The 2400 mile 968 journey began yesterday
 

Well, sorry I haven't posted an update. Cell reception has been kinda crappy.
I left the Seattle area yesterday after filling up with ethanol-free gas at about 3pm.
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My first refill was 462 miles later in Milltown, MT. Only this time, it was corngas. A bit over 16 gallons worth. That tak only took me 337 miles to Billing before I needed to fill up again. The third tank - non-corngas went 387 miles...
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I'm currentl halfway between Murdo and Chamberlain, SD.

Som other pics...laptop battery running low, I'll post more later.


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I am starting to like the 968 more and more. It seems like a very capable GT while being unique.

Good luck on the trip.

Any truck stop or Walmart should have a cigarette lighter 120V inverter.

Same for USB phone chargers.

McDs etc and some cafes should have free WiFi available 24/7.
(Set your computer security settings to "public" or "highest" first.)

Well, props to you for the long trip. Love the long hauls across this fair country.

I see your mileage is getting up there. Consider changing out your Variocam unit at the next timing belt change...

Got one, but haven't used it yet

Done when I bought the car.


In other news, I'm gettin tired, so I stopped for a hotel.. this is on the door of the only food place nearby not eating there

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Awesome! I'm glad it's going well for you. ETA into Ohio?

I love gathering bugs that way.
Looks like you're moving right along.
What are the speed limits out in that neck of the woods?
Stay safe.

Google says 16 h 3 min (1,110.3 mi) via I-90 E from Kennebed, SD.
I figure if I leave at 6am tomorrow, I should be there around noon. :D

Looks great in white!

Safe travels!


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You should be able to pick up McD's wifi from the parking lot. I used to do it in my work truck and laptop.

Sioux city.


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Why are you adding Seafoam? I love the stuff for cleaning plugged injectors or carb jets, or removing moisture from fuel but don’t understand it as a regular additive(?) :confused:

Probably to help combat the effects of the ethanol gas he's having to buy.

I love road trips and have been back and forth across this great land from Whidbey Island Wa to Key West and down through Mexico into Belize.
Unfortunately my health prohibits anymore fun so I have to live vicariously through everyone else’s adventures.
Thanks for the updates and drive safely.
Tony

Seafoam????

don't think it will help with EtOH, which is not an issue if you rip it thru the motor at 85 mph


- where are the nice pics of the mountains?

Iowa sucks amd I'm falling asleep. It's like I'm standing still.
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Tore right through those at night.

Only had to get one tank of corngas so far. The rest has been ethanol free.

If anyone wonders what he's seeing, the answer is corn and soybeans. Hope your trip continues to go well!

Hey now, Iowa has some great things about it....

Now driving through it, yeah that sucks but not as bad as NE on I80...

Glad your trip is going well.

Vaya con dios amigo.

55 MPH, so you can watch the corn grow. Now that’s pride.

Never seen your 968 so bug splattered. Carry on Wolfe.

Anyone that has ever driven I-70 across Kansas to Denver will have seen a lifetime of wheat fields and wind turbines. My brother recently drove from Kansas City, to Denver in his RV. He said they stopped at a gas station and let the dog into to dog park to run around, they got some food and a full tank of gas. Then they drove until near empty, got out and he said it was the same view, and the same gas station, same dog park, and they filled up and started off again. He was pretty sure it was the twilight zone and Rod Serling was going to start talking soon. They did finally get to Denver, but it was touch and go for a while.

Wife and myself did a x country in 2018. On the KC - Colorado Springs leg, I let her get in her daily 2-hour stint. I sorta dozed off a bit around Ft Riley, KS, and opened my eyes to check the surroundings. Also checked the dash readouts - uh, honey, you realize your going 95 mph? (2014 535I) I had the speed sensor set at 85, but we were constantly bumping up against it, so we started to ignore it. (Day three was St Louis to Salina, KS)

Great trip. This was my second cross country - first was in 2010 in my '73 911T.

Need some farmer's daughters pics!!! :D

I grew up in Manhattan, KS, Denver was about a 6 hour drive. In high school I had a 240SX with a 110 MPH limiter. We often did the trip in more like 5.:D

The trees pretty much disappear around Salina and don’t reappear until Denver.

Near the KS/CO stateline area there is buried stack of old cars visible from I70 acting as a retaining wall in a farmer’s field.

So here's what I came all this way for. To help figure out how to program this machine. 15 minutes into it, the basics were figured out. An hour or so later, the non-obvious stuff was getting sorted. There were a few settings such as wind direction (clockwise or CCW) and others that weren't named well enough to make them obvious. Those were a bit trickier to sort out.

It is now put into service, after sitting unused for two years.

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How was the ride?

How the car behaved?

Car ran great, no issues. Loved the several tanks of non-corngas, which I do occasionally run in it. Cruised nicely at 80-90mph for hours on end through Montanta and South Dakota. Fuel milage was fairly decent even at those speeds, but I noticed a definitele difference with the corngas tanks I did end up having to get.

Near the end, my right hip started to get pretty stiff.
A/C held up very well, too.

Glad to hear it went well, Wolfe. The 968 is a sweetheart.

No cruise control I take it?
That's when the ol' broom handle comes in handy.

That's cool that you got the machines working for your friend.

What is the machine you set up for him?

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Cruise control works great, but I don't use it because it's less things to think about, and I don't like my brain getting lazy on the road.

Its an older CNC coil winding machine. The guy is a competitor of mine, or "Friend-petitor" if you will. We both manufacture guitar pickups for a living.
He's used to older mechanical machines like the big green monster from the....60's, probably. He bought the Tanac a couple years ago, but hadn't been able to figure out it's programming. Even for me, it was a bit weird working with an LCD screen. My winders have a nice GUI.