First Road Trip...

[acastell]

Well, I have had my 79300SD for 1 month and 1400 miles.

My wife and I have to go to a wedding in Los Angles this weekend. She is flying and I am driving. We live in in the San Francisco Bay Area, about 400 miles from LA.

This is my first diesel, not to mention my first car over ~5 years old, so I am a little anxious about the trip. My car is in tip top shape showing no 'symptoms' of any type.

Reading the post "is it bad to redline it? " was helpful as my car tachs ~4000 at 90mph. On Highway 5, I plan to drive at 80-85mph (~3400-3700 RPMs) for ~300 miles straight. After reading the above mentioned post, I feel confident that my car will be happy at that RPM.

My car has an auxillary fuel tank in the trunk giving me a range of ~950 miles. I have yet to exceed 850 miles as I do not want to run out of gas. I should be able to drive there and back on 1 fill up.


Anyway, thanks for all of the info...because of this board, I made the decision to drive. If not for this board and the high mile stories on these engine, I would NEVER consider taking a 25 years old car with 130K miles on an 800 mile trip....

Anthony