Return to Virginia, Day 1.
Left San Diego this morning around 9am local.
Now sitting in a Holiday inn express in Grants, New Mexico.
I got some bad fuel in Gila Bend Arizona. Under load on initial throttle input the engine would pink like crazy for about a second or so. Temps in the Valley of the Sun were around 98 degrees F. So I stopped at a WalMart in North Maricopa County and picked up some 104 Boost. It worked.
I am averaging 80MPH with sprints to higher speeds. I also had a hell of a head wind for most of the late afternoon trip.
I'll fill up in the morning, but the odo is around 240 miles and I have 1/2 a tank left... so that should be in the 30-32mpg area for the Flagstaff to Grants NM run.
Rain developed as I was coming into New Mexico. I was in a three-car caravan, we were doing some nice speeds. I made up HUGE time with that run. But when the rain fell, they kept going, I slowed as my wide 235s and 215s and the light weight don't make for fun rain driving. They did well, I just did not want to do something stupid.
Now sitting in a Holiday inn express in Grants, New Mexico.
I got some bad fuel in Gila Bend Arizona. Under load on initial throttle input the engine would pink like crazy for about a second or so. Temps in the Valley of the Sun were around 98 degrees F. So I stopped at a WalMart in North Maricopa County and picked up some 104 Boost. It worked.
I am averaging 80MPH with sprints to higher speeds. I also had a hell of a head wind for most of the late afternoon trip.
I'll fill up in the morning, but the odo is around 240 miles and I have 1/2 a tank left... so that should be in the 30-32mpg area for the Flagstaff to Grants NM run.
Rain developed as I was coming into New Mexico. I was in a three-car caravan, we were doing some nice speeds. I made up HUGE time with that run. But when the rain fell, they kept going, I slowed as my wide 235s and 215s and the light weight don't make for fun rain driving. They did well, I just did not want to do something stupid.
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