re: long trip in a 4000q reply

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<<<<<<Michael.D.Nelson@Dartmouth.Edu (Michael D. Nelson) said:

Subject: Trip?



I'm thinking of taking a long (around 7000 miles) trip sometime in the next

month or two, but I'm not sure if my car (86 4KCSQ, 180K miles) will make
it. 

The car has (or will have) lots of recently replaced parts (brakes, exhaust,

struts, wheel bearings, belts, hoses, tires, tune up, AC recharge), and of

course I'd have it thoroughly gone over before I leave, but I'm concerned
about

some things (alternator, water pump, radiator).  The timing belt was done at

130K.  I have AAA and a cell phone, and the car runs great, but...



Am I nuts for considering taking this car across the country and back?  Any

opinions/advice would be highly appreciated.>>>>>>

*Go for it.  I would regularly travel from Michigan to New England in my '86
4000csq for long weekends, at 800 miles each way.  Never even worried.
 Alternator may be due; I'd replace the brushes, at probably less than $20.
 Why are you concerned?  Get rental reimbursement from your insurance co. for
peace of mind, and use your triple a if needed (the plus membership, with
flatbed towing, right?).  Have fun, the car is a great long distance
traveller.
chris miller, windham NH, former '86 4000csq owner