TWR July Sunday Drive - Freedom Run III - 7/27
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It didn't rain at all today, except for maybe 10 seconds right before lunch... and that one time Cam blasted me with crap from his windshield cleaner. We spent 4 miles of today on a dirt road and DAMN did the cars get dirty, but none topped how dirty my 8 got.
Small Pics here: http://pics.dpsubs.org/Freedom_Run/
Large Pics: http://pics.dpsubs.org/Freedom_Run_Large/
"What's that new color 8's come in?"
![](http://pics.dpsubs.org/Freedom_Run/images/dscn0262.jpg)
Yah, it's really that dirty. Fortunately, we hit 100 again after this section and it cleaned itself off pretty well. We really wanted a pic of me parked next to a Subbie though![Frown](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/frown.gif)
![](http://pics.dpsubs.org/Freedom_Run/images/dscn0263.jpg)
Kris, here's that minivan I was talking about on the way back:
Small Pics here: http://pics.dpsubs.org/Freedom_Run/
Large Pics: http://pics.dpsubs.org/Freedom_Run_Large/
"What's that new color 8's come in?"
![](http://pics.dpsubs.org/Freedom_Run/images/dscn0262.jpg)
Yah, it's really that dirty. Fortunately, we hit 100 again after this section and it cleaned itself off pretty well. We really wanted a pic of me parked next to a Subbie though
![Frown](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/frown.gif)
![](http://pics.dpsubs.org/Freedom_Run/images/dscn0263.jpg)
Kris, here's that minivan I was talking about on the way back:
![](http://pics.dpsubs.org/Freedom_Run/images/dscn0272.jpg)
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And there were 4, no subbie, I was just saying I wanted a pic of a dirt covered 8 next to a pristine WRX or STI.
Kris and Me in 8's, Chris and Cam in S2k's. No one got lost! Though Chris and I got stuck behind trucks a couple times and there were a few questionable passes to stick together.
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So maybe my mileage wasn't as good as I thought it was... I got 14mpg on this tank and did a bit of highway driving getting home from the meet and again to and from work today.
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Well, cruising around West Seattle after the drive didn't do us any favors. Low speeds kill mileage. I always figure on burning a full tank on a drive.
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I guest a should mention, I use my cruse control 95% of the time and I normally skip gears(1 to 2 to 6) and yes if the car is not needing power down hill or flat, I will put 6 gears at 20 or 25 mph. But don't get me wrong if the condition are right I will punch-it, well some of you have see me drive my car on a drive!!!
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Yah, normal commuter tanks for me are closer to 18 or 19 with highway closer to 24. I spent the bulk of this drive in the power band. We didn't get stuck behind slow traffic nearly as much as last month.
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I have group shots of both events, and a video I'm editing together. I just got a new cable for my digital still camera, so I can finally pull the photos off of it. I'll get everything up this weekend.
Sorry for the delay. My current MS contract is almost up, so I've been spending a lot of time looking for a new one.
Sorry for the delay. My current MS contract is almost up, so I've been spending a lot of time looking for a new one.
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Awesome, thanks! I like how you did it this time, although I'm sure 4 cars is much easier to get in the picture
I've been keeping a copy of each group shot for my own records, so this is cool. I'll stay posted on the June pic.
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Yeah, I liked it too. I think we could probably do as many as 6 cars this way pretty easily. More than that, and I'll have to start climbing structures that that have signs telling me not to.
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That'd be very cool... get a pic from higher up with all the cars in rows or something with drivers next to them. Do you have a gorilla pod and a remote? If not, we could try mine. We have to make sure you're in the picture too.
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