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Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:59 am
by sped372
Amskeptic wrote:You want to cruise at 60, you get sleepy with boredom.
60 on the interstate is either scary or boring, depending on the traffic. 60 on the highway is bliss; there's so much more to see. I find myself getting bored on the interstate even at 72 in a "modern" car.

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:14 am
by Amskeptic
sped372 wrote:
Amskeptic wrote:You want to cruise at 60, you get sleepy with boredom.
60 on the interstate is either scary or boring, depending on the traffic. 60 on the highway is bliss; there's so much more to see. I find myself getting bored on the interstate even at 72 in a "modern" car.
I had this conversation with Hambone a few years ago. He said secondary roads were the more beautiful. I have discovered that interstates actually do the better job of avoiding the trashy displays of corporate big-box cookie-cutter strip mall visual litter every ten miles or so as you get snared in tedious stoplight derbies, at least out west. I think I will be doing more secondary roads with the TBRRupturedDuck until I get a read on its engine.

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:17 am
by Amskeptic
Elwood wrote:Colin, Barb reporting here. Had help today jacking up and finding wheel bearings undamaged but the part that has the adjustment threaded bolt with allenhead, had come loose and had 1/8 " play that was causing wheel to wobble and make the noize. Only have driven less than 200 miles and will need to replace the worn out bolt so that it can be tightened properly.

So once again thanks for your help and advice.

Safe and fun travels to you, storm brewing on the mountain this week, snow level expected at 7 thou but Im at 5 to 6 so should be ok. Not at all ready for winter and fall up here is usually warm and beautifull so bring that new guy up for a visit if it feels right. Would give my Elwood some inspiration. I have started to do a little polishing on the old chipped paint and he loved it :flower:
On our side of the car? On the right side?
:pale:

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:23 am
by sped372
My point is that if you want a true sense of where you are, take the highway. If you want a filtered and truncated reality that holds the truth at arms-length take the interstate. I agree, at times you find yourself buried in frustration with stop-light hell but it's only because that's what's actually there... and I like getting a real sample, for what it's worth. I don't have any striking memories of driving on the interstate; I have plenty (ranging from staggeringly beautiful to downright bad) from the highway. The low points make the highlights shine even brighter. We were talking about not being bored, right? :cyclopsani:

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:41 am
by Amskeptic
sped372 wrote:I don't have any striking memories of driving on the interstate

I do. :flower:

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Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:57 am
by Elwood
Amskeptic wrote:
Elwood wrote:Colin, Barb reporting here. Had help today jacking up and finding wheel bearings undamaged but the part that has the adjustment threaded bolt with allenhead, had come loose and had 1/8 " play that was causing wheel to wobble and make the noize. Only have driven less than 200 miles and will need to replace the worn out bolt so that it can be tightened properly.
On our side of the car? On the right side?
:pale:

No it was the passenger side that you replaced the bad bearings on. The allenhead was so worn out that it took two sizes to even get a grip, will have to be replaced soon.

I try to avoid interstates because of the truck traffic and speed. but agree with Colin on the small towns with traffic lights and no redeaming scenic value. Getting out of LA area is a major pain and one of reasons I don,t travel much.

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:24 am
by rustbus
Today is the big day yeah!

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:55 pm
by ruckman101
It's starting to rain. Colin must be landing.


neal

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:57 pm
by Sylvester
ruckman101 wrote:It's starting to rain. Colin must be landing.


neal
Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

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Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:46 pm
by Hippie
Elwood wrote:I try to avoid interstates because of the truck traffic and speed.
Me too. I like the small towns, usually. Big city stoplights is a drag though. old Route 66 is fun to follow through New Mexico and east up through Oklahoma.
Some highways are faster and more direct than the interstate too.

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:47 pm
by glasseye
Interstates are like eating at McDonalds. It's not a meal, rather a solution to a problem.

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:24 pm
by Hippie
glasseye wrote:Interstates are like eating at McDonalds. It's not a meal, rather a solution to a problem.
Well said.

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:11 pm
by Amskeptic
Elwood wrote:
Amskeptic wrote: On our side of the car? On the right side?
:pale:

No it was the passenger side
That is our side, the side I worked on. :shaking:

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:59 am
by Elwood
Yes, it was the "Our" side that was confusin' Ha Ha I was totaly useless that day and took you to mean us as in "drivers" side. Anyway do not want to look a gift horse in the mouth and Dennis even mentioned your knowledge and how it would have been easy to think that the bolt was tight enough, considering its sad shape.

Welcome to the west coast??? I think.

Re: The TBRRupturedDuck Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:44 am
by Amskeptic
I am on the West Coast in the 50* rain, just got the new muffler on the TBRRupturedDuck using pj's garage and tools.

We have a problem, however. Greyhound Package Express suggested a very specific schedule of "2 days 22 hours 45 minutes" for the shipment of my tools, very crisp, very specific, if you ask me. However, the people at the Greyhound station are giving me horrifyingly vague "it could be three days, it could be ten days, we really don't know, you'll just have to call." I am calling the vice president every hour. We need to discuss the difference between a website promise and reality. Sure they snared me as a potential customer with that crisp shipping schedule treat, but now they have a rabid phone dog barking at them.
Colin :angryfire: :cussing: