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Old 04-15-2004, 10:41 PM   #1
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Well..i would like to know what´s the longest trip u did while driving, in one day, or two, without stoping to sleep, just to refuel your car.

How many kilometers(or miles) was it and how many hours it lasted.And, if u wanna tell us, how it was..heheh



Well mine longest trip was to a city here in São Paulo State, Brazil, called Caldas Novas. I live here in São Paulo city and going to there will take about 920-1000 km...if it´s not more, because i didn´t calculated it exactly.

But it´s in this house, and i took it in just 9 hours and some minutes...just stoping to refuel, off course, it was on my dad´s car, and my parents were sleeping on the trip for some moments. It was cool, the roads i took were so nice so i could get 120-130 km/h of average speed(remember, my parents were on the car, and the limit is 120 km/h, so i couldn´t got that fast, or i would be throwed out of the car by my dad)
and i just refueled once.

It was a boring trip because i coud not got so fast so i was listening to music to relax. But anyway it was cool, and, in the end of the trip i wasn´t tired, i guess i could drive for more 5 hours or more. But my parent´s were, so...we stoped to sleep.
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Old 04-15-2004, 10:47 PM   #2
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The longest trip in the car ive done without stopping is from Seattle to Los Angeles. I wasnt the only one driving but I did drive for about 8-9 hours straight and the whole trip took about 19-20 hours of solid driving. We only stopped for gas and food.
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Old 04-15-2004, 10:51 PM   #3
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Old 04-15-2004, 10:55 PM   #4
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i would like to make a 24 hour trip around São Paulo State...off course, when i get my drivers license to be allowed....here we have so many good roads that u can put in them 300-km/h or more...so when i get my car i´ll make one this way...driving 24 hours without stoping..hehe it must be cool, but so tiresome!!

off course, i´ll make some trips with less hours on the driving of the car to get used and don´t stay tired, before this long trip...but it would be nice..hehe
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Old 04-15-2004, 11:21 PM   #5
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Longest consecutive trip for me is Atlanta to Chicago. About 12-13 hours, 750 miles. I actually fell asleep at the wheel at one point and found myself in the other lane drifting. Luckily, no one was around me. I quickly got off the interstate and took a nap.
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Old 04-15-2004, 11:28 PM   #6
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In order: Toronto to Florida (long), Toronto to Timmins (10 hours), Toronto to Sault ste. marie (many times [family], Toronto to Ottawa.
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Old 04-16-2004, 12:08 AM   #7
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My longest trip is from Vancouver to Yellowstone National Park
(1493 km one-way or 2986 km round-trip)
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Old 04-16-2004, 12:21 AM   #8
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ups, weeeell, my longest trip and seems to be a puny one compared to all yours, was from my city Mexico (the capital) to Guadalajara city.
600-700 kms, don't remember the exact quantity
Only stopped for fuel, a coke and waking up after driving 6 hours
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Old 04-16-2004, 12:24 AM   #9
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i have never drive too much, 200 kms tops, but i made my trip from florence italy to nice france
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Old 04-16-2004, 12:26 AM   #10
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from Kalamazoo, michigan to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. one day with one switch-off
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Old 04-16-2004, 12:38 AM   #11
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9 hours. From New York City to Syracuse, NY. Normally it takes about 4 hours but I took the wrong exit and ended up in mid-section of Pennsylvania. I drove through some freaky town that has thick fog, no light poles, no gas, and alone at 12am. 0X OK I'm a wuss. ops:
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Old 04-16-2004, 01:04 AM   #12
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I will repost my "Ultimate Road Trip" topic..

Qualifies as one my longest - and the most enjoyable to date...

Just got back from my ultimate road trip.

A friend of mine asked me to fly with him to Florida on Friday at lunch time to go fetch his new 2003 Sport package equipped SL500 - and help him drive it back to Houston.

Well - 17 hours 59 minutes, 1189 miles and 51 gallons of gas later we arrived in Houston - average trip speed, 67 miles per hour.

The SL500 is the ultimate long distance tourer - bar none!! It is the ULTIMATE people mover!

I suggest GM crush every XLR that comes off the production line to save face...

That is 18 hours TOTAL travel time - including potty breaks, gas stops and a couple nice long food stops.



There is nothing like blasting down I10 at 4am doing 110mph in the worlds best Grand Tourer.



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Old 04-16-2004, 01:57 AM   #13
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my longest trip driving myself goes from the north of South Carolina to Brighton, Michigan with a trailer full of camping equipment, gear. I averaged about 11 miles per gallon, couldn't tell you how many stops, except it took about 12 hours. i dont recall how many miles, but id suppose it would be 600-700miles as there were a lot of stops on the way back. on the way there, we stopped to stay at a lot of separate places separated by no more the 150 miles.

beyond that, i regularly make 220 mile trips that take 3.5 hours to my mom's house, and 120 miles to my dad's house.
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Old 04-16-2004, 02:04 AM   #14
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about 1 week or 1 1/2 from Atlanta GA, to el Salvador ..... we stoped at new orleans, and a couple of places in mexico and san antonio
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Old 04-16-2004, 02:29 AM   #15
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i make 4 800 mile trips during school(only stop for gas), Indiana to NY. And for spring break this year i drove from northern indiana to panama city florida i think 15 hours about 850 miles (still only stopping for gas) I woke up at 745 am for school friday and didnt sleep til about 10pm saturday.
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