What is the longest distance you've driven in one trip? - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Jeremy5848 · #1 07-08-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

In 1976 my Mrs. and I traveled from Lafayette to Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec city to the bay of Funday, down Maine to Mass, up to New Hampshire back to Boston and back to Lafayette. 4000 miles in two weeks on my '72 BMW 600.

Tom W

Well, if we're gonna get out of the Mercedes lane...

Santa Clara [CA] to Table Rock Lake State Park [SC] and back over a couple of weeks on my 1973 BMW R75/5 [1974] -- 6714 miles

Santa Clara to Los Angeles, the "California 1000," back to Santa Clara also on the R75/5 [1974] -- 1888 miles in 58 hours

Santa Clara to Missouri with girlfriend, two-up on the R75/5; girlfriend flew back, I continued up to Wisconsin and then back across the top of the nation to CA. [1975] -- about 4000 miles

"I was younger then."

Jeremy

Marty600 · #2 07-08-2008, 01:53 PM

Correct, a long highway cruise, far less wear than daily commute...when the 3 kids were tiny, we fired up an aerostar, and drove over 1400 mi. without shutting the engine off,
had all food/supplies, stopped to stretch/pee/fuel up. Chicago to southern utah. If that thing was fine, the MB can do it, no sweat

Simpler=Better · #3 07-08-2008, 01:54 PM

I urge you to bring the spare fuel filters; but more importantly the lithium powered AA minimag will come in handy on more than just this trip; can can be "built" from parts available at any WM/target

vstech · #4 07-08-2008, 02:00 PM

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=St+David&state=ME#a/maps/l:::Stamford:CT::US:41.053299:-73.5392:city:Fairfield+County/l:::Saint+David:ME::US:47.339401:-68.231903:city:Aroostook+County/m::2:::0::/io:1:::::f:EN:M:/e
um... how are you turning this trip into a 40 hour drive?

Fulcrum525 · #5 07-08-2008, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by vstech

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=St+David&state=ME#a/maps/l:::Stamford:CT::US:41.053299:-73.5392:city:Fairfield+County/l:::Saint+David:ME::US:47.339401:-68.231903:city:Aroostook+County/m::2:::0::/io:1:::::f:EN:M:/e
um... how are you turning this trip into a 40 hour drive?

I'm in the Hartford area so its 530 or so miles to the Fort Kent area. I'll be doing the trip two times each way so it will be a total of 2120 +/- miles. My freind says that its a ten hour drive but I think he makes lots of stop. I'm actually used to long drives so i'll be makeing one stop in Bangor plus a fillup once I get there.

With that being said, I think that I'd rather do this trip them drive from Stamford to Hartford on say late on a Friday afternoon......

turbobenz · #6 07-08-2008, 06:16 PM

I did 510 miles across CA once. That was in my first car. Car ran fine (high mileage too) and got good fuel mileage. I noticed that it idled much better when I arrived home after 1000 highway miles. Your car will love you!

dabenz · #7 07-09-2008, 08:39 AM

daBenz is allergic to interstates, so I keep it to 750mi or less per day. No AC or cruise. Longest trip (so far) is about 3200mi.

Outside of a semi-truck, the longest trip was about 10,000mi, on a 500cc motorcycle somewhere in a rectangle from eastern ND to Omaha then west to the coast. Only took three months, and I stayed in a motel exactly one night. That was a few decades ago, and I deliberately kept to 300mi per day or less.

Any vehicle will break on a trip. How often depends on the maintenance done before the trip. I guess I've been lucky: have had only one "show stopper" that took more than an hour to fix.

Search around this site for an interesting tale by PEH, who drove a long way with a "broken" benz.

Kpmurphy · #8 07-08-2008, 02:18 PM

I drove from Canton Texas to Satellite Beach Florida in 24 hours non stop, except for food and fuel.
I was leaving Texas while hurricane Charlie was tearing up Florida. I got to Florida the morning after the storm. Wait a sight.
And I had my dog Charlie with me. Go figure.

TylerH860 · #9 07-08-2008, 02:25 PM

On my recent spring break trip to Texas I traveled 2,000 miles in the 300d over a 6 day period. Wichita to Austin, Austin to San Antonio, San Antonio to Corpus Christi, then Corpus Christi all the way home.

Other than my nearly catastrophic oil cooler line incident during the first 5 miles of my trip, no other issues.

I would not hesitate to drive it anywhere. Basic tools, fuel filters, zip ties and duct tape is all I would bring. Perhaps a few belts as well if they haven't been changed in a while.

Tymbrymi · #10 07-08-2008, 02:55 PM

A week after I bought the CDI drove from Starkville, MS to Phoenix, AZ. Detoured to the Grand Canyon, etc so the total round trip was a little over 4k miles. I did the same trip about 3 years ago in my 79 300SD.

The longest at one sitting was from Starkville, MS to Santa Rosa, NM in the CDI. Was about 15 hours of driving and nearly 1200 miles. Think I stopped a total of three times. I don't think I would ever drive longer than that in one day... was very tired when I pulled off for the night.

Dee8go · #11 07-08-2008, 06:31 PM

I used to regularly drive between Tulsa, OK and Eastern North Carolina. That was long enough for me.

willy2004 · #12 07-08-2008, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Fulcrum525

The farthest i've ever done in my own car is JFK and back.

I ask because i'm about to do a 40+ hour trip running from Connecticut to the top of Maine and back again....and then i'll be doing the same run the next day. Has anyone ever had any issues with their cars when driving (highway cruiseing) For ultra long distances?

I did a number of long trips in my W126 TD.

I determined that I should carry an extra set of belts, an alternator and the tools to change these parts.

If I were driving a 40 hour trip, I would break it up into 3 days and 2 nights of sleep at a minimum. Car camping at a KOA w/a tent and sleeping bag works for me. No chance that I would drive 20 hours straight, it's just not safe.

Bens lover · #13 07-08-2008, 07:40 PM

Thats easy!
From Vancouver BC to Montreal Quebec round trip in one week! Its 6365km one way...You do the math!
Crazy Cannucks Eh!
Cheers
Dan

POS · #14 07-08-2008, 07:44 PM

In 1994, in a 1984 Ford Bronco, West Los Angeles to Houston (one mile down Bundy, turn left, drive 1600 miles, turn right, one mile down Blalock), 24 hours in one shot, by myself, no sleep stops. Bad, bad idea - I'll never do it again. Road hypnotizing is real.

AdvisorGuy · #15 07-08-2008, 08:00 PM

October 2007 - Lincoln Park, New Jersey to Dallas then on to Mansfield, Texas. Left Jersey at 7am Thursday morning. A/C compressor seized around 1pm in West Virginia. Drove til 2pm. Parked in a rest stop as to not kill the dog from heat stroke. Resumed the trip at 5:30pm. Arrived in Dallas to check in with my new boss at 12:15pm Friday then on to my friend's place in Mansfield. Even when stopping for fuel and to walk the dog in those 31 hours, I never shut the car down except the 3 1/2 hrs in the rest stop. I lost 1/2 a quart of oil but not due to burning. The oil cap seal was bad.