Dave's TOP 5

Top 5 Reasons driving this 1985 Airstream that has been in Storage for a year and a half and is in questionable condition across the USA is a bad idea!!!


5) The radio that was working quits and James fills in the void with 30 minute version of The Sugar Hill Gang’s “RAPPER’S DELIGHT” (over…and over…and…)

4) The Jeep you’re towing that you just unhooked to go get parts for the Airsteam that broke down starts sputtering and dies leaving you stranded 12 miles from said Airstream somewhere in Ohio.

3) After James has removed the interior engine cover in a vain attempt to charge the inoperative AC and in doing so heated up the Airstream to pottery baking kiln-like temperatures thus requiring Hank to open all eleven Airstream windows.

2) Realizing that at the current rate of travel, you won’t be home till HoopFest unless you’re able to make drastic changes including reducing gas stops to a NASCAR Pit stop time window, increasing driving time from 12 to 18 hours daily, reducing sleep from 7 hours to 3 and reducing repair time from 9.5 hours a day to 4.0. (yea, we know, the math doesn’t quite work…neither do a lot of other things)

1) Dealing with the demonic, erratic electrical system: Overhead ceiling fans that haven’t work suddenly come to life, a low air light on dash with no discernable cause, interior and exterior lights require a PhD to sometimes get to operate, the nagging buzz of the Deadlock warning system that crescendos when speeding up and dies away when slowing down, and the eerie red reading light over Hank’s head that quit when the fan started working. (And the taillight that fixes itself by simply removing it and putting it back on, or....)