subynut Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Reminds me of a movie... Anyways. We left home about 1400 and stopped in Kingman. We hit mild construction near home and also in Tucson and Casa Grande. Traffic was not bad - worst was Phoenix, but we hit it at 1630. It was HOT in Phoenix - 115* When we stopped at the Subway at Highway 74 and I-17 for dinner, my car said it was 120* inside! No wonder I was sweating like a horse! So far, cars are taking it and they are doing OK. Filled up in Kingman, close to 399 miles on that tank @28 MPG. Anyways, time for some ZZZZz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 Will try to keep up with uploading pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44982071@N04/collections/72157631065221518/ We're off to another exciting day in driving our Subarus through the torturous land of the desert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbone Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Good luck, hopefully we will see you in a few days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks Turbone! We made Reno tonight. Ran into more construction in Beatty, NV, but nothing too bad. Believe it or not, we had rain on and off from Goldfield through Fallon. Today started the quirks: This morning when I fired up the PandaWagon, I had a CEL, but when I read the codes, I had about 15 codes. We went for breakfast and when we came back out, and fired up the car, the CEL was gone. Haven't seen it since. My cruise control has gone wackey. I was watching the speedo and it's doing the wobbling bit, so it looks like the speedo cable is messing with the cruise. I'm gonna plug in my laptop and see if I can see the variations there. My sister's Roo is having idle issues, need to do a little retuning for the different environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NV Zeno Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Glad to hear no big troubles so far. You lucked out..Tuesday wasn't so hot around here as the last week has been. Sorry I can't join ya this year, got too much going on. The daily updates and pix are great, keep 'em coming! Say hi to your bro and sis, and safe travels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 WCSS is just not gonna be the same without ya, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subeman90 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 WCSS is just not gonna be the same without ya, man! I agree with him! I enjoyed talking with you last year NV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NV Zeno Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks guys. I'll be back, this year is just not possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Had some fun today. My sister and my brother missed the exit for US 395 in Reno and I had to backtrack and track them down. Thankfully, they got off the following exit and we were able to get back together and find our way back to US 395. Ran into plenty of smoke as we approached Susanville, CA and pretty much smoky till just outside of Klamath Falls. Cars wise, I tweaked the idle mixture on my sister's car and idle is better. PandaWagon's cruise behaved today, so, now, I'm confused. Maybe it's the heat. We're meeting abcus tomorow and will caravan with him to the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 Well, me made it to Kelso, WA safe and sound. We met with abcus at McDonalds next to OIT off US 97. Zipped along with no troubles till we hit Portland at about 4PM. Yuck, traffic. Most of the time we were crawling along between 5 and 15 MPH and it was quite muggy. Outside of the slowdown in Portland, day went well. Didn't take too many pictures, just enjoyed the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NV Zeno Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 That red Chevy appears in a lot of your group Subaru pix, of which there are only Becky's and the Panda Wagon. Has David defected? Thanks for the daily pix, keep 'em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Yep, he deserted Subaru for now. What's worse? He got better mileage than my sister and I. We've made it home safe and sound. Rolled in about an hour ago. Cars made it without too many quirks. Seems the PandaWagon hates Kingman, AZ. When I fired it up this morning, the CEL was on again and it stayed on till Wickenburg and it turned off again when I fired it up after our stop. Still the same 15 codes, will do more diagnosing later. The show was awesome, the drive was awesome, just plain awesome road trip! Now, time to start uploading pics....... after unpacking the car, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 The trip home was mostly uneventful, outside of almost running out of fuel. Sunday, after the show, we hung out with Twitch and GirlWithALegacy and had lunch at the Fort Townsend State Park. We stood around talking and taking pics of the cars, had a good time. Twitch's brat is cool especially with his custom dual exhaust. Sounded mean! We got on the road at about 3PM. We followed WA-20 back to US 101 and broke off at WA 104. Kinda followed the ocean along to Tacoma where we picked up I-5 and then broke off at WA 18 where we picked up I-90 and headed east. We then took I-82 south to Oregon. We made Hermiston, OR that night. Monday, we headed out down 395 and picked up I-84 and headed east. We climbed the long grade outside of Pendleton, OR. I remember climbing that in my old wagon at about 40 in 3rd gear. The PandaWagon climbed it at 65 in 5th gear with the cruise on! My sister said she was holding about 60 in 4th - which isn't bad at all for a Weberized ea82 with stock exhaust. We made a small detour through Weiser, ID and drove by our old house - place has a few more trees, a good size shop , and the tumble weeds were taking over the front. We continued on US 95 through Payette and Fruitland - both of which have grown by leaps and bounds since we were there almost 10 years ago. Hopped back on the insterstate and zipped on though Boise, Mountain Home, and stopped in Twin Falls for the night. Tuesday, was a long day. We left Twin Falls at about 10:00 in the morning after picking up some supplies and headed south. We had light rain till we got out of Twin Falls. We took US 93 down where we stopped in Wells, NV for lunch. We were about a block from a Les Schwab Tire Center where we had stopped during our move back to Arizona to repair a wheel bearing on the travel trailer. We fueled up and hit the road. My brother missed the light in Ely and due to his limited CB range and no cell signal, he missed my comment that we were turning onto US 6 - I had to track him down again to point him in the right direction. We took US 6 for a scenic route - very nice, although with all the turns and hills, I don't think I would want to tow a trailer through there. We then took NV 318 south and picked up US 93 again. We had stopped in a little burg there for a pit stop. We had about 2/3rds a tank and decided we could make I 15, so we didn't pick up fuel. That was a mistake. As we are cruising down US 93 enjoying the scenery, there are storms brewing along the mountains. Just as we pass the NV 168 junction, we noticed water running along the sides of the highway and debris on the shoulder. About 2 miles down the road, traffic comes to a stop. The road was washed out and they were turning traffic around and sending them down 168. Great, I have about 1/8th of a tank and my sister has about the same. We turn around and take NV 168. There's a burg about 25 miles from there, so I thought we would be OK. Little did we know, there's no fuel there. So, we go ahead and get on the freeway and pray there is a gas station close by. We go by a sign: Las Vegas 47 miles - Great, now my sister's low fuel light is going on and off and there's no gas station in sight! I start praying "LORD, where's the fuel? There's got to be one out here somewhere! Where is it?" Thankfully, about 15 miles down the road, there's an exit and a Sinclair gas station. "Praise the LORD! We're saved!" We pick up fuel and continue on down the interstate. As we approached Vegas, there was quite the lighting storm ahead of us - it was storming in Vegas! No 70 mph this time through Vegas. It was pouring pretty good through most of the city. We stayed on US 93 and made it to Kingman at about 11 that night. Long day. Wednesday morning I have a CEL light again, but the throttle felt normal. We hit the road anyway around 9:30ish and zipped on down I-40 through the pouring rain to the US 93 turn off and headed south again. Tell you what, I-40's roads are awful when dry and downright scary when wet. Can't imagine what they are like in the snow and ice. The CEL turned off again when I fired up the car after we stopped in Wickenburg for lunch and fuel. Then headed down US 60 to AZ 72 and picked up I-17 just outside of Phoenix. We hit Phoenix around 1:00, so traffic was not bad, busy, but not bad. Took I-10 all the way to AZ 90 and home. We arrived around 5:30PM safe and sound, and took the PandaWagon this morning to work! Road grime and all! Odometer when we left home: 235491.2 Odometer when we returned: 239053.7 Total corrected for non-stock tires: 3665.8 miles Woo Hoo! Let's do it again! :burnout: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboobaroo Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I love the picture of my XT6. Thanks for the shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 You're welcome, it's a beautiful Wedge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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