Oh ho, man ! Two oil changes. Other fluids swapped out or tested. Fresh tires. And a post purchase inspection that confirmed that I had just bought exactly what I wanted.
Outstanding trip. Made it back to Alaska in one piece and had a gas. Took a few pics but I suck with a camera so I might snag a pic or two from elsewhere.
The trip was majorly cool though. Went from 2341 miles to roughly 7500; stuck my toe in the Atlantic at Hilton Head Island and in the Pacific in WA... and she's tucked on a steamship now en route to her new home.
Even flew the wife out to meet me in Atlanta. Some folks think that a little bit of me goes a long way and she's sometimes one of them. Narry a peep though even after two days at 900 miles per day.
A couple of memorable points as a teaser? Hmmm...
How about a buck sixty the other side of Macon with a 370Z in the next lane?
How about seeing a retread explode off of a tractor trailer about 200' in front of you? We had been averaging somewhere in the neighborhood of 85mph through that stretch which allowed way too little reaction time before that bad boy was in the rear view. Remind me; was there another car in that other lane?
How about noticing that at 4500 miles your rears are damn near toast?
How about noticing that the rear end on this car gets a little skittish in the rain and then seeing that rainstorm turn to snow in a mountain pass? In the dark.
Unforgettable trip. Very glad I got the chance to do it. I've got a ton of stuff to catch up on here at the love shack and the office so it might be a week or so before I get to toss some of this down and post up but the short version is that if you ever get the chance to do something similar...
GO FOR IT!
A couple things I need to work on? One's my slither. Getting into that seat is a cake walk when there's plenty of room but in the rare packed parking lot it's definitely anything but. There's got to be a better solution that slamming the back of my head on the roofline and wrenching that left knee prior to splattering my butt across the cockpit. Not exactly elegant. Oooof.
Outstanding trip. Made it back to Alaska in one piece and had a gas. Took a few pics but I suck with a camera so I might snag a pic or two from elsewhere.
The trip was majorly cool though. Went from 2341 miles to roughly 7500; stuck my toe in the Atlantic at Hilton Head Island and in the Pacific in WA... and she's tucked on a steamship now en route to her new home.
Even flew the wife out to meet me in Atlanta. Some folks think that a little bit of me goes a long way and she's sometimes one of them. Narry a peep though even after two days at 900 miles per day.
A couple of memorable points as a teaser? Hmmm...
How about a buck sixty the other side of Macon with a 370Z in the next lane?
How about seeing a retread explode off of a tractor trailer about 200' in front of you? We had been averaging somewhere in the neighborhood of 85mph through that stretch which allowed way too little reaction time before that bad boy was in the rear view. Remind me; was there another car in that other lane?
How about noticing that at 4500 miles your rears are damn near toast?
How about noticing that the rear end on this car gets a little skittish in the rain and then seeing that rainstorm turn to snow in a mountain pass? In the dark.
Unforgettable trip. Very glad I got the chance to do it. I've got a ton of stuff to catch up on here at the love shack and the office so it might be a week or so before I get to toss some of this down and post up but the short version is that if you ever get the chance to do something similar...
GO FOR IT!
A couple things I need to work on? One's my slither. Getting into that seat is a cake walk when there's plenty of room but in the rare packed parking lot it's definitely anything but. There's got to be a better solution that slamming the back of my head on the roofline and wrenching that left knee prior to splattering my butt across the cockpit. Not exactly elegant. Oooof.
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