First Big Trip with the 991.2
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Tomorrow morning we are heading out early (5AM) for a drive down to Florida. Our friend owns an oyster farm so we will do a little water farming and also some scalloping. If you see us on I-95, give a toot.
Ever since acquiring this car I can't seem to get enough time in it. I hope this long trip will satisfy me for awhile.
Ever since acquiring this car I can't seem to get enough time in it. I hope this long trip will satisfy me for awhile.
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One suggestion, and something I now do on trips: pack one of those "T-Handle" tire patching kits.
I caught a bad flat on the way back from Boxstoberfest one year, and the bolt that made the hole was too big for the fix-a-flat gunk in the trunk to do anything.
It was a Sunday, I had to literally beg an NTB to patch it, and they chewed up the rim badly doing so.
I always pack the T-Handle kit now.
I caught a bad flat on the way back from Boxstoberfest one year, and the bolt that made the hole was too big for the fix-a-flat gunk in the trunk to do anything.
It was a Sunday, I had to literally beg an NTB to patch it, and they chewed up the rim badly doing so.
I always pack the T-Handle kit now.
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Good suggestion on the tire patch kit. I keep one in the car also. I also bought a mini rechargeable battery jump starter device at Costco (like $60 on sale) with small alligator clips in the unlikely event of a dead battery. In order to get access to the battery in the frunk, our cars on longer have a manual frunk release. Instead, you need to connect power to a terminal in the driver side fuse panel. I haven't tried it yet, but I assume this thing would do the trick... Then again, there's always Roadside Assistance...
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Horseradish. Check.
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Hot sauce. Check.
Horseradish. Check.
Cocktail sauce. Check.
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God one Lex.
I go about 500 kms/weekend and its awesome!
I go about 500 kms/weekend and its awesome!
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Good suggestion on the tire patch kit. I keep one in the car also. I also bought a mini rechargeable battery jump starter device at Costco (like $60 on sale) with small alligator clips in the unlikely event of a dead battery. In order to get access to the battery in the frunk, our cars on longer have a manual frunk release. Instead, you need to connect power to a terminal in the driver side fuse panel. I haven't tried it yet, but I assume this thing would do the trick... Then again, there's always Roadside Assistance...
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Many of our longer trips in the for corners area cover ground many hours from any hope for Roadside Assistance (and often outside cell phone coverage).
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On the t-handle plugs, practice on an old tire and make sure you use sealant (rubber cement comes with the kit). I have one in every car with at least five plugs (bring spares it is not easy at first you must ream the hole thoroughly to get a plug in) along with a compressor. For $30 at Walmart (or whatever you want to spend on the very fancy plug kits and a compressor) it makes dealing with roadside emergencies faster and therefore safer. Funny enough, I have only used them on other people's cars in the years I have been carrying them. My only flats have been bad like when I hit a pothole in my TDI and it blew out the sidewall -- tire changed in under 3 mins while the Mercedes who also hit the same pothole was waiting on the side of the road for roadside assistance lol. Note that the t-plug is temporary only and you must cut off the excess material or it risks pulling out.
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Something like this may be overkill, but the whole setup with these mushroom plugs and insertion tool is easier to use:
http://patchboy.com/mm5/merchant.mvc...tegory_Code=ki
http://patchboy.com/mm5/merchant.mvc...tegory_Code=ki
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