A bit irritating repairs were looped all and knocked out with one visit to dealer… tire losing air (but not depleting though) and vehicle having trouble in recognizing my keyfob…
Is my vehicle too American or myself behaving too much American? π
After having a dinner with my buddy’s son who are attending Cornell, we had to leave to east to finish the last major driving of this trip π There has been lot of questions and debates on which route is better for anyone who needs to go east from Ithaca whether to go with I-81/I-90 via Syracuse after shorter local roads or I-88 after longer drive of local roads – The main point of discussions were the safety -especially at night- and road conditions as two route only have 15-30min difference.
After quick thought, I decided to take I-88 with the idea that it will be okay if I can reach I-88 before the sunset π and it was a success although the local roads were slightly slippery and had New York State Patrol following me for any opportunity(?) for speeding at local roads π
Anyhow I ended up enjoying the drive in dark in the middle of nowhere/mountains in I-88, and successfully merged into I-90/Thruway at Albany and continued to east via NY Thruway and Mass Pike which was full force construction mode π -maybe 1/3 of Mass Pike drive was on reduced lanes due to midnight constructions.
After losing soul during the rides and getting sun-burnt on all arms and faces, drove to northwest to Syracuse, NY. (and believe paid countless tolls in Mass Spike and NY Thruway π )
Happen to find Dave’s hot chicken and it was great although it taught me the lesson that hot chicken without Korean sauce is an insult to hot chicken π
The Skyler hotel in Syracuse was a kind of experience of 1800’s old building renovated to hotel π very comfortable hotel except cracking sounds from the floor π
Just did my portion of responsibility π One interesting observation – all the companies I worked in US never honored election day as corporate holiday but surprisingly Stellantis honors election day as corporate holiday – maybe I should thank to UAW? π
Now literally, my company is on news everyday – all terrible looks π¦ now – I feel like this is everyday how I start the work day π
With tons of bad and harsh news, maybe the one I found most accurate is the one from CNBC Youtube channel; maybe 80% or so of the contents are extremely accurate from my limited learning perspective.
This is tough industry to be in π as everyone participating in industry as customers, partners, empoyees, owners, etc – all have different expectations and emotional ties with the product π
