Car pickup report... Cleveland to Utah, the long way

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Just wanted to post a quick report of my epic car pickup trip.

I flew from Salt Lake City to Cleveland Friday night. Ganley Honda, where I got the car, is very close to the airport which was convenient. I stayed the night nearby and then on Saturday morning the salesperson from Ganley picked me up at the hotel.

Everything went smoothly at the dealership and all the people I dealt with were friendly and helpful (PM me if you want the names of anybody there as a referral). I was done with everything and on the road by about 11 AM.

Since the temperatures were low and all I had were the stock wheels/tires I opted to take a very southernly route back to Salt Lake City. Normally you would take the "high" route via I-80 and go across Iowa, Nebraska, and Wyoming, but that looked like it was going to be very cold and potentially snowy. The "middle" route would take me on I-70 through Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado. That route seemed a little better but I-70 west of Denver is very mountainous (as in, 11,000 feet high mountainous) and had snow in the forecast.

The route I ended up taking was Cleveland - Columbus - Indianapolis - St. Louis - Springfield - Tulsa - Oklahoma City - Amarillo - Albuquerque - and then cut diagonally through the Four Corners up to Salt Lake City.

I got to Oklahoma City on Saturday around 1 AM local time (about 15 hours of driving) and spent the night, then made it all the way to Salt Lake City on Sunday, into Monday, leaving around 10 AM and arriving at 3 AM local time (18 hours driving).

Weather was cold but clear for the most part. I did encounter some fairly heavy snowfall about an hour or two east of Albuquerque but luckily it wasn't sticking. That was actually the only time the entire trip the the car got snowed/rained on. That combined with the cold temperatures (meaning no bugs!) kept the car surprisingly clean. The lower half has some various streaks and dirt from the road, but the whole top half looks like it was just washed still.

I did have a near miss (near hit?) with a cow somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the far southwest corner of Colorado. It's an open range area there, which, if you aren't familiar with that sign, means that the cows can roam freely across the roads. For some reason one of them was awake and starting to cross the road around midnight when I went by. Luckily I saw the cow head and eyeball coming out of the dark with enough time to move over a little and avoid any cow impact.

One thing I noticed is that the car seems to need a lot more frequent gas stops than I'm used to (or at least it tells you it does). It seems like the low fuel light comes on when there's 2 gallons or more in the tank as every time I stopped for gas the car only took 10 to 10.5 gallons and I had driven 10-15 miles beyond when the fuel light came on.

I started with a full tank and immediately filled the car up as soon as I got back so I could see the total fuel used and MPG. Total miles were 2232 using 83.919 gallons, equating to 26.6 MPG which seems a little low for all highway on that long of a trip but I guess we'll see how it does in the future.

My winter wheels and tires arrived Monday and I promptly installed them the same day. Now I feel better about driving the car in the cold temperatures that we have right now and hopefully it will do well in the snow later.

I've attached a few photos from the dealership delivery, some gas stations, and some other various boring things... I didn't stop anywhere exciting since I was on a mission to get back before any snow crossed the route so there aren't any super pictures. Hopefully you will get a kick out of my "Championship White Castle" shot! Total Honda nerd inside joke!

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congrats! another msrp sold ctr from ohio...love it ;-)
 

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how was your experience with car? comfortable and fun easy to drive, etc? were u able to manage to keep it under 4K rpm for the the first 600 miles? and then did you get a chance to open it up after 600 miles? any grinding issue you encountered?
 
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how was your experience with car? comfortable and fun easy to drive, etc? were u able to manage to keep it under 4K rpm for the the first 600 miles? and then did you get a chance to open it up after 600 miles? any grinding issue you encountered?
I posted a little review of the comfort over in the other thread about highway driving. Short answer is it's a great highway car and my only issues with comfort were due to the duration of the driving sessions so I'm sure it was not anything due to the car.

I wasn't intentionally keeping it below 4k RPM, but I was intentionally not driving it crazy just because it was super cold and I feared the stock tires. So it was essentially 6th gear all the way other than when I exited for gas or food. I'm sure by the time I did any kind of even slightly fast acceleration (which was in New Mexico) the car was well past the 600 mile mark (probably almost to 2000 miles haha), but even then I haven't "floored" it or done any max acceleration sprints.

I didn't notice any grinding issues. Is that something that has been reported? I will say the rev matching feature is like a crazy new toy for me. This is the first car I've had that has it and I'm trying to get used to driving with it. I've owned somewhere around 20 manual transmission cars and watching the revs increase automatically when I select a lower gear is like magic to me!
 


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flying to pick up a new car is a lot of fun. I have done it twice. Great trip report.

The rev-matching feature is very cool on this car. I too have been driving manuals all my life and heel-toe downshifting has always been second nature to me. But I have really gotten spoiled with the rev-match. Actually, the pedals on the CTR don't line up for my foot position very well to heel-toe with consistent success, so it works out. I do interrupt the auto-rev feature every now and then with a "manual" downshift just for fun (!)

I have experienced the "grind" issue going from 1st to 2nd 3 times in my 4500 miles. But all 3 of those happened before 1500 miles on the odo and I have not experienced it since. From all the reading I have done, this seems to be a known problem among several Honda models over the years. Not sure if it was reported with the S2K or not.

You took the most interesting route (except for the Colorado portion of I-70 which is awesome, but a tricky time of year for that as you said). Kansas is a fine state I'm sure, but OMG is there a more boring drive?

Congratulations on the new ride.....
 

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Absolutely nice. The trip was probably something great to remember too!
 

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That's so awesome! Congrats! And yes, that area of CO is a "fun" one to drive through with the free range cattle. MOO! Glad you were able to avoid it! :)
 

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Congrats on the purchase and road trip! Me and the wife did a similar road trip flew out from colorado to get our car from a dealership in pennsylvania (roberts honda) to get our championship white at msrp ! It really is a great car and surprisingly very easy to drive at highway speed - seats are super comfy !
 

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Hey, get the Acuity pedal relocator to solve your heel-toe problem. I got one and it's one of the greatest mods!! It's solid build and beautiful in Purple :-D Seriously, it really works out great and now my heel toe is perfect which puts me much much closer to my CTR than ever!!!

flying to pick up a new car is a lot of fun. I have done it twice. Great trip report.

The rev-matching feature is very cool on this car. I too have been driving manuals all my life and heel-toe downshifting has always been second nature to me. But I have really gotten spoiled with the rev-match. Actually, the pedals on the CTR don't line up for my foot position very well to heel-toe with consistent success, so it works out. I do interrupt the auto-rev feature every now and then with a "manual" downshift just for fun (!)

I have experienced the "grind" issue going from 1st to 2nd 3 times in my 4500 miles. But all 3 of those happened before 1500 miles on the odo and I have not experienced it since. From all the reading I have done, this seems to be a known problem among several Honda models over the years. Not sure if it was reported with the S2K or not.

You took the most interesting route (except for the Colorado portion of I-70 which is awesome, but a tricky time of year for that as you said). Kansas is a fine state I'm sure, but OMG is there a more boring drive?

Congratulations on the new ride.....
 
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Nice one, I just made the drive from Detroit down there last week for the same reason
 

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I Can vouch for Ganley Honda they are a great Dealership. Dealt with them a few time back in my S2k days.
 

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So now I know where the white ones went, was debating colors, but I was too slow and the choice was made for me. I took the black one home, only 4 miles away! No regrets!

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Congrats on getting the car in the correct color, OP! :yes:
 

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Excellent story love it that’s the way to buy a car, thanks for sharing.
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