I drove from Austin to southern Oklahoma this Sunday, and averaged 62.2 mpg according to my HCH's readout. On the trip back home on Monday afternoon, I watched my FE average drop and drop and drop, down to 53.9 by the time I pulled in to my driveway. I attribute the great mileage going north and crap mileage going south to high winds from the south.

Speaking of Dallas, I escaped a 4-car collision by about six inches, right where before where one exits from 35-north to 75. The wreck began when the person two cars ahead of me sideswiped the car in the far-right lane, and the truck in front of me began fishtailing as its brakes locked up. That trucks rear bumber clipped the rear bumper of the left car as he skidded to a stop. The car to my right rear ended the wrecked cars. I ended up stalling my car because I forgot to put the clutch in as I came to a near-complete halt in the middle of the busy freeway. Luckily, restarting the HCH MT is as simple as putting it back in first and, in the case of restarting in the middle of a busy freeway... STOMPING ON IT! For what it's worth, no one seemed to have gotten too badly damaged, and I doubt anyone was hurt.

I HATE driving the freeways through downtown Dallas!