951 Miles in a weekend
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I've just put on 951 miles on my SE in last two days with a fast trip to Scotland and back (this is more than it has done in last 3 years with PO).
The only problem occured with the occasional stall when coming to a stop after a prolonged high speed cruise. I'd traced this down to a dodgy tank of fuel from a service station in lake district, once drained and refilled with optimax no problems.
The car was superb if a little scary for the passenger in the wet, quite a few rear end antics under heavy accellation
. In the dry one of quickest car I've driven over fast A roads.
All in all I'm impressed, the over downfall after 5 hours at the wheel I am now a cripple!
Rgds
Dictys
>>> Edited by dictys on Sunday 29th June 19:49
The only problem occured with the occasional stall when coming to a stop after a prolonged high speed cruise. I'd traced this down to a dodgy tank of fuel from a service station in lake district, once drained and refilled with optimax no problems.
The car was superb if a little scary for the passenger in the wet, quite a few rear end antics under heavy accellation
. In the dry one of quickest car I've driven over fast A roads. All in all I'm impressed, the over downfall after 5 hours at the wheel I am now a cripple!
Rgds
Dictys
>>> Edited by dictys on Sunday 29th June 19:49
I just took my s4s for a 3-hour trip each way. No problem whatsoever, It is hard to keep cool though with so many rice-rockets and bigblocks continously provoking you. The car is a blast to drive and it does get much more confortable the more you drive it.
The only bad thing of a long trip like this is that it gets very dirty.
The only bad thing of a long trip like this is that it gets very dirty.
My '87 G is comfortable for about the first 500 miles, after that... On the milage record, I drove from Lake Geneva, WI to Western Mass. {Berkshires} in 28 1/2 hours with a one hour sleep stop somewhere in Canada,
in the neighborhood of 1000 miles. Driving through Canada at night, I was almost taken out from the game of life when I was cruising at 75 mph in the right lane when I looked in the drivers door mirror for no reason, and saw a tractor trailer signaling to the right lane along side me, dropped into third and was GONE! I know he probally didn't see me and it took at least an hour for my heart rate to get back to normal!
Onward to LOG 23!
Robert
'87 TE hci
ALWAYS keep an eye on those mirrors! It saved the lives of my girlfriend and I !!!!!!
in the neighborhood of 1000 miles. Driving through Canada at night, I was almost taken out from the game of life when I was cruising at 75 mph in the right lane when I looked in the drivers door mirror for no reason, and saw a tractor trailer signaling to the right lane along side me, dropped into third and was GONE! I know he probally didn't see me and it took at least an hour for my heart rate to get back to normal!
Onward to LOG 23!
Robert
'87 TE hci
ALWAYS keep an eye on those mirrors! It saved the lives of my girlfriend and I !!!!!!
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