18,894 km -- To Frankenmuth, Michigan

Took the 401 west to the 402 near London and zipped over towards Sarnia, which doesn’t smell nearly as bad as it used to. We crossed the border at Port Huron and after an eight-minute wait had to surrender our oranges, but we could keep the bananas and apples. “Keeping America safe from the ravages of re-imported Florida citrus.” Well done lads.

Filled up in Port Huron, Michigan – 359 km and the Accent took on 7.1 US gallons at $3.35 a gallon. If my suspect math conversion factor is correct, the Orange Jelly Bean is getting 7.6L / 100km. Mind you, we were boogying along with the flow of traffic with the air conditioning on for most of the day.

I don’t know what those car jocks are complaining about – it’s not a huge hardship to roll the windows down manually or push the button to lock the doors. It’s a wonder any of them still have use of their legs – all the muscles in their pasty white bodies must’ve atrophied by now.

I’m impressed with how tight the Accent still is – no rattles, squeaks or booms. After a 578-kilometre day, I didn’t feel particularly fatigued and probably could’ve gone for a few more hours.

Frankenmuth is a slice of Bavaria in central Michigan. There’s a brewery across the street, a Cheese Haus, Beer Haus, Quilt Haus and several Fudge Hauses. It’s also home to Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland, the world’s largest all-Christmas-all-the-time store. The main building is the size of five football fields.

I get the feeling we’ll be spending the better part of the day there tomorrow.

Comments

[Jagga Jatt]

I think this car is great because it is cheap and it also takes less gas. This will allow you to be on time to where ever you are going.

[andrew]

i think the hyundia accent is a ok car its cheap uses no gas and looks ok doing it im suprised about how cheap they made it an it runs very well and the parts used are very high quality

[bhushan]

well i think this is perfect car for some people in this country because a lot of people would be able to afford a new car and it is cheap on gas as everyone as familier with the gas prices and there are less chances for it to go down so i would say this cae would be the best for future and it works better.