So this happened...

"TheElephant" (426cubicinches) 09/16/2015 at 22:28 • Filed to: None

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First, this happened (525/630 - holy torque, Batman):

But then this happened:

Turns out that zip-ties can and do fail.

Less than a buck’s worth of plastic finally worked itself loose over the course of six years and 25,000 miles allowing part of the wiring harness to fall onto the two inch headers.

This, for obvious reasons, is a very bad thing.

And that’s how I wound up driving a nearly 55-foot long, twelve-thousand-pound Rig a full 1,477.7 miles over the course of 31-and-a-half hours.

Some highlights from the trip:

Thirteen miles-per-gallon

A gas station attendant commenting “you ain’t never done this ‘fore, haveya?” somewhere in northern West Virginia

A U-Haul trailer tire being changed via forklift after a couple guys stopped by - seriously, dudes just pulled up in a construction van, hopped out and went to work - and re-seated the flat tire so I could limp the two miles to the station.

It’s been a weird month.

Autofixation > TheElephant 09/16/2015 at 23:25

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Northern WV you say? I 79, 70, or 68?

TheElephant > Autofixation 09/16/2015 at 23:50

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79 - heading south out of Morgantown.

Autofixation > TheElephant 09/17/2015 at 00:03

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OK, I’m very familiar with that area, used to drive it all the time. Where were you headed to?

1111111111111111111111 > TheElephant 09/17/2015 at 01:03

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You do have to give props to guys that will stop and help.

TheElephant > 1111111111111111111111 09/17/2015 at 01:12

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Seriously. I tossed ‘em some cash and told them to buy some beer. I’d have been in a bind if they hadn’t rolled up.

FlimFlamMan > TheElephant 09/17/2015 at 07:58

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Do you think they’d have stopped if you had one of them thar’ Porschee’s? I’m guessing no...

TheElephant > FlimFlamMan 09/17/2015 at 10:55

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Eh. I bet they would have. They seemed more interested in just being mensches than in the car.

We may well find out when I start my 997 TT project...