[Seek]

Originally Posted by rnidumolu

Did Hyderabad to Chennai with only one break for refueling the car. Was driving alone in the night and that too taking my doggy with me so could not take a break. I know it was total stupidity but could not evade the situation.

Quite a coincidence. I too did a 'solo' Hyderabad-Chennai drive with just my dog for company. A few short halts for walking him around and thats about it. Took me 14 hours since I had to be sedate with the speed. Kruger (my dog) would be up on the seat at any hard braking. Left at 6 AM and reached Anna-nagar at 8 PM. The route I took was Hyd-Vijaywada-Chennai.

[rnidumolu]

Originally Posted by Seek

Quite a coincidence. I too did a 'solo' Hyderabad-Chennai drive with just my dog for company. A few short halts for walking him around and thats about it. Took me 14 hours since I had to be sedate with the speed. Kruger (my dog) would be up on the seat at any hard braking. Left at 6 AM and reached Anna-nagar at 8 PM. The route I took was Hyd-Vijaywada-Chennai.

The road via Vijayawada is at least 80 - 100 kms more and that is the reason it took more time. But I should admit that this road is in a good shape than the one which I took. BTW, I too came to Anna-nagar, to be more specific Collector Nagar.

My driving statistics of long distances in September 2011:

All these stretches were driven by me in my Linea with food and fuel breaks. The stretches 1,3,5 and 6 were covered without any intervening power-naps. The remaining ones were covered with 2 or 3 intervening power-naps of each 30-40 minutes duration. I used to have a power-nap the moment I started yawning.

[PM - B]

Bangalore Kanyakumari (~740 KM) 1 * Food Break Only
Bangalore Bombay (~1100 KM) 2 * Food Break, 1 * Refueling
Bombay Jaipur ( ~1340 KM) 2 * Food Break, 1 * Refueling
Jaipur Dharampur - HP (~ 610 KM) 1 * Food Break
Dharampur Udaipur (~1100 KM) 2 * Food Break, 1 * Refueling
Udaipur Pune (~ 960 KM) 2 * Food Break, 1 * Refueling
Bangalore Dharward (~430 KM ) No Break
Bangalore Pune (~ 830 KM) 1 * Food Break, 1 * Refueling

[ramanak]

Originally Posted by J.Ravi

My driving statistics of long distances in September 2011:
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All these stretches were driven by me in my Linea with food and fuel breaks. The stretches 1,3,5 and 6 were covered without any intervening power-naps. The remaining ones were covered with 2 or 3 intervening power-naps of each 30-40 minutes duration. I used to have a power-nap the moment I started yawning.

Hi Ravi,

How did you manage this trip in a Sedan? Did you not face any issues going over those terrains?Sedans bottom out over our famous Bangalore's speed breakers.So just wondering.

Cheers

Originally Posted by ramanak

How did you manage this trip in a Sedan? Did you not face any issues going over those terrains?

My Linea bottom-scraped more than 50 times during my Leh expedition, but all those impacts were well-absorbed by her sturdy engine guard plate. For more details, see my travelogue.

Sedans bottom out over our famous Bangalore's speed breakers.

Now, most of the official speed-breakers constructed by BBMP are scientifically made with trapezoidal section comprising up ramp, flat portion and down ramp. So, no worries!

[DRIVEPASSION]

Hi

Nice thread - I have a few without break drives:

1. Goa to Ahmedabad - 1200 Kms took me 20 hours averaging out to around 60 - great roads from Sankeshwar to Pune - Excellent toll road from Pune to Panvel - Congested crossing from panvel to NH8 Breeze drive from Mumbai to Ahmedabad except for the Narmada Bridge

2. Delhi - Ahmedabad - 987 Kms - 12 hours using NH 8 - NH 76 - NH 79

I did it in my Honda City

Cheers

[desigNation]

my longest drive without a break would be almost 1000 km from calicut to hyderbad via bangalore.

[JASMEET MATTOO]

I have driven maximum of 450 kilometres from Delhi to Amritsar at a stretch.

[Count510]

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[karts]

My longest drive is 1350 kms from Chennai <---> Mumbai. Have done it 4 times, twice chennai - mumbai & twice mumbai - chennai.

[SJM1214]

Shouldn't this thread's title be "Maximum distance without a "Stop"?

Once, I covered 400 km without a stop in 6 hours by my humble Santro. I drove Surat to Abu road without any stop (not even for tea, smoke and nature calls). The only time I stopped my car, was at toll booths.

[kooldudedelhi]

Broke my own earlier record, drove 675 kms from Kanyakumari to Bangalore i.e. 675 kms in 12 hours (8 am to 8 pm) back in Jan 2020 in my humble Baleno.

[Trojan]

Pune - Panna (1250kms - 17/18hrs non-stop on good days and 20-21hrs when I have encountered traffic) many times each year. Same method for return.
Vehicles used for Pune - Panna
Scorpio SLE
Aria 4x4 Pride
Swift ZDI
Gurkha

Hyderabad - Panna (1300kms - 15hrs, negligible traffic due to lockdown and great roads too)
Vehicle : Gurkha

All above travels completed with family

[wittycat]

The maximum I have done was 6.5 hours without a single break . Multiple factors including a deadline made me do that. But I was not enjoying the drive after 3 or so hours. I almost always take a 5 min break every hour as a normal.