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Title: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: motorhead on May 28 2012, 09:21:10 AM: Okay who's going?

Because I am! We'll be rocking the Camaro. It would be great to meet some of you, as for the rest that is another matter altogether... ;)

PM me for my contact info.
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: motorhead on June 07 2012, 09:28:26 PM: Rolling dirty...

(http://image.hotrod.com/f/powertour/2012/hrdp_1206w_day_2_muskegon/42051711+w1600+st0/hrdp-1206w-day-2-muskegon-mpg-1025.jpg)
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: Steve Wood on June 07 2012, 10:56:17 PM: Recap left to join up last Saturday....
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: $1987 GN$ on June 08 2012, 01:08:17 PM: Having fun I hope. :atbeer: :atbeer: :atbeer:

AJ___
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: motorhead on June 08 2012, 02:17:57 PM: I am home now. We took a detour after the stop in Madison, IL to visit an old friend in Columbus, OH. Then we went up to Akron to get raped at Summit.

But, yes it was fun... and very exhausting.
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: motorhead on June 09 2012, 08:28:32 PM: Just crunched the numbers and the Camaro pulled down 23.32mpg combined for the whole 2,831 mile trip. Not too shabby for a car with 158K miles on the original engine and 4.10 gears in the diff that I built.
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: Top Speed on June 09 2012, 09:46:45 PM: Damn 2831 mi??? I guess you did go on the tour!
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: daveismissing on June 09 2012, 11:42:02 PM: Well done! If only those were Buick miles....
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: Steve Wood on June 10 2012, 12:01:26 AM: sounds like you had a good time...does not matter what kinda miles they were :)
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: motorhead on June 10 2012, 10:52:30 AM: Quote from: daveismissing on June 09 2012, 11:42:02 PM
Well done! If only those were Buick miles....

It was a tough call not to take it. However, I just found a leak at the transmission pan yesterday... so in retrospect I am glad that I didn't take it. Also, I chose to "save" the Buick for the auto-x season that started last weekend - even if it would have been a more noteworthy car on the Power Tour.

I don't think it was mentioned here? But, GNGAL made it out in her GN despite their "run-in" with another car recently; both looked no worse for wear. Miss Fancy Pants also likes to stay at Hilton's like me... :player:
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: daveismissing on June 10 2012, 11:28:54 AM: Quote from: motorhead on June 10 2012, 10:52:30 AM

I don't think it was mentioned here? But, GNGAL made it out in her GN despite their "run-in" with another car recently; both looked no worse for wear. Miss Fancy Pants also likes to stay at Hilton's like me... :player:

IIRC Insurance paid out promptly and she bought another. Agreed-I'm rather partial to Hampton Inns.
Title: Re: 2012 HOTROD Power Tour
Post by: nocooler on June 11 2012, 09:09:38 AM: Nice Mike - I was going to do the Michigan leg of it - but I killed the clutch in the bird, and I've been laid up for the last 6 weeks (damn surgery).