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Home On The Mtn, Catching Up...
Both cars loaded to the gunwales, and going as fast as we dared, dodging the cops. The CEO's Hyundai Tucson averaged 26 mpg, while the VetteVert pulled a cool 29.9, over this year's longer 950 mile trip. The Vette is our EconoCar. We left 89 degrees, (warm to hot winter, even in SW FLA), and staggered into 'mtn cool' Saturday night, at home. Sunday, we woke up to 26 degs F, 45 mph winds, and a coating of snow. WTF?! We have been home a week, azzholes&elbows doing stuff, unpacking, seeing what needs to be fixed/done, etc. But, great to be home on the Mtn. A few pics: a cool garter 'semi-pet' garter snake at our friends' home in Daytona Beach, a car load of new Xs chugging up the climbs on I-40 West in NC, just a hour north of the BMW US MotherPlant, (note no enclosed carrier), and some pics of when we got home. While 2 houses are a cool/nice 'change' every year, there are wearing my skinny azz out... thanks for reading, and looking. BR, mD & V
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Ol'UncleMotor From the Home Base of Pro Bono Punditry and 50 Cent Opins... Our Mtn Scenes, Car Pics, and Road Trip Pics on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627297418250/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627332480833/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45275375@N00/ My X Page Last edited by motordavid; 04-27-2012 at 09:48 PM. |
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There's no place like home! Glad you guys made it home safely.
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Good to hear you arrived safely.
I am enjoying not having any house to maintain, I wouldn't want two. At some point you are going to have to pick your state!
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Thanks, PNG/K & JCL...
And, the X had sat for 5+ months in the garage, in situ...I had left the Batt Tender hooked up via an old 'mechanical' appliance timer: I turned the key and it fired up immediately, and made errand runs with the ol' 2001. It ran like I had left it parked the day before! |
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Nice pics mD.
Enjoy your stay at the Mtn Joint! |
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I signed a job offer in Greenville SC, so maybe I'll finally be able to visit sometime! Given all the mountain biking that's in Western NC, I'll prob stop by sometime.
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Thanks for the pics....look forward to more spring time pics.
All the cost cutting companies are doing now is here to stay, even when times turn around. More money in their pocket. I have not seen Audi truck with uncovered cars yet. They usually have cloth car covers in open carrier. MB has been doing open air for a while. |
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Thanks again for the views and welcome home!
Vegas: the X, or whatever car we leave, is hooked to a Battery Tender for that duration. But, instead of running the BT 24/7, I run it through an old fashioned mechanical appliance timer, set to come on 2 'days' a week for ~24 hours. Either the X or the Vette, have always started and run like tops, after that long sleep. Dbl dose of Stabil in the tank, tires pumped up, etc. No prob. Fwiw, my last 'company car', before I retired, used to sit at EWR or JFK or LGA for weeks, in winter or summer, while I travelled: a 1998 pos Eagle Vision sedan, and that started every time. New cars are loaded with too many gizmos and techno crap, and 'draws' happen. BR, mD |
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