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you make it seem like we are on the road trip with you as you post your updates. LOVE IT! by the way, how do you NOT avoid the road bugs? hate those too
Kickass NSX Road Trip Commencing 2010-09-18
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Are you coming to Indy?
Not this time Mitch. My trip home is going to be as straight a line from here to there as is practical.
I'm about due for my employer to send me back to Carmel though. I'd be sure to give you a holler when that happens!
I'm about due for my employer to send me back to Carmel though. I'd be sure to give you a holler when that happens!
I pulled in yesterday with 125870 miles on the odometer. I started with 122446, so here are the stats.
Total miles traveled: 3424 (approx 1900 "back road" miles)
Note, I *finally* got a tank over 30mpg! I've been so close so many times, but this was the first for me.
I spent the first 4 days driving all day long, almost from sunup to sunset, and loved it. I may well do it again next year, but try to change up the roads a bit. If I had to pick a favorite part, it would be the trip across southern Missouri. I was also quite happy with what I found in Tennessee once I got west of The Dragon.
Final Route Map
The trip home would have been perfectly uneventful except the CEL came on about 15 minutes after I started Sunday morning. I kept an eye and ear open and once it was apparent my fuel economy was nominal, I relaxed and just drove home. I'm due for another oil change, so my mechanic can figure it out.
Final pics. The car show was pretty damned good for a small town in Kansas. I believe there were about 1000 cars entered. I saw a lot of tags from Missouri and Arkansas, so people traveled to be here (but not as far as me).
Not many exotics though. Basically it was me, an Elise, and this Diablo.
I tried to represent as best I could.
A couple of my high school buddies had their cars in the show. Both pretty cool cars in their own extremely different ways.
All the car show pics are here. Tumbleweeds Last Run 2010
That's it! Thanks all, see you next time!
Total miles traveled: 3424 (approx 1900 "back road" miles)
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2010-09-18 122857 mi 14.543 gal 28.914 mpg
2010-09-19 123086 mi 8.195 gal 28.054 mpg
2010-09-20 123397 mi 11.145 gal 27.843 mpg
2010-09-20 123770 mi 12.615 gal 29.600 mpg
2010-09-21 124131 mi 13.674 gal 26.422 mpg
2010-09-26 124463 mi 12.825 gal 25.879 mpg
2010-09-26 124863 mi 13.474 gal 29.687 mpg
2010-09-26 125218 mi 11.750 gal [b]30.213 mpg[/b]
2010-09-27 125596 mi 13.167 gal 28.716 mpgNote, I *finally* got a tank over 30mpg! I've been so close so many times, but this was the first for me.
I spent the first 4 days driving all day long, almost from sunup to sunset, and loved it. I may well do it again next year, but try to change up the roads a bit. If I had to pick a favorite part, it would be the trip across southern Missouri. I was also quite happy with what I found in Tennessee once I got west of The Dragon.
Final Route Map
The trip home would have been perfectly uneventful except the CEL came on about 15 minutes after I started Sunday morning. I kept an eye and ear open and once it was apparent my fuel economy was nominal, I relaxed and just drove home. I'm due for another oil change, so my mechanic can figure it out.
Final pics. The car show was pretty damned good for a small town in Kansas. I believe there were about 1000 cars entered. I saw a lot of tags from Missouri and Arkansas, so people traveled to be here (but not as far as me).
Not many exotics though. Basically it was me, an Elise, and this Diablo.
I tried to represent as best I could.
A couple of my high school buddies had their cars in the show. Both pretty cool cars in their own extremely different ways.
All the car show pics are here. Tumbleweeds Last Run 2010
That's it! Thanks all, see you next time!
shawn110975
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Skippy next time you do a trip like that let me know I am always for something fun like that. Im in Tampa.
and I love that APPLE sticker on your back engine glass.
you into computers? Im a Computer Consultant myself.
and I love that APPLE sticker on your back engine glass.
you into computers? Im a Computer Consultant myself.
I'm not really "into" computers any more. I'm a software developer, but it's just a job.
I've drank a lot of Apple Koolaid over the years though. The rainbow sticker is about the same vintage as the car.
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Skippy, same here. You decide to head back to East Tennessee, let me know and I'll meet you. There are literally a ton of great roads over there.
Your room is made up and ready for you here at the house, and the spot in the yard is waiting.
