Extended weekend getaway

It was about time to visit my home town last weekend for a nice getaway from the daily grind, so I hopped in the Genesis and logged in close to 1200 miles in 5 days! You can see my vast bug collection on just about the ENTIRE front section and side mirrors. Yikes... Other than the bugs, it was a flawless drive up the I-5. I got to avoid all the usual traffic by going on a weekday and had the cruise control on for most of the trip. Again, the adaptive cruise control is very helpful on such long stretches. It certainly errs on the safe side when a car ahead slows down, i.e., does its best to maintain the set distance. Regardless, keeping a constant speed and minimizing rest stops,  mileage was right in line with the EPA estimates:

LA --> Gilroy: 316.7 miles, 12.741 gal. = 24.9 mpg
Gilroy --> San Francisco --> Monterey --> San Jose --> San Francisco: 427 miles, 19.256 gal. = 22.2 mpg
San Francisco --> LA: 393.1 miles, 15.481 gal. = 25.5 mpg

Certainly, the biggest shortcoming of the Genesis is the suspension tuning. It does very well to keep the car from crashing down (like my old Solara used to) when going over large bumps (railroad tracks especially), but it becomes unsettled when there are multiple waves or when there are rough patches on a corner. I still can't quite seem to put a finger on when the car gets out of shape – sometimes it glides over bumps, other times, it doesn't know what to do. It could be that the rear suspension is too firm, and it did kind of feel a bit bumpier from the backseat. Still, the car drives with a presence and weightiness that mimics an E-class. Just wish that the suspension was better sorted. Also makes me wonder how well the new Equus rides, since it is built on the same platform.

Anyways, this post has been way overdue and I am rambling on. A week later, the bugs have been cleaned off, and life is back to normal. Much much more to come later!