One Day Driving Distance?
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It depends, I've covered 800 miles in a (very long) day. I took regular breaks and felt ok at the end of it. I've also covered 400 miles and been very tired at the end of the journey.
I don't think there is any particularly "safe" journey. Stop driving when you notice you're tired or you're making minor mistakes you normally wouldn't.
I don't think there is any particularly "safe" journey. Stop driving when you notice you're tired or you're making minor mistakes you normally wouldn't.
Approx 1200 miles, leaving at 9pm and arriving at around 11pm the next evening, including a quick ferry ride but no sleep, stopped several times at service stations for fuel and food. Did the same trip on the reverse leg two weeks later. I wouldn`t do it again without an overnight stop to break up the journey.
I did 620 odd miles from Buckie to fleet one winters night. Had everything, floods, snow, fog, land slide (well a bit of gravel fell off a hill) and bright sunshine. A transit van crashed up the embankment somewhere on the M6 in front of me so I had to stop at an emergency phone (mobiles had not reached the masses yet) and let someone know. Never did find out if he was OK or not as i could not go back and other people had stopped. It took me what felt like days to get home. And all in a very tired MK2 Cavalier 1.6l.
Just over 800 miles from Stresa, North Italy, to Hampstead, alone, with only fuel, fag and pee breaks apart from the respite in the Eurotunnel. Almost all of it on the motorway.
IIRC it took around 16 hours, including the breaks.
A very hard slog which I would never have attempted in much besides the Panamera I actually did the journey in. And a dull journey made duller by keeping to French speed limits.
IIRC it took around 16 hours, including the breaks.
A very hard slog which I would never have attempted in much besides the Panamera I actually did the journey in. And a dull journey made duller by keeping to French speed limits.
actually do this kind of work for a living lots of one of the country to the other stuff.
most i've managed in a single day is 1200 miles Glasgow-Inverness-Portsmouth-Glasgow,
perfectly fine doing that run but have the luxury of once we drop we can stop anytime we want. i've had others where i'm doing a Glasgow-oxford and then stopping on the way back for 5/6 hours kip, just depends on how you feel on the day
Atm my regular run is 2/3x Glasgow to Oban returns a day which is a lovely easy day albeit a bit on the long side if you stretch into a 3rd.
most i've managed in a single day is 1200 miles Glasgow-Inverness-Portsmouth-Glasgow,
perfectly fine doing that run but have the luxury of once we drop we can stop anytime we want. i've had others where i'm doing a Glasgow-oxford and then stopping on the way back for 5/6 hours kip, just depends on how you feel on the day
Atm my regular run is 2/3x Glasgow to Oban returns a day which is a lovely easy day albeit a bit on the long side if you stretch into a 3rd.
1200 miles I’m a day is really going some....don’t think I could do that ! I drive out to The Alps a couple of times a year which is 600 miles each way with an hour Tunnel crossing. I can do that comfortably but any more and I think I’d struggle. Can’t drink too much coffee as that would result in loo stops.....
Nice -> London. Started about 6am. Needed 3/4 fuel stops. Got a bit of respite on the ferry but was a right mess when i got to the end - too many fags, too much coffee, too little sleep. Was exhausted but my ears were ringing and i couldn't calm down.
Would not recommend more than 400 miles in a day tbh.
Would not recommend more than 400 miles in a day tbh.
Cheib said:
1200 miles I’m a day is really going some....don’t think I could do that ! I drive out to The Alps a couple of times a year which is 600 miles each way with an hour Tunnel crossing. I can do that comfortably but any more and I think I’d struggle. Can’t drink too much coffee as that would result in loo stops.....
On the long runs ( and only on the long runs) , my stop usually includes a refill of Red Bull. Horrible stuff but does the job.Riley Blue said:
I once drove 750 miles from Ostend to Austria stopping only for fuel, coffee/food and to have a pee. I wouldn't do it again, almost certainly couldn't in any case but it was fun then (40 years ago).
How long did it take. I’ve done that route by train countless times, think it took about 14-15 hours900 miles from Marseille to Lymington in one day incl the hour or so in the tunnel. Stopped only for food, fuel and loo breaks. Set off about 9am and got in around 2am the following morning. This was whilst towing our 2.5 ton boat back too with a max speed of 74mph before wheel wobble from out of balance trailer wheels!
Portsmouth to Chambéry in the French Alpes ~700 miles. I thought it would be sensible to leave at 10pm and drive through the night to miss the traffic. I was young enough that all-nighters for work were easy, but I underestimated the monotony of driving at night for mile after mile of autoroute.
I woke up in a field with bunnies hopping around and a light mist, with dawn breaking. I thought I’d crashed and died. Then I remembered I’d pulled into a lay-by to get some rest and must have fallen asleep!
Nowadays I wouldn’t do more than about 6
-7 hours in one day and I’d use each petrol stop as a walk around and get coffee opportunity.
I woke up in a field with bunnies hopping around and a light mist, with dawn breaking. I thought I’d crashed and died. Then I remembered I’d pulled into a lay-by to get some rest and must have fallen asleep!
Nowadays I wouldn’t do more than about 6
-7 hours in one day and I’d use each petrol stop as a walk around and get coffee opportunity.
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