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04-17-2009, 12:19 AM | #1 |
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What's ur longest drive in a Yaris without stopping(cept gas)?
Planning to move to San Fran one day and was thinking about driving nearly 3000 miles without stopping.(cept gas)
I once drove from new york to orlando without stopping(cept gas, but no break - get gas and go), my longest drive which is about 16 hours with traffic. (however, not with yaris) my question is would the yaris engine survive driving 3000 miles almost constantly? |
04-17-2009, 12:59 AM | #2 | |
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Check out trini_per4mance's 320,000 mile Yaris in exactly 2yrs 8months.
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04-17-2009, 01:05 AM | #3 |
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Cruising for long distances at a constant speed is much easier on an engine....any engine....than daily stop & go commuting. I have driven many different cars 1000-3000 miles non-stop (except for gas) and all held up just fine (even my 50-year old Austin-Healey), so I wouldn't worry too much about messing anything up.
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04-17-2009, 01:20 AM | #4 | |
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04-17-2009, 01:29 AM | #5 |
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In yaris: KC, MO to Sandusky, OH
In "my other car": Pensacola FL to Anchorage AK <--Lots of gas
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04-18-2009, 02:04 PM | #6 | |
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Three THOUSAND miles non-stop like the poster claims? I'll call BS if you say so. Sorry, NO ONE has the stamina to SAFELY drive three thousand miles. You'd be driving for like fourty eight hours solid. |
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04-17-2009, 01:28 AM | #7 |
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Portland OR to Fresno CA. About 13 hours if I recall correctly.
Second would probably be Fresno to San Diego, forgot how long of a drive that was.
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04-17-2009, 02:03 AM | #8 |
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The engine won't care. It's made to run, that's what it does. As long as it has good oil in it and the cooling system is working properly, it will won't know the difference between this trip and a trip across town.
YOU, on the other hand... don't be stupid. Even your 16-hour stunt was on the dumb side. 10-12 hours is the most anyone should consider driving without a rest. Even if you manage to stay awake, you're not going to be anywhere near peak alertness, and that's dangerous. 3,000 miles is a LONG drive. The record for the 2900 mile Cannonball Run (NY-LA) is a touch under 33 hours (at an AVERAGE speed of 87 mph). Trust me, just maintaining an average speed of 65-70 mph on a long road trip without getting into trouble is VERY difficult. So, realistically, even if you don't mind getting a few speeding tickets and manage to keep a 70 mph average, you're looking at a minimum of over 42 hours of drive time. Be smart, make it a 4-day drive... budget some money for hotels rather than ending up spending that money and more on tickets or worse yet paying your insurance deductible. I could go on, but I hope you get the point. If you have a driving partner, and the two of you switch off RELIGIOUSLY and ensure that one driver is SLEEPING while the other is driving, you can make it without stopping, but even that takes a great deal of dedication and trust between the drivers. (I've done the One Lap of America twice, that's 9 days and about 4,000 miles... plus another 3,000 miles for me driving to and from the event starting point... 7-8,000 miles in about 11 days. The car doesn't care, but that kind of mileage is hard on drivers.) |
04-17-2009, 09:36 AM | #9 | |
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04-17-2009, 02:52 PM | #10 | |
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but honestly when i drove down to orlando i had no problems. maybe because i must have stopped like 10+ times because i was driving a dodge intrepid lol. those gas breaks probably helped |
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04-17-2009, 03:21 PM | #11 | |
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I wish I still had the photos... a guy I used to autocross with went to the SCCA Solo Nationals in Topeka, Kansas a few years ago. Drove from FL to KS straight through (21-24 hour drive), did the event (spent 2-3 days there) and then headed home, trying to do the same straight through solo drive again. He stuffed his car into the back of a semi somewhere between Wichita and Oklahoma City. Fell asleep and fortunately struck a vehicle that was moving at 70 mph rather than something that wasn't moving. He lived to tell the story, his car did not. And, if you're not familiar with your Midwest geography, Topeka to OKC is well under 6 hours. Exhaustion has a way of catching up with you when you least expect it. |
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04-17-2009, 03:23 AM | #12 |
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From the North Bay to SoCal, stopping for gas once. hahaha.
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04-17-2009, 03:49 AM | #13 |
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Twelve hours, going from Anaheim to Oregon. No problems.
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04-17-2009, 05:25 AM | #14 |
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Montreal to Tampa last month,20hrs was the longest single leg of the trip when i started getting the symptoms leading up to falling asleep at the wheel it was time to grab a motel and sleep.The car will make a cross country trip no problem and a lot easier than the driver will especially if testosterone is telling the fool to do it all without stopping for anything but gas.
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04-17-2009, 08:06 AM | #15 |
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Talladega, AL to Rochester, NY
16 Hours Stopped for gas 3 times Rochester, NY to Bryn Mawr, PA 5 1/2 Hours Bryn Mawr, PA to Chesapeake, VA 6 hours Chesapeake, VA to Talladega, AL 11 Hours All within one week No problem at all |
04-17-2009, 08:11 AM | #16 |
I love momentum.
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14ish hours from MA to NC.
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04-17-2009, 08:20 AM | #17 |
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Manchester NH to Evansville, IN, about 1200 miles, in just under 16 hours. Did it in the yaris with no problems and only stopped for gas twice. Nice day trip. LOL
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04-17-2009, 08:36 AM | #18 |
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9 hours with heavy snow and accident related traffic... without a gas stop, barely.
7 hours with normal traffic, 6 hours without traffic once a month each way... 7/8ths of a tank of gas
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