join 50,000,000 like-minded folks??? Recent census show Oregon has a little over 4.1 million people in the state.
Seeing the eclipse in an RX450h
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 857
Likes: 47
From: Oregon
Seeing the eclipse in an RX450h
See what I did there? This is a car forum, so I had to tie it in somehow.
We live in Lake Oswego (about 8 miles south of Portland, Oregon) and the totality line starts about 10 miles south, so early tomorrow morning we join 50,000,000 like-minded folks on the I-5 southbound. Will me make it to Salem? Who knows, but the further south we get the greater the obscuration.
I saw a near-total eclipse standing on the far corner (the elbow) of Cape Cod back in 1973. Not quite totality--no corona, but bizarre nonetheless, with shadow bands racing across the sand in the last few minutes.
Getting back on-topic, I'm sure the RX450h will make a fine eclipse car.
We live in Lake Oswego (about 8 miles south of Portland, Oregon) and the totality line starts about 10 miles south, so early tomorrow morning we join 50,000,000 like-minded folks on the I-5 southbound. Will me make it to Salem? Who knows, but the further south we get the greater the obscuration.
I saw a near-total eclipse standing on the far corner (the elbow) of Cape Cod back in 1973. Not quite totality--no corona, but bizarre nonetheless, with shadow bands racing across the sand in the last few minutes.
Getting back on-topic, I'm sure the RX450h will make a fine eclipse car.
Last edited by riredale; Aug 21, 2017 at 06:11 PM.
Lexus Champion
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 2,300
Likes: 4
From: RightHere
See what I did there? This is a car forum, so I had to tie it in somehow.
We live in Lake Oswego (about 8 miles south of Portland, Oregon) and the totality line starts about 10 miles south, so early tomorrow morning we join 50,000,000 like-minded folks on the I-5 southbound. Will me make it to Salem? Who knows, but the further south we get the greater the obscuration.
I saw a near-total eclipse standing on the far corner (the elbow) of Cape Cod back in 1973. Not quite totality to no corona, but bizarre nonetheless, with shadow bands racing across the sand in the last few minutes.
Getting back on-topic, I'm sure the RX450h will make a fine eclipse car.
We live in Lake Oswego (about 8 miles south of Portland, Oregon) and the totality line starts about 10 miles south, so early tomorrow morning we join 50,000,000 like-minded folks on the I-5 southbound. Will me make it to Salem? Who knows, but the further south we get the greater the obscuration.
I saw a near-total eclipse standing on the far corner (the elbow) of Cape Cod back in 1973. Not quite totality to no corona, but bizarre nonetheless, with shadow bands racing across the sand in the last few minutes.
Getting back on-topic, I'm sure the RX450h will make a fine eclipse car.
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 8,584
Likes: 392
From: PA
Isn't Volvo the official sponsor of the eclipse?
https://www.slashgear.com/volvo-turn...ewer-18495711/
https://www.slashgear.com/volvo-turn...ewer-18495711/
Trending Topics
Lexus Fanatic
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 94,602
Likes: 271
From: Virginia/D.C. suburbs
We're partly though the Eclipse now here in the NoVA D.C. suburbs......and I don't see any signs of the End of the World. Depending on who (or what) you believe, the Internet and YouTube had all kinds of videos and web-sites warning that this Eclipse would bring the end of civilization, a nuclear war, the Rapture, Christ's Second Coming, massive earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, Planet X/Nibiru crashing into or just missing the Earth causing pole-shifts, and/or the whole East and West Coast of the U.S. (and the entire state of Florida) being underwater.
Let's see how many of those sites and videos are still up and posted tomorrow morning.
Let's see how many of those sites and videos are still up and posted tomorrow morning.
ClubLexus Stories
Celebrating Lexus & Toyota from Around the Globe
Top 10 Most Confusing Things Lexus Has Ever Done!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Lexus ES Review: Lexus Re-Embraces Founding Principles
Michael S. Palmer
10 Lexus Bargains That are Cheaper Than a New Toyota RAV4
Joe Kucinski
8 Weirdest Things Lexus Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
10 Lexus Designs That Have Aged Like Fine Wine
Verdad Gallardo
8 Tips for Improving Your Hybrid or Plug-in Hybrid's Efficiency!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Best Lexus Models No One Remembers
Joe Kucinski
TRD Off-Road Premium: Best 2026 4Runner, Except This One Thing
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Lexus & Toyotas to Drive Before You Die!
Joe Kucinski
Lexus Champion
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 3,309
Likes: 31
From: Canada
even this smart guy is just using his car and sunglasses 
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/899682569951760384
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/899682569951760384
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 857
Likes: 47
From: Oregon
Well, that was pretty cool. The Lexus got us there in fine fashion, we parked in a coffee shop parking lot in a town called Woodburn which was about five miles inside the totality boundary. Surrounded by a couple hundred folks who clapped and cheered when the sun just kind of winked out, to be replaced by this giant wispy halo. About a minute later the corona disappears as bright sun reappears. Then the RX450h took us home on a very busy I-5 northbound towards Portland.
I have heard of folks who travel the world for total solar eclipses. I think there are one or two such eclipses a year. It would probably be a lot of fun, since the eclipses would occur in all sorts of places.
I have heard of folks who travel the world for total solar eclipses. I think there are one or two such eclipses a year. It would probably be a lot of fun, since the eclipses would occur in all sorts of places.
Last edited by riredale; Aug 21, 2017 at 06:14 PM.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
LexFather
Car Chat
25
Oct 5, 2009 07:38 PM