e*clipse -- Thanks for asking. I'm just now getting to this thread. And decompressing.
Where to start? One case of apparent trucker road rage, and 3 small mammals served up for the crow's and raven's breakfast. The tracks were dry but the access road had inches of standing water. I sprayed the undercarriage with WD-40 beforehand andf I've washed it 4 times in the last five days and there is still lumps of salt falling out. Tomorrow I will get it up on ramps and get under there with a steam cleaner.
Can we talk about gasoline here? 32.5mpg overall, with a best of 37.3 with a lot of downhill stretches. I was able to locate ethanol-free premium in Elko NV and Redding, CA. 1755 miles in three days. If I could be running on kilowatts before I go through another 60 gallons, that would be about right—I normally drive about 2000 miles a year.
What is on-topic to this thread is that I've decided to name the '58 Beetle as eRATTick the Lexwagen. You'll know I've recovered when I resume posting for real.