Pets Make Some Of The Best Road Trip Companions: COTD

The great American road trip is something magical. There’s something so awesome about pointing your car in a direction, any direction, and just taking in all of the sights this country has to offer. Doing one of these trips with a great travel partner is better, but even better than that? A really cute pet.

Matt wrote a Morning Dump, which featured Isuzu’s latest brand ambassador, a really cute dog. Car brands love pets, and we do, too. My green-cheeked conures love a good road trip. They’ll stand on the side of their bird RV and happily watch the world go by in a way that they just cannot do at home. The little guy in the topshot is the late Malort, who always loved going on Gambler 500 adventures. Anyway, the comments are great. Tbird:

Our cat is a surprising little road warrior. He is good for 8-10 hours or so in the car, we know his signs when he needs to stop and use the litter pan. He will nap in his carrier, or sit on a lap watching the cars go by. I got stares a few years ago as he sat in the front seat watching the big trucks in NC. He has been to FL once from PA, and the Carolinas a number of times. We look for pet friendly hotel/condo. He accompanied us to Richmond over Memorial Day. He generally only gets restless when it’s litter pan time, which I keep bagged and ready.

He has his own little luggage with food, toys, scratcher, litter mat.

Sid Bridge:

When I was in college (Virginia Tech), I caught a ride home with my roommate, who was also tasked with transporting his sister’s beautiful white and fluffy Himalayan cat with us to Richmond.

My roommate drove a second-hand mid-1980’s Honda Accord, white with blue interior. The three-hour drive to Richmond was uneventful. The cat was super chill and spent most of the ride sitting on the rear deckboard looking out the back window.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ANYONE TRANSPORTING A WHITE HIMALAYAN CAT IN AN OLD HONDA ACCORD WITH BLUE INTERIOR:

The material on the deckboard will degrade and break free. It will dye your cat blue. The cat turned half blue.

Oops. Heh.

Thomas Metcalf:

I had a black lab that LOVED car rides. At the time, I drove a single cab Chevy S-10. It was fairly uncomfortable with 2 people and a 90 lb dog. That was the best damn dog I ever had.

Alexk98 comes in with a hot take:

This is probably controversial, but I believe Suabru and Dodge/Ram ad campaigns are equally as cringy in how aggressively they try to push a hyper idealized image of their cars to their market. The only difference is Dodge/Ram yell about V8s to insecure conservative men, while Subaru markets to insecure, slightly outdoorsy interested people of all genders. Both are a form of car cosplay that aren’t really as good as what people think.

Finally, Thomas wrote about the time when Ford sold a car with a “lifetime” air filter. Taargus Taargus speaks the truth:

These days when I see the term “lifetime” for anything associated with a car, I run. Nothing lasts a lifetime. Hell most lifetimes don’t last a lifetime.

Have a great evening, everyone!

Top photo: Mercedes Streeter