In 1972 I drove with a friend from Syracuse, NY straight through to Fort Lauderdale for spring break. On the return trip we got a motel room in NC. I had a Stebro exhaust system on my Fiat 124 Spider that was never the same after that trip.
The furthest you’ve driven, straight on through
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kansas city to Dillon CO (60 miles w. of Denver)
I think it was a about 750 miles.
or maybe Brookfield MO to Texarkana TX I know it was 13 hours in the days of the 55mph speed limit.
I think it was a about 750 miles.
or maybe Brookfield MO to Texarkana TX I know it was 13 hours in the days of the 55mph speed limit.
Yeah, we've done something like 24 hours straight from Rochester to Tampa. Never again. Too dizzy, tired, soar & constipated.
Carlton, MN to Atlanta - ~18 hours and 1200 miles - NEVER AGAIN. My MB E was flashing the coffee cup attention assist pretty much every 15 minutes for the last hour or so of the trip.
In case anyone was wondering, truckers in the USA are allowed to drive for 11 hours in a 14 hour period. I wouldn’t last a week. 
It's worse in Canada for truck drivers: The Canadian hours-of-service rule limits driving to 13 hours a day within a 16-hour workday. Drivers must then be off duty for eight consecutive hours.
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More than a few truckers have suffered blood clots too. Blood pools in the legs=Deep vein thrombosis=blood thinners.In case anyone was wondering, truckers in the USA are allowed to drive for 11 hours in a 14 hour period. I wouldn’t last a week.
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You know what’s funny? You and only a couple others have mentioned being tired/dizzy. And I found THAT was the hardest part of my long rides, fighting falling asleep. You know it’s coming and you think you can muscle through it - it’s dangerous and its scary. You don’t want to stop because you don’t know where you are and you want to get to where you’re going, but it gets real scary when you’ve driven a good stretch half asleep...windows down, slapping yourself in the face, tapping your leg. Anything to keep focus. That’s the worst part. I think if I ever do another long drive, I’ll just pull over no matter where I am and try to sleep.
I made it 265 miles *without shifting out of 5th gear* starting at the I-84 tollbooth leaving the Mass Pike westbound (before EZ-pass) and ending somewhere on I-80 in PA.
I got *so* lucky in Hartford CT, Wilkes-Barre PA, and numerous other spots infamous for traffic backups.
I think I made it from Poland, OH to Muskogee, OK in a day... 1000 miles.
The car? A 2003 Hyundai Accent without cruise control! I bought it here in Maine and was bringing to to my sister in DFW. Made it in 2.5 days.
Ah, to be young.
I got *so* lucky in Hartford CT, Wilkes-Barre PA, and numerous other spots infamous for traffic backups.
I think I made it from Poland, OH to Muskogee, OK in a day... 1000 miles.
The car? A 2003 Hyundai Accent without cruise control! I bought it here in Maine and was bringing to to my sister in DFW. Made it in 2.5 days.
Ah, to be young.
Older I get, the fewer miles it takes...
That's by far the worst thing of a long drive, windows down in single-digit temperatures, stopping to stretch on an on/off-ramp (if there's no truck/rest stops), punching myself, chain smoking, etc. Coming back from my Acadia NP trip I thought there was a freight train in the middle of the highway. It ended up being a right-curve/turn and a grove of trees. My eye sight starts to blur first, then my ability to concentrate and focus, then I fall asleep.
I could do 1200 miles in BMW no sweat, VW so so, but in Toyota, hell no!
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Saw one of these the other day! always loved the NSX. Can’t believe someone would drive 14 hours in one...always figured they were just garage queens.
Oh, most of them are definitely not. There are NSX out there with 300-400 thousand miles on them. The best part of the NSX is that it can be reliably driven; it is a Honda, after all
Longest time/distance for me is Canton, OH to Leesburg, FL. 961 miles in around 14 hours. I always save a little time on the WV Turnpike Did it in a 1999 Grand Am with over 150,000 miles on the clock. Dozens of other trips from NE Ohio to various Florida locations. Me and Interstate 77 have spent a lot of time together.
Did it in a 1999 Grand Am with over 150,000 miles on the clock. Dozens of other trips from NE Ohio to various Florida locations. Me and Interstate 77 have spent a lot of time together.
