I assumed I’d dedicate a publish to a long-haul, multi-climate journey. I recall seeing different posts that have been comparable whereas I used to be contemplating and after shopping for my automotive. I can’t be as thorough as these, however I at all times discovered these useful if not simply plain enjoyable. I’ve completed this journey (not precisely however the major routes and long-hauls) earlier than in our earlier SUV 4 occasions, so I can provide strong comparisons.
Our earlier SUV was a 2016 Volvo XC90 R-Design (lined within the subsequent publish). It was properly loaded with 4C Air Suspension, AutoPilot2, Premium, Bowers & Wilkins and the Polestar manufacturing unit tune. It carried out flawlessly in all journeys (besides a rock to the windshield).
I’ll be capable to evaluate the way it does by way of semi-autonomous driving, gasoline effectivity, refinement, powering up excessive altitude passes, measurement, consolation, and so on. Each autos are AWD with All-Season tires, the Volvo had 20”, the BMW 21”. The BMW has run-flats the place the Volvo had a spare.
Since we’re doing a 3 week lengthy journey, we determined to drive the BMW, which regardless of being nearly 1.5 years previous, solely has 4,800 miles on it. We’re excited concerning the additional measurement, the smoother energy supply and I’m “pondering” I gained’t take an excessive amount of a penalty on effectivity, however we’ll see. We had initially ordered a 40i, however shortly modified to the M60 as a result of FOMO.
Our route is:
Day 1 – Austin, TX to Amarillo, TX (probably by way of Winters/Sweetwater/Lubbock)
Day 2 – Amarillo, TX to Denver, CO (by way of Dalhart, Raton, Pueblo, Springs)
Day 3 – Denver, CO to Avon, CO (by way of I70/Eisenhower/Vail Go)
Day 4 – Avon, CO to Breckenridge, CO
—-> +1 Week
Breckenridge, CO to Vail, CO (by way of I70 and Vail Go)
—-> +8 Days
Vail, CO to Telluride, CO (probably by way of I70W via Montrose)
—-> +1 Week
Telluride, CO to Clovis, NM
Following Day – Clovis, NM to Austin, TX (path to be decided)
I’ll create subsequent posts for various updates, the following publish will cowl the final automotive we took on this journey and its gasoline effectivity logs from Fuelly, the identical platform I’ll use for this journey.
Here is the fundamental route:
Final edited by U235; 12-14-2023 at 09:10 PM..
