[DeTomaso] Route into Pahrump

[Matt Merritt]

Hi Mark:

The first time I made the Baker - Pahrump trip I thought my Ford was
breaking down.  As I drove along my truck's power kept dropping lower
and lower and lower and eventually even shifted down into low gear...
As I chugged along this completely flat (?) highway I started thinking
that maybe I had another clogged fuel filter from that delicious
$4.00/gallon gas in Baker.  Turned out that I was climbing a verrrrry
long and very gentle hill.  It was so long and so gentle that it looked
completely flat.  Eventually the "Check Engine" light came on from what
I was later told was probably from overheating the transmission.  I
wouldn't make that trip again without a transmission cooler, that's for
sure.

Hope that helps.

MM