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The Portland-to-Portland Test Drive Challenge.

How far will we go to tell a story? In what could be the longest test drive in U.S. history, the Green Human team created a social media campaign to compare the clean burning VW Diesel to a Toyota Prius. We drove them both 7,800 miles from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon with ratings and info on fuel efficiency, passenger ergonomics, driving enjoyment and more. Story below.

GREEN TEST DRIVE DATES AND LOCATIONS

Updated 2.25.09 3:17PM (Eastern)

Day 1- February 16. Monday.
Arrive East Coast, cars prep and ready to go.

Day 2 - February 17. Tuesday.
7 AM @ Morong Falmouth Volkswagen
187 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth (Portland) Maine 04105
>drive 197 miles
4 PM @ Fathers-Sons Volkswagen
434 Memorial Avenue, West Spingfield Mass 01089
>drive to NYC-Langhorne

Day 3 - February 18. Wednesday.
8 AM @ VW of Langhorne
1862 East Lincoln Highway, Langhorne (Penn) PA 19047
>drive 33 miles
1 PM @ Fred Beans Volkswagen, 315 West Lancaster Ave, Devon, PA
>drive to Rockville

Day4 - February 19. Thursday.
8 AM @ Congressional Motors, 801 Rockville Pike, Rockville Maryland (Wash DC area) 20852
PM @ VW Corporate
>hit some bad weather out of D.C.

Day 5 - February 20. Friday.
>drive to Elmhurst, Il. 702 miles

Day 6 - February 21. Saturday.
11AM @ Larry Roesch Volkswagen, Elmhurst, (Chicago) Il 60106
>drive to Lexington, Ky. 390 miles

Day 7 - February 22. Sunday.
Rest day for the Green Humans

Day 8, February 23. Monday.
8:30 AM @ Don Jacobs Volkswagen, 2689 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, Ky. 40503
>drive to Greenville S.C. 340miles

5 PM @ Steve White Volkswagen, 100 Duvall Drive, Greensville S.C. 29588

Day 9, February 24. Tuesday.
>drive to Myrtle Beach 253 miles
4 pm @ East Coast Volkswagen, 8756 C Hwy 17 Bypass South, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588

Day 10, February 25. Wednesday.
>drive to Marietta Ga 384 miles
4 PM @ Jim Ellis Volkswagen, 1860 Cobb Parkway South, Marrietta GA 30060
>drive to South Beach 687 miles

Day 11, February 26. Thursday.
6 PM @ Esserman Volkswagen, 16825 NW 57th Avenue, Miami, Fl.

Day 12, 13, 14 February 27, 28, March 1.
>driving

Day 15, March 2. Monday.
9 AM @ McDonald Volkswagen, 6000 South Broadway, Littleton, CO 80121 (Denver area)
>drive to Boise, 840miles

Day 16, March 3. Tuesday.
Man we're doing a lot of driving.
>drive to Auburn, Washington, 600 miles

Day 17, March 4. Wednesday.
8 AM @ Auburn Volkswagen, 3109 Auburn Way, Auburn , WA 98002 (Seattle area)
>drive to Beaverton, Oregon 200 miles
4 PM @ Herzog-Meier VW, 4275 S.W. 139th Way, Beaverton, OR 97005

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