Your longest drive in ONE day?

Django x2 · 22 Dec 2013 at 23:39

Up at 4am to head from Bournemouth to Folkstone (171 miles)
Then Calais to Messanges (636 miles)
Total 807 miles in one day (arrived at 7pm French time) no fuel stops (only wee)
3 people (just me driving) + 1 pregnant woman. One E60 530d doing what it does best....eating miles

[TW]Fox · 22 Dec 2013 at 23:42

Django x2 said:
Up at 4am to head from Bournemouth to Folkstone (171 miles)
Then Calais to Messanges (636 miles)
Total 807 miles in one day (arrived at 7pm French time) no fuel stops (only wee)
3 people (just me driving) + 1 pregnant woman. One E60 530d doing what it does best....eating miles

Did you do all that at 50mph in the inside lane or something?

Soul.Survivor · 22 Dec 2013 at 23:47

I've done 220 odd miles. Weston-super-mare to Manchester.

Off to London next which, 500 mile round trip. Woo :/

BAcon · 23 Dec 2013 at 00:12

Drove home from Cologne yesterday morning, I always drive out and never fly, its 500miles, I only stop for the tunnel/ferry and a fuel stop along the way.

Just make sure you have things to eat and drink as boredom leads to sleepy sleep

PaulyD · 23 Dec 2013 at 05:43

Just done mine, about 350-400 odd miles. High Wycombe to Arklow,Ireland on Tuesday morning and back just now.Made so much longer on the way back with the 3 and 1/2 hour ferry journey

Did want a road trip in the new Celica though and it didn't disappoint

Django x2 · 23 Dec 2013 at 09:12

[TW]Fox;25532591 said:
Did you do all that at 50mph in the inside lane or something?

Lol, no average speed was about 68mph though. We had 3 hour delay at folkestone as well

Luke · 23 Dec 2013 at 10:30

993 miles (according to google). Redlands, CA to Boulder, CO via Salina.
Hectic drive to get the flight home from Denver having been delayed unexpectedly in LA.
My wife can't drive so it was me all the way.

Souleh · 23 Dec 2013 at 12:14

Longest trip was about 400 miles but this was done twice within 36 hours so im happy to count that pain as 800 miles. Plus it was in India.

The trips took 13 hours each way from Banglore to near Nellore to attend a wedding of a local fella who works with my company.

Painful- Yes.
Worth it? Yes, truly off the beaten track and a beautiful country.

realscot · 23 Dec 2013 at 17:33

A friend who lives in Australia took his 1100 touring bike from Darwin to Alice Springs (about 1500km) in 30-40c+ summer heat last week, did the journey in just over 18hrs which included running out of fuel 30k from the nearest petrol station, then getting a lift from a dodgy old bloke who talked about how easy it is for people to disappear on that road.

task · 23 Dec 2013 at 19:00

50 miles, ferry journey then 500 miles from Dunkirk to Nuremberg.

Followed by two more days of 300 miles + journeys into Austria then Hungary. just over 4000 miles in a little over 2 weeks in a classic Range Rover (which ate the miles up).

apatia77 · 23 Dec 2013 at 21:26

When I was 18-21 I used to do a lot of long distance driving, it was mainly van driving but some car driving as well between France, Germany and Poland, I would sometimes drive for up to 20h with very little breaks. I can't say how many miles I would do in 1 day but it would be close to 1000.

I would do this then stay for 2-4 days then come back all the way.

Old times are old

Muffin` · 23 Dec 2013 at 21:32

apatia77 said:
When I was 18-21 I used to do a lot of long distance driving, it was mainly van driving but some car driving as well between France, Germany and Poland, I would sometimes drive for up to 20h with very little breaks. I can't say how many miles I would do in 1 day but it would be close to 1000.

I would do this then stay for 2-4 days then come back all the way.

Old times are old

I'm sort of jealous of that, I'd love to do that for a bit

[TW]Fox · 23 Dec 2013 at 21:34

Django x2 said:
Lol, no average speed was about 68mph though. We had 3 hour delay at folkestone as well

So you averaged 70mph - meaning you'd have spent quite some time above that as it's suprising how quickly the average comes down - and managed a 53mpg brim to brim average from a 2007 530d auto 4 up?

Is this another manual 535d event

Fantom · 23 Dec 2013 at 23:24

700 miles Cornwall to Blackpool, bought a car, then straight back - long day.

Django x2 · 24 Dec 2013 at 11:09

[TW]Fox;25537123 said:
So you averaged 70mph - meaning you'd have spent quite some time above that as it's suprising how quickly the average comes down - and managed a 53mpg brim to brim average from a 2007 530d auto 4 up?

Is this another manual 535d event

No fuel stops, on the French side, newb

West · 24 Dec 2013 at 16:56

Probably a trip to London on the motorway from Staffordshire. Other than that I sometimes have to do Blue Light transfers to places like Alder Hay in Liverpool and Great Ormond Street.

JaWalks · 25 Dec 2013 at 17:22

St Tropez to Leeds, a bit over 1000 miles. Had a little break on the ferry and a few toilet stops.

Dolph · 25 Dec 2013 at 17:29

630 miles or so, Aberdeen to Plymouth is my longest single journey.

Also done plymouth, dartford then back to plymouth after a wedding and reception in a day, but the wedding broke it up nicely.

MarkLP · 25 Dec 2013 at 17:48

700 miles. Devon to Hull and back. Drove up in an old Renault Laguna and back in a Skyline with a slipping clutch. I made it within 10 miles of home before the clutch finally gave up. Never again!

mejinks · 25 Dec 2013 at 17:53

Newport to Poole, get on a ferry and then straight through to Perpignan. 1611km apparently. Thank god the campsite was 24h as it was towing a caravan also.