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Drove my evo 4,000 miles in 4 1/2 days....

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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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nice. i was stationed up at fort richardson too for about 6 years. i wanted to drive back down to the lower 48s but i was scared lol
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 11:09 PM
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nice. i was stationed up at fort richardson too for about 6 years. i wanted to drive back down to the lower 48s but i was scared lol
Thats cool man, I've been here for about 3 weeks now and it seems to be a pretty awesome area.
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 11:13 PM
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1000 miles a day and 15 hour driving is crazy
im glad you made the trip and not me, you didnt have anyone else in the car with you ? id be bored as ****
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 11:53 PM
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this would be my dream vacation driving to AK from AR(mccain joke insert). like you, drove nonstop also every summer from AR to SFO. with my escalade hybrid. will try it when I get an RV with a vehicle in tow. did you take the ferry in between?
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 12:05 AM
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How's your oil condition?

I've never seen that kind of mileage in such a short time, I'd imagine with minimal starts and warmups it wouldn't have degraded too much.
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 03:37 AM
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That's quite a drive. Must of been fun!
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 05:08 AM
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wao...datz a long trip..
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 08:13 AM
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Did you calculate your average MPG? I'm about to take a long trip in mine, so I'm just curious.
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 08:33 AM
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San Diego to Houston 5 times in a month lol Congrats on the accolade.
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by justinduh
1000 miles a day and 15 hour driving is crazy
im glad you made the trip and not me, you didnt have anyone else in the car with you ? id be bored as ****
No I did it all by myself and I'm not gonna lie I started to go a little stir crazy, if you are gonna do something like this a road mate is a must for sure.
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 09:13 AM
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I checked my oil and it still looks good, I had changed it right before the trip. As far as fuel goes I fueled up a total of 17 times, but, I wasnt always on or near empty when I got gas. There are several areas along the way in Canada that do not offer premium fuel so if I came across a stationed that had it I would usually go ahead and top it off, which saved my a$$ more than a couple times. I think I calculated it up one time and I believe I was getting close to 28ish mpg.
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 09:57 AM
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were the roads passable in the yukon territory? any pics?
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 11:24 AM
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In for pics

oh and maybe look into some new springs. teins arent known to be top line. especially if your in a rough terrain area.
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 11:38 AM
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Ill post some pics up that I took here in a min. The springs came with the car when I bought it. I've been wanting to go for a set of coilovers but didn't know which ones were pretty good. Havn't put in too much research on them to know which ones I would like to get, any suggestions?
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Old Jul 17, 2011 | 11:49 AM
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Me and my brother just made the same trip in may. But we were coming from fort campbell, ky. Which way did you take?
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