GoCar Tour of San Francisco
Filed under High School, Travel
Saturday, I biked the bridge with Delia and family. Sunday, we did a GoCar tour of San Francisco.
The cars are 3-wheeled, gas-powered (1 gallon tank for 70 miles, they say) 2-seaters. The only way to go backwards is to get out and push the car.
They come with a “GPS,” which is a bit misleading. As long as you follow the route map (which is attached to the dashboard), you get an audio tour of your surroundings via a CD in the CD player. The tour gives you directions, but it is easy to miss a turn. Once you make a wrong turn, the “GPS” won’t give you any instructions again until you get back on the route.
Lesson learned: study the map before venturing out…you can’t rely on the GPS to keep you on the path.
The cars are considered motorcycles and thus can park easily almost anywhere in SF.
The maximum speed of a GoCar is 30 Mph…so they can’t go on any highways (and the GPS will bark at you if you try).
Here are some pics I took along the way.
I saw a lot of things I had never seen before on this tour. It is a fun way to see the city in an unusual vehicle. Highly recommended.