Dustball Rally 2016
08-09-2016, 12:48 AM
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Dustball Rally 2016
Home from the 2016 Dustball Rally. I drove ~1,300 miles Austin -> Las Vegas for the start. Dustball Rally itself was 2,000 additional miles Las Vegas -> Vancouver BC, largely on two lane roads. Fantastic trip: well-planned and executed.
The CLK55 ran without incident; temp was rock-solid between 80C and 100C the entire trip, even through Death Valley. Only need in 3,300 miles was one quart of oil. Mileage now ~57.8k.
The CLK55 ran without incident; temp was rock-solid between 80C and 100C the entire trip, even through Death Valley. Only need in 3,300 miles was one quart of oil. Mileage now ~57.8k.
08-09-2016, 08:12 AM
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Home from the 2016 Dustball Rally. I drove ~1,300 miles Austin -> Las Vegas for the start. Dustball Rally itself was 2,000 additional miles Las Vegas -> Vancouver BC, largely on two lane roads. Fantastic trip: well-planned and executed.
The CLK55 ran without incident; temp was rock-solid between 80C and 100C the entire trip, even through Death Valley. Only need in 3,300 miles was one quart of oil. Mileage now ~57.8k.
The CLK55 ran without incident; temp was rock-solid between 80C and 100C the entire trip, even through Death Valley. Only need in 3,300 miles was one quart of oil. Mileage now ~57.8k.
Sounds like a good time. You come out to cars and coffee and brings some pictures. People would get a kick out of it.
08-15-2016, 06:26 PM
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Looks like a lot of Goodness and fun!!!!
Post the next event a few months in advance and we might have a few more CLKs to show off and enjoy fun in the dust. so to speak
Cheers, Gator
Post the next event a few months in advance and we might have a few more CLKs to show off and enjoy fun in the dust. so to speak
Cheers, Gator
08-15-2016, 07:02 PM
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Dustball Rally 2017 is NY to L.A. I plan to go. Look into it -- a really good group of folks, the vast majority of whom were reasonable, helpful, fun, and driver-community-minded. I jumped in for 2016 after reading an article on Jalopnik.
08-15-2016, 07:19 PM
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Ny to LA, wow I was thinking a Texas Arizona private autobahn.
There was a gumball recently and part of it was from Miami to NY continuing on into Europe.
Jalopnik, I am going to write that down. :-)
Thanks MIT
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There was a gumball recently and part of it was from Miami to NY continuing on into Europe.
Jalopnik, I am going to write that down. :-)
Thanks MIT
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12-03-2016, 11:20 AM
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(I'm cheating on the AMG with a 911 for this one)
http://dustballrally.com/index.php?o...000&Itemid=268
