the way we are going will be to dallas first for christmas with my family, and then after xmas supprise my wife's family. so the longest strech will be from dallas to flagstaff. no one is expecting us. thank you for your opinion, but unless anyone here has mechanical warnings for me about why i should not drive there, then i will go ahead with the journey.
well i have replaced my rear axles, and learned a ton about this car in only 4 months. i am sure that i can do the valve adjustment, but since i have never done it before would rather not make a newbie's mistake just one week before the trip is to take place.
i have driven this car from ohio to arkansas, and to St.Louis a couple of times. i have had no issued whatsoever. i am hoping that my trip will be as pain free.

another dilemma is wether to go through flagstaff (much higher altitude route) which is supposed to be 3 hours shorter than the southern I-10 (lower altitude) route that i drove last year to cali?

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