Road Trip
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Road Trip
Over 1300 awesome miles in five days.
The drive down I-5 in central California never went by more quickly. Drove past the San Bernardino fires on Thursday afternoon just hours before they had to close the highway. The following picture was taken on CA-127 looking at the Salt Spring Hills near Shoshone in the Mojave Desert (elev 600 ft).
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/60111/hwy127.jpg">
Coincidentally, it appears that the 04 A8L has a governed speed limit of 127 true mph (135 indicated mph). Or so I'm told.
The next photo is at Death Valley Junction (elev 2000 ft).
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/60111/dvjunction2.jpg">
No photos in Death Valley, I'm afraid. It was getting too hazy from the fires in LA, and there wasn't enough time to explore.
Got to Henderson, NV before the haze rolled in; this next photo is at Rainbow Vista in the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/60111/rainbowvista5.jpg">
Finally, home sweet home.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/60111/grateful1.jpg">
Average mileage for the trip was about 21 mpg. Problems - none (except for the intermittent blank MMI screen on startup, which was NOT fixed by the radio replacement).
Time spent agonizing over the bumper dings from the dealer - 2 ms.
Amazingly, I didn't see another A8L on the entire trip. Got a few Hi-5s on I-5, and got my friend in Henderson in trouble with his wife for wanting one so bad.
The drive down I-5 in central California never went by more quickly. Drove past the San Bernardino fires on Thursday afternoon just hours before they had to close the highway. The following picture was taken on CA-127 looking at the Salt Spring Hills near Shoshone in the Mojave Desert (elev 600 ft).
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/60111/hwy127.jpg">
Coincidentally, it appears that the 04 A8L has a governed speed limit of 127 true mph (135 indicated mph). Or so I'm told.
The next photo is at Death Valley Junction (elev 2000 ft).
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/60111/dvjunction2.jpg">
No photos in Death Valley, I'm afraid. It was getting too hazy from the fires in LA, and there wasn't enough time to explore.
Got to Henderson, NV before the haze rolled in; this next photo is at Rainbow Vista in the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/60111/rainbowvista5.jpg">
Finally, home sweet home.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/60111/grateful1.jpg">
Average mileage for the trip was about 21 mpg. Problems - none (except for the intermittent blank MMI screen on startup, which was NOT fixed by the radio replacement).
Time spent agonizing over the bumper dings from the dealer - 2 ms.
Amazingly, I didn't see another A8L on the entire trip. Got a few Hi-5s on I-5, and got my friend in Henderson in trouble with his wife for wanting one so bad.
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Crowded conditions at the dealer...
when I had the car in for its 5K service two weeks ago. It's a perfectly symmetric imprint of two license plate screws from the front bumper of the car they nudged too close to mine. Dealer was quite up-front and apologetic about it, and they'll be repairing and repainting the rear bumper when I take it back next week.
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Word to the wise--Make sure they have a competent body shop handle this...
...And make sure they remove and re-paint the entire bumper cover. A while ago someone on the A6 forum had a nasty issue with his dealer doin' a half-**** spot repair on his bumper cover. Don't assume that they wouldn't try to cut corners just 'cause it's an A8. BTW, very nice car...And great pics!