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Planning for a long drive - Kent, Wa to San Diego, Ca b4 Memorial Day. Please help me to fill up my pre-trip checklist for my 4R @ 110K miles Odo. Thanks!
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multi- day trip or stright through?
for the truck check all fluids, change oil if i needs it, make sure to check tire pressure (save $$$ on gas), and thats about it.
for the drive, make sure to stock up on sunflower seeds and Rockerstar energy drinks, burn a couple CDs or make a new playlist on your iPod. its a stright shot, get on 5 in kent and stay put till you hit SD. i drive Tacoma to Stockton CA (you'll pass through stockton on your trip) a couple times a year, its a boring drive.
for the truck check all fluids, change oil if i needs it, make sure to check tire pressure (save $$$ on gas), and thats about it.
for the drive, make sure to stock up on sunflower seeds and Rockerstar energy drinks, burn a couple CDs or make a new playlist on your iPod. its a stright shot, get on 5 in kent and stay put till you hit SD. i drive Tacoma to Stockton CA (you'll pass through stockton on your trip) a couple times a year, its a boring drive.
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Kent, Wa to San Diego,
A fire extinguisher is always a good thing to have in your rig. You don't even have to have a fire to get your money's worth. An extinguisher can make a great smoke screen if you, uh, need one....
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Ill second that 'gas awareness'. Came out of the old driving fog once, not knowing how long the low fule light was on - could have been 5 miles, could have been 50!! Found a gas exit in about 5 miles, got off, and the gas station had been torn down with the sign still up. Got back on and made it another 15 or 20 miles to a station. What a totally helpless feeling driving along thinking you are about to run out! If that happened with the wife and kids in the car......ruh roh!!
All fluids - including washer fluid
All fluids - including washer fluid
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all of the above are great suggestions...
no-one mentioned duct tape and easy cheese, but all said a pretty good list.
take cash with you as well just incase you happen to need it. I like the extra fuel suggestion though. i'll remember that on my next trips.
no-one mentioned duct tape and easy cheese, but all said a pretty good list.
take cash with you as well just incase you happen to need it. I like the extra fuel suggestion though. i'll remember that on my next trips.
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Thanks for all the suggestions, fellas! This got to be my 2nd drive to LA. Drove to Disney and stopped by San Leandro last year. I did the driving alone since my wife didn't want to do it. She's a very good navigator though and used to warn me about my gas when it was down the halfway mark. Still I got a little nervous when I was little low on gas and couldn't see any gas exit sign along the road! Luckily, everything went fine. Only, a day after we got home, my battery went dead!
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Howdy,
Seven years after I originally posted this thread, the family have since countless road trips made during the span of time of the year 2006 to 2013. My ever reliable rig, the old 97 r4Runner is still very much alive and kicking so far.
Now after those countless road trips and at 187K ticking upon the Runner's meter, we come to test her once more - we are planning to embark into an ambitious trip which could be called our "Mother Of All Road Trips" - please check out my Partial Waypoint
In California, we'll take a few days of needed rest, and continue along Highway 1 as we head back home to Seattle.
We have 18 days[July 4-21] to spend on this trip - stopping at each of the mentioned Nat'l Parks "briefly" then back on the road...
So (Washington) folks, 18 Days...what do you think...is it "doable"?
Thanks Much!
Seven years after I originally posted this thread, the family have since countless road trips made during the span of time of the year 2006 to 2013. My ever reliable rig, the old 97 r4Runner is still very much alive and kicking so far.
Now after those countless road trips and at 187K ticking upon the Runner's meter, we come to test her once more - we are planning to embark into an ambitious trip which could be called our "Mother Of All Road Trips" - please check out my Partial Waypoint
In California, we'll take a few days of needed rest, and continue along Highway 1 as we head back home to Seattle.
We have 18 days[July 4-21] to spend on this trip - stopping at each of the mentioned Nat'l Parks "briefly" then back on the road...
So (Washington) folks, 18 Days...what do you think...is it "doable"?
Thanks Much!
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