well, i guess Jef Card has us all beat in his cross country trip in his T2 ...but how bout the rest of you guys? what is the longest road trip you've done with your FC? ...........and the goods and the bads of it


i've done exactly 20, 7 hour trips in my n/a to and from NJ from VA...

and one crazy 15 hour trip in the T2 bringing it home from wisconsin...

 

ummm longest trip in my GTU was 10hrs to ohio nonstop to and from. didn't have a problem either way, except for excessive speeding

 

That would be the week last November when I bought the car in Asheville, NC and brought it home to Bellingham, WA. 2952 miles, no cruise control, 3-1/2 days. Drove from Asheville to Nashville the first day and thought my leg was going to fall off. Other than that I had a great drive. Car ran great at 80 nearly all the way.

Hard to believe I didn't have cruise for so many years. The last day was 1100 miles - Rock Springs, WY to Bellingham. That was a new record for me.

 

HOLY CHRIST! bravo!!!

 

yeah he's got you beat

 

Both time's I've bought one.

Maryland to GA - 15 hours
Columbia to GA - 6 hours

Must say the TII cloth seats are comfy

 

This doesn't really count but my TII came form Portland, OR to Florida on a car trailer behind a Penske 15' truck.

I did find the time to take the whole rig thru a carwash a couple times though - had to keep the car shiny for the roadtrip.

 

hehe 4 Hours into Maine from Mass. not to bad. I dont want my baby falling apart on me hehe

 

South Carolina to Oregon. 5 days. 3000 miles.

 

from allen, tx to lubbock, tx 5-5 1/2 hours 354 miles. i'll be goin to arizona in the summer, that should be about a 16 hr drive

 

got car january 2001

first long trip was Atlanta > Denver > Durango > Atlanta in March 2001 (went for snowboarding to Eldora ;o) and another trip was Atlanta > Houston > Atlanta in May i think (friday way to Houston, sell stock TII wheels, saturday went to Houston's RX-7 Club BBQ and sunday trip back to Atlanta)

http://nf2000.org/roadtrip2/

 

in constant fear that my car would blow up any second (due to blown waterseals)i made a 1.5 hr trip from daytona to ocala to go camping at juniper springs(stopping twice to add Ze-Coolant). well i guess passing over 15 cars jammed in slow traffic on the way there while in the wrong lane, blowing by them at about 120 cant be good for my poor TII in the firstplace. but driving down SR40 at 35mph in a straight line for 45min can drive you quite throttle happy if you can find a chance to break outta slow moving traffic

Alix
91 RX7 TurboII
My mods-
boosting at 10psi(never more really) with no boost controller.....
-ApexI N-1 Exhuast
-HKS downpipe
-K&N cone intake
-bigger Turbo inlet Duct mod
-3 inch straight pipe from down pipe back
-Greddy type S blow off valve
-NGK 10mm Racing wires
-Pinned back secondary throttle plates
-no cat,no smog pump,no Presilencers(What Emissions laws?)
-FCD
-Greddy turbo timer "HEY MISTER YOU LEFT YOUR CAR ON!"
-Eibach Springs
-Boost and Air Fuel gauges
-Tockico Shocks
- And Red MazdaSpeed Seatbelt Pads that give me 7HP each.

 

Several trips from Charleston,SC to Columbus, OH. 675ish miles. Best time 9:45. WV turnpike is a fun road. Cruise control made it a lot more enjoyable after I installed it.

Ren

 

18 hours from Orlando, FL to NJ. 1100 miles and only 62 dollars in gas. (n/a engine)

3 hour drive From NJ to Va. Engine Blew, (complete rear rotor blown). 6 hour drive from VA to NJ on one rotor. Top speed 55mph depending on wind and climb.

C

 

Up until last Saturday the furthest I have been from home with my car was about 45 minutes. But I took a trip up to Melbourne on Saturday (about 3 hours away). She does love the highway. When I get her running just the way I like I plan on taking more road trips.

 

Holy ****, Asheville is like 40 miles away from me, where did you get your FC from? what model I was looking for my FC then too, i probably test drove your car!

 

hey bhambill why did you have to take a perfectly good 7 out of my town. damn you

hey xentrix i live just off of hendersonville road down by asheville airport

send me an email Likewhisky@aol.com

Justin

 

15 hours kansas to south carolina.
4 times
no radio

most recently within a week after ripping out my oil metering system.
god was that a tense drive.

 

Toronto-Chicago-St.Louis-Amarillo-Flagstaff-Las Vegas-Santa Monica-San Fransisco-Sacremento-Reno-
Laramie-Omaha-Davenport-Port Huron-Toronto-----
Sept18-29,2001,total distance~10500kms,two 1988 TIIs(both mine),average running speed~75mph,max speed~142mph(US-93,Kingman-Las Vegas),one speeding ticket--US80,Sacramento(85mph in 65mph area).Problems--one power window switch.Average fuel consumption 27 mpg(imperial).Total oil consumption-7litres plus one oil/filter change in hotel parking lot in Winslow,Arizona.
A great trip on Rte 66!

 

I drove from CA to WV in my FD... tossed an apex seal somewhere in nevada... still made it the rest of the way across the us of a too i love that car

 

Erik, you drove your TII home from Wisconsin?? What route did you take? I went up in my TII last thanksgiving from Rochester, NY to the very northern tip in Ashland, WI to visit a friend.
Bad thing was about an hour north of Flint we hit bad snow the rest of the way there. All in all it took 19 hours to do 930 miles plus ive got stock worn out suspension which soaked up those wisconsin roads and transplanted the energy into my seat. Wheareas it then bruised every internal organ im pretty sure. Did I also mention I had bald firestone firehawk SVX tires on her?

 

yeah, check this out...my friend and i drove 15 hours up to wisconsin...bought the car (spent about 30 minutes at the dude's place) then drove 15 hours home! LOL...so it was basically 30 hours of straight driving. on the way back we stopped a few times to try and sleep for about 30 minutes but that was pointless...after a certain point coffee, loud music, vivarin, or sugar can't keep you awake. ughhhh

whats even worse is that 2 hours into the trip home the TPS took a **** and the car basically was **** for the rest of the ride...talk about scaring the **** out of you!!! but i gotta give mad props to my buddy kevin who drove me up there...all in the name of the rx-7...WTF was i thinking

 

I went from San Diego to Chambersburg, Pa it took 3 1/2 days and if I remember correctly it was a little over 3000 miles. I locked my keys in the car like 5 times I can break in to it in a matter of seconds now with a coat hanger. 3 months before that I went from Chicago to San Diego. It was only like 2 days on the road. The cool thing about it is that I didn't spend a dime either time the Navy paid for it and then some. I would do it again in a second but I would like to have a passenger next time you can only listen to the same 30 cds so many times. Arizona was the best place I went though to test out your top speed I got my 90' GXL up to around 136, and it was sippin on anti-freeze at the time but that is a whole different story.

 

I went 14 hours from KC to asheville n.c in may of 2001. Having no cats the whole way really gets annoying.

 

Hey, you guys had your chance! The car was for sale for a month or two. I talked to the owner after I found the car on Autotrader. (I had no idea where the area code was) I told him I wanted to find something closer, but after 3 more weeks he had the car and I hadn't found anything else. Had some airmiles so I flew back and drove it home. It's not the prettiest (needs paint), but only had 8k on the engine and runs like a champ. Terrific autocross car!