What’s a long road trip for you?

[JackDidley]

I can do 300 miles, take an hour bteak and do another 300 miles. That is my limit for one day.

[Cajundaddy]

Depends on what I am driving, weather conditions, and where I am driving.

Towing or in an RV with significant crosswinds- 6 hrs
Joyride in the Macan through scenic roads- Typically no more than 8 hrs.
Need to get somewhere in a hurry on the open highway. Macan, Chevy PU, Cayman, -12 hrs

[speeder]

I still rip across this country, same as it ever was.

[sc_rufctr]

A long trip for me is Adelaide to Perth - 2,695 km (1,674.595 miles).
- 29 hours on the road or 3 days with overnight breaks.

Adelaide to Sydney is 1,374 km (853.764 miles)
- 14 hours on the road and I used to do it in one session in my 20s. Now I'd take an overnight break at the half way point.

[KFC911]

Spring Breaks in Ft. Lauderdale were 17 hr roadtrips ... only stopping to take care of leaks.

Now .... 17 minutes

[oldE]

Traveling with my wife, we stop about every 1.5 hours with a total travel time of eight to ten hours , so about 5 hours with the wheels turning.
Traveling solo, I tend to do double the distance in the same period of time. Last June, I drove 3.5 hours to visit a sister in hospital, had lunch with another sister who reported a brother was not doing well, drove a further 1.5 hours to check on him then did the 5 hour drive back home.
I do not drink coffee when I'm trying to do distance. That allows my old bladder to do 2.5 hours. The "old man's car " will go 800km (500 m) on a tank. We both have our limits.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

2003
San Francisco to Boston in 54 hours in a 69E

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/116053-54-hours-69-e.html



2023
Portland, OR to Boston on a 1993 Ducati 900 SS/SP in 7 days, many thanks again to Jeff Higgins, John and Mike

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1135148-new-me-ducati-900-ss-sp-12.html





Have also done 3 other x-country trips in a matter of days, Amelia Island in 1 day. Chicago in 14 hours... I like driving.

Starting from Atlanta to San Francisco on September 12 was a crazy weird trip. Eerie. Like in a movie.

[onewhippedpuppy]

I don’t care about distance, but prefer to keep it around 10 hours per day. I don’t care how comfy the seats are, eventually my ass starts to hurt! My wife and I have the goal of doing some fun car cross country road trips once my youngest is done with high school. 3.5 more years! At that point the focus will change from “getting there” to enjoying the trip, which will probably come with more detours and stops.

[GH85Carrera]

Barber Motorsports in Birmingham.




Peter Porsche autographing my car.

[ted]

Driving distance depends if I am in a sports car or truck and trailer stuck in the right 2 lanes (most of the time)..

San Diego to Laguna Seca 7 or 8 hours about my limit.
Leave at 3 am, drive through Los Angles at 5am, arrive at the track at 11am.
Spend the afternoon unloading the race car, getting it teched and setting up the pit.

Return trip after racing all day Sunday eve depart Laguna Seca go through Los Angles at midnight just to get a 2 hour delay because a car carrier of Teslas are on fire on the freeway and the smoke is too toxic so the 5 freeway is closed both directions for an hour or so...

[flatbutt]

Jersey to Indianapolis...in one shot...on my R1100S.

Then there was the time I drove from Arkansas to jersey in one shot....and went to work after three hours sleep.

[wdfifteen]

The longest in terms of continuous time behind the wheel was 23 or so hours, Colorado Springs, Colorado to Columbus, Ohio in my 1956 356. Longest in terms of distance was Yellow Springs, Ohio to Colorado Springs, Colorado via Jasper, Alberta, Canada in the same car. The trip that felt the longest was 500 miles from Hickory, NC to Eaton, OH in a snow&ice storm in a U-Haul truck. It took about 18 hours. Fastest road trip was Sterling, Colorado to Lincoln, Nebraska in under 4 hours. Mercedes C 320.
Now, 8 hours dragging a trailer was my latest test, and I think that’s about my limit.

[Paul T]

10-12 hrs max for me in a day these days….preferably shorter than that.

[wdfifteen]

I love the way you enjoy your car, Glen. I was like that in my 356s a couple of decades ago.

[rfuerst911sc]

When I was younger almost unlimited it just depended on the motivation . Now ? About 5-6 hours and I am uncomfortable and want to get out . Part of that is being retired , my mind says what's the rush

[javadog]

1000 miles is the furthest I've gone in a day. Probably 16 hours because of a massive headwind (50mph, at times) in a 3/4 ton SD Ford. Never again.

Longest trip was around 2,200 miles, AND BACK, to Nova Scotia to buy a motorcycle. 5 days of suck.

On a motorcycle, ANY MOTORCYCLE, 200 miles and my butt is done for the day.

[HobieMarty]

Back in the early 2000s we had a 1998 4x4 Eddie Bauer Expedition. It was fully loaded and had a 30 gallon fuel tank. It was very comfy on the highway with plenty of room for the family as it had a 3rd row. When we lived in Talladega, we could fill up the tank and head to Gulf Shores which was about 4 hours away and still have about 1/4 of a tank left. My wife still longs for her truck!!! We have a 2006 Nissan Quest van and it is pretty comfy on the highway also, easy to get in and out of, and it can pull the Hobiecat.

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[jhynesrockmtn]

My longest recent single drive was a few years back. I drove this combo home to Spokane WA from Menlo Park CA. Roughly 925 miles. I didn't really intend to do it all in one day, but once I passed Bend where I had planned to spend the night, I was committed. I just wasn't that tired, and I was also a bit leery of having this 914 on an open trailer in a crap hotel parking lot. I don't think I'd do that again.

[speeder]

On the trip I posted photos above from, I drove my Mini to Minneapolis, (had a nice ring to it), spur of the moment back in September. On the way back, I made it in 2 days of driving but had to pull over past Vegas for a nap on the side of the road. I was pretty knackered when I got home to L.A. I just wanted to get home.

That's almost exactly 2000 miles in 2 days. A lot of it was at over 100mph, through Nebraska and eastern CO. there is next to zero speed enforcement on the interstate and through Utah on the 70, you can go as fast as you want. Traffic is moving at 80+ so just use lane discipline and courtesy, I slow down to pass people and then back on the gas. On the 15 between Utah and Vegas, the speed limit is 80. Limit drops to 70 in CA but traffic is going 80. I've never been pulled over and done this drive more times than I can count. Use common sense and be safe, it depends on traffic density and what I'm driving, of course.

I recently drove my truck and trailer to Sacramento and back in one day with MMarsh to pick up a car, that was about 12 hours of driving and I was seeing monkeys sitting on the hood by the time we got back to his place. A little scary.

[Crowbob]

Lately, just about as far as it takes to get the engine to operating temperature.