The first couple of hours, bouncing along at 50mph in the right lane, were absolutely terrifying. My plan was to drive in daylight and sleep in motels because nothing had been done yet to the interior or any of the camping equipment/systems. And, just to be clear, the Winnebago was still really gross. I also bought a pen so I could keep a log of how much gas I was going through (a lot). My first stop was a Wal-Mart where I picked up a decent GPS I could stick on the dash that would give me a rough idea of how fast I was going and how many miles I’d traveled. This journey was made even more interesting by the fact the speedometer, odometer, and gas gauge were still broken. Not running out of gas would get tricky but I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be speeding. I wasn’t sure how much of that VW technical experience would carry over to the Winnebago, but I knew how to expect the unexpected and keep on rolling. Without knowing much about engines or cars in general I was always having to figure stuff out with the bus. I had gotten used to this feeling when we had our ’77 bus. I pretty much knew SOMETHING would go wrong, just not exactly what or how bad it would be. Also, in general, it is not ideal to go on a 1000 mile/three day trip in a vehicle that has been sitting so long. SO after much discussion with the mechanic, I decided just to drive it like that and get it looked at in Indianapolis-if I made it. The mechanic who’d been working on it wasn’t set up to do it and none of the truck places could fit me in. I needed to get an alignment and to have the suspension looked at, but I didn’t have time. And I kind of felt like I was going to fall out of my seat a lot of the time. Basically I had to steer at an angle to go straight. But it was leaning pretty heavily to the right and the steering wheel was not aligned. When I finally went back down to pick it up it was running. It stayed at the shop for like six weeks.
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