On the road again....

I drove out of the Bay hours later today then I intended but I did drive out.

In rain & wind so ferocious I thought we were in a hurricane or maybe tornado warnings.

Drove out I did, thinking I was 100% ready to go until I switched to veggie oil & couldn't make it up the hill on 13.

Then it dawns on me....grrrrrrr I hadn't changed the fuckin veggie oil filters - nor the air filter. So I googled O'Reilly's while going 2literally mph on the freeway.

Fortunately, I was 1.5 miles from an O'Reilly's so off I went. Of course they didn't have my fuel filter nor air filter in stock but the next one almost 4 miles away did.

But when I got there, first he said the fuel filter was $25 until I informed him it was 17. Then all the sudden it was $17. Why do auto boys think I’m stupid? I already told him I called ahead. Grrrr

Then he told me they didn't have the air filter. Well bah humbug. I have to find another place to get it as running on diesel the engine was pulling hard also.

As I try to find an air filter today (everywhere I'm calling says they have to order 1 to 3 days - nope), I debate whether I should return home in order to change both the veggie filters and wait for the air filter. But I find a place in Oakland to get the air filter - again luckily less than 5 miles away. I will just find a place to change the veggie oil filters, as usual, along my beaten path.

I get back on the freeway that is now a huge parking lot - between rush hour, road work, and this huge weird (for us) storm, I probably drive 8 miles in 3 hours. I have to get over the Altamont Pass before I have an opportunity to pull over and change my pre-filter. It's a horrible gunky mess but lucky for me, I've a clean replacement.