[TR] First long road trip

[Cliff Hansen]

Last week, I drove the 4A from Albuquerque NM to Breckenridge CO and back: 780 miles total with top down the entire trip. My passenger on this trip was a shoulder bag with a laptop, as I had work in Breckenridge for a few days (some one had to go 😊). My route was through Santa Fe, Taos, NM/CO border, Alamosa, Buena Vista, Fairplay. Great scenery and a cool stop between Chimayo NM and Taos at the Classic Gas Museum.

My hearing, sun and wind protection worked admirably. It rained only once, after I had stopped for the night in Alamosa on the way home.

As far as improvements before the next trip:

  *   A footrest in place of the headlight dipper switch. I’ve got a scheme to use two relays to repurpose the flash-to-pass part of the light switch as both flash-to-pass and headlight dipper. Anyone have other ideas?
  *   A better heater/defroster fan. I can’t tell if it’s actually moving air. The motor is running based on current draw, so perhaps it’s missing weather-stripping or something inside that housing.
  *   Check the boot/trunk for sealing. The bag I put in there smelled of exhaust.

Life is too short to drive boring cars,

Cliff


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