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08-11-2014, 08:24 AM
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Yessir. Im surprised I made it as trouble free as I did lol. But hey, no complaints! I ended up getting right around 14.5 mpg. No complaints there either! That's better than RRE and with twice the load! I just set the cruise at 65 and enjoyed the scenery. Took a bit longer than expected with the trailer issues but it ended up being a 24 hour trip: left at 4:45 and got home at 5. I consider it a successful trip
Gotta say, North Carolina is BEAUTIFUL!
Gotta say, North Carolina is BEAUTIFUL!
08-11-2014, 12:46 PM
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Im hoooome!
Ended up having a (basically) successful trip. Made it all the way to North Carolina and only stopped twice. Once for fuel, once to pee. Loaded up the ol 73 Roadrunner and hit the road. On the way back, I hit a 6% grade for 6 miles... overdrive wouldn't carry it so I ended up hitting the OD, slowed to 45 mph and let er climb.
Then I ended up having tranny issues... I had the cruise set and it disengaged itself. I gave it some throttle and noticed my torque converter wasn't locking up. It was staying in OD but the TC wouldn't lock so I was spinning about 400 extra rpms. I told the gf to get ready to come get me, the trannys on its way out... After an hour or so driving it started working again. Woohoo! Then I noticed I didn't have any trailer lights. After pulling over a couple times trying to diagnose the issue with no success, I ended up turning on the running lights on the Roadrunner and came home. It was about 1am at this time anyways. Long story short, a taillight on the trailer shorted out and burned up. The melted wires were contacting each other shorting out the whole trailer electrical system and was kicking out my torque converter. Crazy!!!
And I hit a deer lol. It was 4am and I was half asleep and didn't see it til I was on top of it. Hit it in the azz, pulled over, no damage, hopped back in and came home. No idea what happened to the deer lol. It was 4am and I didn't care lol
Ended up having a (basically) successful trip. Made it all the way to North Carolina and only stopped twice. Once for fuel, once to pee. Loaded up the ol 73 Roadrunner and hit the road. On the way back, I hit a 6% grade for 6 miles... overdrive wouldn't carry it so I ended up hitting the OD, slowed to 45 mph and let er climb.
Then I ended up having tranny issues... I had the cruise set and it disengaged itself. I gave it some throttle and noticed my torque converter wasn't locking up. It was staying in OD but the TC wouldn't lock so I was spinning about 400 extra rpms. I told the gf to get ready to come get me, the trannys on its way out... After an hour or so driving it started working again. Woohoo! Then I noticed I didn't have any trailer lights. After pulling over a couple times trying to diagnose the issue with no success, I ended up turning on the running lights on the Roadrunner and came home. It was about 1am at this time anyways. Long story short, a taillight on the trailer shorted out and burned up. The melted wires were contacting each other shorting out the whole trailer electrical system and was kicking out my torque converter. Crazy!!!
And I hit a deer lol. It was 4am and I was half asleep and didn't see it til I was on top of it. Hit it in the azz, pulled over, no damage, hopped back in and came home. No idea what happened to the deer lol. It was 4am and I didn't care lol
Nice car, btw!
08-11-2014, 12:52 PM
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I think that was the big one lol. I had the pedal on the floor a few times on that trip! Lol
And I averaged around 14.5 mpgs. My best was mid 15s unloaded and worst was mid 13s on my last fill up coming home w/ the Roadrunner
Going to RRE my BEST was 13s!
And I averaged around 14.5 mpgs. My best was mid 15s unloaded and worst was mid 13s on my last fill up coming home w/ the Roadrunner
Going to RRE my BEST was 13s!
08-11-2014, 09:43 PM
Glad you made it JP!
Here's how I look at fuel mileage, especially on a trip. I'll use 700 miles as that's about how far it was round trip for me.
700miles/12mpg=58.3gallons burned*$4a gallon=$233.2
700miles/15mpg=46.7gallons burned*$4a gallon=$186.8
$232.2-$186.8=$45.4
That extra 45 bucks is well worth it! IMHO of course.
Here's how I look at fuel mileage, especially on a trip. I'll use 700 miles as that's about how far it was round trip for me.
700miles/12mpg=58.3gallons burned*$4a gallon=$233.2
700miles/15mpg=46.7gallons burned*$4a gallon=$186.8
$232.2-$186.8=$45.4
That extra 45 bucks is well worth it! IMHO of course.
08-11-2014, 10:01 PM
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Glad you made it JP!
Here's how I look at fuel mileage, especially on a trip. I'll use 700 miles as that's about how far it was round trip for me.
700miles/12mpg=58.3gallons burned*$4a gallon=$233.2
700miles/15mpg=46.7gallons burned*$4a gallon=$186.8
$232.2-$186.8=$45.4
That extra 45 bucks is well worth it! IMHO of course.
Here's how I look at fuel mileage, especially on a trip. I'll use 700 miles as that's about how far it was round trip for me.
700miles/12mpg=58.3gallons burned*$4a gallon=$233.2
700miles/15mpg=46.7gallons burned*$4a gallon=$186.8
$232.2-$186.8=$45.4
That extra 45 bucks is well worth it! IMHO of course.
Also, if you kept going at the speed you could calculate the time difference. That extra hour or whatever you'd have at the campgrounds!
08-12-2014, 11:23 AM
08-12-2014, 11:30 AM
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Glad you made it JP!
Here's how I look at fuel mileage, especially on a trip. I'll use 700 miles as that's about how far it was round trip for me.
700miles/12mpg=58.3gallons burned*$4a gallon=$233.2
700miles/15mpg=46.7gallons burned*$4a gallon=$186.8
$232.2-$186.8=$45.4
That extra 45 bucks is well worth it! IMHO of course.
Here's how I look at fuel mileage, especially on a trip. I'll use 700 miles as that's about how far it was round trip for me.
700miles/12mpg=58.3gallons burned*$4a gallon=$233.2
700miles/15mpg=46.7gallons burned*$4a gallon=$186.8
$232.2-$186.8=$45.4
That extra 45 bucks is well worth it! IMHO of course.
People who know how I drive are surprised how good of fuel mileage I get, especially considering I have a leak.. I don't drive like an idiot, but I like to get up to speed in a hurry if you know what I mean.
08-12-2014, 11:36 AM
08-12-2014, 11:39 AM
That's how I always think about it. I value my time more than my money I guess. I'm always putting the pedal to the metal in my trucks.
People who know how I drive are surprised how good of fuel mileage I get, especially considering I have a leak.. I don't drive like an idiot, but I like to get up to speed in a hurry if you know what I mean.
People who know how I drive are surprised how good of fuel mileage I get, especially considering I have a leak.. I don't drive like an idiot, but I like to get up to speed in a hurry if you know what I mean.