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Completed: TECORE 9- "FOG CORE"

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by ErikSS » Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:30 am

I averaged around 13.5 on the highway. We were about 10 over even in the 70 zones. One tank calculated to 15.2... But no other tank was over 14 so I think something was messed up. Lol
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by JorDaneeKey » Thu Sep 26, 2013 10:09 am

Were you using the in-dash display numbers? Scan gauge? or calculating per fill-up?
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by ErikSS » Thu Sep 26, 2013 10:55 am

Calculated per fill up. I adjusted the miles because of bigger tires... Then divide for gallons used.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:02 am

ErikSS wrote:Calculated per fill up. I adjusted the miles because of bigger tires... Then divide for gallons used.
How many miles and hours was your trip to Tecore?


With a tune you can have your speedo corrected.
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by JorDaneeKey » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:07 am

ErikSS wrote:Calculated per fill up. I adjusted the miles because of bigger tires... Then divide for gallons used.
How many miles and hours was your trip to Tecore?


Miles from our house to WalMart gas station: 900
Hours: 14

Might have been able to do faster, but we got rained on pretty hard getting there and coming home, and the Nitto MTs suck in the rain. The regearing will help too, won't lose so much momentum going up the hills.
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by ErikSS » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:08 am

HARDTRAILZ wrote:
With a tune you can have your speedo corrected.

Yep both are on the list. Kelly at PCM of NC are just waiting on me.
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by ErikSS » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:15 am

It was 710 miles and 13 hours for me. There was no fast way out of the hills.
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by NC_IslandRunner » Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:08 pm

ErikSS wrote:It was 710 miles and 13 hours for me. There was no fast way out of the hills.


650 miles round trip!
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by Trail X » Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:13 pm

390 miles.... TOTAL for the trip. :finger:
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by dvanbramer88 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:14 pm

Yea, I was right about 650 TOTAL as well
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by ErikSS » Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:39 pm

JamesDowning wrote:390 miles.... TOTAL for the trip. :finger:

Lucky man!
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by JorDaneeKey » Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:41 pm

ErikSS wrote:It was 710 miles and 13 hours for me.


NC_IslandRunner wrote:650 miles round trip!


JamesDowning wrote:390 miles.... TOTAL for the trip. :finger:


dvanbramer88 wrote:Yea, I was right about 650 TOTAL as well


So that just means 1.) We hold a record for TECORE. 2.) We must really like you guys. 3.) Since when is driving long distance through this beautiful country ever a bad thing?

Still wish we had kept an accurate record of how many miles we covered in our 2 week Western Road trip. It was somewhere around 6500.
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by TBYODA » Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:02 pm

JamesDowning wrote:390 miles.... TOTAL for the trip. :finger:

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by Trail X » Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:10 pm

Good point Jordanee.


I try to Robert... life can get in the way though.


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My sidewall puncture... this is in Sunday, just because that was when I took that picture.
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by JorDaneeKey » Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:23 pm

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Nice Rory. :lol:
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by dvanbramer88 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:27 pm

Our sidewall punctures look surprisingly similar. Just on different sides of the truck. And they also happened to pretty similar tires too, (excluding tread pattern)
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by Gordinho80 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:30 pm

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What the hell is that orange thing???? :viking:
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by dvanbramer88 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:33 pm

NOT the NJ devils... :finger:
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by Gordinho80 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:38 pm

Its OK, Dave. The Flyers might win a cup in your lifetime...
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by dvanbramer88 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:44 pm

Oh, the burn....


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