Month: August 2020

Total Date	2020-08-11 to 2020-08-14 (4 days)
KM Traveled	4450
KM/L	14.28204634
MPG Converted (all highway)	33.59351531
Fuel Consumed (L)	311.5800
Fuel Total Cost (Canadian Pesos)	$345.18
$/KM	0.077569531

Don’t do what I did. Driving up to 19 hours a day on is not a good way to get here! If only I made one extra stop, I think I would be a lot less exhausted by the time I started tackling the mountain pass of Coquihalla.

According to the EPA, the 2007 Accord 4dr/4cyl claims to achieve 31MPG highway, and 21MPG city. Almost all the driving performed above is highway. I guess I just proved that with regular full synthetic oil change, along with basic maintenance, even a 13 year old workhorse can easily outperform the EPA MPG rating! I visited the pump 8 times.

This entry will be my last entry for a while. I will be spending time with my Nephew for now. I will re-awaken this blog when I am ready to drive home again.

The stretch from Revelstoke to Vancouver was quite a nail biting experience. Everybody drives very fast, there is a lot of twists and turn on the mountain side, and there are only single lane roadways for many parts of it. I think having a car that was more suited for corner carving made the drive that much more enjoyable when I tacked it last year. Also, I was very well rested last year, where as this year, I have been driving non stop for 3 days straight! I was so stressed out, that I had to stop halfway through Coquihalla to stretch and relax for a bit. I was very much on edge throughout the whole time driving the final leg of this journey. I did not feel comfortable in having my Mother drive this stretch of the road trip, so I tackled it all myself. It was quite an aggravating 6 hours!

With that said, this trip was totally worth it the moment I was able to see my nephew for the very first time. He has quite the personality! I am totally looking forward to spending some time with him to get to know him better.

The car survived! There was relative little consequences overall. I will be taking it to my friends place in the next few days to perform oil change, and give it a quick once over to see if there have been any issues. At the same time, I will perform a final fuel fill up so I can calculate the total MPG consumption for this road trip.

My next post might be my final post for this road trip. I will most likely be flying back home, and leave the Accord for my Mother to use as a daily driver while she is taking care of my nephew. I hope my next road trip would be less hectic, and more casual. My first road trip in my BRZ were polar opposites compared to what I have accomplished this time. Hopefully I will have the oppurtunity to repeat that kind of roadtrip I had last year again some time in the future!

It is currently August 13, 2020, 11:24 PM local time in Revelstoke, BC. I am soooper tired. I have been driving 15+ hours for the past 3 days, so my apologies if I haven’t made an update yet!

A quick update on where I drove.

On day 1, I drove from Toronto, Ontario to Thunder Bay, Ontario. I started at 6:00AM, and didn’t make it to the Hotel at almost midnight!

On day 2, I drove from Thunder Bay to Regina, Saskatchewan. I started at about 6:00 AM, and didn’t make it to the Hotel at almost 10 PM local time. On the way, I also gained 2 hours from the timezone difference.

On day 3, I drove from Regina to Revelstoke, BC. I started around 7:00 AM, and didn’t make it to the Hotel at around 8:00 PM local time. This time, I gained about 1 hour from the timezone difference.

Unfortunately, this time we never had a chance to “explore” or “vacation” along the way. Our main objective was to make it to East Vancouver ASAP. Luckily, my Mom was able to help me drive a bit as I took short breaks to maximize the road time.

Tomorrow should be the final leg of this road trip destination. According to Google Maps, it should take approximately 6 hours to reach there from Revelstoke. I will post some more updates once I get a chance to unwind, unpack, and torment my new Nephew! I will also try to post some numbers of the MPG metrics of my Honda Accord, and compare it to how well it performs relative to my BRZ.

Until then, it is really late. I am really tired. Good night!

I will post an update once I leave the first leg of the trip.

On a different note, my nephew called today! I can’t wait to see him in real life!!!

I’m preparing to do this again. Except this time, it is with a ’07 Honda Accord 2.4 slushbox with 220 000KM! I wish I was driving my BRZ instead.

I spent a lot of time prepping the car. Trans fluid, knock sensor, coolant, brake fluid, motor oil/filter, serpentine belt, new rubber, spark plugs, new LED headlights, etc etc. Driving a 13 year old car across the country is very different than driving a newer vintage car, even though I do try to work very hard to keep her in tiptop shape. I also subscribed to CAA for the first time, just in case.

Due to the pandemic, I won’t be able to stop and sight see as much this time. My goal is to just drive as much as I can to reach my destination, and self isolate for 14 days before I can finally see my nephew! I hope he doesn’t cry when I finally meet him for the first time in real life…