How far away are you from BC Place?

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359 km - 3 hours 50 minutes.
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Get this -- I live on the west side so it tells me to take the Cambie Bridge and be there in 15 mins from 8.2 km away :rotf:

Google Earth has a neat ruler tool so you can map out your own route -- it's more tedious but you can mouse around the end points arbitrarily. My usual route via bus covers 4.99 miles (8.03 km -- less than the Almighty Google has decreed) but takes at least 45 min home to seat.
56 kilometres or 54 minutes (HA!). It seems Google Maps hasn't factored in game night traffic. A more realistic estimate would be 90 minutes.
Google maps hasn't factored in VANCOUVER.

And take a careful look at the BC Place endpoint and ask yourself if you can park there!
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If you get there early enough, sure you can :)

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35.4 km
about 41 mins.

skytrain is faster and no grid lock
don't think you could do it in 41 mins. going over the Port Mann
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AC/DCrocks wrote:35.4 km
about 41 mins.

skytrain is faster and no grid lock
don't think you could do it in 41 mins. going over the Port Mann
If you did, it would be closely followed by a police escort....lol
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yeah no kidding, plus because of gridlock you'd be driving on the shoulder. LOL
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158 kms. 1 hour 57 mins.
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1.8 km 15 minutes via skytrain which includes a 10 minute walk. :) :)
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4,884 km (about 1 day 21 hours)

That is if you are willing to pee in a bottle, take uppers and just drive 'er straight... :wink:
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Lionut wrote:4,884 km (about 1 day 21 hours)

That is if you are willing to pee in a bottle, take uppers and just drive 'er straight... :wink:
*yawn* been there, done that...

Okay, not quite, but my buddy and I did make Vancouver -> Winnipeg in 25 hours once in a 280ZX Turbo :)
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2.8 kms. 7 minutes
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Soundy wrote:
Lionut wrote:4,884 km (about 1 day 21 hours)

That is if you are willing to pee in a bottle, take uppers and just drive 'er straight... :wink:
*yawn* been there, done that...

Okay, not quite, but my buddy and I did make Vancouver -> Winnipeg in 25 hours once in a 280ZX Turbo :)
We did it in 21 in a Pontiac Sunfire last November. Buy North American, they get ya there faster. 8)
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16.7 KM (27 minutes)
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Solar Max wrote:
Soundy wrote:
Lionut wrote:4,884 km (about 1 day 21 hours)

That is if you are willing to pee in a bottle, take uppers and just drive 'er straight... :wink:
*yawn* been there, done that...

Okay, not quite, but my buddy and I did make Vancouver -> Winnipeg in 25 hours once in a 280ZX Turbo :)
We did it in 21 in a Pontiac Sunfire last November. Buy North American, they get ya there faster. 8)
Yeah, there's also a lot more passing lanes along the way now, 15 years later ;)
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So far I think I have you all beat as I come from my place at Pacific and Drake.

1.1 km (about 3 mins driving about 15 walking which is how I get to the games)
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