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Originally Posted by freebeard
An epic adventure.
It all probably had to happen some time. a real shake-down cruise.
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That is the way I look at it. I would much rather have this happen on a cross-country trip alone than when my wife and I had both taken vacation with an actual destination in mind.
The vacation days I had to burn or I was going to lose them this week. Hotels were paid for with points from work travel and Hilton reward card sign-up bonus. (Sign up, get the 80,000 point signing bonus, cancel. Repeat with wife)
Diesel, repairs, and the plane ticket home are less than what it would have cost to ship it .
I haven't been good at recording fuel economy on this trip. It came with half a tank. My first fuel stop I put in $200 / 40 gallons without filling the tank. That was two $100 transactions and I didn't want to get my credit card flagged and shut off for just trying to fill up. I didn't actually fill the tank until St. Louis. Then the forced regens started and those burn quite a bit of diesel.
I has a 57 gallon tank so the range is decent. Cruising it should do 800 - 900 miles on a tank.