"Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net> wrote in
news:7QNWg.3949$YD.2304@trndny09:

Sounds like a mini-nightmare :-) I regularly make the trip from Cedar
Grove, NJ (family at the 140's off the GSP) to home (near Trenton) in 45
minutes or so, but it has taken me as long as 3.5 hours.

OTOH, we travel to Richmond, VA, quite often. That trip (it is 310
miles door-to-door) can take me 4 hours, or it can take me 9 hours. I
think my record was also during a Thanksgiving weekend. We only had one
kid at the time, but the wife was pregnant. Let's just say it was less
than fun.

We're driving to Orlando next month. Can't wait. I hear once you get
past Richmond things are usually pretty good, but I also know my luck :-
(

Eric

> "Eric G." <NgOrSePeAnM99@Zoptonline.Znet> wrote in message
>>
>> Just curious, but what part of the NJTP are you traveling? I guess
>> from about exit 7A up to 8A can be a bit brutal at times (I live
>> about 10 miles off 7A myself), but I rarely have any other problems
>> on the road except for
>> the occasional traffic jam caused by an accident, or a hot woman
>> changing a
>> tire :-)
>>
>> Eric
>
> Heading South Sunday, the tie up was in the northbound lanes at the
> end, but that did not bother me as I was heading the other way. Then
> at about 2 miles before the merge back to a single roadway, it was
> stop and go to just below exit 7. I got off at 6 to the PA Pike
>
> '
> Coming back yesterday, it was 15 mph from 7A to the split (accident)
> and I got off at 11. The GS parkway was very slow from a140 to 160.
> Then 287 was backed up to the exit ramp so instead of taking hte
> Tappan Zee, I headed north to Newburgh to cross to CT. Longer miles,
> but it moved.
>
> I have to make the same trip again in two weeks. I used to do it
> frequently, but I've not been back to the NJ/PA area for five years
> and don't miss the ride. Actual driving time should be 5 hours, but
> yesterday it was 7. My personal record is one Thanksgiving Wednesday
> of 9.5 hours.
>
>
>

 

Bob Adkins wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:29:03 GMT, Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Bob Adkins wrote:
>>
>>
>>>No wonder modern engines don't use a quart of oil before the first
>>>change, a they commonly did in the 1950's.
>>
>>Actually, I've had a couple of auto engineers tell me that the greatest
>>reason for the reduction in oil use is the PCV system, not what gets
>>past the rings and value stems.
>
>
> True, but the PCV won't totally stop poorly sealing rings and
> cylinders from losing oil.

Yes, no doubt. But with rings in decent shape, the amount of oil that
"naturally" gets by them is miniscule if there is no pressure in the
crankcase pushing on the oil.


Matt