The furthest you've driven

[rslifkin]

Longest I've driven is 350 miles to college in the Jeep. Took about 6 hours + stops (around 6.5 total), cruising at 60.

Going home for Thanksgiving and coming back, it'll be about 450 miles (giving a ride to a friend), which will include one fuel stop (highway range at 60 is about 350 - 400 miles). I figure that should be close to 8 hours with stops, around 7.5 hours of actual driving. Unfortunately, there's no way I can make that run on 1 tank, as that would require getting 22mpg, which this thing just can't do (except maybe at 40mph).

 

[M1Accord]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: M1Accord

The only hiccup during the trip was when someone tried to siphon off our gas from the 4 5-gallon jerry cans we had on the tow-hitch mount.


I find it interesting your car talk podcasts were more interesting (an earlier paragraph) than this weirdo.

Click-N-Clack is very good. I never take trip without having them on, especially for family trip where Howard Stern isn't allowed.

Yep, that guy was strange and his truck is relatively new too. We didn't know how to react until he just put his hands up and begged for mercy. We were scared ourselves because, even though Montana is a "You can shoot them for robbing you" state, I don't think discharging a gun in public at a person is worth it over some gas.

Well, we got a good deal out of the winch and KC lights though and we did make sure the truck was registered in his name and he has a key for it. He's probably some deadbeat punk that spends money on himself and avoiding child support but still wanna play Good Daddy role once in a blue moon with gifts instead of paying his bills. I know people like that, showing up to take their kid(s) to soccer practice in a brand new Hummer or Corvette while being at least a year behind on child support (or not paying at all) and have at least $40k of CC debt. I was tempted to take the entire truck as barter for the van but figure he probably owes more on that truck than it's worth and such barter could be viewed as blackmail and illegal.

By the way, Alaskan and Canadian drivers are much more polite than DC drivers.

 

[Whimsey]

Didn't do this straight through but 2 1/2 days going down, Northern NJ to Key West FL. Coming back though was slower with more stops. The total miles driven were 3,401. This is the 6th time my 1996 Contour made this trip. The car is comfortable for hours of driving and it gets 36 mpg at 75 mph. My wife packs WAY more than needed for the trip but the trunk can hold an amazing amount of "stuff".

Whimsey

 

[hypervish]

I drive from NJ to Michigan once or twice a month, apprx 600 miles each way, I drive non-stop, going about 80-90mph, and usually make it there in 10-11 hrs (includes stopping for gas, and food). And every other time I go to Chicago as well which is apprx. 2000 miles round trip for me.
Every 2-3 months I go to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Tennessee, non-stop, no sleeping. It takes about 22-23 hrs including gas, food and traffic.

 

[mechtech2]

Once, Chicago to new Orleans, and then my regular run from Chicago to Dallas.
Non stop expect for fuel and pp.
900+

 

[ArtDart]

Springfield MO to L.A. CA
'bout 24 hours
.
I've never fallen asleep while driving,
but do wake up from time to time

jringo

 

[Scienceman]

Ya'll do some driving!

 

[Kestas]

200 miles in 24 hours on my bicycle (the Belle Isle Marathon).

 

[dailydriver]

Coming home from school in Tucson (U of Arizona), in '77, I made it from Tulsa to Boston, straight through, with NO sleep.

Needless to say, when I pulled into my girlfriend's driveway in Cohassett, Mass., I was hallucinating wildly.

 

[andrewg]

1800 miles in 27 hours.

 

[donz26]

Durango, CO to St. Louis ~1100 miles in 20 hrs.(couldn't find a hotel vacancy on the way home---kept going and going....).
Deadwood, SD to St. Louis 1000 miles (had to cut a vacation short due to a family emergency).
St. Louis to Houston ~875 miles.
St. Louis to Charleston SC ~900 miles.
A fair number of <600 mile trips.

 

[M1Accord]

Originally Posted By: hypervish
I drive from NJ to Michigan once or twice a month, apprx 600 miles each way, I drive non-stop, going about 80-90mph, and usually make it there in 10-11 hrs (includes stopping for gas, and food). And every other time I go to Chicago as well which is apprx. 2000 miles round trip for me.
Every 2-3 months I go to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Tennessee, non-stop, no sleeping. It takes about 22-23 hrs including gas, food and traffic.


It is dangerous to drive long without sleeping or rest. Get someone to share ride with you.

 

[Nick R]

Wow, 22 hours of driving with no sleep.. That's scary. on our trip, I did most of the driving. But the longest I drove at once was I think 10 hours? It went like this, we left at about 5:30PM

Dad: Drove about an hour and a half, to about half an hour on the far side of Albany.

Me: I drove from there to just shy of Washington DC.(about 6 1/2 hours)

Mom drove about 2 hours to a bit past richmond VA.

Dad drove through Virginia and NC, and I took over near fayatteville nc. (3 1/2 hours)

I then drove through SC, to about a mile north of the GA/FL border (5 1/2 hours)

Mom then drove us into Orlando ~3 hours


And on the way back, dad drove us through florida and about half of georgia. I took us from there to past washington DC (about 10 hours)

And dad drove us to New York, and mom took over for the final stretch.

I by and large drove the most lol


This was in the expedition, and I averaged around 77, 78mph on that drive. We also somehow managed to average I think it was 18.5, 19mpg. Pretty good for that monster..

 

[hypervish]

When I go to Florida, It's usually with the family. I didn't mention that...whoops! lol It's usually two of us taking turns while the others sleep, we have a CB in the Lexus, so it keeps us entertained. Truck drivers are funny, that's for sure!
Hammer Down BOYS!!! >>> Favorite Line... lol
We usually go 85-90mph but we have to slow time in certain area's to avoid the cops, but in my 30 years of driving, I have yet to get a speeding ticket. I've only had one ticket and that was a fix it, for a upper brake light, and no accident's to date. Well, besides myself running into our mail box because it was extremely icy and the car had dull tires (this happened back in the early 90's).

 

[wander2039]

Springfield, MO to Austin, TX after working a full day at work! Weird things happen on 69 in Oklahoma when it's dark and you're tired.

 

[Cutehumor]

Originally Posted By: wirelessF
About 2 hours around the island. Oahu is a small island.


I bet Hawaii is a good stomping ground for low mileage used cars.

 

[Cutehumor]

You guys can pile up the miles. My dad complains about driving more than an hour at a time. I live 220 miles away from him and he thinks I live too far away.

 

[Tornado Red]

The secret to traveling great distances is to start out extremely well-rested. Pack the night before, sleep until you can't sleep any more, have some breakfast, take a nap, then start off on your trip.

Sometime after midnight, if you start getting sleeping, stop for some extra-strong coffee or capuccino or an energy drink. That should keep you going until daylight, when another caffeine drink will rejuvenate you.

Also, during the night, it helps to find one or more long-haul trucks going in your direction and traveling at the speed you want to drive. Then just use the cruise control to maintain that same speed, staying about 300' back. Let the truck driver keep his eyes open for obstacles or animals or slow-moving vehicles in the road, so all you have to do is keep your eyes on the back of his trailer.

Following these procedures, you should be able to travel for up to 30 hours or maybe even longer with just an occasional nap or rest.

 

[rslifkin]

Red - That may work, but it's still far from safe.

Nick - I'm impressed that you managed that kind of mpg out of an Expedition. I can barely get that with my much smaller Jeep, at any speed (best is around 19mpg at 60mph). Then again, the engine in the Jeep is bigger, and not geared nearly tall enough to take advantage of it.

 

[crinkles]

Originally Posted By: Tornado Red
The secret to traveling great distances is to start out extremely well-rested. Pack the night before, sleep until you can't sleep any more, have some breakfast, take a nap, then start off on your trip.

Sometime after midnight, if you start getting sleeping, stop for some extra-strong coffee or capuccino or an energy drink. That should keep you going until daylight, when another caffeine drink will rejuvenate you.

Also, during the night, it helps to find one or more long-haul trucks going in your direction and traveling at the speed you want to drive. Then just use the cruise control to maintain that same speed, staying about 300' back. Let the truck driver keep his eyes open for obstacles or animals or slow-moving vehicles in the road, so all you have to do is keep your eyes on the back of his trailer.

Following these procedures, you should be able to travel for up to 30 hours or maybe even longer with just an occasional nap or rest.



EXTREMELY STUPID AND DANGEROUS.

Travel during the day. 2 hours before sunnup until 2 hours after sundown. In summer, that is 18 hours of driving. in winter, maybe 14 (all depends on your latitude). SLEEP AT NIGHT.

the death rate is much higher during the night than in the day. if you can't get there in time driving like this then take a plane.

stopping every 2 hrs is good but I have found my sweet spot at about 3 - 4 hours depending on how demanding the driving is.