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Got back about 4:30 PM today. I won $121 and quit, over and above what I put in the machine. 4 leaf clover strikes, LOL!
The Sentra did not miss a beat. Round trip was 460 miles. I refilled before I hit the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. I might have been able to make it but that last thing I wanted to do was crawl through 2 hours of atrocious rush hour traffic with the gauge close to empty. It was reading 1/8th and it took 9.44 gallons for 376.4 miles, 39.87 MPG.
Tank holds over 13 gallons, so it would have made it easily, not sure about the wife looking at that gauge reading empty if I tried. Theoretically 520 miles range at 40 MPG, but pushing it is not my style.
No hypermiling, many stops, and 70 MPH bumper to bumper rush hour traffic for the last 25-30 miles. Fortunately I hit the rush hour at it's very beginning and there were no accidents to really clog things up.
The Bay Bridge tunnel has radar activated signs that show you your speed. At least for the $13 toll I got a speedo calibration. Dead on at 55 MPH. Odometer is dead on. Even the OE clock is dead on (satellite-cell phone checked) after at least a month since the last reset.
My wife's cousin and her husband were at the casino when we got there (PO lived next door to them). He could not believe we left the wifes 2012 Sorento in the garage and took the Sentra on a trip of that distance.
5k miles now and the tranny cooler line was bone dry. I need to tighten the other one, but will probably have to reposition it as it's bottomed out. I'm almost afraid to replace them with any modern hose. It would probably blow and wreck the transmission.
It's ready for the second oil change, maybe 1/4 quart in over 4 k miles. I'll put 5w30 Mobil 1 synthetic in this time. Last change was 10w30 I had left over from the Ranger or some other vehicle, can't remember, but I mixed leftovers to get it 3.2 quarts it needs for a change.
Maybe I'll drop some cash on an alignment.
regards
mech
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