safe arrival, back to the mechanic [eyes of the world]

[iridium]

made it to Atlanta on Saturday, then Charleston last night. both drives took much longer than normal, partly because i stopped to visit relatives in Mobile but mostly because i stopped every 50-100 miles to check on the oil/etc. Matilda's got some bizarre symptoms -- occasional rather-worrying vibration of the whole front end, an oil leak that looks severe by the quantity of oil all over the bottom half of the engine/etc, but she only needed 3/4 of a quart for the whole trip from OS to here, and on the last half of the drive from Atlanta to Charleston, she was getting almost 20mpg. (huh?!?)

also lost my other front hubcap. gonna try to find a pick & pull yard or other reasonable source for hubcaps that wouldn't look stupid.

i took Matilda to the mechanic (again) today. wish me luck; she needs to be in much, much better shape by the end of the week.

Comments

[warlord-mit.livejournal.com]

ATL -> CHS is mostly downhill. You're going from an elevation of 1026 feet MSL to an elevation of 46 feet MSL. Maybe that helped your MPG?

[iridium.livejournal.com]

it probably helped some, but i've driven that route before, and other long downhills, and not noticed such a significant change.

Good Luck

[giebele.livejournal.com]

Good luck w/the mechanic today! I know how frustrating car troubles can be.

Re: Good Luck

[iridium.livejournal.com]

thank you! i called them this afternoon, and they said they'd only looked at it briefly; tomorrow they'll poke at it more thoroughly. i'm keeping my fingers crossed.