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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - I’m in LOVE with my Grenadier, and can’t stop smiling when I’m driving this amazing vehicle.
Today was Day 1 of an 8 day trip, with my task being to drive solo from Sydney, NSW down to Geelong, Victoria, via the main freeway between Sydney and Melbourne, but completely bypassing Melbourne itself, by taking a bunch of back country roads. In all, about 1100km, over about 13 or so hours.
When I first acquired my Gren, I quickly got used to the infamous left foot bump in the right-hand driver spot. However, after about 2 or so hours, my left knee would start aching, needing to stretch out, but we can’t stretch that leg due to the hump, and no room. So I was worried that this would hamper my travel time, having to stop every couple of hours.
In the end, I did stop every couple of hours, but not because of a sore left knee, but just things like getting fuel, or getting some brekky, or lunch.
The drive itself today was _cruisey_, the vehicle competed it without issue. I was comfortable, pain free, enjoying the drive, the solitude, the scenery, and the music list. I’ve _really_ enjoyed this vehicle since I did the wheel alignment, and had my TPMS sensor issue fixed.
The one “issue” I did have was the TPMS sensors reporting high tyre pressure. I had set the tyre pressures to approximately 37psi, and the rear tyres got up to 44psi. The reason for this? Outside temperature for most of the day was about 33 degrees C, so yeah, they got a bit warm, and never really cooled down to the point the high pressure warnings went away.
I spent a large part of the drive on the main freeway (the M31 Hume Highway) between Sydney and a country town called Seymour. Most of this was on cruise control, and it worked flawlessly.
I’m down here in Geelong for the next few days, then I begin a 3 day drive back home through central NSW, with the goal to find and drive some roads I’d not been down before. Some parts of those may even be dirt roads. So looking forward to that phase of this trip - my first big trip in my awesome Gren.
Today was Day 1 of an 8 day trip, with my task being to drive solo from Sydney, NSW down to Geelong, Victoria, via the main freeway between Sydney and Melbourne, but completely bypassing Melbourne itself, by taking a bunch of back country roads. In all, about 1100km, over about 13 or so hours.
When I first acquired my Gren, I quickly got used to the infamous left foot bump in the right-hand driver spot. However, after about 2 or so hours, my left knee would start aching, needing to stretch out, but we can’t stretch that leg due to the hump, and no room. So I was worried that this would hamper my travel time, having to stop every couple of hours.
In the end, I did stop every couple of hours, but not because of a sore left knee, but just things like getting fuel, or getting some brekky, or lunch.
The drive itself today was _cruisey_, the vehicle competed it without issue. I was comfortable, pain free, enjoying the drive, the solitude, the scenery, and the music list. I’ve _really_ enjoyed this vehicle since I did the wheel alignment, and had my TPMS sensor issue fixed.
The one “issue” I did have was the TPMS sensors reporting high tyre pressure. I had set the tyre pressures to approximately 37psi, and the rear tyres got up to 44psi. The reason for this? Outside temperature for most of the day was about 33 degrees C, so yeah, they got a bit warm, and never really cooled down to the point the high pressure warnings went away.
I spent a large part of the drive on the main freeway (the M31 Hume Highway) between Sydney and a country town called Seymour. Most of this was on cruise control, and it worked flawlessly.
I’m down here in Geelong for the next few days, then I begin a 3 day drive back home through central NSW, with the goal to find and drive some roads I’d not been down before. Some parts of those may even be dirt roads. So looking forward to that phase of this trip - my first big trip in my awesome Gren.
