8,975 miles - Rage Against the OBC
Okay, again my apologies for not blogging a thing. As you can see from my odometer reading, I am once again driving my MINI. As mentioned earlier, I never planned on using my MINI during the snowy winter months... but in addition to that, I have been reticent to drive him since my first scheduled maintenance coincided with my upcoming trip to the Dragon in May.
You see, back in January when I made the decision to conquer the Dragon, the on board computer (OBC)calculated roughly 3,500 miles until service time. I reserved approximately 2,500 fun motoring miles for the Dragon. This left me with about 1,000 motoring miles until May 2nd (departure date for North Carolina)... not a lot of miles, but doable. Driving 3,500 miles between January through April would have been too daunting, especially since my MINI was under covers for winter. So as long as I kept to my plan, Leroy will have his first scheduled service shortly after the Dragon.
Well, my OBC now calculates 2,975 miles until service and with approximately one month until take-off, I think I will be OK with ~475 motoring miles. But...
Spring is here and I find myself reaching for the keys to my MINI more and more with each passing day... and despite my fear for dump-trucks on the New Jersey Turnpike, I have taken Leroy to work more times than I care to admit. I am even considering doing a MINI run (or two hehee) later this month.
As you can see, I'm cutting it close... real close according to my estimates. Worst comes to worst, I'll limit my driving while at the Dragon -- yeeesh!! The whole trip was about driving!! -- or have my maintenance done at the first available MINI dealership I find.
Why does everything have to be so difficult?!?
T - 21 days.
Okay, again my apologies for not blogging a thing. As you can see from my odometer reading, I am once again driving my MINI. As mentioned earlier, I never planned on using my MINI during the snowy winter months... but in addition to that, I have been reticent to drive him since my first scheduled maintenance coincided with my upcoming trip to the Dragon in May.
You see, back in January when I made the decision to conquer the Dragon, the on board computer (OBC)calculated roughly 3,500 miles until service time. I reserved approximately 2,500 fun motoring miles for the Dragon. This left me with about 1,000 motoring miles until May 2nd (departure date for North Carolina)... not a lot of miles, but doable. Driving 3,500 miles between January through April would have been too daunting, especially since my MINI was under covers for winter. So as long as I kept to my plan, Leroy will have his first scheduled service shortly after the Dragon.
Well, my OBC now calculates 2,975 miles until service and with approximately one month until take-off, I think I will be OK with ~475 motoring miles. But...
Spring is here and I find myself reaching for the keys to my MINI more and more with each passing day... and despite my fear for dump-trucks on the New Jersey Turnpike, I have taken Leroy to work more times than I care to admit. I am even considering doing a MINI run (or two hehee) later this month.
As you can see, I'm cutting it close... real close according to my estimates. Worst comes to worst, I'll limit my driving while at the Dragon -- yeeesh!! The whole trip was about driving!! -- or have my maintenance done at the first available MINI dealership I find.
Why does everything have to be so difficult?!?
T - 21 days.
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