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5/25/2011 3:34:14 PM

Hope the OP makes it there without freaking out. We can't have that shit on the interstate.

5/25/2011 3:36:11 PM

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"You are full of shit. Assuming you live in Raleigh."

Not full of shit. And I live one mile from the Lake Wheeler I-40 exit.

5/25/2011 3:38:16 PM

it's 120 miles. Gorman Street is exit 295 and it counts up to 420 which is College Road. you aren't really out of Raleigh til 315, you're in Fuquay by 328, Newton Grove 340, Warsaw (good exit with tons of food) at 364, Wallace at 385, Castle Hayne at 405, 140 Bypass to Highway 17 at exit 416.... there are smaller towns in between but these are the best for food (all have Smithfields)

I don't think it's that boring. I like that I can literally count miles and time within 3 minutes when I'll get to wherever. It's a 70 so if you do 80 you'll get there in about an hour and a half. Not a bad trip at all. The 77 miles to Greenville have less "civilization" if you've ever made that trip.



[Edited on May 25, 2011 at 3:39 PM. Reason : each exit corresponds to a mile marker. i.e. exit 295 is 45 miles from exit 340*]

5/25/2011 3:38:17 PM

I have always had driving anxiety...I just dont like getting out of my comfort zone...but I really want to go to the beach, so hopefully I'll survive

5/25/2011 3:38:19 PM

ha you couldn't pay me to get anywhere near the beach this weekend.

5/25/2011 3:39:21 PM

^^you driving solo?

I'd rather drive to Wilmington over charlotte any day of the week. Less cars on the road also means less idiots on the road.

^yeah I wouldn't go to the beach this weekend either. Not worth the hassle from the traffic and crowds.

[Edited on May 25, 2011 at 3:41 PM. Reason : though i am driving 600 miles on I-95 this weekend...i'm sure that'll occasionally suck]

5/25/2011 3:39:58 PM

yeah I hope homeboy leaves sooner than later otherwise that 1.5 hour trip will turn into 3 hours easily. Near the Clayton split

[Edited on May 25, 2011 at 3:40 PM. Reason : damn. can't type today]

5/25/2011 3:40:24 PM

No, I'm going with my boyfriend...and yeah the beach will be crazy

5/25/2011 3:40:45 PM

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"The 77 miles to Greenville have less "civilization" if you've ever made that trip."

while short, it's the worst hangover drive ever

5/25/2011 3:40:48 PM

^^^^
I can buy that, assuming you speed (80+), since you have a decent head start living that close to 40 and are already pretty much out of Raleigh.

5/25/2011 3:41:12 PM

oh, a girl. my bad y'all are few and far between on tww (especially if you're hot)

5/25/2011 3:41:40 PM

as long as there are atleast houses somewhere visible in the distance I'll be ok...i think

[Edited on May 25, 2011 at 3:51 PM. Reason : adf]

5/25/2011 3:42:47 PM

I'll be driving to Topsail. If I see you on 40 I'm going to wreck your car and hunt you down Wrong Turn style.

5/25/2011 3:55:12 PM

5/25/2011 3:56:20 PM

^there's really nothing to see.

5/25/2011 3:58:14 PM

I don't buy door to door Raleigh to Carolina Beach in 2 hours if only because traffic through that Wilmington stretch is always awful

5/25/2011 4:02:02 PM

Terrible drivers ITT

Go faster

5/25/2011 4:05:09 PM

^^caught every light when going to CB on Saturday morning. But Sunday traffic was light and made green through most lights when headed back to Raleigh.

5/25/2011 4:11:28 PM

so your bf cant find a job on his own and he cant drive you to wilmington either? what exactly does he do?

5/25/2011 4:19:57 PM

i regularly make that drive from southwest Raleigh in 2 hours, i believe his time. I've only gone over that time if I live at rush hour on Friday and hit traffic until the 70 bypass. I speed, but I'm rarely the fastest person on the road heading down.

also, i won this thread on page 1

[Edited on May 25, 2011 at 4:20 PM. Reason : .]

5/25/2011 4:20:05 PM

You can't self declare wins, Charlie

5/25/2011 4:22:32 PM

you know how I know you're lame, rbrthwrd?

patting yourself on the back over a previous post on an internet message board

especially when nobody commented on it

[Edited on May 25, 2011 at 4:37 PM. Reason : ?]

5/25/2011 4:25:30 PM

I dated a girl at UNCW when I was at State. I would try to beat my previous time every time I drove down there. Fairly sure I broke the 1:20 mark several times. I usually kept it between 80-85...but fuckers when 90+ on the regular. So it wasn't difficult to get there under an hour and a half.

5/25/2011 5:03:25 PM

1:20? Haha ok.

5/25/2011 5:06:42 PM

I have a house at Carolina beach.. Havent driven from closer to nc state where I live now, but usually from Cary it's about 2:20 for me and I usually go ~10 over

About to drive it Friday morning though, I guess I'll see how I do

5/25/2011 5:08:04 PM

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"the VA part of 85 to Richmond suuuuuuuuuuuuucks. i hate the trees and those fucking cops that hide in the little cuts every few miles"

Oh God I hate that shit. Had to go through there in April, doing it again in 2 weeks, by the time those go away near Petersburg I find myself looking left at every damn gap in the trees.


As to the OP, it's not a huge deal. Probably longest you'll go is 15-20 minutes without an exit (there's very little immediately before Wilmington), and almost all the exits have gas, food, or both.

5/25/2011 5:50:16 PM

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"1:20? Haha, okay"

It's 130 miles from NC State to UNC-W. If you average 97 that's 1 hour 20 min...so possible but not probable.

5/25/2011 7:21:43 PM

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"average 97"

My point.

5/25/2011 7:26:32 PM

I'm just gonna fly there

5/26/2011 9:01:05 AM

^are you less anxious about flying than driving?

5/26/2011 9:06:07 AM

^^ how do you get around here? i lived in Wilmington for 4 years so i know the drive from Raleigh to Wilmington pretty well. i think driving on 40 around Raleigh/Durham is 100 times worse than driving down 40 to Wilmington.

5/26/2011 9:09:39 AM

^^ no I hate flying even more..but that would be like a 15 min trip lol

^ I get around here fine because it is familiar

5/26/2011 9:11:00 AM

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"traffic is never an issue and unless you are over the age of 65, there is no need to stop"

The last time I went from Wilmington to Raleigh there was an accident that must have shut the highway down completely. We were stuck not moving at all for at least an hour. I finally got to the point where I just pulled off at the nearest exit, took narrow country roads, and just made it up as I went to get home. No map, no gps. Still better than that traffic jam.

I hate that highway.

Also:

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"ha you couldn't pay me to get anywhere near the beach this weekend."

[Edited on May 26, 2011 at 9:22 AM. Reason : -]

5/26/2011 9:17:25 AM

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"It's 130 miles from NC State to UNC-W. If you average 97 that's 1 hour 20 min...so possible but not probable."

I started once I got off the Gorman St. exit and ended when I hit...College Rd maybe??

[Edited on May 26, 2011 at 9:25 AM. Reason : .]

5/26/2011 9:17:37 AM

The part between Kinston and New Bern is soooooooooo boring to me...granted it's 70mph....but it's a long stretch of NOTHING.

And I'm always scared to drive it at night cause I'm afraid and bear or a deer will run out in front of me.

5/26/2011 9:20:04 AM

^^^^between security, boarding and the flight itself it would take over an hour to fly from RDU to Wilimington. Nevermind driving to and from the airports. Of course I know you're just talking in jest.

[Edited on May 26, 2011 at 9:22 AM. Reason : ^]

5/26/2011 9:21:40 AM

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"^ I get around here fine because it is familiar"

the stretch between Raleigh and Wilmington becomes quite familiar because you see the same thing over and over (farm land, random nice house, trailer, nothing, farm land, random nice house....you get the point). i don't get how a 120 mile drive can induce such anxiety in someone but to each is own. i could see if you had to drive 1200 miles by yourself - but not a trip that takes less than 2 hours.

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"^^^^between security, boarding and the flight itself it would take over an hour to fly from RDU to Wilimington. Nevermind driving to and from the airports. Of course I know you're just talking in jest."

and that is if your flight is on time plus you'd be taking a prop jet/puddle jumper.

[Edited on May 26, 2011 at 9:24 AM. Reason : and spending $$$]

5/26/2011 9:23:13 AM

^ i wish it wasnt anxiety inducing...but i have genralized anxiety disorder anyways

5/26/2011 9:25:39 AM

I bet it's because of bladder control problems.

5/26/2011 9:26:41 AM

^ or a gastro problem maybe? i can understand that. i've dated someone before with colitis.

5/26/2011 9:29:03 AM

lol nope

5/26/2011 9:35:59 AM

so it's really just the unfamiliar that you're worried about?

sorry if this too personal but do you not leave Raleigh very often?

5/26/2011 9:37:31 AM

you must have been extremely sheltered as a child, because this is a retarded fear.

5/26/2011 9:40:34 AM

No I wasnt sheltered as a child...I was in an accident as a teenager and ptsd turned into generalized anxiety disorder...I try to leave Raleigh as often as I can...its just a little harder for me than the normal person

5/26/2011 9:50:17 AM

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"as long as there are atleast houses somewhere visible in the distance I'll be ok...i think"

Oh yeah you're going to LOVE this drive.

5/26/2011 9:52:13 AM

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"Oh yeah you're going to LOVE this drive."

ha yeah. I always take 421 just because there's more scenery and don't have to worry about fighting traffic to get out of Raleigh.

5/26/2011 9:55:08 AM

thanks for the encouragement

5/26/2011 9:55:42 AM

it's really not a bad drive at all - especially once you get past the 95 intersection.

5/26/2011 9:59:14 AM

It's the easiest drive i can think of around here*. Just keep doing it all summer, you'll be fine.


*traffic may suck due to the holiday weekend

5/26/2011 10:00:50 AM