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Old 15th February 2010, 13:39   #76
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Hi all,

I am new to this forum.
My longest drive was from Kollam to bangalore
around 780 KMs
took 11.5 Hrs.
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Old 15th February 2010, 13:59   #77
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My longest drive:
From Philadelphia to Buffalo - 8 hours, with one stop.

My hardest drive:
Bangalore to Mangalore via Mysore/Madikeri in my Palio MJD - 8 hours, 440 kms, one stop after first 2 hours, then non-stop!!!
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Old 15th February 2010, 14:00   #78
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My longest drive was 2279 kms, Bangalore - shirdi and back but deviated to few other places (Jog Falls)

Car - Fiat Palio 1.2
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Old 15th February 2010, 14:09   #79
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Bangalore - Goa - 670 Kms.. 9-10 hours.. back trip was a little boring though
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Old 15th February 2010, 14:10   #80
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One of my longest solo rides with Don (Electra 5 speed) was from Blore to Varanasi non stop apart from fuel, food and calls of nature.
I guess I took around 30 hours to do it.

That ride created an inseparable bond between me and Don.
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Old 15th February 2010, 14:15   #81
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My longest drive: Delhi to Agra. Spent a night there. Then to Haridwar, another night. Then Mussoorie. Total one way: approx 450 km.
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Old 15th February 2010, 14:18   #82
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Longest single day drive was Mahableshwar - Chennai in my Wagon R started at 5 in the morning at Mahableshwar and reached Chennai at 2.30 early morning next day after a break of about 4 hours at Belgaum to meet my distributor. Except for about 75 kms rest was driven by me
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Old 15th February 2010, 14:27   #83
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My longest drive was

Reading to Edinburgh and back on same day. Total kms covered was around 1450 and it took around 8 hours one way.The entire stretch was driven by me.

Apart from that one trip every month between Bangalore and Cochin and back from year 2002 onwards till date ( 570 kms - 10-11hrs)
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Old 15th February 2010, 14:31   #84
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I did many long drives. Posting 2 of them.

My longest drive was 3200 KM in Fiat Palio 1.2. Pune-Mysore-Kodaikanal-Munnar-Ooty-Banglore-Pune.

The logest strech in single day
Pune-Mysore (Start 3 AM - Ends 7 PM - Checked in to hotel)
Banglore-Pune (Start 3 AM - Ends 4:45 PM - Only one lunch stop)
Pune-Gondia (Start 3.30 AM - Ends 9 PM)

Car is always Palio 1.2

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Old 15th February 2010, 15:26   #85
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The longest was from Hyderabad to Vizag on Opel Corsa once and on Wagon R once.
Distance: 650+ Kms
Top Speed: 130 on Corsa, 110 on Wagon R.
While on Corsa the best i did was covered 200KMs in 2Hrs on Highway from Rajahmundry to Vizag.
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Old 15th February 2010, 16:59   #86
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Distance 450 KM in 15 hrs
Route:- Leh to Srinagar on some non existent roads
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Old 15th February 2010, 17:24   #87
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I know, One Guy can Dwarf us all with one Post ...I searched through 6 pages looking for him.

Where is HVK . the youngest of DISTINGUISHED BHPian .

Bad shah of NH ..

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Old 15th February 2010, 17:32   #88
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The longest i have done at a stretch is 350kms chennai-blore
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Old 15th February 2010, 17:43   #89
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Bangalore - Pune - Bombay - Surat - Baroda - Ahmedabad - Udaipur - Jaipur - Delhi - Chandigarh - Dharampur = 3125 KMs = ~ 37 Hours including leisurely breakfast, lunch. ~ 12 hours a day, total 3 days.
And the same route back, for a total of 6712 KM = ~ 84 Hours.
Sustained speeds in excess of indicated 130 KMPH going upto indicated 180 KMPH.
Always with AC.

Linea MJD Emotion. Average over the entire trip = 19.3 KMPH as indicated by the electronic trip log.

Will post a little more detailed in the travelogue sections shortly.
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Old 15th February 2010, 17:43   #90
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This thread is about longest 'drives', I hope I can post my longest 'rides' here?

Longest in one day - Bangalore->Mumbai - 1005 Kms - 14.5 hrs - P220 Dts-Fi

Longest in one trip - Delhi->Srinagar->Leh->Manali->Delhi - 3500 Kms - 12 Days - P220 Dts-Fi
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