Prepping car for long drive
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Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Irvine, CA
GLE 450 2021, SLK 350 2013, Honda Civc Type R 2019, Suzuki GSXR 750 2014, Ducati Diavel 2018
mnbenzfan thats pretty good, but i have a 550, so hopefully i;m somewhere in that range 
thanks bheng, i am going to tape up the bumper for sure. my car is only 2 yrs old and has 23k miles on it, Ill be heading down there between august 10-15,
haha, must have been fun drive clk500, iv gotten close to 27 but that was when i first got the car and didnt drive enthusiastically. now that i do, ill be lucky to get anything in the 20s
supacrazykev
for sure man, ill pm u my number, doesnt inflating the tires above the recommended cause the tread to wear faster? i have 5w-40 i think rite now, i need to double check, if i could score 24mpg that would be ideal....while driving enthusiastically lol
jhouse, i think i now what your talking about, i have something similar for my iphone actually. but i plug the phone into the aux port
so far iv got
1.oil change
2.tire pressure
3. good co-pilot
4.tunes
5. redbull
6. radar-detector+laser jammer
7. video camera to record the journey.
8. tape the front bumper to avoid chips,what about the hood?
9.
....anything else i missed?
thanks bheng, i am going to tape up the bumper for sure. my car is only 2 yrs old and has 23k miles on it, Ill be heading down there between august 10-15,
haha, must have been fun drive clk500, iv gotten close to 27 but that was when i first got the car and didnt drive enthusiastically. now that i do, ill be lucky to get anything in the 20s
supacrazykev
for sure man, ill pm u my number, doesnt inflating the tires above the recommended cause the tread to wear faster? i have 5w-40 i think rite now, i need to double check, if i could score 24mpg that would be ideal....while driving enthusiastically lol
jhouse, i think i now what your talking about, i have something similar for my iphone actually. but i plug the phone into the aux port
so far iv got
1.oil change
2.tire pressure
3. good co-pilot
4.tunes
5. redbull
6. radar-detector+laser jammer
7. video camera to record the journey.
8. tape the front bumper to avoid chips,what about the hood?
9.
....anything else i missed?
I guess cleaning air filters and MAF sensors won't hurt either
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Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Houston Exburb-Richmond TX
2014 CLS 550 & 2004 CL55
Trip is done. The trip over was great. The car had a little more rolling noise than | expected, but I either I got over it or it diminished. For 500 miles I got 24.5 mpg average between 75 and 85 mph. Plenty of power.
Speaking of power, I figured out what to use that net in the wheel well I replaced. It's great to store power inverter (connected to the cigarette lighter I had fixed) so I could power, the Droid2, iPad and DroidX all at once.
Very comfortable on way over. Then found out we were bringing 11 year old back. Wife *****ed about not being able to get comfortable in the back seat the whole way back. Use a short extension cord to get the iPad to the back seat to shut her up.
Only problem on the way over was sharing one cup holder. Figured out on the way back that the rear armrest has two more in it. Apparently I had forgotten about that completely.
Also used the cruise control for the first time. That is the best designed system I have ever seen. Much better than all the others I've ever used. I only saw 3 other CLKs on the entire trip. And the trip computer is deadly accurate, which is also great.
Speaking of power, I figured out what to use that net in the wheel well I replaced. It's great to store power inverter (connected to the cigarette lighter I had fixed) so I could power, the Droid2, iPad and DroidX all at once.
Very comfortable on way over. Then found out we were bringing 11 year old back. Wife *****ed about not being able to get comfortable in the back seat the whole way back. Use a short extension cord to get the iPad to the back seat to shut her up.
Only problem on the way over was sharing one cup holder. Figured out on the way back that the rear armrest has two more in it. Apparently I had forgotten about that completely.
Also used the cruise control for the first time. That is the best designed system I have ever seen. Much better than all the others I've ever used. I only saw 3 other CLKs on the entire trip. And the trip computer is deadly accurate, which is also great.
Last edited by JHouse; Jun 18, 2011 at 11:20 PM.
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