Hi,
The operative issue in a road trip is: what are you trying to accomplish?
For instance, if you take limited access motorways, you can easily make 700
miles a day. That works out to around 11 hours driving time at 65 MPH. If
you're in Montana that distace can be stretched because of the higher speed
limit. If there are two drivers, so much the better. When you factor in "pee"
breaks and gas and oil checks this'll probably work out to around 13 hours of
real time.
However, if you take more scenic roads, then figure on averaging
something more like 45 MPH. In that scenario, figure less than 500 miles
in a day and you'll be plenty tired at the end of the day.
In fact, I have made more than one trip where driving a mere 210 miles
took close to 13 hours. Must have stopped at every gift shop and scenic
view on the route.
The bottom line is: if your car in in pretty good shape, and you are well
rested, you can drive a considerable distance per day. I drove with a friend
out to Wisconsin from the Portland, ME area last September and we made about
650 miles a day with no problems. The car was rock solid and we had no
problems. We just kept putting gas and oil in (we "used" 2 quarts over a 2600
mile round trip).
My TR6 will drive at 3500-4000 rpms all day and not miss a beat. I have driven
many trips with over 500 miles in a day with no problems. But that's me. My
soon to be ex-wife was uncomfortable driving all that distance in one day
because of lower back pain, but that's her. I'm actually quite comfortable
driving my car for many hours at a time.
So, the answer is: it depends.
bye,
rml
p.s. as you can probably guess, it's pretty slow here today.
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