Longest car journey.....

[Nottseagull]

17 days from darwin to sydney via melbourne.

17 days?? Were you on the trans-Oz solar car race during the rainy season?

 

[Cian]

Edinburgh to Brighton, via Warrington. But I did it over a day and a half (made it to Brighton in time for kickoff).

Don't get much opportunity for longer than that being on a smaller island.

 

[dougdeep]

when i am tired i pull over and have a kip. quite simple really....

You must be. It's so easy to drop off while driving, I've been close many times.

 

[Nottseagull]

You must be. It's so easy to drop off while driving, I've been close many times.

Some people can have a power nap and be as right as rain in 30 mins. But this can be fatal if done on the hard shoulder of a M-way, ironically because of lorry drivers falling asleep.

 

[csider]

Some people can have a power nap and be as right as rain in 30 mins. But this can be fatal if done on the hard shoulder of a M-way, ironically because of lorry drivers falling asleep.

only a total idiot would sleep on the hard shoulder............its illegal and VERY dangerous.

 

[csider]

Dundee this evening.........Canny wait.

Will pass the time playing 'spot the eddie stobart'

 

[NMH]

Direct drives-wise, my most arduous was probably going south through Texas to Dallas, which was mostly just hundreds of miles of flat farm grasslands.

Toughest was a 750cc motorbike ride in February from LA to SF without more than a brief stop for petrol and a snack. It was so bloody cold that despite several layers on every part of my body, I could feel the cold through the zip on my leather jacket, and through the stitching on my gloves. One of the only times I ever wore a helmet, otherwise my mind would still be frozen inside my brain.
I arrived to park on a steep hillside later that evening, and was so stiff I almost dropped my bike over on the car next to me - managing to stop it but leaving a tiny scratch on the wing of the Toyota, cracking their indicator with my clutch handle.
I left a note with address, and a few weeks later got a quote for repainting the bonnet, straightening the wing and bumper, replacing the whole light fixture unit, and respraying!
Naturally I did not respond, greedy bloody opportunists!

 

[Djmiles]

Not strictly a CAR, but we drove all the way to Barcelona from Haywards Heath in a coach back in secondary school. Took 24 hours all in all I think.

 

[Nottseagull]

Dundee this evening.........Canny wait.

Will pass the time playing 'spot the eddie stobart'

Tell us which is the most contrived girl's name you spot on your trip!

 

[csider]

Tell us which is the most contrived girl's name you spot on your trip!

dont often get to see the front to read names as driving past..!!

if you join the eddie stobart fan club you can get your name on the front within 3 yrs.

 

[Nottseagull]

dont often get to see the front to read names as driving past..!!

if you join the eddie stobart fan club you can get your name on the front within 3 yrs.

Not if you're a bloke, surely! Would they accept Nottseagull?

 

[Brightonbabe7]

well its was a bluddy trek to oldham and back this saturday! 300 odd miles if not more!!

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Brighton to Berwang in Austria....one overnighter

Berwang is a beautiful place

 

[cjwoolven]

Brighton - Somewhere in Italy.

High school ski trip, ended up being a nightmare. estimated 22 hours, but somehow drivers cocked up, and we had to spend 31 hours on a coach.

I know its CAR journey, but oh well.

 

[Nemesis]

I also drove from Toronto to NYC on September 14th 2001. That was a fun trip escpecially trying to get into the US.

I did that too-stupid woman I was 'attached to' at the time looked at the map of North America and decided that T.O.to NY wasn't far so she booked her flight and told me the day before she left what her travel plans were and asked 'could you drive to the airport and pick me up'? When I explained to her the distances involved she said "It doesn't look that far on the map"...

Plus I had to get the stupid bint back to NY for her return flight.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Havana to Santiago de Cuba. The distance is just over 600km (I think), but it took me about 17 hours, due to tinpot roads and an overheating pickup.

 

[chez]

My longest was Hove to Bath, Bath to Edinburgh & the Edinburgh to Hove. Took me about 22 hours. I was absolutely knackered when I got back. Wouldn't recommend it but I did clear £350 for it.

 

[Clothes Peg]

Did the entire length of Italy in a day cramped in the back of a London black cab. Which bizarrely, was painted beige.

 

[Normal Rob]

I also drove from Toronto to NYC on September 14th 2001. That was a fun trip escpecially trying to get into the US.

Jeez - you are one serious rubbernecker...

 

[RexCathedra]

Solo? Boston -- Atlanta, on several occasions. 1,100 mi. and ca. 20 hr.