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Longest distance you have driven by car?
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True Underdog
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Dallas, TX -> Seattle, WA
~2100 miles in 3 days. Packed everything I could into a Civic Sedan.
~2100 miles in 3 days. Packed everything I could into a Civic Sedan.
Eye for an Eye
Member
Same here. No one likes the idea of road trip or being a driver for more than an hour. The worst is my boyfriend and his distaste for mountains and big bridges. Going out to the Bay Area or Yosemite is like pulling teeth.
Philadelphia to Seattle, indirect, through New Orleans, most of Texas and Salt Lake City. I'm actually still working on it, arrived in Austin tonight!
Driving with a friend so we can split the load, and we've divided up the days well enough so it's never more than ~7 hours in the car a day. The two longest were probably a Pittsburgh-Columbus, IN day which included a detour to fallingwater, or today which took us from New Orleans to Austin. Both about 500+ miles with significant portions off main roads at night
Driving with a friend so we can split the load, and we've divided up the days well enough so it's never more than ~7 hours in the car a day. The two longest were probably a Pittsburgh-Columbus, IN day which included a detour to fallingwater, or today which took us from New Orleans to Austin. Both about 500+ miles with significant portions off main roads at night
More_Badass
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My family drives down South every summer for vacation, so for us, our longest drive would be around 1,350 miles. New York to Marco Island, FL. We break it up into two and a half days.
UltraMagnanimous
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80 miles or so.
drove my dad, his wife, and some of his old friends from Vietnam in a giant van
from Orange County > Las Vegas > Fresno > San Francisco > Monterey > San Luis Obispo > Orange County = 1,300 miles
in like a 8 days. God damn that was miserable. At least I didn't have to listen to Vietnamese music at all.
from Orange County > Las Vegas > Fresno > San Francisco > Monterey > San Luis Obispo > Orange County = 1,300 miles
in like a 8 days. God damn that was miserable. At least I didn't have to listen to Vietnamese music at all.
cyber_ninja
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From Southern Delaware to Niagara Falls about 7 years ago.
ryutaro's mama
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LA to Vegas, round trip in less than 24 hours
Seattle to Portland
Seattle to Vancouver, BC
Seattle to Portland
Seattle to Vancouver, BC
texhnolyze
Banned
Like 210 km. I prefer a train for longer trips.
MagicWithEarvin
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Seattle to Los Angeles.
super-heated plasma
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5000 mile round trip from Vancouver to detroit several times over the years. And almost as far driving down through Cali to Arizona and back to Vancouver
hurricanes
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150km max. Anything further than that I took public transportation or have someone else drive. You can tell I am not a fan of driving long distance.
crimsondynamics
Member
1106km with one hour of rest.
I've gone further of course, but with longer breaks.
I've gone further of course, but with longer breaks.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
The longest in one shot without breaks was 700 miles from Las Vegas, NV to Steamboat Springs, CO.
The longest with breaks and sleep was Garden Grove, CA to Bath, MN. 3,115 miles one way.
The longest with breaks and sleep was Garden Grove, CA to Bath, MN. 3,115 miles one way.
Indrid Cold1
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320 mile round trip, that's there and back. Took about 6 hours cause of traffic on the M6. Insignificant compared to some of you guys. The UK is not that big I guess.
Diprosalic
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About 1700km and it was dumb. Would not do again.
Forerunner
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It was around 1,800 miles. It was after I separated from the Air Force. I drove from my duty station (Minot, ND) to my hometown (San Diego, CA). I stopped halfway in Utah and got like five hours of sleep before driving the rest of the way.
mhayes86
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My wife and I did a road trip around New Zealand for our honeymoon, which was roughly over 3500 km/2000 miles. It was over the course of three weeks, though, so it wasn't as intense as some of the others here. The longest drive was 8 hours in one day going from Queenstown to Milford Sound and back.
adamantypants
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Las Vegas to Flint, MI. About 2,000 miles over 3 days.
thescience
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Little over 4200miles/6750km. Pretty much the longest route possible from Boca Raton, FL to Seattle, WA.
We did San Fran to New York back in 2011. Totalled about 4500 miles I think. Can't remember exactly. Yellowstone, Mount Rushmore, Chicago, Niagara and Manhattan. Then flew back to the UK.
EDIT: Longest on my motorbike (Yamaha R6 at the time) was the MCN version of the North Coast 500 around Scotland. The route is 767 miles (redubbed the NC767) with another few hundred to get from home to start and end to home. Totalled about 1000 miles in 3 days.
EDIT: Longest on my motorbike (Yamaha R6 at the time) was the MCN version of the North Coast 500 around Scotland. The route is 767 miles (redubbed the NC767) with another few hundred to get from home to start and end to home. Totalled about 1000 miles in 3 days.
Zepp Twofist
Member
I once drove (or rode along) from Bergen to Harstad in Norway. 1500km. Took about 26 hours I think. My friend and his brother switched between driving while I got drunk.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
Did 4000km in 3 days driving 2 up in a trademans ute towing a log splitter on the way back.
Really think about truck drivers, doing thousands of kilometres a week is normal.
acheron_xl
Member
Madison to St. Louis - about 360 miles.
I don't go places.
I don't go places.
StoppedInTracks
Member
380 km one way non-stop, 15 minutes coffe break, then the same 380 km going back also non stop (I was dropping my family on the seaside then going back).
Took me about 8 hours total due to shitty traffic. Sometimes I was going 190 km/h other times 40 km/h
Fastest I've ever run my car was 206 km/h.
Took me about 8 hours total due to shitty traffic. Sometimes I was going 190 km/h other times 40 km/h
Fastest I've ever run my car was 206 km/h.
DeadlyParasite
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Victoria, BC to Halifax, NS.
Not sure how far that is but it's basically from coast to coast in Canada. We were moving and for some reason our family didn't want to fly.
Not sure how far that is but it's basically from coast to coast in Canada. We were moving and for some reason our family didn't want to fly.
StoppedInTracks
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I do pretty long road trips every summer. So far my longest was a little over 5,000 mi (~8,000 km) in 2013:
The original plan was IL->Denver->Portland->Seattle->Minneapolis->Back to IL, but at the end I had to scrap the Minneapolis portion due to time.
Longest distance in a single day is about 900 miles (~1,500 km) from St Louis to Cheyenne, WY.
1500 km in one day is CRAZY. Hope you drove a comfortable car, man.
Third Strike
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Charlotte, North Carolina to Rockland County, New York. I-81 is my favorite road to take.
FUBAR McDangles
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My family drives fairly often from Southern MN to north/central Idaho fairly often to visit family. ~1,370 miles one way. We never stop for hotels or sleep. Just drive in shifts. For some events when we can't get PTO, we've done the trip, stayed for a day, and then driven back. It's happened maybe 5-6 times I can remember. ~2,740 miles in 72 hours sucks.
Also go south to other family in Texas, though not as often. ~1,070 miles or so.
Absolutely hate stopping on road trips. Don't know how people do it. Drive straight through, get the shit over with.
Also go south to other family in Texas, though not as often. ~1,070 miles or so.
Absolutely hate stopping on road trips. Don't know how people do it. Drive straight through, get the shit over with.
NumberThree
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I've driven about 600km in one day but even that had a few hour break inbetween. The most I've driven without a break is around 200km I think, so nothing particularly long.
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