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Originally Posted by HartfordRacingCaptain

I like Michigan roads lol. Lots of nice straight farmland that I passed some 18 wheelers on at speed on my way from MIS to Detroit. Makes you understand why muscle was born mostly caring about straight-line. "How fast can I get from one end to the other of this straight 10 mile long road."

Any more specifics on an MRC update? Such as a receipt that shows specifically what was done i.e. "Performed update 427856x on vehicle"?

Southeast Michigan is the worst. The area you described, at least from MIS to Ann Arbor, is pretty good pavement. But when you get into Wayne County, Oakland County, Macomb County where there is more concentrated population, things fall apart. Literally.

I was bringing my kid and a friend of his home to Detroit one weekend from Bowling Green State U. At one point, as we were coming through Toledo on I-75, I asked them, just for kicks, to close their eyes and tell me when they thought we were in Michigan. About 1/4 mile past the "Welcome To Michigan" sign they both said "we're in Michigan".

Ohio and Michigan have entirely different approaches to road funding. Ohio applies it where it's needed. Michigan applies it "evenly" across the state, so some areas get road improvement money even if they don't need it and the areas that really need it don't get any more than the areas that have roads that are rarely travelled. Same climate, similar population, but Ohio roads are much better maintained.