Mazda Miata: Road trip summary

"Steve Whisman" <msn.com> wrote:
 

Must have been great fun. I assume you had no trouble putting the blue 92
in its proper place with a 97? Would have been even more uneven with a
white 97.

How was CO 141 for driving? Rand-McNally marks the scenic route as 128-I70
which apparently you took on the way in, but I have some doubts. CO 141
looks *very* curvy.

Leon

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In article <com>,
net (Leon van Dommelen) wrote:
 

It is, in a few places where it climbs from river to mesa top. It's
mainly desert ranching country, very hot in summer. Almost zero traffic,
but watch your speed in the handful of small towns. It was part of the
late, lamented FM Strafing Run, where we drove most of it very fast,
limited by the unevenness of the pavement--it's amusing to see air under
the rear tires of the Miata in front of you, coming out of dips at 100
mph. Worth doing, but probably not a road you'd choose to drive twice.

See http://www.hummingbirds.net/strafe/overlook1.jpg

--
Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
'94C
the alignment page:
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

Lanny Chambers <net> wrote:
 

Sounds like a great road.

Leon

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In article <com>,
net (Leon van Dommelen) wrote:
 

It's a good road. US 191 between Alpine and Clifton, Arizona, is a great
road.

http://caranddriver.com/default.asp?section_id=48&br=r&s=AZ&road=8

--
Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
'94C
the alignment page:
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html

Lanny Chambers <net> wrote:
 

I really need *early* retirement. When I will have the time to
drive all the roads I need, I will be too old to really drive
them. ;(

Leon

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"Leon van Dommelen" <net> wrote in message
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128-I70 

Even though I detuned my '97 to factory specs so I could burn regular gas
the '92 was always in my mirrors. Black ones are only slightly slower than
the white...

Since it was the first time we saw 141 we kept it to a leisurely 75 or so.
The whole thing has few straights and those aren't very long. The first
several miles aren't very scenic but eventually the canyon turns to red
rocks and is very nice. The road follows the river through the canyon so
there is no shortage of curves. We turned right on Colorado 90 to head back
west. 128 is more scenic and is also much shorter.
Interesting phenomenon, on the 141 drive we both got 35 MPG. Can't explain
it.

"Lanny Chambers" <net> wrote in message
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128-I70 

There was a place named "Coke Oven Ranch". I assumed in reference to the
summer temps.

"Steve Whisman" <msn.com> wrote:
 

Which reminds me. In answer to previous questions, I measured
25 mpg on the interstate at a true average speed of about 72 mph.
Never got around to measuring it before, but this time, I filled
up on starting to drive, and refilled after exactly 250 miles.

Conditions: *very* windy, relatively light traffic (i.e. on
cruise control pretty much all of the time.) The mixture
was stochiometric all the time. Mileage traveled and speed
measured using GPS (75 mph and a bit of 70 mph.) Fifth gear,
top up, AC running hard. I don't know how much wind I had
against.

It seems that the SC does affect fuel consumption a bit. Though
I do not know why.

Leon

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