Longest Drives!

speedsatya · 5th June 2004, 17:26

sanket,
that was cooooooooooool.1200kms in 15hours .
did u drive alone .seems like u did not take any stops.

and i was thinking that my 14 .5 hrs for 997kms to mangalore in my zen was terrific.but i did take my pee stops and pit stops for food and rest.
and i am the only 1 who drives.

next time whenever u drive from bangalore ,take adetour on the nh63 ankola road ,u will never forget it.

satya

sanket12 · 8th June 2004, 12:42

hey speedsatya,
i stopped a couple of times for pee & once for dinner & i was alone.... i drive down to udupi my home town quiet a few times a year & yup the yellepur ankola road is the best road to drive

racedriver82 · 8th June 2004, 12:59

I've had many long drives but if I remember the latest one is from B'lore to Hyderabad and thats about 600-700kms and did that in 6 hrs flat. Doing 175kmh most of the way and the conditions were perfect. We stopped once for a pee and had only chocolates to eat otherwise no other stops.

byramshroff · 10th June 2004, 02:42

mumbai to panchgani(200-250 kms approx. with a substantial portion on the ghats) quite a few times .fastest was wid my dad about a year ago in a E-240 .did it in 3 hours 45 minutes

F50 · 10th June 2004, 02:51

My longest was Bombay - Surat 300kms in 5 n half hrs in my Santro
My car was fully loaded with 5 peeps n plus luggage was driving constantly on 90 - 100 ....
I was surprised to reach Surat only on HALF TANK ...

Beetle · 11th June 2004, 14:07

My *longest drive was from Chennai-Bangalore 330 km or so in my Alto VX *in 5.5 hrs .
Took the road via chitthoor and kolar . The Kolar stretch is great as *there are some amazingly straight stretches where you can safely floor the accelarator.

I have done chennai - pondicherry a number of times. Around 150 km on the East coast beach way .

-Beetle

Vin · 11th June 2004, 23:02

i did Delhi Jaipur stretch with SLK ....
had acquired new indica .. so thought of testing it there ..
delhi jaipur is 265 kms one way which we covered in less than 4 hrs ..
that trip we did around 550 kms total in 12 hours total

left my house 6am and was in my house 6 pm ..

v12 · 11th June 2004, 23:08

Bombay - Mangalore a couple of times. [I wasnt driving though].... 1000 kms

Also done Bombay - Lonavala 2-3 times thru the Expressway. [Driving myself]

arijit · 14th June 2004, 15:49

Hi..
Mine was Kolkata - Digha : 190 kms to hotel in 4hrs (incl. pit stops for food/sick guys(??)/..)..touched 95-100 in m800.
(the roads- both Nh & SH were great, though the SH was narrow)

ravi_28_8 · 22nd June 2004, 15:06

hmmmm
1st - sagar to hyd around 900+kms. 15hrs. 300kms bad road then nh7 started which is good.
2nd - hyd to bhopal around 890 kms. 14 hrs. 500 kms to nagpur, roads r good and managed in 7 hrs with lights on for 2hrs. frm there the roads r bad.

this was all done when i went to rajasthan tour by car. we covered 7500 kms in 13 days. visited all parts of rajasthan, agra and gwalior.

ravi_28_8 · 22nd June 2004, 15:10

the continuation to above topic........]

we did this on our new zen di.......... the 3rd servicing for the car was done in KOTA(rajasthan)

killjoy · 23rd June 2004, 12:55

longest -? not on a single day but over 25 days actually - kind of a road trip with another "tripper" friend - all the way from melbourne to brisbane with stopovers at sydney, coff's harbour, surfer's paradise, gold caost and a lot of other smaller places. you would not believe it but australia has a town named "mangalore"

"the best days of my life"

normally_crazy · 1st July 2004, 00:40

well the longest trip i did was mumbai-nasik-shirdi-loni-sangamner-pune-mumbai. started at 11 pm and came back 9 pm next night.

was too excited to calculate the kms as that was my first drive in my first car a 2nd hand white maruti 800.

remember the top speed - 110 kmph

cheers

Reisender · 12th February 2010, 22:37

Here is my longest trip so for.
We drove in 950 miles (~1500 kms) in little over 16 hrs in east coast. Reaching the southern most point of Continental US ==== KeyWest , Florida.

It was fun to drive and was driven by couple of drivers including me.

Time includes pit stops all the way with Max speed 125mph (200kms).

Thanks,
Kottee

COUGAR · 13th February 2010, 03:57

in a single day - Pune to a little before Udaipur in the Gypsy.

5th June 2004, 17:26	#16
speedsatya Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: bangalore/manga Posts: 3,169 Thanked: 738 Times View My Garage	sanket, that was cooooooooooool.1200kms in 15hours . did u drive alone .seems like u did not take any stops. and i was thinking that my 14 .5 hrs for 997kms to mangalore in my zen was terrific.but i did take my pee stops and pit stops for food and rest. and i am the only 1 who drives. next time whenever u drive from bangalore ,take adetour on the nh63 ankola road ,u will never forget it. satya
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8th June 2004, 12:42	#17
sanket12 BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: satara Posts: 174 Thanked: 6 Times	hey speedsatya, i stopped a couple of times for pee & once for dinner & i was alone.... i drive down to udupi my home town quiet a few times a year & yup the yellepur ankola road is the best road to drive
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8th June 2004, 12:59	#18
racedriver82 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 22 Thanked: 3 Times	I've had many long drives but if I remember the latest one is from B'lore to Hyderabad and thats about 600-700kms and did that in 6 hrs flat. Doing 175kmh most of the way and the conditions were perfect. We stopped once for a pee and had only chocolates to eat otherwise no other stops.
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10th June 2004, 02:42	#19
byramshroff BHPian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: mumbai Posts: 195 Thanked: 0 Times	mumbai to panchgani(200-250 kms approx. with a substantial portion on the ghats) quite a few times .fastest was wid my dad about a year ago in a E-240 .did it in 3 hours 45 minutes
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10th June 2004, 02:51	#20
F50 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mumbai/USA Posts: 1,707 Thanked: 103 Times	My longest was Bombay - Surat 300kms in 5 n half hrs in my Santro My car was fully loaded with 5 peeps n plus luggage was driving constantly on 90 - 100 .... I was surprised to reach Surat only on HALF TANK ...
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11th June 2004, 14:07	#21
Beetle BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 33 Thanked: 0 Times	My longest drive was from Chennai-Bangalore 330 km or so in my Alto VX in 5.5 hrs . Took the road via chitthoor and kolar . The Kolar stretch is great as *there are some amazingly straight stretches where you can safely floor the accelarator. I have done chennai - pondicherry a number of times. Around 150 km on the East coast beach way . -Beetle
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11th June 2004, 23:02	#22
Vin BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 52 Thanked: 0 Times	i did Delhi Jaipur stretch with SLK .... had acquired new indica .. so thought of testing it there .. delhi jaipur is 265 kms one way which we covered in less than 4 hrs .. that trip we did around 550 kms total in 12 hours total left my house 6am and was in my house 6 pm ..
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11th June 2004, 23:08	#23
v12 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,739 Thanked: 7,213 Times View My Garage	Bombay - Mangalore a couple of times. [I wasnt driving though].... 1000 kms Also done Bombay - Lonavala 2-3 times thru the Expressway. [Driving myself]
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14th June 2004, 15:49	#24
arijit BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kolkata Posts: 42 Thanked: 2 Times	Hi.. Mine was Kolkata - Digha : 190 kms to hotel in 4hrs (incl. pit stops for food/sick guys(??)/..)..touched 95-100 in m800. (the roads- both Nh & SH were great, though the SH was narrow)
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22nd June 2004, 15:06	#25
ravi_28_8 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 77 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	hmmmm 1st - sagar to hyd around 900+kms. 15hrs. 300kms bad road then nh7 started which is good. 2nd - hyd to bhopal around 890 kms. 14 hrs. 500 kms to nagpur, roads r good and managed in 7 hrs with lights on for 2hrs. frm there the roads r bad. this was all done when i went to rajasthan tour by car. we covered 7500 kms in 13 days. visited all parts of rajasthan, agra and gwalior.
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22nd June 2004, 15:10	#26
ravi_28_8 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 77 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	the continuation to above topic........] we did this on our new zen di.......... the 3rd servicing for the car was done in KOTA(rajasthan)
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23rd June 2004, 12:55	#27
killjoy BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 753 Thanked: 317 Times View My Garage	longest -? not on a single day but over 25 days actually - kind of a road trip with another "tripper" friend - all the way from melbourne to brisbane with stopovers at sydney, coff's harbour, surfer's paradise, gold caost and a lot of other smaller places. you would not believe it but australia has a town named "mangalore" "the best days of my life"
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1st July 2004, 00:40	#28
normally_crazy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 4,369 Thanked: 528 Times View My Garage	well the longest trip i did was mumbai-nasik-shirdi-loni-sangamner-pune-mumbai. started at 11 pm and came back 9 pm next night. was too excited to calculate the kms as that was my first drive in my first car a 2nd hand white maruti 800. remember the top speed - 110 kmph cheers
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12th February 2010, 22:37	#29
Reisender BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Atlanta, USA ; Chennai India Posts: 157 Thanked: 61 Times	Here is my longest trip so for. We drove in 950 miles (~1500 kms) in little over 16 hrs in east coast. Reaching the southern most point of Continental US ==== KeyWest , Florida. It was fun to drive and was driven by couple of drivers including me. Time includes pit stops all the way with Max speed 125mph (200kms). Thanks, Kottee
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13th February 2010, 03:57	#30
COUGAR BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Delhi Posts: 548 Thanked: 94 Times View My Garage	in a single day - Pune to a little before Udaipur in the Gypsy.
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