The Power Ranger, aka What Could Go Wrong?

[ScottyB]

super jealous of your route, you're going through some incredible country in Montana from what i've heard. don't break down in Gary, IN and watch your speed through OH

[davej]

Sounds like you are well prepared for the trip!

This is where my idea of a craigslist crawler that you can enter a route and it would shop the cities along the trip would come in handy. Oh well, I'll start looking for parts you can pick up for me on the way.

[DavidL]

David and I did a similar route on our post-grad cross country trip. If you have the time, I would strongly recommend going through Yellowstone and foregoing Mt Rushmore (if you are shifting the route a little to go by Mt Rushmore). We were excited about seeing it and it was a fairly 'meh' stop. You can't get very close, and it looks exactly like every photo you've seen, IMO

[Jake]

David and I did a similar route on our post-grad cross country trip.  If you have the time, I would strongly recommend going through Yellowstone and foregoing Mt Rushmore (if you are shifting the route a little to go by Mt Rushmore).  We were excited about seeing it and it was a fairly 'meh' stop.  You can't get very close, and it looks exactly like every photo you've seen, IMO

Hmm, good to know. I'll take a look at the route options and see what I can do. Rushmore appeals to me mostly because it's literally on the route (I-90) but if I can stop by Yellowstone and not add a ton of time, I would do that. Thanks!

[Apoc]

Mikey did the northern route, so he might have some feedback for you.

My wife drove it awhile ago and she said Montana was really boring and Rushmore was pretty lame. YMMV.

[DavidM]

David and I did a similar route on our post-grad cross country trip.  If you have the time, I would strongly recommend going through Yellowstone and foregoing Mt Rushmore (if you are shifting the route a little to go by Mt Rushmore).  We were excited about seeing it and it was a fairly 'meh' stop.  You can't get very close, and it looks exactly like every photo you've seen, IMO

Hmm, good to know. I'll take a look at the route options and see what I can do. Rushmore appeals to me mostly because it's literally on the route (I-90) but if I can stop by Yellowstone and not add a ton of time, I would do that. Thanks!

Haha, was going to say the exact same thing when I saw the route.  Even if you don't think you can spare the time to get to Yellowstone (even half a day would be worth it) I'd suggest skipping Mt Rushmore and taking a slight detour through the Badlands, its mostly driving so you won't lose much time but much more interesting.

[Senor_Taylor]

Please stop here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhinDeli_T...d,_Wyoming

[Jake]

I'll be on I-90 the whole way and that deli town looks to be off of I-80 so it's a bit too far south... same deal for Yellowstone, I can't afford to kill half a day of my trip there. Sounds like I'll have to go back another time. For this trip, a selfie with Mount Rushmore will do. Might be able to get away with the Badlands, I'll look into that more. Thanks Davids!

[Jake]

Mileage: 213,950

Holy shit, I'm home. Full writeup to come but, we made it.

Some basic details:

• Miles covered: 3,025 (ish)
  
• Best fuel economy: 23 MPG between Ohio and Pennsylvania
  
• Worst fuel economy: 16 MPG between Bozeman and Fargo (cross/head-winds killed it)
  
• Top speed achieved: 93 mph (downhill, governed, you truly don't want to go this fast anyway)
  
• Subway sandwiches obtained from gas stations: 2
  

[WRXtranceformed]

Welcome back, looking forward to reading the full write up!

The forum software got airborne AIDS while you were gone

[Jake]

Welcome back, looking forward to reading the full write up!

The forum software got airborne AIDS while you were gone

I heard. Sounds like it may be stabilized now but if not, I can talk to the hosting company.

[Sijray21]

Welcome back, looking forward to reading the full write up!

This.

Also curious about any issues you encountered along the way with the Truck. I may or may not be tuning in for the asking price for the truck...

[Apoc]

 I may or may not be tuning in for the asking price for the truck...

It only costs you your dream of a choice F31.

[Jake]

Welcome back, looking forward to reading the full write up!

This.

Also curious about any issues you encountered along the way with the Truck. I may or may not be tuning in for the asking price for the truck...

I truly just put fuel in it. The washer fluid sprayer didn't work, but I discovered it was out of fluid. Suddenly it worked again.

I'll come up with asking price this evening or so.

[.RJ]

 I may or may not be tuning in for the asking price for the truck...

please buy.

the only thing better than owning a truck is your neighbor owning a truck

[Sijray21]

 I may or may not be tuning in for the asking price for the truck...

It only costs you your dream of a choice F31.

not necessarily, but it could delay that. Plus, early spring is one of the worst times to buy a car anyway.

to be real though: i probably won't although i like entertaining the idea

[.RJ]

 I may or may not be tuning in for the asking price for the truck...

It only costs you your dream of a choice F31.

not necessarily, but it could delay that. Plus, early spring is one of the worst times to buy a car anyway.

to be real though: i probably won't although i like entertaining the idea

RAPTOR!

[Senor_Taylor]

 I may or may not be tuning in for the asking price for the truck...

It only costs you your dream of a choice F31.

not necessarily, but it could delay that. Plus, early spring is one of the worst times to buy a car anyway.

to be real though: i probably won't although i like entertaining the idea

RAPTOR!

Raptor Ranger!

This one specificially! Long travel build!

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Can we rally it?

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[Jake]

Can we rally it?

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If you buy it, IDGAF what you do with it.

Fixed the cruise control last night and wished I had poked around more at the hotel in Fargo. My investigation on the road consisted of going "yep, it's broke" and going inside where it was warmer. Turns out the cable from the actuator slipped off the throttle actuator doodad... ugh. Oh well, it's fixed and I drove the red truck today. This 'un is going to be parked for a bit as my weekends coming up involve travel/racing and the red truck is far better for that.