rnorrish wrote:We are all certainly on the same page!
What tools/spares do I pack next time?
I certainly am planning on putting a small kit together to compliment the OEM one in the car. We should make a new topic though and discuss this more... What goes on a road trip?
Rich - I started working on the spare tire issue today - I was actually writing an installment as you posted this. I'll start it in a new thread...
Byron
Love people and use things,
because the opposite never works.
I looked also, and could not find anything..weird....were we in some Twilight episode....?
Did you GPS guys get a distance traveled? If I go off my speedo, I got 250 miles from my house to Knox, and then to Westbank, where we fueled up.
I made it back to White Rock, and then back to the plant on a tank of fuel, and am going to run the car till it runs out. I'm thinking I got in that 23 MPG range.
"Racing makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty" - Peter Egan
Keith Law
1973 2 Door Slalom/hill climb/road race / canyon carver /Giant Killer 510
1971 Vintage 13' BOLER trailer
I didn't run my gps that day, however, I did recored my milage and fuel fills. I have a fuel economy of just over 26 miles per imperial gallon overall for the trip. Those big uphill stretches sure sucked back the fuel, I could see the fuel needle dropping as we pulled up them!
Besides dealing with the tire change issue, lets each one of us make a list of what we are carrying. This way, we can do the quick inventory of parts/stuff on hand, and can start to deal with an issue.. I know I always carry a spare fusible link, for example, plus some Weber 32/36 bits..
I would think that for sure, we should all carry a spare fan belt, for our individual cars. I know mine is likely only going to fit my pulley setup, but, maybe we could have the size listed.
"Racing makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty" - Peter Egan
Keith Law
1973 2 Door Slalom/hill climb/road race / canyon carver /Giant Killer 510
1971 Vintage 13' BOLER trailer
bertvorgon wrote:I looked also, and could not find anything..weird....were we in some Twilight episode....?
Did you GPS guys get a distance traveled? If I go off my speedo, I got 250 miles from my house to Knox, and then to Westbank, where we fueled up.
I made it back to White Rock, and then back to the plant on a tank of fuel, and am going to run the car till it runs out. I'm thinking I got in that 23 MPG range.
Keith, we put on 834 kms or 521 miles.
I didn;t fill up when I got home and did a bit of driving around Sunday to my workshop before I realized it, so I didn't do a fuel milage calc this time...but it should have been better since Jason was doing all the battery charging for me!
Byron
Love people and use things,
because the opposite never works.
Then I would be pretty close to that also, I am going to drive to Specialty, see if I make there still on fuel that is left. As we actually did cruise a lot at 4,000 RPM for me, which is a slower rate than we usually do, that would give me close to 24 - 25 mpg for the whole trip. I only really did the one good blast up the Connector, at full boost, for a minute.
"Racing makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty" - Peter Egan
Keith Law
1973 2 Door Slalom/hill climb/road race / canyon carver /Giant Killer 510
1971 Vintage 13' BOLER trailer
I thought I would post up some pics from one of our last trips, a month ago, showing that the sun actually exists...
About a month ago, Matt and I decided we needed to do a wilderness trip, back to the Grey Rock mine valley. The weather has been so crappy, we figured we just needed to go, otherwise we will NEVER go. As it turned out, we lucked out on some nice weather, with the temps at night only getting down to freezing. I took my catalytic heater this time, so we were almost too warm in the tent.
A massive avalanche had come down near the end of the valley, blocking the road to our last year’s campsite, with trees strewn across the road.
The real treat on this trip was the grizzly bear! We set up camp, and by 5:00, were starting to cook some dinner over the campfire. Matt looked up across from where we were, and there was a HUGE grizzly bear watching us. Who knows how long he had been there. He watched us for a few minutes, sniffed the air, and wandered off along the scree edge. This area is the southern most region of Grizzly territory, so it really was a gift to see one this close. We also saw a large deer, a snowshoe rabbit losing his winter camouflage, and a number of high mountain birds.
The next morning, before we left, we walked on the snow towards the end of the valley, but, due to continuous falling ice and rocks, decided not to proceed further, as we did not want to be at the bottom of any of the avalanche chutes.
We had a great trip, no flats, and look forward to going back again, late summer, when hopefully the snow is gone.
Enjoy the pics, another snapshot of wonderful B.C..
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HEADING UP THE VALLEY
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EDGE OF AVALANCHE CHUTE ON ROAD
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AVALANCHE DEBRIS BLOCKING ROAD
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"Racing makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty" - Peter Egan
Keith Law
1973 2 Door Slalom/hill climb/road race / canyon carver /Giant Killer 510
1971 Vintage 13' BOLER trailer