Mileage around 5800
Took a 1622 mile road trip with my mom and almost 4-year-old daughter. Took about 15 hours each way including stopping, left Wednesday and came back Saturday (1 day of driving each way. Unfortunately my uncle passed away and he meant enough to me to at least drive that long with my daughter, mom, and take off the time from work to see him off; my family out there basically feels like a second close family. My mom and i had planned and booked flights to go this weekend to visit and his passing came sooner than expected, so we canceled those plans and drove instead. I took the child because my wife had to work and i thought it was important for her to see my family out there (as i did when i was younger and now i feel).
The kiddo did amazingly well all things considered and now i won't hesitate to bring her on long road trips as long as there is someone else in the back with her during her younger years. She had a blast playing with her many cousins.
The Ridgeline was fantastic, but i just can't handle long road trips like i did in my early 20s. I drank about 32-40oz of coffee and 24-32oz of redbull each travel day to remain as attentive as i could; the SW PA mountains at night with steady snow and wet roads in subfreezing temps were the most difficult part of the trip. The Lane Keep Assist combined with the Adaptive Cruise Control were fantastic to have. I also realized on the way back in subfreezing snow/rain/mist that the radar sensor on the front is either not heated or doesn't warm up enough to melt snow/ice and the features associated with that don't work when it's snow/ice covered (at least the system tells you that the features won't work). We pretty much maxed out the covered cargo capacity with gifts and luggage on the way there, so i'm looking at a Tonneau cover and tailgate lock to install sometime in the near future for some added covered storage.
Time to change the oil for the first time.
I've also noticed that Honda's mpg/range calculations are definitely lower than actual observations. Actual mpg for the trip was 21.189 mpg and that was mostly in eco mode (cylinder deactivation and shift point changes). 19.85 out (strong headwind most of the way, plus Chicago traffic at rush hour) and 23.103 mpg on the way back. Most of the travel was cruising around 80mph.
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Took a 1622 mile road trip with my mom and almost 4-year-old daughter. Took about 15 hours each way including stopping, left Wednesday and came back Saturday (1 day of driving each way. Unfortunately my uncle passed away and he meant enough to me to at least drive that long with my daughter, mom, and take off the time from work to see him off; my family out there basically feels like a second close family. My mom and i had planned and booked flights to go this weekend to visit and his passing came sooner than expected, so we canceled those plans and drove instead. I took the child because my wife had to work and i thought it was important for her to see my family out there (as i did when i was younger and now i feel).
The kiddo did amazingly well all things considered and now i won't hesitate to bring her on long road trips as long as there is someone else in the back with her during her younger years. She had a blast playing with her many cousins.
The Ridgeline was fantastic, but i just can't handle long road trips like i did in my early 20s. I drank about 32-40oz of coffee and 24-32oz of redbull each travel day to remain as attentive as i could; the SW PA mountains at night with steady snow and wet roads in subfreezing temps were the most difficult part of the trip. The Lane Keep Assist combined with the Adaptive Cruise Control were fantastic to have. I also realized on the way back in subfreezing snow/rain/mist that the radar sensor on the front is either not heated or doesn't warm up enough to melt snow/ice and the features associated with that don't work when it's snow/ice covered (at least the system tells you that the features won't work). We pretty much maxed out the covered cargo capacity with gifts and luggage on the way there, so i'm looking at a Tonneau cover and tailgate lock to install sometime in the near future for some added covered storage.
Time to change the oil for the first time.
I've also noticed that Honda's mpg/range calculations are definitely lower than actual observations. Actual mpg for the trip was 21.189 mpg and that was mostly in eco mode (cylinder deactivation and shift point changes). 19.85 out (strong headwind most of the way, plus Chicago traffic at rush hour) and 23.103 mpg on the way back. Most of the travel was cruising around 80mph.
'19 Golf R
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