So my 240D took me for a ride yesterday!

[Shawn T. W.]

Actually quite a long ride! 544.9 miles to be exact!

We left home at 6 am, headed up through Safford, Globe, made a circle through Show Low, Pinetop, over to Eager, down through Alpine, Back through Safford, and home again!

I brought along my Wonderful Wife Cyndi and newly aquired dog Sara, we spent a total of 13.75 hrs . . . we had a great time!

The car was flawless! Even though we asked it to climb at high elevations, it still chugged along, it was not always the fastest vehicle on the road, but it took us where we wanted to with dignity & pride! Up mountians, down by the lakes, and up & down dusty roads . . . averaged a modest 31.96 mpg! I was pleasantly surprised as we were traveling from our home at 4300' elevation down to Safford which is only 2900', then up to Show Low at 6300' Pinetop 7000' Alpine about 10,000' we had some sections that we needed 2 gear going up as the corners were quite sharp, and the hill was steep, for about 100 miles the speed limit was 25mph! I was usually going 35-45 in 3rd gear, so I figurd my mpg would suffer, especially since I was up so high! Excellent car!

Oh yeah here are some pics!
Heading up out of the Salt River Valley:


Doggy Break about 15 mi before Show Low:


East of Pinetop, on the Apache Reservation:


Another Doggy Break location:


South of Alpine in my fine automobile:


Sara was aprehensive of some of the corners . . .


Not what most people think of AZ:






Another Doggy Break . . . but we had fun too, nice to stretch our legs and breathe the cool mountain air!






Looking back . . . it was a great trip!