msmith1199 wrote:
I've done this route many many times. I always take 58 out of Bakersfield and go over to 395. Don't follow your GPS if it tries to send you through Palmdale and Lancaster. Lots of traffic signals and cross traffic going that way. Take 395 down to 15. You can take 15 all the way into San Diego but I normally cut off on 215 and take it through San Bernardino and Riverside and then it hooks back up with 15. I'm not sure which route is better there.
For mileage, from the intersection of 99 and 58 to downtown San Diego taking I-5 all the way is 228 miles. That same starting and ending point take the above route I described is 274 miles. So you're adding 46 miles to the trip, but you are completely bypassing Los Angeles. To me that 46 miles is 100% worth it.
X2 I live in palmdale and I will say you do want to avoid our "talented" drivers we have,lol
