way cool that McCarthy has made it 740 and two stop and go's on her first adventure! even cooler that she has such a great new family to care for her. thanks for your updates. hope the rest of your trip is trouble free. shirley --- Peter Albarian <pcalbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here I am driving south through Oklahoma on US-69 > and enjoying the cool air flowing over my bald head. > I stopped twice over night to rest; once for 30 > minutes and the other for 45. The sun is about to > ring in the new day and I'm generally pleased with > the way things are going.........but not completely. > Two fill-ups ago, this original to the car 1200 > engine seemed hotter than before, and it had used > 1/4 quart of oil. The last fill-up it seemed even > hotter and had used 3/4 of a quart. I decided it > would be best to reduce my max speed to 55mph and > resort to plan B. Kirk will be leaving my house in > a few minutes with my diesel and trailer, and if > things with the Beetle remain about the same, we'll > probably connect around Waco about 9:30. Right now > we have traveled 740 miles which is probably the > amount Caren's new toy has traveled total over the > past 7ish years. My feeling is that as the day > heats up, I'll be risking this engine and that's not > worth my pride or McCarthy's (she's already named > her). > More later, > Peter > > BlackBerry service provided by Nextel