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Old 11-14-02, 10:22 PM
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whats the longest road trip you have ever driven you rx-7 in?

the longest i drove mine 87 with 172,000 miles is 2200 miles round trip from NC to the U>P of michigan...getting ready to drive it again this thanksgiving... i avg around 22 mpg with the cruise on..it wasnot to bad....it was really comfy!! belive it or not...i enjoyed my long trip in my 7!
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I've driven from NYC to Danville, VA twice. On a full racing suspension. It wasn't too bad... my best mileage was about 22mpg also. This is on a 90T2 with extensive mods.(still a stock turbo and IC tho)
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10 minutes...then i thought it was overheating..( this was this afternoon..i just got the car running )
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355 miles from Augusta to Hinesville and back
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Not sure how many miles this is, but i drove from Pensacola fl, to nashville tn, spent the night, drove to knoxville tn (UT Frat party) then left the next day and drove accross tennessee to Memphis, spent to days, and then drove from there to Pensacola, U can use mapquest or something to figure out the miles,

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I also drove from Pensacola to atlanta, spent the day at nopi, and then drove home, This was in my jeep though.
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Hamilton, Ontario Canada to the Big Apple and back, in a 88NA it had 122Km's on it at the time its around 128 now

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dang, mine really wasn't a road trip compared to any of those... i guess it was the drive i took from LA to san diego and back to pick up a friend of mine... during the summer i'm planning a road trip to go meet up with some friends out in texas...
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~280 miles from here to Las Vegas. and i got about 24-25 mpg too. GTU too, no cruise control . Can you say leg cramp? anywho...yeah the gas mileage astounded me seeing as how i get under 15 in LA.
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A couple of 1500-2000 mile round trips. Both before and after the 13BT swap.

And one 1500 mile round trip with the top down the whole time.
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I have done four 1100 mile trips with my FC.
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Atlanta to LA in ~13 hrs... cannonball run style..
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4 hrs to an autox and back in my sa with a rusted gas tank and no radio. ofcourse no cruise in a 79 either. had to stop 4 times on the side of the highway to clean my clear fuel filter. wasn't to fun once it was dark and cold.
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I've driven mine from Chicago to Columbus. About a 5 and a half hour trip.
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i rode about 5 hrs ..i know thats not that long but i didnt think it was comfortable the least bit of a ride
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from evans mill NY to binghamton NY back and forth about 320 miles total, 5 hours and averege of 24 mpg. only one time i fueled and it was almost at my house.
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Over 2000+ plus miles, last August, starting in Sault Ste. Marie before 4 A.M., meeting a ferry in South Baymouth, ON, Canada. Took me through Niagara Falls back into the States via New York, then to Pennsylvania, then up into New Jersey for the weekend, then southwest to Tennessee, then north to Davenport, Iowa for a wedding, then back north to Michigan.

I had the misfortune of driving 5 hours through Ontario's heatwave which had badly dehydrated me, and I lost an alternator in New Jersey (which was fixed the next day).

The only thing I'm not sure of is how far I drove, but was over 2000 miles. Maybe 3000.
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CT to WI. A few times. It was a great ride each time. Except the one summer that it was hot as *****, and I don't have A/C.
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Longest road trip was about 10,000 miles over 3 months. Took off from dallas and went around the country clockwise, up through Toronto and back down to NYC before coming straight back to DFW from there.

Many sidetrips and most of the national parks along the way.

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Originally posted by TheAnalogKiddd
Atlanta to LA in ~13 hrs... cannonball run style..


That's an average speed of 170 mph...
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2000 miles one way from Maine to New Orleans, I do it every year to go to school, will be doing it with my turbo when I get it in a few weeks too. No problems, get about 19 miles to the gallon.
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i have done 27 separate 8 HOUR trips in my 91 n/a (to and from college the past 4 years)

also did 8 separate 5 HOUR trips in the n/a this summer (to and from DC to visit the gf)

Did one 15 HOUR trip in the T2 when I bought it...also did 2 separate 8 HOUR trips in the T2...


i think my body is PERMANENTLY molded into the shape of the FC seats, lol. any other car feels uncomfortable now
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I flew to Spokane, WA to buy my T2 and drove it home. It was +1200 miles and went without a hitch. Good thing too, I had my Wife with me!
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Wow well the longest so far for me was 200 miles. I took my buddy down to get his first TII in some town near Springfield mass. It was actually really fun we mostly went like 90-100 and at one point raced some dude in an old *** maxima and hit 120+ for like 5 minutes (Scared the hell outa me the car seems too unstable at that speed)
By the way it was in my 88 N/A R.I.P
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1,800 miles Utah to MI (one way)

2,000 miles Kansas to Utah and back total 3 people in my rx.

Kansas to MI and back, Forgot the # of miles.

Kansas to IL and back, 10hrs each way.

Some others. (last long trip. Kansas to MI. I flew and the Car came later in a truck, I was in a hurry).

Only problem I have ever had was on the trip to IL the head popped off the air bleed screw on the radiator.
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Originally posted by Mark S




That's an average speed of 170 mph...
LOL I was thinking that sounded impossible also .. that guy's on crack.



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