I have never before driven a car that I had to make sure my gauges were where they were supposed to be. My car I put my key in, turn it on and put it in drive. That's it. If a light comes on in the dash I know something is wrong. Apparently the IROC has GAUGES that I need to keep my eye on to make sure all is good. They are confusing things like "Battery" and "Oil Pressure" and "Temperature". If the oil pressure goes to 0 we have a problem. My car goes into Honda when I have 10% oil life left, my temp gauge I never look at and I have never had a battery gauge before so I don't know what number is normal. Right before Z takes a nap he says "make sure you keep an eye on the gauges to make sure all is good". Oh boy, the pressure...
Today was the prelude to Z's dream - 12 hours in the car across DE, PA, OH, IA, IL and finally IA, 17 hours total between the two days. We saw 92 double tractor trailers, 72 triple trailers and 123 red barns - yes, red barns only. And that was only before we have up counting. First exciting sighting happened in OH, we saw a red 70 SS Chevelle with NY tags. Mom and two small children, apprently not headed where we are, but it was a good start.
Second sighting was a major one - 3 Chevelles, black Vette, Solstice with a V8 and a new 2010 LPE Trans Am (which was a custom car created from a new Camaro, as far as I understood it); all with MI tags, traveling in a group.
Arrived at our hotel in IA around 8:45, some of us are too tired to see straight, so hope this makes sense!
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