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Just realized that we might have set a new record here, buying and selling four cars in 10 days. Yes, the Q5 is going to Carvana. And the prior record was 11 in a year, about a year ago, if memory serves me.

No need to play with it. Just keep going at 190 for a while and the pressure will increase nicely all by itself.

Just got an email from Carvana about the value of a VW Sportwagen I didn't end up selling to them, maybe two years ago. It's now worth $4,425 they say, but also estimate that it has 129,655 miles on it. Maybe it does? I sold it with under 2,000 miles for about $30K. Oops. Had my cars mixed up...

I looked it up, and the nearest one is only 150 miles away. Have got to the point that I don't unpack the 3500 or put the tie-down stuff away. Probably shouldn't park the trailer where it's usually blocked in, either. Remind me to post photos of the easy way to load a car that has a mere...

Carvana is currently in the lead with my Q5, and by quite a bit. I'd technically get a little more (because of the tax credit) by trading it in on the ordered Durango. But...that only works if the Durango ever shows up, and at this point I'm starting to doubt it. Besides, a $10K depreciation...

Speaking of hacks, would you mind trading your Granite Durango in the correct color for a white one?

All I did was order another two cases of PUP. Amazon has a darn good deal going.

It's extra fun to see people try to merge in between the trailers when pulling doubles. Most are out of patience after the first trailer, some even before it.

Hmm. My rule of thumb is twice the speed of the yellow warning signs for curves. And that includes when towing 20K+ loads. You city slickers sure drive differently.

We only have 2-laners around here, but yes, the speed limits are 55-65 mph, except in burgs and such.. Normally we can enjoy driving up 130 or so, on the few straight sections there are between the glorious curves.

That's basically what the plate on my girlfriend's RS6 Avant reads.

That is the whole idea, my friend. We only live once.

Are you insinuating that I should cut it down to 10?? My justification is that I like them, and they serve different purposes. Okay, that doesn't apply to the Durango and the Q5, but otherwise it does.

We don't have the dual lanes, except for the rare passing zone, but I suppose that two empty lanes are good when having to swerve around alligators. Pythons probably cover both lanes, but being a bit thinner must be better to run over.

It's the exact opposite for me. On an interstate it's basically zombie driving. Not much to do other than keep an eye out for cops, and people trying to kill me. But on the far more fun secondary roads it's a matter of not only cops (they're rare, thankfully) but trying to stay on the...

I'm glad our Challengers get about 22 and 24 mpg. If not, the puny gas tank would make them nearly as useless as an electric car. Well, obviously it's far faster and easier to get gas than charging an EV, but it'd suck not to be able to go somewhere, and back, without having to gas up.

Hmm. You're getting almost 4 mpg better, using eco mode and cruise, than my girlfriend consistently gets with her Redeye. Hand calculated since '19, by the way. And that's not obeying any speed limits on the highways, or using cruise control. Maybe you should disengage the cruise, step on it...

I'm not so sure about that. By not using cruise I can give it some extra gas before a hill, then not insist on maintaining a specific speed up the hill. Spent a lot of time watching the instant mpg reading during a few years of biweekly 1,000 mile "commutes", and learned to maximize the mileage...

I have no idea if the cruise control even works in any of my vehicles. Much prefer driving instead of just being along for the ride.

Okay. But can I also get my own cell service somehow, or should I look into getting a satellite phone?