Longest Drives!

rpmx1000 · 13th February 2010, 12:21

The longest drive I've done is from Redwood Shores, CA to Crater Lake, OR and back with a group of friends, did most of the driving myself as I had not done long drives before. That was a total of 1100 miles(1800 km) over 3 days.Of that I would have driven at least 1300 miles. That was a lot of fun!

The longest drive in India was from Bangalore to Madurai in Dec 2009 (430km). That took about 5 hours and 45 min , on the way to Rameswaram.

I have also done a Bangalore to Trichur trip to my hometown on Aug 14,2008 . That was about a 400km drive morn-evening which took about 8.5 hours.

kpzen · 13th February 2010, 12:29

Faridabad --> Mumbai 1450 kms in 19hrs
Mumbai --> Faridabad 1489 kms in 17hrs

Mumbai --> Bangalore 1015 kms in 14.5 hrs
Bangalore --> Mumbai 996 kms in 11.5 hrs

irdevanand · 13th February 2010, 12:47

chennai-kanyakumari-chennai: 1750 kms in 3 days
did this trip the very next day of taking delivery (ANHC)
dev

BlackPearl · 13th February 2010, 13:03

In India - Delhi to Calcutta (1520 Kms, 30 Hours with food and bio halts in between). In USA, New Jersey to Indianapolis 700 or more mile, dont remember the exact distance (12 Hours).

NutsNBolts · 13th February 2010, 13:06

My longest drive was in 2007, when I drove from Kochi. Route was: Kochi> Mangalore> Goa> Mumbai> Ahemdabad> New Delhi> Jammu and back. On the return trip, Mumbai to Kochi was done via Bangalore. Car was Fiat Uno and total 10 days were spent in the car in the complete trip.

Apart from these a few Kochi-Bangalore, Kochi-Chennai, Kochi-Trivandrum trips over a period of time in Uno/Linea. No wonder, i carry such a huge Fiat logo in my avatar

shatrughna · 13th February 2010, 13:18

My favourite driving destinations from Mumbai:
1.Overnight-Goa- 500kms- 10-12 hrs
2.1 day - Jaipur (approx. 1000kms)- 17 hours, Nagpur - 20 hours plus (900kms plus)
3.Longest at a stretch- 32 hours- Pathankot (2 of us driving alternately) & return same way- approx. 1900kms each way.
4. Chennai- approx. 1200kms- 21hours.
5.Best fun trips - ( same day return):
- Silvassa/ Daman
-Pune
-Alibaug
-Nagothane
-Ganpatipule
-Mahabaleswar
-Satara
-Hubli

On a lighter note - not so desirable same day return trip-
home to office - everyday- generally this I feel is the most tiring trip.

akas_chauhan · 13th February 2010, 14:01

MIne
Bangalore to Orissa 1650 Km , 25 hours.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...-25-hours.html

Other one Mumbai to Bangalore around 16 hours.

AyAn! · 13th February 2010, 14:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by sameer551

Mine was Delhi - Jaipur on M800 was real fun drive blasting my 800 to maximum on an avg speeed of 100km/hr. I will agree it becomes unstable after 100.

Yes,the car gets seriously affected by crosswinds above 100kmph.Its very hard to keep her in a straight line.Ditto for the Santro.The steering becomes very light,goes all over the place!

But I remember doing a steady 110-120 on the M800 all throughout the Durgapur Expressway(some 80 odd km)

ddriver · 13th February 2010, 14:20

i drove longest in a day was from --
chandigarh to ajmer - 645 kms
and next day again drove down back to chandigarh. it was tiring but had a great fun driving N.H.1 and 8

coolclouds · 13th February 2010, 14:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpzen

Bangalore --> Mumbai 996 kms in 11.5 hrs

What was this car?

KSM-Vtec · 13th February 2010, 14:26

Katra to Udaipur - 1350kms - Gypsy

columbus · 13th February 2010, 14:33

Haldwani to Bhopal 1000+ kms (via Aligarh-Mathura-agra ).
Started at 5:00 AM in the morning from Haldwani. Lost 3 hours in a massive sand storm between Agra and Gwalior. Reached home at 12 in the night.

theEnd · 13th February 2010, 18:14

In India my paranoid folks wont let me hit the highways, so longest solo drive has been Mumbai-Pune... boring, I know.

But last year I took off on a road-trip in Scotland, starting in Glasgow, to Fort-William, to Portree in Skye, then to Pitlochry and finally to Edinburgh. Total distance travelled in 5 days was just over 1000km, although the longest single day's drive was less than 350km.

Easily the most beautiful drive I've ever been on. The roads are great fun and the countryside can take your breath away. Only spoiler was the noisy engine... since it was Easter weekend and everything had been booked all I could get was a Peugeot 308, and it was a diesel :(

sdp1975 · 13th February 2010, 18:27

Bangalore to Kanyakumari , 700 km in about 10.5 hrs

Ravveendrra · 13th February 2010, 19:01

Thanks Reisender for reviving this long lost thread. I saw it ages ago and had nothing noteworthy to report and then promptly forgot about it.

My (our) longest drive was the AP to AP drive. 7234 km in a Skoda Laura. (AP to AP: In search of a white X-mas and found a street party!) There were 3 of us sharing the driving over 16 days. The longest non-stop stretch we did was Shillong to Bhubaneshwar (some 1600 km) in 34 hrs. through narrow (often bad) mountain roads, thick fog etc.

The max speed recorded by the GPS was 183 kmph (the speedo showed some 195 at that point).

Cheers,

13th February 2010, 12:21	#46
rpmx1000 BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 396 Thanked: 36 Times	The longest drive I've done is from Redwood Shores, CA to Crater Lake, OR and back with a group of friends, did most of the driving myself as I had not done long drives before. That was a total of 1100 miles(1800 km) over 3 days.Of that I would have driven at least 1300 miles. That was a lot of fun! The longest drive in India was from Bangalore to Madurai in Dec 2009 (430km). That took about 5 hours and 45 min , on the way to Rameswaram. I have also done a Bangalore to Trichur trip to my hometown on Aug 14,2008 . That was about a 400km drive morn-evening which took about 8.5 hours.
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13th February 2010, 12:29	#47
kpzen Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Faridabad Posts: 5,610 Thanked: 1,876 Times View My Garage	Faridabad --> Mumbai 1450 kms in 19hrs Mumbai --> Faridabad 1489 kms in 17hrs Mumbai --> Bangalore 1015 kms in 14.5 hrs Bangalore --> Mumbai 996 kms in 11.5 hrs
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13th February 2010, 12:47	#48
irdevanand BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: chennai Posts: 355 Thanked: 938 Times	chennai-kanyakumari-chennai: 1750 kms in 3 days did this trip the very next day of taking delivery (ANHC) dev
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13th February 2010, 13:03	#49
BlackPearl Team-BHP Support Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Calcutta/London Posts: 3,608 Thanked: 16,998 Times View My Garage	In India - Delhi to Calcutta (1520 Kms, 30 Hours with food and bio halts in between). In USA, New Jersey to Indianapolis 700 or more mile, dont remember the exact distance (12 Hours).
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13th February 2010, 13:06	#50
NutsNBolts BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jammu Posts: 817 Thanked: 41 Times View My Garage	My longest drive was in 2007, when I drove from Kochi. Route was: Kochi> Mangalore> Goa> Mumbai> Ahemdabad> New Delhi> Jammu and back. On the return trip, Mumbai to Kochi was done via Bangalore. Car was Fiat Uno and total 10 days were spent in the car in the complete trip. Apart from these a few Kochi-Bangalore, Kochi-Chennai, Kochi-Trivandrum trips over a period of time in Uno/Linea. No wonder, i carry such a huge Fiat logo in my avatar
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13th February 2010, 13:18	#51
shatrughna BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 894 Thanked: 68 Times	My favourite driving destinations from Mumbai: 1.Overnight-Goa- 500kms- 10-12 hrs 2.1 day - Jaipur (approx. 1000kms)- 17 hours, Nagpur - 20 hours plus (900kms plus) 3.Longest at a stretch- 32 hours- Pathankot (2 of us driving alternately) & return same way- approx. 1900kms each way. 4. Chennai- approx. 1200kms- 21hours. 5.Best fun trips - ( same day return): - Silvassa/ Daman -Pune -Alibaug -Nagothane -Ganpatipule -Mahabaleswar -Satara -Hubli On a lighter note - not so desirable same day return trip- home to office - everyday- generally this I feel is the most tiring trip.
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13th February 2010, 14:01	#52
akas_chauhan BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Antonio Posts: 596 Thanked: 25 Times	MIne Bangalore to Orissa 1650 Km , 25 hours. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...-25-hours.html Other one Mumbai to Bangalore around 16 hours.
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13th February 2010, 14:20	#54
ddriver BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Jaipur Posts: 86 Thanked: 27 Times	i drove longest in a day was from -- chandigarh to ajmer - 645 kms and next day again drove down back to chandigarh. it was tiring but had a great fun driving N.H.1 and 8
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13th February 2010, 14:26	#56
KSM-Vtec Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: MH-02-India-Bombay-Bandra Posts: 1,562 Thanked: 446 Times View My Garage	Katra to Udaipur - 1350kms - Gypsy
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13th February 2010, 14:33	#57
columbus BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bhopal Posts: 300 Thanked: 478 Times	Haldwani to Bhopal 1000+ kms (via Aligarh-Mathura-agra ). Started at 5:00 AM in the morning from Haldwani. Lost 3 hours in a massive sand storm between Agra and Gwalior. Reached home at 12 in the night.
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13th February 2010, 18:14	#58
theEnd BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bombay Posts: 534 Thanked: 6 Times View My Garage	In India my paranoid folks wont let me hit the highways, so longest solo drive has been Mumbai-Pune... boring, I know. But last year I took off on a road-trip in Scotland, starting in Glasgow, to Fort-William, to Portree in Skye, then to Pitlochry and finally to Edinburgh. Total distance travelled in 5 days was just over 1000km, although the longest single day's drive was less than 350km. Easily the most beautiful drive I've ever been on. The roads are great fun and the countryside can take your breath away. Only spoiler was the noisy engine... since it was Easter weekend and everything had been booked all I could get was a Peugeot 308, and it was a diesel :(
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13th February 2010, 18:27	#59
sdp1975 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,700 Thanked: 1,273 Times View My Garage	Bangalore to Kanyakumari , 700 km in about 10.5 hrs
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13th February 2010, 19:01	#60
Ravveendrra Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,391 Thanked: 446 Times View My Garage	Trip of a lifetime! Thanks Reisender for reviving this long lost thread. I saw it ages ago and had nothing noteworthy to report and then promptly forgot about it. My (our) longest drive was the AP to AP drive. 7234 km in a Skoda Laura. (AP to AP: In search of a white X-mas and found a street party!) There were 3 of us sharing the driving over 16 days. The longest non-stop stretch we did was Shillong to Bhubaneshwar (some 1600 km) in 34 hrs. through narrow (often bad) mountain roads, thick fog etc. The max speed recorded by the GPS was 183 kmph (the speedo showed some 195 at that point). Cheers,
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