Doing the Rounds
Feb. 11th, 2022 02:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeNevada requires your odometer reading when you renew your vehicle registration. I realized when I renewed the registration on the RV that it had barely moved in the past year. Due to rounding, I reported one more mile than last year, but that was because we moved it from the rear driveway to the front once when we were doing some work where we needed the space, then moved it back a few days later. It's not a great idea to leave a vehicle sit that long, so after work yesterday, I decided to see if the Rolling Stone would start, and if it would, take it for a short drive.
With only a slight hesitation, the vehicle started with a roar. A loud roar. It was much louder than I remember it being the last time that I drove it. With some hesitation, I set out to stretch the RV's legs a little bit.
I did this "loop" of Fernley, which included slow side streets, medium speed main streets, and 70 mph freeway driving between exits 46 and 48. The RV performed fine, having no problem getting up to speed, but it was really loud. I pulled it back in front of the house. (Lisa suggests that it's best to move the vehicles around periodically lest nosy neighbors think you're harboring derelict vehicles and complain to the city.) When idling, the engine sounds more or less normal. There was no sign of smoke or other vehicular distress.
Lisa suggests that the muffler might have rusted through from a year's accumulated moisture, despite our dry climate. We'll check that out soon, and if necessary get the muffler replaced, which is annoying but not a crisis. It will, however, cost a bunch of increasingly expensive gasoline to drive the Rolling Stone (which wasn't living up to its name for the past year) to Reno for the muffler service.
With only a slight hesitation, the vehicle started with a roar. A loud roar. It was much louder than I remember it being the last time that I drove it. With some hesitation, I set out to stretch the RV's legs a little bit.
I did this "loop" of Fernley, which included slow side streets, medium speed main streets, and 70 mph freeway driving between exits 46 and 48. The RV performed fine, having no problem getting up to speed, but it was really loud. I pulled it back in front of the house. (Lisa suggests that it's best to move the vehicles around periodically lest nosy neighbors think you're harboring derelict vehicles and complain to the city.) When idling, the engine sounds more or less normal. There was no sign of smoke or other vehicular distress.
Lisa suggests that the muffler might have rusted through from a year's accumulated moisture, despite our dry climate. We'll check that out soon, and if necessary get the muffler replaced, which is annoying but not a crisis. It will, however, cost a bunch of increasingly expensive gasoline to drive the Rolling Stone (which wasn't living up to its name for the past year) to Reno for the muffler service.
