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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
Downtown Sedona in Arizona
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We used to purposely choose the locations of our engineering road trips in an effort to entice GM upper management to participate, in addition to availing ourselves to topography that was not available in Michigan.
Sedona was a popular choice, as it allowed us to do brake testing down Mingus Mountain (which also contained the ghost town of Jerome Arizona, another tourist attraction).
Las Vegas would be another obvious choice, near extended grades in high ambient temperatures like Davis Dam and Townes pass, for HVAC and powertrain cooling testing.
I have the dubious distinction of having been to Las Vegas and having not spent one penny: we arrived in the trip vehicles and were shuttled directly to the airport, where we immediately departed. I did not buy a Coke or a candybar or anything.
K