What is a long trip?

[Jonny671]

Just passing Friday away really with this question..

What do you see as a long trip, whilst driving?

On Monday I done 500 miles, Surrey > Taunton > Surrey.. And checked oil etc before I went, but wondered what PHers found as a long journey?

I found that reasonable, I had no problem, just wondered about the car being at 70mph.. 4,000 revs for that many hours.

[unpc]

Did 850kms in a rented Punto the other day for a 1 hour meeting. Had the thottle nailed to the carpet for 1/2 an hour at one point on the Autobahn without lifting. The poor little thing didn't miss a beat though.

[DKMsport]

In 2008 I drove to the Goodwood Festival of speed and back again, That wasn't a long trip because of the 500 mile round trip but the 8 hours or so I spent wandering around when I was there.

[jon-]

Any more than 3 hours, regardless of distance, is a long time in the car to me.

[Ian974]

I find your perception changes the amount of times you do a long drive. Until last year I hadn't done many long drives for a while (over 3ish hours) but after 4 two way trips of around 8-10 hours each way last summer I kinda got used to it, whereas the first trip down seemed very long!

[bazking69]

These days a mere 35 mile round trip to see my Nan via the coastal roads is a road trip for me!!

A trip up the M3 and back for an airport run (200 mile round trip) I have accepted, but anything longer than that would be a long trip to me!!

[markmullen]

I used to do York to Cornwall and back quite often.

I did York to Aviemore and back between leaving work on a Friday evening and being back in the office at 9am Saturday, a quick google maps shows that at 676 miles.

I despatch Le Mans to Scarborough in one, 800 miles or so.

[Mr Will]

Call that a trip? THIS is a trip!

</crocodiledundee>

(did it non-stop last Friday, took ~25 hours with two of us driving, although I'm sure someone will be along to beat that in a moment!)

I wouldn't worry about the effect on your car though, motorway journeys (even at high speed) are far, far kinder to it than short around town trips.

[Dave 500]

Jonny671 said:

What do you see as a long trip, whilst driving?

Maidenhead to Alicante in the Cerbera. Something like 1200 miles in 17 hours.

Spain is a BIG place looks smaller on the map

[Jonny671]

Mr Will said:

I wouldn't worry about the effect on your car though, motorway journeys (even at high speed) are far, far kinder to it than short around town trips.

Oh right.

The C2 just sounds abit loud at 4k, it does rev to 7k though so still has some go in it..

[bazking69]

My boss is just about to set off on the trip back from his boat in Spain. It's a 24 hour round trip. That's a long trip!

[Balmoral Green]

Dave 500 said:

Jonny671 said:

What do you see as a long trip, whilst driving?

Maidenhead to Alicante

That's the sort of thing.

I would have said that Derby to Rome was a long trip, but as we broke it by overnighting in Aosta, it wasn't really.

I think any trip that involves a very early start from the UK, a ferry, and then across the continent to arrive somewhere fairly late for a bed could be described as a long trip.

Last October went from Derby to Dinan in a 1.1 Panda, it was a doddle despite the lack of horses, not even close to being a long trip. Left home at a not unreasonable hour (far from stupid O'Clock in the morning), and arrived comfortably by late afternoon.

Is anywhere in the UK a long trip? except maybe to the top of Scotland of course.

[marcosgt]

Drove Farnborough, Hants area to Munich Germany non-stop, alone a couple of times in the mid-90s - Took 11 hours or so as I recall and was about 750 miles.

I'd call that a long day's drive, but it wasn't unduly hard work - 4 hours from Staines to Fleet was much worse...

M.

Edited by marcosgt on Friday 9th April 17:47

[Gizmo!]

I'd say 500 miles in a day is the start of 'proper' long trips. In my MX5 I did Oban to London on one of the ottest days of last summer - that was a long drive.

In something more 'designed' for long runs, I'd say any trip where you definitely have to fill up to get there is a long run - so fill up with the light on plus another hour or two, not 'fill up or arrive on fumes'.

[dugt]

Mr Will said:

Call that a trip? THIS is a trip!

</crocodiledundee>

(did it non-stop last Friday, took ~25 hours with two of us driving, although I'm sure someone will be along to beat that in a moment!)

I wouldn't worry about the effect on your car though, motorway journeys (even at high speed) are far, far kinder to it than short around town trips.

Thats my house to my friends house, with 20 miles variation at each end.

I considered driving it when i went there as the plane might of got canceled.


Id consider abour 400 miles the point where i would take measures to check car, eg check oil. Anything less than that just get in and go.

[Jasandjules]

Over two hours each way to me is a "long trip".

[elster]

Anything longer than 12 hours driving time in one sitting I consider a long trip and usually will stop for a quick nap after that.

[r-kid]

I do Leeds-Aviemore or Leeds-Ft William so often that I now don't consider that a long trip.

To consider anything a long trip I see it as anything over 8hrs in the car.

[skyslimit]

dugt said:

Mr Will said:

Call that a trip? THIS is a trip!

</crocodiledundee>

(did it non-stop last Friday, took ~25 hours with two of us driving, although I'm sure someone will be along to beat that in a moment!)

I wouldn't worry about the effect on your car though, motorway journeys (even at high speed) are far, far kinder to it than short around town trips.

Thats my house to my friends house, with 20 miles variation at each end.

I considered driving it when i went there as the plane might of got canceled.


Id consider abour 400 miles the point where i would take measures to check car, eg check oil. Anything less than that just get in and go.

Try Liverpool to Glasgow to Southern Spain. In 48hrs. One driver.

That was a long trip!

Edited by skyslimit on Friday 9th April 18:19

[Deerfoot]

I did Gutersloh (roughly half way between Hanover and Dortmund) to Bristol once.......in my Smart. I stopped only for fuel and the chunnel.

It was about 620 miles I think. I was glad to get out of it at my folk`s house.