What is your longest non-stop drive?
09-22-2004, 08:55 AM
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Pietra Ligure in Italy to Munchen Gladbach in Germany. Planned to stop in Switzerland overnight but it was raining cats and dogs. Stopped for dinner and pressed on. Set off at 7 AM and arrived at 1AM the following morning. Drove all the way myself. Can't remember the actual mileage but way over 1000 miles! 
Wasn't in the Vette though!
Wasn't in the Vette though!
09-22-2004, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by SmashF15C
Longest in a car continually - 28 hours but I shared the driving. Denver to Myrtle Beach (as shared above, for female 'companionship' although I would not necessarily word it that way..... 
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Longest I have driven at once by myself about equals the longest I have flown (piloted) at once = 15 hours. Flying, BTW, is much easier on the brain, much tougher on the rump!
)Longest I have driven at once by myself about equals the longest I have flown (piloted) at once = 15 hours. Flying, BTW, is much easier on the brain, much tougher on the rump!
09-22-2004, 09:17 AM
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Wo to IL
Drove from Wyoming to Illinois from 7am till 11pm coming home from seattle 3 yrs ago. Only stopped for gas a couple of times & food once.
Dont' remember how many miles but it was enough.
Dont' remember how many miles but it was enough.
09-22-2004, 09:20 AM
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Longest drive was 25 hours from Bowling Green Kentucky to Boston. I was coming back from the Corvette Forum Cruise In 1. And that was after partying with forum members for 3 days straight. Will never do it again.
09-22-2004, 09:22 AM
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Actually my LONGEST trip non stop was 2 days after 9-11. I was in Phoenix Arizona when the towers were hit. No planes, and my kids were in a panic at home in Columbus. Soooooo we rented a car and drove straight through.
1945 miles in 26 hours! But wifey drove too. I ain't man enough to go it alone!
It was weird to because there was a lot of traffic on the roads with people getting home and the cops where NOT ticketing anyone for speeding. Traffic was going 90 miles and hour most the time. A lot of flags! Bad day...good drive.
1945 miles in 26 hours! But wifey drove too. I ain't man enough to go it alone!
It was weird to because there was a lot of traffic on the roads with people getting home and the cops where NOT ticketing anyone for speeding. Traffic was going 90 miles and hour most the time. A lot of flags! Bad day...good drive.
09-22-2004, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by vette9898
Longest drive was 25 hours from Bowling Green Kentucky to Boston. I was coming back from the Corvette Forum Cruise In 1. And that was after partying with forum members for 3 days straight. Will never do it again.
Thats nuts!!!!! You must have been
09-22-2004, 09:39 AM
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Darlington SC to Chicago IL about 900 miles give or take, about 16 hours ....left Darlington at 11pm after partying all day at the Nascar race...(slept 1 hour the night before)made it to Chicago next day at 2pm, got a ticket in Indiana northbound on I65 construction zone and wasn't paying attention..needless to say I was a little strung out.
09-22-2004, 09:46 AM
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9/11 I got stuck in Orlando Fl., rented a Buick Park Avenue and drove back to San Diego non stop. 32hrs. straight accept for gas, burgers and an occasional leak. No cd's, am radio the whole way. Loneliest nights I have ever had driving cross country listening to a.m. radio on the evening of 9/11. 
09-22-2004, 09:56 AM
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11
22 hours in the Vette. Palm Bay, FL to Atlanta, GA. We just evacuated for hurricane Frances. Got stuck in traffic with 2.8 million other drivers leaving Florida. It only took 8 hours to get home.
09-22-2004, 11:04 AM
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Drove from Cary, NC to El Paso, TX nonstop. Approx. 1850 miles in 29 hours. Drove it all myself and only stopped for food and gas and one unscheduled stop by the Missisippi hwy police because I passed them at triple digits while they were merging onto the highway (just got a warning 
.) Next morning, I continued my trip to San Francisco, CA
Roger
.) Next morning, I continued my trip to San Francisco, CARoger
09-22-2004, 11:05 AM
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660 from Central Pa to Bowling Green through the West Va mountains @ 70.2 MPH ave (Sorry LEOs, coundn't help myself) and 28.4MPG. I felt fresh enough that I could have turned around and driven back home non-stop. Ain't these C-5s great?
09-22-2004, 11:09 AM
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Don't know the mileage, but New York to Atlanta in a Dodge R/T when I got out of the service in 1969.
Question for you New York guys, does anybody up there ever wash a car, or was that just a southern thing?
Question for you New York guys, does anybody up there ever wash a car, or was that just a southern thing?
09-22-2004, 12:23 PM
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Rochester, NY to OKC. 25 hrs straight. Did it on a bet. Never again.
09-22-2004, 12:43 PM
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May of '92 - Washington, DC to Sacramento, CA (about 2800 miles) - 3 days with stopovers at Memphis and Alburquerque. Several trips from DC to Boca Raton (about 850 miles) during the '90s usually took between 12 and 15 hours.
09-22-2004, 01:10 PM
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Jacksonville, FL to Los Angeles (2700 miles) when I got out of the Navy in '67. Shared driving for the 49 hours. It would have been quicker, but I had an Olds 442 with 4.33 gears and had to stop every 150 miles for gas!
In the 'Vette (and by myself) 830 miles from Ft Collins, CO to Las Vegas. Done that one three times now. Piece of cake.
In the 'Vette (and by myself) 830 miles from Ft Collins, CO to Las Vegas. Done that one three times now. Piece of cake.
09-22-2004, 01:15 PM
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2700 miles from Jacksonville, FL to Los Angeles when I got out of the Navy. Shared driving, though. Had to stop every 150 miles for gas in my 442 with 4.33 gears, so it took 49 hours.
In the 'Vette I've done the 830 miles from Ft Collins, CO to Las Vegas several times. With the mostly 75MPH speed limit, it is a relatively easy 1 day drive (11-12 hours with fuel and 'rest' stops).
In the 'Vette I've done the 830 miles from Ft Collins, CO to Las Vegas several times. With the mostly 75MPH speed limit, it is a relatively easy 1 day drive (11-12 hours with fuel and 'rest' stops).
09-22-2004, 01:45 PM
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13, '15
2442 miles in 31 hours just 2 weeks ago! Home to Detroit MI. Only food, fuel, and toilet stops. I did 24 of the 31, Wife did the rest.
Talk about sore butt, I think it hurt for 2+ days!!!!
Talk about sore butt, I think it hurt for 2+ days!!!!