I've been home for a week now, I guess I could post some data:
6950 miles... And I just changed the oil! Starting in CA, I drove across AZ, NM, OK, KS, MO, IA, IL, IN, OH, WV, PA, MD, WV, VA, NC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX, NM, AZ and back to CA....
I lost one low beam in TX so I replaced both bulbs in San Angelo. Wipers were shot to hell, those got replaced in a nasty hailstorm in Raton, NM. Picked up a screw in one tire somewhere around Chama, NM and had a tire valve split as I was coming up on the beach near Panacea, FL. No issues otherwise. I camped out in AZ, NM, KS, IN, WV, FL and a few more times in NM. Hotel'd it twice, in Thibodeaux, LA and Llano, TX because of the heat (Traveling the gulf coast in summer with no AC is ill-advised). Stayed with friends & family in Polk City, IA and Charlotte, NC. It's gonna take just about another year for me to forget all the nasties of traveling long distance, alone, in a Rabbit pickup before I decide a third trip sounds like a great idea. Probably the best thing I did for the trip was remove the rear window so the cab felt a little more roomy and the dog could hop between the front seat and the bed (with camper shell). Lastly, there isn't enough good programming on AM radio these days.
I burned 152.906 gallons of diesel for an average of 45.45 mpg. I paid anywhere from $3.589/gallon in Pascagoula, MS to $4.299/gallon here in Costa Mesa (it was actually ten cents more when I left but I'm not figuring that tank into the trip).
Chris
Topic: Another lap across the US and back... (Read 3698 times)
