los Angeles you really should take your car up on this road it's a surreal experience being surrounded by tons of other car enthusiasts we just want to take their cars for a drive Angelis chrome on over just past a beautiful Blair we passed a yellow McLaren p1 and later found out that it was Jay Leno and as much as we wanted to spend just all day going up and down the mountain we had to keep on our journey to make it to Alaska [Music] you okay so we are here at car quest because it is that time it is three thousand seven hundred fifty miles since we left home and that's my oil change interval so we need to swap that out with some fresh oil what do it in the parking lot is still in the parking lot yeah this trip is sponsored by Advance Auto Parts but before you call us out for not going to in advance they actually own car quest so we're still staying loyal to the brand gonna go in they're gonna get some oil get some filters and wrench away this shouldn't take very long should take less time for me probably being in London me yeah I mean I'm younger I'm more fit I'm not I drove that it the better car to work on oh is that it better car to work on I don't resent that because you have to work on more okay so I'm getting ready to start on my oil change I think I have a little bit in a minute of an advantage over Ben because I don't have an under tray or anything like that oil changes are pretty easy on this car begin [Music] right now it is just the slightest drizzle and the competitive part of me wants to like just patch it up and start putting more willing but the part of me that loves my car wants to just let it get all the oil out that I can and then I'm gonna I'm gonna patch it up see so this is what friends are for then stepping on the brake for me even in competition such a gentleman and time 23 minutes it's fine anything under 1/2 hour I feel like is it's pretty good it's like it hasn't even taken up your day at all it's like oh yeah I didn't know change yeah so I mean we've stopped longer at gas stations oh for sure we stopped longer at Walmart's hmm all right your turn buddy all right my turn 23 minutes 23 minutes I beat start go go Oh starting that's cheating I'll give 5 seconds I got these plastic panels that Ben doesn't have and it's kind of annoying but I get better fuel economy because of it less wind drag [Music] [Music] what's the official how do we end it do I'm gonna start the car over buddy it's not over yet what do I need to do put the cap on yeah okay what else he's good to go 18 minutes and 10 seconds does that mean that Subarus are easier work on uh we both determined that Subarus had a better vehicle and then just kept talking about how much he loves Subarus [Music] the cable car that day [Music] how many miles are we ended the trip where I mean just over 4,000 are you worried about any other issues you seems invincible like the only issue I had was just like finishing that 6 feet swap it wasn't like something broke it was just like this the swap had to be finished yeah because I mean the swamp was finished a day before it left yeah I'm really sad Steve ultimate bridge and everything [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hey Ben I'm looking at our schedule this intake it's like 70 hours to get to Anchorage like I don't think we're gonna have enough time to make that and make it to our event what if we just like didn't sleep like you think we could make it if we just just drove non-stop and just didn't sleep at all I mean we kind of saw how that went this last few days yeah it's not gonna happen what if we just like went into Alaska like technically we got into Alaska but we didn't go all the way to Anchorage cuz that way we were technically going from Florida to Alaska which is still really impressive but we'd have a little bit more time to do fun stuff if we went to a town in Alaska closer okay yeah on the close end of Alaska there's like a ton of mountains there so it should look awesome that'll save us like 20 hours yeah let's do that yeah that's some pretty good idea I didn't think prose like this existed in the US I've only has seen things look this good being like New Zealand but you don't have to go to New Zealand incredible [Music] and Here I am driving my own car on this road everyone should take a road trip like this at some point in their life everyone should drive their car somewhere like this just to enjoy it today we're going to drive the entire Pacific Coast Highway a ten hour drive up this coast it's not the fastest way to the Pacific Northwest but it's definitely the most scenic driving our cars up this coast is a dream come true we stopped a ton of times just to look at all the way [Music] right so Ben got these little pick up stickers the consumer we're trying to do this quick without obscene so he got these stickers and me and Ben Lynn had been trying to cover his car in them so I scream right here he noticed him and he asked us about it and we kind of just played played down the net acted like me we didn't know what it was here in coats you guys did something to my car no we didn't know what you guys could have done thank you fine what were you doing nothing would a buffoon the original plan was to make it up to Seattle tonight we got so distracted on the Pacific Coast Highway that we haven't even made it to Oregon but of course I don't regret a thing because this has been one of the most enjoyable drives of my life [Music] it is currently 8 a.m. I just slip in my car there we pulled off the Pacific Coast Highway at 4 o'clock in the morning we got four hours of sleep probably good enough to drive about more 12 more hours I was your sleep last night pretty good just recline my Arcaro and put a blanket over my face did the bolsters hold you in place I did not fall out Seattle yesterday but we got distracted all the way up to the coast highway yes six hour delay but so worth it but we aren't done with the Pacific Coast Highway on the north end of the highway there lies the redwood forest the tallest and most massive tree species on earth [Music] the redwood forest was spectacular they even had a tree so large you could drive your car for it unfortunately we didn't have time for that though we had to keep moving north I didn't think the scenery could get much better than the Pacific Coast Highway and the redwood forest but Oregon was spectacular what a gorgeous statement Corrigan was the first state that we've been to on this trip that I've never been to before also the first and only state on this trip to have gas pump attendants [Music] it's gears and gasoline yeah bro thanks to thanks and and yeah we we came from Virginia yeah yeah no way that's awesome dude I love it bro a few hours later and we had made it to Washington I've never been to Washington before and I'm super excited to be here surprisingly neither of us have broken down in a while but my Forester is been acting up lately and I think it's my spark plugs so we're gonna spend a few hours in a parking lot to swap them out if anyone wondered how easy it is to change your spark plugs on a Subaru they're all the way down here in that hole so yeah it's real real easy changing spark plugs on a Subaru isn't a simple job a dealership charges three hundred and sixty dollars just in labor for this job so we're not gonna be back on the road anytime soon very tight you have to take the ratchet off while you're unscrewing it otherwise as it unscrews it'll put itself into the frame rail here and then there's no room to pull the plug out that's how tight these tolerances are so we got some NGK laser iridium Fenster ranch Anna's card light like eat 50 it's like 10:30 like two hours and your sparkles I don't know what this whole boxers superiority thing but I'm not convinced ten minute job an Evo if I have to do it which I don't this isn't taking as long as it looks like it is in the video okay it's pinging like three hours but you know but not as long as you but not as long as you think that how long did you think it was taking [Applause] after about three hours I replaced all four spark plugs and the engine was running again now for a quick test drive to make sure they were [Music] [Music] it works we're in Seattle Washington we wanted to be here like a day or two ago but it's okay it's beautiful I'm glad we got to see it gorgeous yeah it's fantastic to have our cars here is just like a really weird feeling I mean you guys are on the wrong coast yeah I like it I'm down there how'd they get here we're only two hours away from Vancouver yeah let me super easy knockout yeah after Vancouver was looking at the map we get into the snow-capped mountains like to see that immediately after Vancouver but first we're gonna have to see if they'll actually let me into their country I'm honestly worried because of the ski boxes it looks like we're trying to like smuggle a lot of something in they in front we're out of it easily yeah probably we'll see what that's like before we could leave Seattle a few subscribers stopped by and I have to check out their cars my name is Johnny Walker you know buddy told me that you guys were up here I've kind of been falling your trip so came up yeah got off working came straight here so this is my 2005 CGT wagon instead of 2006 latest GT JDM swap our daily drive it I take it if there's a waterfall a campsite off-road I'm there my name is Eric I've been airbags wheels but libgdx GIC it's actually na oh wow so you actually get good gas mileage yes Eric and Johnny are awesome but I'm absolutely sick of Subarus and we have to go to Canada both Ben and I have never crossed the border in either of our cars so we're nervous that Canada won't even let us in we are about to go into Canada we are like 10 feet 30 feet from the border really nervous never crossed the border line before please sir I'd like to come into Canada I wonder if they give you a complimentary bottle of maple syrup while I see a Canadian over there so that's a bailar play they're totally than I expected no one is riding moose yet I'm gonna get kicked out of this country in five minutes I'm gonna offend everyone in this country I know it I get the feeling that they're gonna like search everything but it doesn't look like that's the case I don't know our forgave oxes are pregnant like for a red flag for them because we could definitely fit like two people in each of our three boxes know what to self do not try and do what Canadian accent pretty good eh welcome to Canada there trees look about the same I'd end up in the hive man I have a knife on me and some food but I don't think that'll be a problem all right this is it we're going for it [Music] hi there will we make it in the Canada will they strip-searched our intern Devon will we get complimentary maple syrup you'll have to find out next Saturday [Music]

Channel: Gears and Gasoline

Views: 1,558,715

Keywords: Road Trip, Epic, Cross Country, Cross Continental, Mitsubishi, Evo, Evolution, Subaru, Forester, Boxer, EJ, skibox, florida, alaska, Florida to Alaska, Gears and Gasoline, crazy

Id: 71ay58EPXsc

Length: 21min 59sec (1319 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 18 2018