Pro tip for road trip packing in a small car: put clothes and other soft/fluffy items in a vacuum bag! Suck all the air out and presto! Lots more room!
Also bring a small reversible air compressor for re-packing duties.
Pro tip for road trip packing in a small car: put clothes and other soft/fluffy items in a vacuum bag! Suck all the air out and presto! Lots more room!
Also bring a small reversible air compressor for re-packing duties.
I'll be at the junkyard near Austin airport tomorrow if yall want to say "hi"/need any parts
Nicole Suddard said:
the nav just had us on unpaved county roads for about a mile... that was interesting
Luckily, Porsche has a rally heritage. 
calteg said:I'll be at the junkyard near Austin airport tomorrow if yall want to say "hi"/need any partsWrenc
Wrench-A-Part on 71?
Love that place....but they've been scarce on EF's and DA's lately.
we appear to have encountered a film crew
Nicole Suddard said:
we appear to have encountered a film crew
GRM ups their video production!
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Ok this is getting rediculous. What is this, fuel for Model Ts?
After being reminded of all the different fuel types and the huge gaps between stations in the west, I can't help but wonder if this is a pretty complicated solution to fueling cars. Or maybe I've spent too much time over in the EV thread.
Rather than constantly deliver three different types of oil to all of these little stations in the middle of nowhere, it does seem easier to just pipe in one kind of electricity.
<foreshadowing>
It would be sort of interesting to do a trip like this side by side in a gas car and an electric car to see how the infrastructure really compares....
</foreshadowing>
Photo from our lunch stop in Albuquerque:
And a shot from the road:
How many times have you tried to hit fifth gear so far?
In reply to thatsnowinnebago :
Twice. Once on the first day to test, and again last night after dinner. We're trying not to make that mistake...
Temp check! We're rolling into Roswell, NM. Outside temperature is 110.2 degrees. 
"But its a dry heat!" Still like being in an oven.
how buzzy is it in the cab?
It's actually not too bad. Our biggest issue is tire noise, not engine noise.
We stopped at a tractor supply and did some shopping. A fire extinguisher just in case hot oil comes out of the transmission, windshield washer fluid, and a compressor. Remember when I checked that the car's OEM flat tire repair kit was present before we left Seattle? I woke up in the middle of the night with the realization that I didn't find the compressor. So until now, we've been driving with zero ability to fix a flat tire.
I don't think the flat tire repair kit includes a compressor.
In reply to Tom Suddard :
That trip won't be as bad as Eisenhowers cross country trip that led to the interstate highway system but there will be challenges.
Getting 3 kinds of fuel to a station is easier than you'd think too.
Tom Suddard said:I woke up in the middle of the night with the realization that I didn't find the compressor.
Greetings from Roswell, NM, earthlings!
The city is currently ramping up for their annual UFO festival this weekend. We only stuck around long enough to grab some coffee and souvenirs. Onward to Lubbock, TX!
Tom Suddard said:Temp check! We're rolling into Roswell, NM. Outside temperature is 110.2 degrees.
If it is any consolation, HAL says it is 73F outside, and I have the heater going. Heated seats, too.
In reply to Nicole Suddard :
If you love calzones or pizza by the slice, One Guy from Italy is your place in Lubbock. It is one of the best calzones you will ever have. It's across the street from my alma mater. The manager of the place worked there as a student when I was there too. The staff working there is all younger than the restaurant. If you don't go, it's your loss :p.
In reply to AnthonyGS (Forum Supporter) :
I love both of those things! Thanks for the recommendation, we might just have to check that out!
Tom Suddard said:After being reminded of all the different fuel types and the huge gaps between stations in the west, I can't help but wonder if this is a pretty complicated solution to fueling cars. Or maybe I've spent too much time over in the EV thread.
Rather than constantly deliver three different types of oil to all of these little stations in the middle of nowhere, it does seem easier to just pipe in one kind of electricity.
<foreshadowing>
It would be sort of interesting to do a trip like this side by side in a gas car and an electric car to see how the infrastructure really compares....
</foreshadowing>
But many of us out here in the West drive cars that will run on poo gas so we don't care what kind of octane rating there is or really what it costs..............we just blindly fill up.
As for it's effect on humanity; there are so few humans that it doesn't register.
While I live in a valley of 2 million people, within 20-25 minutes I can be so far away that I might not see another person for a week.
This shot was literally taken 17 minutes from my front door.
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