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Model A update:
Friday I drove it 48 miles; picked it up and took it to the insurance guy to photograph
Saturday I drove it 52 miles; Sherry and I went to Centralia for supper
Today I drove it 64 miles; Sherry and I went to a friend's house to visit

It looks like I'll be finding excuses to drive this thing every day until the new wears off.

In addition to the things I have learned that I mentioned previously today I learned where the light switch is and how to dim the lights. I also learned that the speedometer and fuel gauge don't have lights. If you're going to drive so after dark you need to look at the gas gauge while it's still light outside and make sure you've got enough gas to get to where you're going or at least to a gas station. Speedometer really doesn't matter. Unless you're in a slow speed limit in town it won't go over the speed limit anyway. You just drive it like any old car. If it starts to lug down you downshift. If the engine is getting up there in rpm you upshift. Simple. The aftermarket temp gauge isn't lighted either but so far it's been right on 170° - 175° every time I look at it. I doubt that'll change much, day or night. I found out that there is a shade you can pull down over the rear window. I think that next time I drive it after dark I'll pull it down to keep the headlights of following cars out of my eyes (through the rear-view mirror). There are still two outside mirrors I can use to keep track of other traffic. Before tonight I really didn't realize how nice day/night rearview mirrors are.

Today I got 12.99 mpg. A 1930 Model A tank holds 10 gallons. So it looks like I better be finding a gas station at around 100 miles after fill-up. After a hunnert miles of driving a Model A I'll be needing to get out and walk around. And SWMBO can't go over a hundred miles between potty breaks so if she's with me I'd have to be stopping anyway. And that's at highway speeds in a late model. In a Model A I imagine she'll need to stop every 60-70 miles.

I think that there is going to be something to learn every time I drive it.

At least the temp has been very conducive to driving with windows down and no A/C.

Question: are there really lights in the gauges and I just don't know where the switch is?