bell...I flashed on your reply..I have a few responses to make , but yours is easy....1st the background..I'm on day 5..just did 2,850 mi. or average 570 mi. per day..I just did Hy 92 in Nebraska to get a feel of real Neb...The 911 has Welt. bushings, 21/27 springs, turbo tie rods, S-03's, weighs 3,000lbs., and a beat driver..I pass Scottsbluff Neb. still heading to God's country..I want to do southern Wyoming because it's snowing in northern Wy...I want on I-80 and the best way to get there is Hy. 85 in eastern Wy..I make my cut off from Hy. and am waiting at a light behind a semi WITHOUT a trailer..Hy. 85 is an old/beat up 2 lane road in open country..full view ahead with twisties and roller coaster small dips and peaks, maybe 5ft -30ft..The speed limit is 65, but would be 50 in a sane world..65 mph is pushing logical safety...anyway the semi in front of me starts doing 70 as soon as we clear traffic..and I'm following him..this is wild..I need both hands for muscle..this goes on for about 20 miles of this 75 mi. stretch...then he speeds up to 80..I'm still behind him with left foot planted tight and not really sitting..I'm braced up against back part of seat..this is wild..about another 20 mi. at 80 mph and he slows down slowly..I fall back, must be something going on..then about 1 mi. at 55 mph. and I'm still behind him..then he slows to about 40 mph and holds that..WTF. I get the message to pass him..then he comes up 10 ft behind me at 65 mph..I increase to 70 mph..he's still 10 ft. behind..I do 80 mph and he stays behind about 30-40 ft...this goes on for another 20 or so miles. then he slows..I do the same..A car passes from other direction..then he comes up tight again..here we go again, 80 mph till the end of Hy. 85..I get on CB and thank him for the ride...definately the wildest ride the 911 has been on..If I had Bridgestone RE-71's it would not have been possible to do that ride..hills/dips/potholes/twisties, sometimes all happening at the same time on a Hy that should be 50 mph ...other than that the big rig profile was great..when I was on a long leg thru the night I would follow a big rig that was scooting along faster than others..after awhile they know I'm following and may speed up a little..they saved my brain from the unknown road ahead at nite especially after doing 500 miles when I get tired/beat/zoned out..if I saw big rigs all doing the speed limit I know the collection agents were around..when the rigs are limit+, then no bears..watching the rigs and how they drive is important big road info. IMO...and truck stops are great..they have showers, food goodies, and great big meals...overall the big ride is not a race..I follow a program that my brain allows..after waking up I may spend 2 hours w/coffee getting dialed in..If I'm beat I'll follow the big rigs or stay with license plates that are local to the state I'm in..Frank Zappa has an old tune in which he sings, Kansas Kansas Kansas..I suggest pelicanheads find out what he means. I may follow the fastest car..If the V-1 goes off, I slow and the point man gets eaten by the bear..I also feel that my stock 2.7 has better cylinder head temp. between 3.4k and 3.8k so that keeps the momentum up there...If I missed something on this thread, you know what to do...I try to remember that the roads are full of asses......Ron
