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      07-04-2025, 10:57 PM   #23
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Only concern I have with road trips on my G81 are tyres.

Granted my 20/21 inch combo are not the best for that, which is why for future road trips I’m tempted to get a set of square 19 inch wheels with easy-to-find tyre sizes so if I need to replace along the way it’s not a disaster.

I need to order one of these too: https://modernspare.com/product/2020...e-kit-options/

Wife and I have taken our dogs on the Melbourne to Sydney return a few times (900km each way) and do it in a day. Not sure they’d love the top down though. No issues in our X3 or M3T.
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      07-04-2025, 11:35 PM   #24
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you are good to go 1k mi is nothing. one item that I use on road trips is bug splatter removal fluid cuz the front end gets some nasty creatchers wedged in there
What brand do you recommend?
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Sounds like a great trip! Try to get off the interstate for parts of it... slower isn't always bad! I'd ditch the jumper cables and get a quality jump pack. Get AAA gold with 100 mile tows. Bring a pillow, blanket, and trail mix or something along with extra water for JIK situations like the bridge shut down mentioned above.
Have fun and enjoy the ride as well as the destination!
What brand/model jump starter do you recommend?
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      07-05-2025, 12:02 AM   #26
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What brand/model jump starter do you recommend?
They're all fine. So much better than jumpers!

Noco is pretty highly recommended: https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GB40-Ult.../dp/B015TKUPIC

I have this in all our cars: https://www.amazon.com/AVAPOW-Starte.../dp/B08NPC4VVR
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      07-05-2025, 06:46 AM   #27
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What brand do you recommend?
https://www.griotsgarage.com/bug-smu...ontent=General

been using it for years and it works so well. For nasty crusty deposit you may need to apply 2-3 times and agitate btw applications

also get a roll of blue shop towels and a small bottle of water to wipe off residue at the end

store the bottle in a leak proof bag during travel

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new car people road trip are different than shitty modded box road trip I must say !

I bring :

- tool
- air compressor and tire plug
- tywrap
- tape
- metal wire
- more tools

because doing 4000km with a 600whp wagon, some stuff will fck

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I've done some of that trip on my tour bike 2-up with my wife. From Tampa we took 19 to 98 to Mobile, AL then picked up 90 to New Orleans (our destination before riding back to Virginia). Further West from New Orleans I'd stay on 90 until Lafayette, LA, then pickup Interstate 10 to Houston (90 runs along with it).

As far as the pup, our pups aged out back in 2017 and 2019 but we road tripped with them all the time in our Jeep with the top off/down. Our dogs weighed around 30 pounds each. We'd set up a big dog bed in the back of the jeep with the rear seat removed. Yours at 15 pounds and at interstate speeds, I'd keep him on a really short leash with a harness. Get collapsable water and food bowls for him.

The issue with convertibles is you get sunburned without noticing because the wind is continuously pulling the heat from your skin, so you need to keep up with the sunblock.

A new car at 3,000 miles, I'd bring a credit card and a cell phone.

Here's hoping for a great trip.
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What brand/model jump starter do you recommend?
I have had issues with my Noco jump starter and trickle chargers. The button fails and it will no longer cycle through options. 1 jump starter — GB150 — and 3 trickle chargers. Won’t be buying any more Noco. I have taken them apart and cleaned contacts but will probably need to replace the switches under the buttons.

I bought a couple of Gooloo jump starters and think it is just as good or better a brand. Wait for Amazon sales next week. I bought one GT4000 and one GT4000S Gooloo 4000 series.
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Only concern I have with road trips on my G81 are tyres.

Granted my 20/21 inch combo are not the best for that, which is why for future road trips I’m tempted to get a set of square 19 inch wheels with easy-to-find tyre sizes so if I need to replace along the way it’s not a disaster.

I need to order one of these too: https://modernspare.com/product/2020...e-kit-options/

Wife and I have taken our dogs on the Melbourne to Sydney return a few times (900km each way) and do it in a day. Not sure they’d love the top down though. No issues in our X3 or M3T.
I gotta ask. Do your pups bark with an Australian accent?
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I gotta ask. Do your pups bark with an Australian accent?
Of course they bark the Queen's English. That's why he doesn't understand them.
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Of course they bark the Queen's English. That's why he doesn't understand them.
But seriously though, I have a friend who rescues dogs. Through some US Government contacts, he rescued a mature dog from Turkey. As a serious question I asked if the dog understood English and it did not. It was just funny to me.
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But seriously though, I have a friend who rescues dogs. Through some US Government contacts, he rescued a mature dog from Turkey. As a serious question I asked if the dog understood English and it did not. It was just funny to me.
Why would it speak English in Turkey, where they have a language of their own? It's possible but unlikely. There is a very nice movie "Water for Elephants". They didn't know an elephant understood Polish(?) and thought it was hopelessly dumb while it wasn't at all, they just had failed to teach it English.

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