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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-25-10 09:49 PM
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52. i usu. put it at 600 miles which is less than 10 hrs w. lunch break
as others say driving is addictive and you'll be in the trance and want to go more but truly unless it's an emergency i try to put a cold stop around 650 miles

at 70/80 MPH it's a 9 hr day which you can do if you work normal work hours
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  -If you had to drive alone a long distance cross country, Barack2theFuture  Aug-24-10 08:22 PM   #0 
  - i drove from ama, texas to barstow, ca. i have done a lot of long distance, though.  seabeyond   Aug-24-10 08:24 PM   #1 
  - 500 miles or 12 hours, whichever comes first.  rug   Aug-24-10 08:25 PM   #2 
  - yup .. thats what I do  mdmc   Aug-26-10 06:33 AM   #57 
  - I moved from KCMO to Silicon Valley CA by myself, driving a 30' truck  REP   Aug-24-10 08:26 PM   #3 
  - Alone, or with someone?  petronius   Aug-24-10 08:30 PM   #4 
  - It's not time or distance. It's how much you can do safely.  amerikat   Aug-24-10 08:36 PM   #5 
  - With or without crystal meth? nt  valerief   Aug-24-10 08:36 PM   #6 
  - With  Kaleva   Aug-24-10 10:43 PM   #20 
     - 2.5 days.  Iggo   Aug-25-10 02:09 AM   #35 
  - Drove from Denver to Omaha.  elleng   Aug-24-10 08:40 PM   #7 
  - I did 24 hours straight.  flvegan   Aug-24-10 08:48 PM   #8 
  - The longest I drove without another driver  noamnety   Aug-24-10 08:48 PM   #9 
  - One Exit at a time  Inchworm   Aug-24-10 08:50 PM   #10 
  - Heck, I've driven 24 hours straight to get home  Old Troop   Aug-24-10 09:12 PM   #11 
  - Drove from Tucson to San Antonio  sammytko   Aug-24-10 09:45 PM   #12 
  - Minneapolis MN to Livingston MT.  The Velveteen Ocelot   Aug-24-10 09:47 PM   #13 
  - I did several 800 mile days on a cross-country trip.  kwassa   Aug-24-10 09:47 PM   #14 
  - Miami to Washington DC  HipChick   Aug-24-10 09:48 PM   #15 
  - How old am I? When I was young, I'd drive 24 hours, and keep going,  david13   Aug-24-10 09:59 PM   #16 
  - I fucking hate driving - I'd do 400 miles, and that's probably about it.  Rabrrrrrr   Aug-24-10 10:02 PM   #17 
  - Same here. I've had tendinitis in both arms, and driving too long wears my eyes out.  raccoon   Aug-25-10 07:49 AM   #37 
  - 8 hours with a one hour break in the middle...  Bennyboy   Aug-24-10 10:14 PM   #18 
  - Have a brother who routinely drives about 27 hours straight.  Kaleva   Aug-24-10 10:43 PM   #19 
  - I did three 1000+ mile driving stints with chemical assistance...  MiddleFingerMom   Aug-24-10 10:58 PM   #21 
  - Twin Cities, Minnesota to Austin Texas  Angry Dragon   Aug-24-10 11:01 PM   #22 
  - no more than 12 hours at one time.  Tuesday Afternoon   Aug-24-10 11:18 PM   #23 
  - Now that I have some sense, I'd say 600 miles.  Twillig   Aug-24-10 11:22 PM   #24 
  - Drove 15 1/2 hours last week - Detroit to Boston.  Initech   Aug-24-10 11:25 PM   #25 
  - I drove from Iowa City to Estes Park Colorado  Mendocino   Aug-24-10 11:41 PM   #26 
  - around 500 miles  hibbing   Aug-24-10 11:56 PM   #27 
  - Indianapolis to Denver. And would not recommend it. /nt  jberryhill   Aug-25-10 12:13 AM   #28 
  - Hmmmm. I would say ten hours.  proteus_lives   Aug-25-10 12:14 AM   #29 
  - I can cover a thousand miles in a day of driving. I can leave my house in So. Cal. and be in Idaho  cherokeeprogressive   Aug-25-10 12:21 AM   #30 
  - Given that I can't drive, it's gonna be a very short trip.  GreenPartyVoter   Aug-25-10 12:32 AM   #31 
  - I drove over 375 miles a day for 2 months straight  Taitertots   Aug-25-10 12:37 AM   #32 
  - my longest single stretch  northzax   Aug-25-10 12:55 AM   #33 
  - Short rest stops, usually at fuel stops, few meals...mostly snacks...  hayu_lol   Aug-25-10 02:00 AM   #34 
  - probably 1,000 miles  fizzgig   Aug-25-10 02:17 AM   #36 
  - Did 850 miles on my motorcycle once  av8rdave   Aug-25-10 08:30 AM   #38 
  - I drove across the country -- I tried to do about 500 miles per day.  driver8   Aug-25-10 11:49 AM   #39 
  - Manhattan to Chicago was my longest ever.  AngryAmish   Aug-25-10 11:55 AM   #40 
  - The furthest I have ever driven alone in one day is 701 miles  LaurenG   Aug-25-10 11:56 AM   #41 
  - Just did it recently. I can do about 800 miles the first day, and about 650 every day after that.  Xithras   Aug-25-10 12:36 PM   #42 
  - I did Rochester, NY, to Chicago via Canada non-stop once but I was still 30-something then.  Gidney N Cloyd   Aug-25-10 04:51 PM   #43 
  - 1200 miles . . .? 15 hours . . .?  Barack2theFuture   Aug-25-10 05:14 PM   #44 
  - 1400 miles 14 hours  Xipe Totec   Aug-25-10 05:16 PM   #45 
  - damn  Barack2theFuture   Aug-25-10 05:19 PM   #46 
  - It wasn't me, it was my dad  Xipe Totec   Aug-25-10 05:24 PM   #47 
     - I'm just planning 80 on the Interstate  Barack2theFuture   Aug-25-10 07:19 PM   #51 
  - I don't think its that far - more like 900 miles nt  sammytko   Aug-26-10 05:45 AM   #55 
     - You're right; it was kilometers, not miles nt  Xipe Totec   Aug-26-10 02:52 PM   #63 
  - 1200 miles isn't insane, but not likely in 15 hours  fishwax   Aug-26-10 07:57 PM   #66 
  - I've done Philadelphia to Denver three times. But that was when  Redstone   Aug-25-10 05:26 PM   #48 
  - Well, I drove 997 miles from Ft.Myers Beach to Philly back in 2001  TK421   Aug-25-10 05:29 PM   #49 
  - I drove the car I bought from Cincinnati home to Chapel Hill, NC alone.  mnhtnbb   Aug-25-10 06:57 PM   #50 
  - i usu. put it at 600 miles which is less than 10 hrs w. lunch break  pitohui   Aug-25-10 09:49 PM   #52 
  - I have driven 850 miles in a day.  Joe Fields   Aug-25-10 10:21 PM   #53 
  - Depends. I try to avoid long uninterrupted stretches nowadays, but I once  struggle4progress   Aug-25-10 10:44 PM   #54 
  - I did 1544 miles back in June  MajorChode   Aug-26-10 06:31 AM   #56 
  - I once drove  MissHoneychurch   Aug-26-10 06:40 AM   #58 
  - 12-16hrs. before I start going batty...  JCMach1   Aug-26-10 12:50 PM   #59 
  - I drove from South Florida to the Florida Panhandle  RockaFowler   Aug-26-10 12:51 PM   #60 
  - About 9-10 hours straight  supernova   Aug-26-10 01:09 PM   #61 
  - I think 8 hours  ceile   Aug-26-10 01:19 PM   #62 
  - Longest I did was 850 Miles in one day, Illinois to Pennsylvania  charlie and algernon   Aug-26-10 03:25 PM   #64 
  - Until I got tired, unless...  Rochester   Aug-26-10 05:31 PM   #65 
  - my longest was 28 hours  lazarus   Aug-26-10 09:31 PM   #67 
  - I drove from Boise, Idaho to Phoenix, Arizona in one day.  Alexander   Aug-26-10 09:55 PM   #68 
  - I did Austin to Atlanta, let someone else drive to about Richmond, then finished to Connecticut.  jobycom   Aug-26-10 11:16 PM   #69 
  - i do 600 miles/9 hrs routinely  pitohui   Aug-26-10 11:24 PM   #70 
  - drove from North Platte, NE to Chicago once  LSK   Aug-27-10 01:29 AM   #71 
  - I'm terrible estimating milage  realisticphish   Aug-27-10 10:44 AM   #72 
  - 17 was tough - I would keep it around 12 if you can  stray cat   Aug-27-10 11:08 AM   #73 
  - Interestingly, I will be doing that in about a week....Connecticut to Vegas...  joeybee12   Aug-27-10 11:13 AM   #74 
  - i've driven from Tucson to SF and SLC to SF in one day  CreekDog   Aug-27-10 11:19 AM   #75 
  - 15 hours, and I'd take 17 hours to do it  JustABozoOnThisBus   Aug-27-10 11:30 AM   #76 
  - 11.5 was my longest.  Deep13   Aug-27-10 01:25 PM   #77 
  - I did Northern IL to Fayetteville AR last year. 10 hours and 650 miles.  Luciferous   Aug-27-10 02:25 PM   #78 
 

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