Pony Express looked at the van's suspension, tires, and drive train.
"It's got rear-wheel drive thank god, but it's still a 2X4, with a bad center of gravity, bald tires, and not much in the way of clearance. I give us a 50/50 chance of getting stuck if we go dirt-pounding. and, guessing by the map, a good 4 -6 hours in detour to go back. it'd be faster, but i'm sticking to smuggler routes here, to avoid attention. I could probibly cut it down to 3 hours if we tryed to brave some checkpoints."
He thought out the odds in his mind. they were on a schedule already.
6 hours of backtracking would certanly cause a host of problems.
3 hours increased their chances of getting caught, and the most dirrect route offered them a chance to get stuck, and perhas forcing them to walk their way out of the midwest.
"I say slow and steady wins the race. but if either of you two want to try one of the short cuts, i'll be happy to go allong with it... Hope I have enough gas... if we go my route, we are going to be sleeping in this thing tonight..."
