Tuesday, Apr 07, 2009 at 16:42
Willem you are right. And I often do teach maths although I am usually an English teacher. Sigh.
We went from
Oodnadatta, where the vehicle was filled, to Dalhousie, followed the Rig track then the
inside track into B'ville. I had intended going via Mt Dare and topping up there, but decided we probably could do it by going direct to Dalhousie. I drove very, and unusually carefully, the whole way, idling down hills , getting into top gear asap etc because I wasn't quite sure that we would get through, having not gone the Mt Dare route. No idea now on actua lkm and litres used, just the final calculation which gave 7.9somethingL per 100. I said at the time to the
Mobil in b'ville that noone would believe me.
Tell you what, next time someone is in B'ville, chat to the
Mobil serv owner and report back to us all. As I said, he wasn't at all surprised when I double checked the figures with him and discussed the speed we were doing.
I'm doing the trip again this year. Had intended taking 2 jerries this time and going a bit quicker. Do I have to redo it and get signed statements? There is already another EO member on ther private messages discussing joining this year's crossing.
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