Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Seward, Nebraska

Except that neither the intrument nor the battery were rated for anything below minus 40. Talking to my Seward friend a little bit ago. He says it doesn't make much difference once it gets twenty below.

I was the slow vehicle on that trip! I passed perhaps three or four vehicles the whole time, and two of them were because of the thing that drives you nuts (too): Inconsistent speeds! In both cases, the passed vehicle tailed me for miles and miles afterward, even though I was maintaining a constant 60 and they were going between 50 and 65 depending on the wind (or some other equally random factor). Thankfully, most of the significant grades on both the Parks and Seward highways are accompanied by a secondary passing lane. In that way, most of the traffic remained fairly well sorted even with "slow pokes" like me on the road. If I held other drivers up in areas where they couldn't reasonably pass, I would move to the shoulder so they could pass in-lane. ----- I hear many folks say they much prefer an automatic while pulling a trailer, but I don't understand it. Personally, I don't find using a manual for this purpose any more challenging, plus I don't need to worry nearly so much about heat building up in the gear box. So far, for me, the only times an automatic wins is during vehicle recovery and while plowing snow.

lol nope, I didn't see Cal, I didn't see Cal, I didn't see Cal. lol It was some other little bootleg dealership on Old Seward...but not RWB.

I'm glad you enjoyed the visit, shrifty! The Seward Highway, which is easily the second-busiest in Alaska next to the Glenn Highway between Anchorage and Palmer, has come a LONG way in the last twenty years (wow - I can't believe it has been that long, honestly!). Back in 1991, it was a narrow, windy two-laner all the way to its ends (Seward or Homer). There were three or four relatively short three-lane sections for passing, and a few more stretches graced with a dotted yellow line, but other than that it was a matter of going the speed of the slowest vehicle on the road for hour, after hour, after hour.... Winter also sees much lighter traffic on the highway than during the summer months. Once the snow melts, traffic flow to the peninsula grows hand over fist between out-of-state visitors and residents going to enjoy dip-netting, deep-sea fishing, fly fishing, hiking, etc. Mix the two, and things can get ugly unless drivers are courteous. Here in interior Alaska, traffic tends to be much lighter - a fact for which I am quite grateful.

About 2 years ago I flew up to Anchorage for about a week of vacation in January, and enjoyed every bit of it! I know this is completely off topic, but I was amazed at how considerate people were with respect to parking, even with a lot covered in snow they still managed to park in a straight line. Get a dusting here and it is total chaos in our lots! For me, driving on the Seward Highway was actually a good experience, I've seen a lot of people move over when someone came up behind them if they could do so safely. Being from the East coast it was a pleasure to see this happen, as it is almost non-existent here. I found myself pulling over quite a bit as I was doing some sightseeing, it is amazing up there. I took a picture of one of the signs that says something to the effect of "more than 5 cars behind you is illegal". Unfortunately it was somewhat dark and my picture is blurry, wish I could find it again. http://www.howwedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/goingtopass.jpg