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Summer road trips report in!

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posted by  Caliwagon on  Wed Jul 2 09:33 CST 2003
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We finished our trip several weeks ago, but I just thought I'd like to here how far everybody's taking their babies this summer. We (3 college guys) went from Los Angeles to Boston, via Yellowstone, Chicago, and Ontario.

The car: 82 Volvo, 170k, 5 speed. Originally delivered to Malibu, CA.
Avg fuel economy: 26-27 mpg (lost track when the odo froze)
Estimated miles covered: 4500.
Highest elevation on trip: 9600 feet--Cloud Peak Wilderness in Wyoming. It was snowing in the middle of May.

Reported problems: we lost the alternator in Rapid City, SD. Whoever put that one on hadn't tightened the pulley bolt enough. It came a bit loose and the friction melted the pulley and shaft. We searched around Rapid City and finally found one. Total delay--about 6 hours. We went the rest of the way (and still continue to this day) on one fan belt. I've got a spare in back, but I don't want to put it on yet. The other problem was that the odometer stopped rolling over somewhere in Canada. Man, how am I ever going to get to the 200,000 mile club?

So where did you go?






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