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Christ · 07-18-2009, 04:07 AM

I enjoy the "joyride maintenance check", personally.

Get on Google Maps, find yourself a 150 mile route that ends near a gas station, out in the country somewhere, preferably with nice twisty roads that go up over/around mountains.

Get there, have lunch, fill 'er up, drive home.

I'm probably crazy, but I enjoyed driving from Harrisburg, PA to Niagara, NY and back in one day (about 14 hours, the whole way back I had an engine in the trunk and a complete CRX dash and several other goodies in the back seat, my wife in the passenger side, who didn't have a license at the time. Drove there, loaded the engine, grabbed a snack and drinks, and drove home, all in a 1.5L 1988 Honda Civic.)

The whole trip, I averaged about 40MPG.

07-18-2009, 04:07 AM	#47 (permalink)
Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	I enjoy the "joyride maintenance check", personally. Get on Google Maps, find yourself a 150 mile route that ends near a gas station, out in the country somewhere, preferably with nice twisty roads that go up over/around mountains. Get there, have lunch, fill 'er up, drive home. I'm probably crazy, but I enjoyed driving from Harrisburg, PA to Niagara, NY and back in one day (about 14 hours, the whole way back I had an engine in the trunk and a complete CRX dash and several other goodies in the back seat, my wife in the passenger side, who didn't have a license at the time. Drove there, loaded the engine, grabbed a snack and drinks, and drove home, all in a 1.5L 1988 Honda Civic.) The whole trip, I averaged about 40MPG. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"