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"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass) 07/02/2017 at 17:38 • Filed to: SUBARU

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800 miles travelled, a little under 200 left. About ready for this to be done.

E90M3 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 17:40

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I once drove 1050 mile straight in an Explorer that was running on 5 cylinders, that was terrible I feel your pain.

TheRealBicycleBuck > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 17:49

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You can do it!

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 17:50

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As I started to scroll down to the beginning of your post I saw the rocks as being the mountains from the beginning of M*A*S*H, and the song ‘ Suicide Is Painless ’ popped into my head, a thought that crops up during those long family road trips...

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > E90M3 07/02/2017 at 17:55

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Ugh my worst ever was 300 miles in a Montero with a leaky radiator and hose and funnel zip tied up from th coolant reservoir to the passenger window where I was sitting armed with several gallon jugs of water. Every time the temps climbed my buddy who was driving called out I poured some water in the funnnel. On the NY Thruway at like 70 MPH. Oh and this was in August with no AC.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/02/2017 at 17:56

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Thanks. Just switched seats with my wife. She is going to try to do the rest of the way in.

E90M3 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 17:59

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That might be worse.

I had just gotten the explorer back from the dealer and then 2 days later, the check engine light comes on and it starts shaking. I was like fuck this, I’m driving back to the parents house soon, so I’ll look at it then. So I drive for a month like this. After that 1050 mile trip, I’m back at my parents house. I pop the hood and my dad is like do you see something wrong, apparently the wire going from the coil to the spark plug in cylinder 1 had come undone. Plug it back in and clear the code and it ran perfectly. I was kinda mad at myself for not even popping the hood.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > E90M3 07/02/2017 at 18:02

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Dang the worst is when you find out something that’s been wrong for a while was a simple fix. I think yours is probably worse just due to the distance.

E90M3 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 18:07

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Yeah, it was one of those things where I really didn’t have a place to work on the car and I didn’t trust the dealer. So my crankshaft position sensor had gone bad and they changed that, and I guess they disconnected some wires while they were trouble shooting and didn’t correctly reconnect them.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 18:10

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1,000 in a day isn’t too bad, at least you are going aero and don’t have any bikes or cargo boxes on the car.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/02/2017 at 18:11

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Yeah I’ve seen a couple things on the road that must be shaking like crazy with th the bricks they’ve lashed to the top.

TheRealBicycleBuck > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 18:11

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Lucky guy. My wife rarely offers to drive. Now that my daughter has started driving, I have someone willing to take a turn, but it’s still stressful since she’s inexperienced.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 18:14

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I have a Thule box but you know it’s there over 70 or so.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/02/2017 at 18:30

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Yep. I don’t have one but used to ski with a buddy that had a Thule aero ski box on an Impreza and we had to keep the speed about 70 max or noise levels and fuel economy went to crap.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/02/2017 at 18:34

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I’ve done the trip a few times solo, but my wife almost always offers. I can’t even imagine the stress on a long road trip with a new driver. My daughter is still a long ways off. We passed an Pilot that was driving a little erratically - fast then slow to pass, going into the left lane to pass then ducking back into the right lane. When we finally got by them it looked like a teenage girl driving with a dad looking nervous in the passenger seat and mom and brother in back.

Dusty Ventures > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 18:52

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Where is that? It looks familiar

TheRealBicycleBuck > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 18:53

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It’s 10 hours to my mom’s house, 12 with my wife and kids. When she passed earlier this year, the return trip includedmy son riding with me in a moving van pulling a car hauler and my daughter riding with my wife in her Explorer pulling a small trailer with a lawn tractor. The normally 12 hour trip was taking a lot longer than usual. My wife got tired and my daughter took over. Then night fell and it started raining. She drove for several hours like that without issue or complaint. I, however, was pretty nervous about it.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 07/02/2017 at 19:09

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Texas Canyon rest area on IH10 at mile maker 320 in Arizona.  

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/02/2017 at 19:12

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Was any of that rain in LA? I got stuck in a downpour near Lake Charles on IH10 one time and it was about the scariest weather I’ve ever driven in.

TheRealBicycleBuck > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 19:30

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On that trip, it was ALL in Louisiana. We get loads of rain here. The river I posted earlier was flooded just last week.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/02/2017 at 22:50

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oof, thats a lot of miles in one shot. At least you you have a copilot.

My wife and I road tripped for our honeymoon. Houston>Mobile>Orlando>Miami>Mobile>Houston. I had to drive all of it since my wife didn’t have enough practice on manual to feel comfortable driving long distance. To be fair I really didn’t mind, the drive was a lot of fun, despite having to drive through a lot of rain on the way there. I think the key was having enthralling audiobooks to listen to, I think it would’ve been a lot more exhausting otherwise.

DipodomysDeserti > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 07/03/2017 at 00:19

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I’m 3,200 miles in sitting along the Colorado River drinking boxed wine.

Also in the great area of Arizona.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > DipodomysDeserti 07/03/2017 at 10:29

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Awesome! Have fun! One of these summer trips to AZ I hope to spends some more time up there.