On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Christensen wrote:

> I have noticed that some folks will go crazy on maintenance on any vehicle
> before a 1,000 trip, however, they put that many miles on in 3 weeks of
> daily commuting and never think twice about it.

If I can help it, I try not to do major maintenance *right* before a long
trip.  I do it a week or two ahead, so I have time to find out if I broke
anything in the process. ;)

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon