Cold, snow flurries, and wi-fi
Nov. 18th, 2021 08:45 pmGary had another rehearsal day. Thursday he works with the Kishwaukee Ramblers, a trio he has played with for a number of years. I occasionally fill in with them when needed, but am not a regular, so Thursday is my day to do laundry and other solitary tasks. Today I wanted to take my car somewhere, as I haven't driven it for a couple of weeks. (And it's good for vehicles to be run regularly, so I try not to go longer than that.)
So I dutifully cleared the leaves off the windshield and checked the tires. The low pressure warning light came on last time I drove, and when I got home I checked and found that the pressure in all four tires was indeed 3 or 4 PSI lower than it should be. They weren't likely to all be leaking so I put it down to the sudden temperature drop we've had, from 60s and 70s wham, right into the 30s. Pumped them back up to within a pound or so of the recommended level, but I didn't want to go all the way up in case it suddenly were to warm up again. (It didn't.) Anyway, the warning light did not come on, and the tires don't look flabby, so I guess 31 is almost as good as 33 PSI. I'll push them up farther tomorrow.
Took my laptop, tablet, and phone with me and drove into town to the public library, where the wi-fi is about ten times faster than what we get at home. They actually encourage users to "borrow" their bandwidth by parking in front of the building these days, since it saves having to mask up to go into the library itself for that purpose. Ran all the updates and patches to Android and Linux in far less time than it would have taken at home, then packed things up and drove back. Total round trip about ten miles. Time saved maybe as much as three hours.
And the gas mileage on the 2016 Fusion I bought used in September when my Escape finally bit the dust (or turned into into rust, as it were) still shows on the trip meter as 28.3 mpg, which is pretty darned good for a car with 98K miles on it I'd say. It's only an interim solution until the Maverick pick-up I ordered finally comes in (April, it sounds like, if I'm lucky) but I'm finding there's a lot to like about this car.
So I dutifully cleared the leaves off the windshield and checked the tires. The low pressure warning light came on last time I drove, and when I got home I checked and found that the pressure in all four tires was indeed 3 or 4 PSI lower than it should be. They weren't likely to all be leaking so I put it down to the sudden temperature drop we've had, from 60s and 70s wham, right into the 30s. Pumped them back up to within a pound or so of the recommended level, but I didn't want to go all the way up in case it suddenly were to warm up again. (It didn't.) Anyway, the warning light did not come on, and the tires don't look flabby, so I guess 31 is almost as good as 33 PSI. I'll push them up farther tomorrow.
Took my laptop, tablet, and phone with me and drove into town to the public library, where the wi-fi is about ten times faster than what we get at home. They actually encourage users to "borrow" their bandwidth by parking in front of the building these days, since it saves having to mask up to go into the library itself for that purpose. Ran all the updates and patches to Android and Linux in far less time than it would have taken at home, then packed things up and drove back. Total round trip about ten miles. Time saved maybe as much as three hours.
And the gas mileage on the 2016 Fusion I bought used in September when my Escape finally bit the dust (or turned into into rust, as it were) still shows on the trip meter as 28.3 mpg, which is pretty darned good for a car with 98K miles on it I'd say. It's only an interim solution until the Maverick pick-up I ordered finally comes in (April, it sounds like, if I'm lucky) but I'm finding there's a lot to like about this car.