Week of 11/06/2006 - 11/13/2006

[Chuck]

Originally Posted by psyshack

My trip to DFW was a bust! My mpg going down stunk with 20 mph head winds. Got stuck in traffic on hwy 121 cutting over from hwy 75 to Fort worth. Got rear ended about 8 miles from Fort Worth in the insane traffic. Then the person driving the Mustang that hit me turned down the embankment and ran. IE hit and run. Then I had gas stolen from my car in the hotel parking lot. And then got awful mpg coming back to Oklahoma on I-35 heading north into a 20 to 30 mph head wind.

Im just sick about the trip. There is going to be a huge battle monday at work when i turn in my trip log. Logging these tanks is going to be sick.

Should I log the stolen tank?

I should take the blame for not suggesting you to take Hwy 380 or probably better, Hwy 82 off US 75 to I 35, then in Lewisville, take the second 121 exit.

[DebbieKatz]

*Sigh*...

Despite the block heater & FE-friendly temps last week, I wound up with 41mpg on the NAV, which came out to an actual 37mpg, calculated when I filled up on Friday AM Still, when I posted this tank here, my average only dropped to 40.1, so I get to stay in the 40's for another couple of weeks.

Yesterday I covered the grille with a sheet of cardboard, so I'm looking forward to this week to see how that helps.

[psyshack]

Originally Posted by philmcneal

wow what a handful of events psy, man i can't believe people stole from your tank! i wonder why a civic like yours was targetted...

so how nasty is your damage?

The bumper cover needs replaced. Most folks would just touch it up and polish out. It has a bend line in it. I was able to pop alot of it out and get the rear under tray set back right. The exhaust system seems ok. I havent even looked at calc's on the mpg. Im sure hours of redline fun would have netted better mpg than this trip.

[psyshack]

Originally Posted by Delta Flyer

I should take the blame for not suggesting you to take Hwy 380 or probably better, Hwy 82 off US 75 to I 35, then in Lewisville, take the second 121 exit.

Chuck,,, no fault of yours at all. I had planned to come in on I-35 and beat the late afternoon rush. But as things turned out I had to go 75/69. I get the feeling that thrusday afternoon and evening was just a very bad day for traffic in north Tx. I found some radio stations that where ontop of traffic and coupled with the navi I figured my best bet at the time was 121 from Mckenny across to Ft. Worth. If I had went down I-35 I would more than likely got caught in the wreck by the speedway that killed 4 or 5 people. There were whole sections of hwy shut down all over the metro that day because of wrecks.

When I got down in that mess on 121 I got a sinking feeling that I was going to get rear ended. I could feel it. Im glad the traffic was beep and creep or it could have been much worse.

The company I work for is going to help with repairs to the car. And the missing gas. They knew I didnt want to make this trip. They know that Tx. and i just dont mix. and hopefully I never have to go back.