Vegas: Driving around old Boulder Highway

Driving in the city of Las Vegas is relatively easy, for the most part. There are a few weird places in the city where seemingly perpendicular streets decide to cross, like at the intersection of Sunset and Sunset, but beyond the anomalies defying the laws of space and time, there's only a handful of complaints I could logistically lodge against the city with much merit. Compared to my brief experience with driving in the Pacific Northwest (I drove from Seattle back to Vegas in 2014) Las Vegas is blessedly straightforward and fairly affordable city for driving in, to boot. I mean, compared to gas prices in some states we're getting shafted, but when you consider the largely abundant (and primarily free) parking it's not too shabby.  We even get some streets with cool names, like Admiral Ackbar way. Insurance rates aren't in the top or last 10th in either direction, so it's not the most expensive or least expensive place to be a driver... The worst things you'll likely have to contend with, as far as driving in Vegas goes, for the time being, is traffic cones and the heat. 

The occasional crack head running out in front of you or vehicular breakdown is likely to pop up, too, especially if you spend any large amount of time driving in the city. The heat out here is absolutely brutal on vehicles! I've owned two vehicles in my life thus far and they've both suffered immense amounts of mechanical stress due to the routinely 110+ degree summers we deal with. I've replaced (or at least paid for the replacement of) several radiators, water pumps, thermostats, and other associated mechanical parts intrinsic to the operation of the automobile at ideal temperatures. It's unavoidable. The last few years with my Volvo has seen countless hoses bursting and spewing violently green coolant upon our roads, even in front of Mandalay Bay the night of a concert... the van, too, has made a steam-spewing demonstration of its disdain for the weather here at least once upon a hot and inconveniently timed day drive. Driving in the city of Las Vegas will be hard on your car in the summer, but the tradeoff is that our dry weather prevents excessive rusting, so you'll encounter lots of classic rods rolling through.

My engine blew up on the way to see Panic! At the Disco tonight, I'm so devastated!! I've wanted to see them for years and years and now who knows when I'll get the chance to see @brendonurie perform :((( I was looking forward to this for MONTHS! Tonight we are NOT victorious. 😳 I'm so heartbroken. @panicatthedisco

A post shared by Jessthulhu (@shethatisnau) on Mar 24, 2017 at 8:15pm PDT

I don't always pose seductively against my car, but when I do it's because I'm pushing her after missing the @panicatthedisco show in Vegas because the old girl broke down.

A post shared by Jessthulhu (@shethatisnau) on Apr 3, 2017 at 11:17am PDT

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NAU