I drove separately from F-no to Salinas for NYE, then went to Bebe N' Ricks super sweet new digs in Auburn on NYD. When I got there, I thought the steep incline covered in gravel that makes up their drive was causing me to break loose, so I just idled up the hill. B&R are excellent hosts and I had a great time last night and early this morning. This morning on the way to the meet, the truck has only two speeds: 0-5% throttle..... forever, followed up by a unpredictable 110% throttle drag race where keeping the rears on the ground is nearly impossible, even on dry pavement. I meet Johnny S. and before we can even get acquainted, decide to run for parts. Both Autozone and Napa are staffed by clueless, part-time car-tards who have no idea what a MAP sensor is, where it goes, what it does, or even if the one they have goes on a gas or diesel engine. The stealership tries to get me to pay for a newly superseded $200 part before they tell me ITS OUT OF STOCK AND THEY WERE ONLY GONNA ORDER IT!!!!1!!!!1 I tell the group to head on and I will catch them next time. I play with tune settings for a half and finally make the truck sorta drivable so I can limp home. Long story short, a 3.25 hr drive ends up taking over 7 hours. FML.
On the up side, I got 17+mpg the whole way home.